GIESECKE

GIESECKE 28.01. 1869 Latium TX/USA 27.06. 1953 New Braunfels TX/USA Frederick Ernest Giesecke was educated at the Texas A.&M. College, from where he graduated with the ME degree in 1890, at MIT with the BS degree in 1904, and Technische Hochschule Berlin, Germany. He further submitted his PhD thesis in 1924 to the University of Illinois, Urbana IL. He was at his Alma Mater professor of drawing from 1888-1906, professor of architectural engineering from 1906 to 1912, head of the engineering research division until 1927, and finally from then to 1939 director of the Experiment Station. After retirement, Giesecke was a consultant. He was awarded the 1942 F. Paul Anderson Medal of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers ASHVE, whose president he was in 1940. He also was Member ASCE and ASME. Giesecke published various papers relating to loss coefficients of bends in pressurized flow systems. Few data were by then available, yet his own data may be subjected by significant scale effects, given the relatively small pipe diameters he used. Even today, bend flow is not fully understood, given the complexities by the highly spatial flow configuration. Giesecke also authored a book on hot-water heating systems in which the previously mentioned works are important. These systems were by then not generally tested in terms of hydraulic optimum, and many improvements were added only after World War II, once the mechanics of manifold flows were investigated. A manifold is composed of a number of main pipes distributing or collecting a fluid from a tank. They are widely used in hydraulic practice, including in heating elements, ventilation systems or furnaces. Giesecke was also interested in general heating methods for water, panel heating and heat transmission. Anonymous (1940). F.E. Giesecke. Heating and Ventilating 37(2): 49. P Anonymous (1941). Giesecke, Frederick E. Who’s who in engineering 5: 658. Lewis: New York. Anonymous (1945). Dr. F.E. Giesecke. Heating and Ventilating 42(10): 130. P Anonymous (1953). Frederick Ernest Giesecke. Civil Engineering 23(9): 644. Giesecke, F.E. (1917). The friction of water in iron pipes and elbows. Trans. American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers 23(455): 499-509. Giesecke, F.E. (1926). Friction of water in elbows. Trans. ASHVE 32(754): 303-314. Giesecke, F.E. (1926). The art of heating buildings by gravity-circulation hot-water heating systems. PhD Thesis. University of Illinois: Urbana IL. Giesecke, F.E. (1947). Hot-water heating and radiant heating and radiant cooling. Austin TX.