For all you Potter fans out there. Hehe...

Carey named James Harry Potter Gold Medalist: "Professor Van P. Carey has been named the 2004 James Harry Potter Gold Medalist (ASME).

The James Harry Potter Gold Medal was established in 1980 in recognition of eminent achievement or distinguished service in the application of the science of thermodynamics in mechanical engineering.

The citation reads:

For sustained research and teaching in thermodynamics, in particular the innovative application of analysis tools derived from statistical thermodynamics or the thermodynamics of nonequilibrium systems, and the authorship of widely used monographs and textbooks on multiphase systems and statistical thermodynamics."