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Dr. Philip Schmidt is a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, focusing his research on industrial thermal processes, particularly the application of microwave and radio-frequency heating in industrial heating and drying. He has authored or co-authored 75 articles and written several books and book chapters on the subject. With experience as an aerodynamics research engineer at Bell Helicopter Company, Dr. Schmidt has also served as a consultant for numerous corporations and national laboratories. He was the Chairman of the Joint U.S.-Soviet Symposium on Efficient Electricity Use in 1986 and has been an active member of the National Academy of Engineering's Committee on the Future of Central-Station Electric Power, as well as the Electricity Utilization Working Group of the Office of Technology Assessment in Congress. Dr. Schmidt teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in thermodynamics, heat transfer, and energy conversion, and conducts industrial short-courses on electrotechnology applications. He is recognized nationally for his leadership in the application of electronic media to engineering instruction and has founded the College of Engineering Instructional Media Laboratory, serving as its Director.
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