Areas of Interest: Arno Laesecke, Dr.-Ing., Research Chemical Engineer NIST 1988 - present 66 publications Measurement Standards: standard reference viscometry techniques and reference materials • High Pressure Viscosity Measurements of 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane Energy Sciences - alternative fuels, biofuels, decentralized energy systems: • Density, Speed of Sound, and Viscosity Measurement of Standard Reference Materials for Biofuels • Viscosity and Azeotropy with Applications to Biofuels Molecular thermodynamics: How are molecular size, shape, and charge distributions expressed in macroscopic thermophysical properties? • Nonpolar+Polar Binary Mixtures: The Molecular Basis of Biofuels • Molecular Interadtions in Nonpolar_polar Binary Mixtures: Measurements of n- • Hexadecane + Butyl Benzoate History of science: “If we want to do something new, we have to find what has been done in the past” -                                Areas of Expertise email:        arno.laesecke@nist.gov webpage:  http://www.nist.gov/mml/acmd/fluids_properties/laesecke.cfm Experimental Properties of Fluids Group 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305               Speakers from the Experimental Properties of Fluids Group                                                            - developing communication, interaction and collaboration Professor Michael Kasha • Coldplay, Speed of Sound, Biofuels, and Technology Transitions • 100 Years Liquefaction of Helium - A Breakthrough in Thermophysical Properties • Research and its Contemporary Significance http://www.nist.gov/mml/acmd/fluids_properties National Institute of Standards and Technology