ELIAS P. GYFTOPOULOS 

(1927-2012)

 

Doctoral Thesis,

Publications in Edited Books and in

Proceedings of National and International Conferences, and other Scientific Reports

 

 

 

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1. E.P. Gyftopoulos 

     On Thermionic Emission

     Term Paper sumbitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of MIT Course 6.225 - Atomic Particles and Radiation, by prof. John G. Trump, 1955

 

2. E.P. Gyftopoulos

     Report on Nuclear Powered Thermo Electron Engines

     commissioned by the ThermoElectron Corporation, May (1957)

 

3. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Fundamental electrical processes in high-vacuum

      Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Electrical Engineering, 1958

 

4. E.P. Gyftopoulos and H.B. Smets

      Nuclear Power Plant Transfer Functions

      American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Nuclear Engineering and Science Conference, Preprint 53, Session XXI published by the Am. Inst. of Chern. Eng. (1958)

 

5. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Transfer Function Representation of Nuclear Power Plants

      Proc. of Conf. on Transfer Function Measurements and Reactor Stability Analysis ANL-6205, Argonne, IL, pp. 18-41 (1960) 

 

6. G.D. Arsenis, E.P. Gyftopoulos, E.N. Carabateas, and R. Moissis
      A Scientific Approach to Technical and Economic Development Programs
      Discussion at the International Conference on Science in the Advancement of New States, Rehovoth, Israel, August (1960)

 

7. E.P. Gyftopoulos and P.M. Coble

      A Digital Nuclear Reactor Control System

      Proc. of  AlEE Winter General Meeting, New York, Fabruary (1959)

 

8. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      A Statistical Stability Monitor

      Proc. Idaho Conf. on Reac. Kinetics, IDO-1679l, pp. 119-124 (1960)

 

9. E.P. Gyftopoulos and J.D. Levine

      Work Function Variation of Metals Coated by Metallic Films

      Proc. 21 st Annual Conf. on Phys. Electronics, MIT, pp. 67-73 (1961)

 

10. H. Christensen and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Acoustical Oscillations in Boiling Water Reactor Systems

      Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Vol. 4, 69 (1961)  

 

11. M. Benedict, H. Fenech, and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      An Evaluation of the Reactor Concept Vulcain

      Report commissioned by Belgo-Nucleaire (1971)

 

12. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      On the Organization and Scientific Program of the Nuclear Research Center "Democritus"

      Report to the Prime Minister of Greece, January (1962) 

 

13. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      On the Measurement of Dynamic Characteristics of Nuclear Reactor Systems

      Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Vol. 4, 206-7 (1962)

 

14. E.P. Gyftopoulos and G. N. Hatsopoulos

      Thermionic Nuclear Reactors

      Proc. of AIEE Fall General Meeting, Chicago, October (1962)

 

15. J.D., Levine and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Adsorption Physics of Metals Partially Coated by Metallic Films

      Proc. 23rd Annual Conf. of Phys. Electronics, MIT, pp. 239-249 (1963)

 

16. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Lagrange Stability by Liapunov's Direct Method

      Proc. of Symposium on Reactor Kinetics and Control, University of Arizona, TID-7662, pp. 227-237 (1963)

 

17. H.L. Witting and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Volume Ionization Processes in Cesium Converters

      Proc. of the Thermionic Converter Specialist Conference, Gatlinburg, TN, pp. 72-80 (1963)

 

18. E.P. Gyftopoulos and R.J. Hooper

      Signals for Testing Nonlinear Systems  

      Proc. of semi-annual Meeting of the American Nuclear Society, New York City, NY, November (1963)

 

19. E.P. Gyftopoulos and R.J. Hooper

      Signals for Transfer Function Measurements in Nonlinear Systems  

      Proc.  of Symposium on Noise Analysis in Nuclear Systems, US Atomic Energy Commun., Vol. 4, TID-7679, pp.20-21, November (1963)

 

20. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Reactor Transfer Function Determination and Application

      Panel discussion, full reference non available (probably 1963)

 

21. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Work Function and Desorption Energies and Rates of Refractory Metals Coated with Cesium

      Proc. of Symposium on High Temperature Conversion of Heat to Electricity at the Univ. of Arizona, TID-7687, pp. 117-131, February (1964)  

 

22. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Book Review of "Reactor Noise" by J.A. Thie

      Nuclear Sci. & Eng., 18, pp. 533-543 (1964)

 

23. J.D. Levine and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Physical Properties of Intermetallic Adsorption Systems and the Electronegativity of the Surface

      Thermionic Conversion Specialist Conference Proc., pp. 125-131, Cleveland, OlI, October (1964)

 

24. E.P. Gyftopoulos and R.J. Hooper

      Signals for Transfer Function Measurements in Nonlinear Systems

      Proc. of the Conf. on Noise Analysis in Nuclear Systems, Gainesville, Univ. of Florida, CONF-332-11, pp. 335-345 (1964)

 

25. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Point Reactor Kinetics and Stability Criteria

      Paper No. 270, Proc. Third Geneva Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, Vol. 4, pp. 3-11, September (1964)

 

26. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      General Reactor Kinetics

      Chap. 3, 175-204, in The Technology of Nuclear Reactor Safety, edited by T.J. Thompson and J.G. Beckerley, MIT Press, February (1965)

 

27. S.H. Kyong and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      An Input-Output Approach to the Problems of Optimal Control

      QPR-RLE-MIT, No. 78, pp. 136-147, MIT, July (1965)

 

28. S.H. Kyong and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Input-Output Approach to the Optimal Control 

      Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Vol. 8, 478-479 (1965)

 

29. D.R. Wilkins and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Electron Transport in Three Component Plasmas

      Proc. 25th Annual Conference of Physical Electronics, MIT, pp. 1-10, March (1965), also QPR-RLE-MIT, April (1965)

 

30. D.R. Wilkins and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Transport Phenomena in Low Energy Plasmas

      Proc. 1st Intl. Conf. on Thermionic Electrical Power Generation, London, England, September (1965)

 

31. D.R. Wilkins and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Thermionic Converters Operating in the Ignited Mode, Part I: Theoretical Output Current Characteristics

      Report, Thermionic Conversion Specialist Conference, San Diego, pp. 47-52 (1965)

 

32. D.R. Wilkins and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Thermionic Converters Operating in the Ignited Mode, Part II: A Quasi-Equilibrium Model for the Interelectrode Plasma

      Report, Thermionic Conversion Specialist Conference, San Diego, pp. 53-62 (1965)

 

33. S.O. Johnson, E.P. Gyftopoulos, and M.E. Radd

      Effects of Flux-Shape Changes on Power-Excursion Behavior

       Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Vol. 8, 221 (1965)

 

34. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Some Applications of Mathematical Methods to Nuclear Engineering at MIT

      Invited review, Symposium on Neutron Dynamics and Control, AEC Symposium Series, 7, pp. 1-27, (1966)

 

35. D.C. Wade and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Conditions for Probabilistic Boundedness of Reactors with Random Macroscopic Cross Sections 

       Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Vol. 8, 475 (1966)

 

36. E.P. Gyftopoulos and M. Green

      Experimental Interpretation of a Criterion of Nonlinear Stability 

      Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Vol. 8, 476-477 (1966)

 

37. L.R. Foulke and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Use of Oscillation Tests to Investigate Flux Tilting 

       Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Vol. 9, 271-271 (1966)

 

38. R.J. Hooper and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      On the Measurement of Characteristic Kernels of a Class of Nonlinear Systems

      Proc.Symposium on Neutron Noise, Waves and Pulse Propagation, U. Florida, Gainesville, FL, February (1966)

 

39. R.J. Hooper and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      On the Measurement of Characteristic Kernels of a Class of Nonlinear Systems

      AEC Symposium Series, 9, pp. 343-356 (1967)

 

40. D.R. Wilkins and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Transport Theory for Low-Energy Plasmas with Applications to Thermionic Converters

      AEC Symposium Series, 9, pp. 337 (1967)

 

41. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Methods for Measurements of Reactor Dynamic Characteristics

      Annual Meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 1967

      Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Vol. 10, pp. 216 (1967)

 

42. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Comments on Work Function Theories

      Invited paper, Proc. Second International Conference on Thermionic Electrical Power Generation, Paper K-1, Stresa, Italy,  Published by Euratom Center for Information and Documentation, pp. 1225-1248, May (1968) Published by Euratom Center for Information and Documentation

 

43. E.P. Gyftopoulos and G.N. Hatsopoulos

      Quantum-Thermodynamic Meaning of Electronegativity and Work Function

      Proc. Second International Conference on Thermionic Electrical Power Generation, Stresa, Italy, May (1968), pp. 1249-1260, Published by Euratom Center for Information and Documentation. 

 

44. E.P. Gyftopoulos, G.N. Hatsopoulos. F. Holly, D. Lieb, F. Rufeh

      Applied Thermionic Research

      QPR TE--4092/3-183-68, NASA-CR--95987 (1968)

 

45. E.P. Gyftopoulos and G.N. Hatsopoulos

      On the Relation Between Work Function and Other Thermophysical Properties

      Conference Record, Thermionic Conversion Specialist Conference, October 1970, Miami, FL, pp. 203-207

 

46. D. Steiner and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      An Equation for the Prediction of Bare Work Functions

      Nottingham Prize Paper, Report 27th Phys. Elec. Conf., pp. 160-168, MIT, Cambridge (1967)

 

47. D. Steiner and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Orbital Electronegativity and Physical Properties of Metal-Gas Adsorption Systems

      Record Thermionic Conversion Specialist Conference, Palo Alto, CA, IEEE 15C103, pp. 145-149, October (1967)

 

48. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Theos J. Thompson Memorial Address: a Personal Tribute 

      Proceedings of the Brookhaven Conference on Industrial Needs and Academic Research in Reactor Kinetics, Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY, pp. 1112-1115, April (1968)

 

49. G.N. Hatsopoulos and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Deductive Quantum Thermodynamics

      in A Critical Review of Thermodynamics, edited by E.B. Stuart, B. Galor, A.J. Brainard, Mono Book Corp, Baltimore, MD, pp. 77-82 (1970)

 

50. E.P. Gyftopoulos and D. Steiner

      Orbital Electronegativity and Physical Properties of Bimetallic Adsorption Systems

      Report 27th Phys. Elec. Conf., pp. 169-187, MIT, Cambridge (1967)

 

51. E.P. Gyftopoulos and G.N. Hatsopoulos

      Thermodynamic Analysis of Metal Surfaces Covered by Electropositive Adsorbates

      Proceedings Third Intl. Conf. on Thermionic Electrical Power Generation in Julich, Germany, June (1972)

 

52. M.D. Green and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Correlation of Power Excursion and Core Design Characteristics of Nuclear Reactors

      in Dynamics of Nuclear Systems, edited by D.L. Hetrick, Tucson, Ariz. Univ. Press, pp 383-404 (1972)

 

53. E.P. Gyftopoulos and M.D. Green 

      On the Relation between Core Design and Reactor Excursions

      details of reference not available, pp 164-165 (probably 1972)

 

54. R.L. Moore, E.P. Gyftopoulos, F.C. Schweppe, and L.A. Gould

      Adaptive Coordinated Control for Nuclear Power Plant Load Changes

      Proceedings of the 1973 Power Industry Computer Application Conference (PICA), IEEE Publication 73 CH0740-1-PWR, pp. 180-186 (1973)

 

55. E.P. Gyftopoulos, and T.F. Widmer

      Potential for More Effective Fuel Use in Paper and Other Industries

      Proc. TAPPl Conference, Miami, FL, January (1974)

 

56. E.P. Gyftopoulos, L.J. Lazaridis, and T.F. Widmer

      Potential Fuel Effectiveness in Industry

      Report to The Ford Foundation Energy Policy Project; published by Ballinger Publishing Co. (1974)

 

57. E.P. Gyftopoulos and T.F. Widmer

      Effect of Improved Fuel Utilization on Demand for Fuels for Electricity

      Report to Committee on Public Engineering Policy, NRC, Assembly of Engineering, January (1975)

 

58. E.P. Gyftopoulos and G.N. Hatsopoulos

      On the Range of Validity of Linearized Boltzmann Equations

      Proceedings, Thermionic Specialists Conference, Holland, pp. 83-86, September (1975)

 

59. I.A. Papazoglou and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Method for Reliability Analyses of Large Reactor Systems

      Annual Meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 1975

      Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Vol. 21, pp. 214-215 (1975) 

 

60. E.P. Gyftopoulos, J.B. Dunlay, and S.E. Nydick

      A Study of Improved Effectiveness in the Iron and Steel and Paper and Pulp Industries

      Report TE5429-71-76 by the Thermo Electron Corporation prepared for the National Science Foundation, March (1976)

 

61. E.P. Gyftopoulos, et al

      Thermodynamic Analysis of a Tin-Steam Liquid Metal MHD System

      Report to Office of Naval Research, July (1977)

 

62. E.P. Gyftopoulos and T.F. Widmer

      Effective Energy End-Use Opportunities and Barriers

      Proc. IntI. Conf. on Energy Use Management, Vol. II, pp. 45-55, Pergamon Press (1977)

 

63. E.P. Gyftopoulos 

      Energy Conservation Education: Major Considerations

      Proc. First National Workshop on Energy Efficiency Education through Technology Transfer, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC, pp. 15-28 (1977)

 

64. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Congressional Testimony

      September 29 (1977)

 

65. G.N. Hatsopoulos, E.P. Gyftopoulos, and R.A. Sant

      A Proposal for Congress

      June (1977)

 

66. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Book Review of "Energy: Historical Development of the Concept" by R. Bruce Lindsay

      MIT Technology Review, pp. 13-14, May (1978) 

 

67. I.A. Papazoglou E.P. Gyftopoulos, N.C. Rasmussen, M.M. Miller, and H. Raiffa

      A Methodology for the Assessment of the Proliferation Resistance of Nuclear Power Systems

      MIT Energy Laboratory Report Nos. 78-021 and 78-022, September (1978)

 

68. I.A. Papazoglou and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Markovian Reliability Analysis Under Uncertainty

      Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CR0405 BNLNUREG-50864 (1978)

 

69. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Energy and Industry

      Proceedings of the Association of Industries of Northern Greece, pp. 6-18, May (1978)

 

70. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      The Prospects for Cogeneration in U.S. Manufacturing

      Proc. Colloque Bernard Gregory MIT/CNRS Conference on Science and Decision, Paris, February (1979)

 

71. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Energy

      prepared for "Physics for Scientists and Engineers (1975)", F. Lobkowicz and A.C. Melissinos, Eds. Sanders, revised edition (1981)

 

72. H.A. Bazerghi, E.P. Gyftopoulos, and D.J. Rose

      Cost-effective Fuel Savings in Heating Applications

      United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Symposium on the Comparative Merits of Energy Sources in Heating End-use Heat Demand, Ohrid, Yugoslavia, pp. 1-33 (1982)

 

73. E.P. Gyftopoulos and R.W. Meyer

      Thermodynamic Analysis of a High-Efficiency Industrial Furcìnace System

      Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf., Los Angeles, CA, Vol.1, 462-466, August (1982)

 

74. E.P. Gyftopoulos and W.J. DiBartola

      Energy Conservation and Productivity Improvements in Steel Plants

      Proceedings US-USSR Symposium on Energy Conservation, Moscow, Edited by R.H. Socolow and M. Ross, Pergamon Press, pp. 1183-1195 (1987)

 

75. E.P. Gyftopoulos and G.P. Beretta

      What is the Second Law?

      Proceedings, IV International Symposium on Second Law Analysis of Thermal Systems, Edited by M. J. Moran and E. Sciubba, ASME Book I00236, pp. 155-170 (1987)

 

76. E.P. Gyftopoulos and G.P. Beretta

      What is the Second Law?

      Invited paper, Symposium on Second Law Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer in Energy Systems, ASME Annual Meeting, Boston (1987)

 

77. E. Beckjord, M. Golay, E.P. Gyftopoulos, K. Hansen, R.K. Lester, and D.K. Winje

      International Comparison of LWR Performance

      MIT Energy Laboratory Report 87-004, pp. 1-325 (1987)

 

78. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Energy

      Lincoln Homework Encyclopedia, 1988 Edition

 

79. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Cogeneration - Resource Recovery

      Main guest speaker. Proceedings European Conference on Development of Energy Conservation Technologies, Athens, Greece, pp. 217-224 (1988)

 

80. D. von Winje, K.F. Hansen, E. Beckjord, E.P. Gyftopoulos, M.W. Golay, and R. Lester

      Ursachen unterschiedlicher VerfUgbarkeiten von Leichtwasserreaktoren in ausgewiihlten Industrieliindern (in German)

      VGB Kraftswerkstechnik 68, 82, pp. 1227-1232, December (1988)

 

81. K. Hansen, D. Winje, E. Beckjord, E.P. Gyftopoulos, M. Golay, and R. Lester

      Making Nuclear Power Work: Lessons from Around the World

      Technology Review, pp. 30-40, February (1989)

 

82. G.P. Beretta and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      What is the Third Law?

      Proceedings of  Florence World Energy Research Symposium FLOWERS'90, edited by S.S. Stecco and M.J. Moran, Pergamon Press, New York, NY, pp. 433-444 (1990)

 

83. G.P. Beretta and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Electromagnetic Radiation: A Carrier of Energy and Entropy

      in Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and Exergy Analysis, edited by G. Tsatsaronis, R.A.Gaggioli, Y.M. El-Sayed, and M.K. Drost, ASME Book G00566, AES-Vol. 19, pp. 1-6 (1990). Proceedings of the 1990 Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME.

 

84. G.P. Beretta and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      What is Heat?

      in Education in Thermodynamics and Energy Systems, edited by G. Tsatsaronis, M.J. Moran, A. Bejan, ASME Book G00567, AES-Vol. 20, pp. 33-41 (1990). Proceedings of the 1990 Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME.

 

85. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Cogeneration and Wood/Biomass Fueled Power Systems

      in Combined Production of Heat and Power, edited by J. Sirchis, Elsevier Applied Science, pp. 20-34 (1990)

 

86. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      The Temperature of a System with one Constituent with one Degree of Freedom

      Proceedings ASME International Conference ATHENS'91 on Analysis of Thermal and Energy Systems, edited by D.A. Kouremenos, G. Tsatsaronis, and C.D. Rakopoulos, Athens, Greece, pp. 1-9 (1991)

 

87. G.P. Beretta and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      What is a Simple System?

      in Thermodynamics and Energy Systems: Fundamentals, Education and Computer Aided Analysis, Edited by G.M. Reistad, R.A. Gaggioli, A. Bejan and G. Tsatsaronis, ASME Book H00699, AES-Vol. 24, pp. 1-7 (1991). Proceedings of the 1991 Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME.

 

88. E.P. Gyftopoulos and G.N. Hatsopoulos

      Thermionic Power Generator

      in Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill Co. (1992)

 

89. E.P. Gyftopoulos and G.P. Beretta

      What is a Chemical Equilibrium State?

      in On Efficiency, Costs, Optimization and Simulation of Energy Systems, edited by A. Valero and G. Tsatsaronis, ASME Book I00331, pp. 1-6 (1992).  Proceedings of the International Symposium ECOS'92 on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization and Simulation of Energy Systems, Zaragoza, Spain (1992) 

 

90. E.P. Gyftopoulos and G.P. Beretta

      Entropy Generation in a Chemically Reacting System

      in Thermodynamics and the Design, Analysis, and Improvement of Energy Systems, edited by R.F. Boehm, ASME Book G00715, HTD-Vol. 228, pp. 329-334 (1992). Proceedings of the 1992 Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME.

 

91. E.P. Gyftopoulos, M.I. Flik, and G.P. Beretta

      What is Diffusion?

      in Thermodynamics and the Design, Analysis, and Improvement of Energy Systems, edited by R.F. Boehm, ASME Book G00715, HTD-Vol. 228, pp. 335-340 (1992). Proceedings of the 1992 Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME.

 

92. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      The National Energy Strategy of the United States: Industrial Energy Use

      Keynote lecture, Commission of the European Communities, International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Process Technology, edited by P. A. Pilavachi, Elsevier Applied Science, pp. 41-48 (1993)

 

93. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Conditions for Ideal-Gas Behavior

      Proceedings International Conference ENSEC'93 on Energy Systems and Ecology, edited by J. Szargut, G. Tsatsaronis, Z. Kolenda, A. Ziebik, Cracow, Poland, pp. 169-181 (1993)

 

94. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Human Values and Scientific and Technological Means

      Keynote Address, Proceedings International Conference ENSEC'93 on Energy Systems and Ecology, edited by J. Szargut, G. Tsatsaronis, Z. Kolenda, A. Ziebik, Cracow, Poland, pp. 9-22 (1993)

 

95. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Can an Omnipotent Maxwellian Demon Beat the Laws of Thermodynamics? 

      Winter Annual Meeting, ASME Book H00874, AES-Vol. 30, pp. 1-5 (1993)

 

96. G.P. Beretta and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      A Novel Sequence of Exposition of Engineering Thermodynamics

      in Thermodynamics and the Design, Analysis, and Improvement of Energy Systems, Edited by H.J.Richter, ASME Book H00874, AES-Vol. 30, HTD-Vol. 266, pp. 209-219 (1993). Proceedings of the 1992 Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME.

 

97. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Cogeneration of Electricity and Heat

      in Encyclopedia of the Environment, R.A. Eblen and W.R. Eblen, Editors, Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 104-106 (1994)

 

98. E.P. Gyftopoulos, M. Stoukides, and M. Mendez

      Very Fast versus Very Slow Processes: Which Are More Efficient (Closer to Reversible)?

      in Experiments in Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics, edited by R. Granger, Cambridge University Press, pp. 223-229 (1994)

 

99. E. Cubukcu and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      The Quantum Expression for Entropy

      Winter Annual Meeting, ASME, AES-Vol. 33, pp. 313-321 (1994)

 

100. E. Cubukcu and E.P. Gyftopoulos

      On the Equation of Motion of Thermodynamics

      Proceedings International Conference ECOS'95 on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, edited by Y.A. Gögüs, A. Öztürk, G. Tsatsaronis, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 69-74 (1995)

 

101. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Fundamentals of Analyses of Processes

      Proceedings International Conference ECOS'96 on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation, and Environmental Aspects of Energy Systems, edited by P. Alvfors, L. Eidensten, G. Svedberg, J. Yan, et al, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 1-7 (1996)

 

102. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      On the Evolution of the Definition of Entropy from Clausius to Today

      Winter Annual Meeting, ASME Book G01022, AES-Vol. 36, pp. 199-204 (1996)

 

103. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Pictorial Visualization of the Entropy of Thermodynamics

      Proc. of International Conference ECOS'98 on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Aspects of Energy Systems and Processes, edited by M. Feidt, A. Bejan, M.J. Moran, G. Tsatsaronis, Nancy, France, pp. 3-28 (1998)

 

104. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Pictorial Visualization of the Entropy of Thermodynamics 

      in Thermodynamic Optimization of Complex Energy Systems, edited by A. Bejan and E. Mamut, pp. 19-44, Kluwer Academic Publishers (1999)

 

105. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Presentation of the Foundations of Thermodynamics in about Twelve One-hour Lectures

      in Thermodynamic Optimization of Complex Energy Systems, edited by A. Bejan and E. Mamut, pp. 1-18, Kluwer Academic Publishers (1999)

 

106. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Entropy. Part I: Statistics and Its Misleading Disorder

      Winter Annual Meeting, ASME, AES-Vol. 39, pp. 227-232 (1999)

 

107. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Entropy. Part II: Thermodynamics and Perfect Order

      Winter Annual Meeting, ASME, AES-Vol. 39, pp. 233-241 (1999)

 

108. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Entropies of Statistical Mechanics and Disorder Versus the Entropy of Thermodynamics and Order

      Invited keynote address. Proceedings International Conference ECOS2000 on on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Aspects of Energy and Process Systems, edited by G.G. Hirs, G. Tsatsaronis, M.J. Moran, Enschede, The Netherlands, pp. 43-68 (2000)

 

109. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      A Tribute to Energy Systems Scientists and Engineers

      Invited keynote address. Proceedings International Conference ECOS2001 on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, edited by A. Öztürk, A. Bejan, M. Feidt, Y.A. Gögüş, Istanbul, Turkey (2001) 

 

110. E.P. Gyftopoulos and M.R. von Spakovsky

      Quantum-Theoretic Shapes of Constituents of Systems in Various States

      Proceedings International Conference ECOS2001 on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, edited by A. Öztürk, A. Bejan, M. Feidt, Y.A. Gögüş, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 49-58 (2001)

 

111. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      A Scientific Revolution: Thermodynamics as a general nonstatistical science of any system in any state

      Proceedings International Conference ECOS2002 on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, edited by G. Tsatsaronis, M.J. Moran, Berlin, Germany, pp. 14-22 (2002)

 

112. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Thermodynamic derivation of reciprocal relations

      Invited keynote address. Proceedings of ASME International Conference ECOS2004 on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. In: Energy-Efficient, Cost-Effective, and Environmentally-Sustainable Systems and Processes, edited by R.Rivero, L. Monroy, R. Pulido, G. Tsatsaronis, Guanajuato, Mexico, pp. 735-751 (2004)

 

113. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Thermodynamic and quantum thermodynamic answers to Einstein's concerns about Brownian movement

      Invited keynote address. Proceedings of ASME International Conference ECOS2006 on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, edited by C.A. Frangopoulos, C. Rakopoulos, G. Tsatsaronis, Aghia Pelagia, Crete, Greece, pp. 11-20 (2006)

 

114. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Entropy: An inherent, nonstatistical property of any system in any state

      Invited keynote address, Proceedings of ASME International Conference ECOS2006 on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, edited by C.A. Frangopoulos, C. Rakopoulos, G. Tsatsaronis, Aghia Pelagia, Crete, Greece, pp. 49-59 (2006) 

 

115. E.P. Gyftopoulos and M.R. von Spakovsky

      Quantum Paradoxology and Quantum Computation

      invited keynote address, Proceedings of ASME International Conference ECOS2007 on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, edited by A. Mirandola, Ö. Arnas, A. Lazzaretto, Padova, Italy, pp. 69-90 (2007)

 

116. Silbey, R.; Beretta, G.P.; Cengel, Y.; Foley, A.; Gyftopoulos, E.P.; Hatsopoulos, G.N.; Keck, J.C.; Lewins, J.; Lior, N.; Nieuwenhuizen, T.M.; Steinfeld, J.; Von Spakovsky, M.R.; Wang, L.S.; Zanchini, E. 

      Discussion on Teaching the Second Law

      In Meeting the Entropy Challenge, AIP Conf. Proc. Series, Vol. 1033, 309 (2008)

 

117. Lloyd, S.; Banerjee, D.; Beian, A.; Beretta, G.P.; Geskin, E.; Ghoniem, A.; Gutowski, T.G.; Gyftopoulos, E.P.; Keck, J.C.; Lior, N.; Miller, S.; Nieuwenhuizen, T.M.; Peterson, R.; Salamon, P.; Williamson, L.        

      Discussion on The Second Law and Energy

      In Meeting the Entropy Challenge, AIP Conf. Proc. Series, Vol. 1033, 374 (2008)  

 

118. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Thermodynamics

      Keynote address, Proceedings International Conference ECOS2008 on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, edited by Z. Kolenda, A. Ziębik, Krakow, Poland, pp. 3-17 (2008)

 

119. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Thermodynamics The guidepost of effective use of energy

      ISEE 2008 - IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, May 19-21, 2008, San Francisco, CA, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562891, pp. 1-3 (2008) 

 

120. E.P. Gyftopoulos

      Thermodynamics, Generalized Available Energy and Availability or Exergy

      in Thermodynamics and the Destruction of Resources, edited by B.R. Bakshi, T.G. Gutowski, and D.P. Seculic, Cambridge University Press, pp.15-44 (2011)

 

 

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