The Institute of Human Thermodynamics (IoHT) is a leading international professional body and learned society with over 75 members, which promotes the advancement and dissemination of a knowledge of and education in the science of human thermodynamics, pure and applied. The IoHT is a non-profit, educationally-mined organization established in 2002 by American chemical engineer Libb Thims. [1] The Journal of Human Thermodynamics (JHT), started in 2005, is maintained by the IoHT. [2] The symbol for the IoHT is "θΔics".


The central hub of the IoHT is located in Chicago, Illinois:

Institute of Human Thermodynamics

PO Box 256869

Chicago IL, 60625-6869

Meetings
Founding members of the IoHT: Libb Thims, Lynn Liss, and Ira Liss, meet annually on the 4th of July weekend at a different waterpark each year and discuss progress of the development of human chemistry and human thermodynamics. Many of the early meetings with other members, in 2004 and 2005, were not recorded. Recent meetings have been impromptu and random as listed below:

2006
● (Winter) Thims met with Ted Erikson in Chicago to discuss Human Chemistry manuscript.
● (Summer) Thims met with Georgi Gladyshev at the 14th annual International Anti-Aging Congress and Exposition in Chicago at the Rosemont Convention center, who was one of the key speakers and discussed Thims’ human thermodynamics in lecture.

2007
● (12/16) – Thims met with Georgi Gladyshev in Chicago (magnificent mile) to discuss human thermodynamics and hierarchical thermodynamics. Gladyshev believes that Thims' work can be send to the Nobel Prize committee for nomination.

2008
● (03/14) - Thims met with Ted Erickson at the annual American Association of Physics teachers (AAPT) meeting at Harper College (Palatine, Illinois) where Erickson discussed Thims’ human molecule theories in lecture.
● (03/19) - Thims met with Monzershaher Ettawil and Andrew Maxwell in Chicago to thank them for reading portions of the manuscript Human Chemistry and to give them finished copies; as well as to show them the finished copy of The Human Molecule.

Symposiums
● Both Georgi Gladyshev and Libb Thims were invited to intend, and to submit presentation proposals, the 2007 Meeting the Entropy Challenge – an International Thermodynamics Symposium in Honor and Memory of Professor Joseph Henry Keenan at MIT. [4] Unfortunately, Gladyshev and Thims were unable to attend do to scheduling difficulties.

Other
● Thims was invited to attend the July 19-20 PodCamp3 Boston at the Joseph Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School.

References
1. Institute of Human Thermodynamics: About
2. Journal of Human Thermodynamics, Chicago: IoHT Publishing.
3. Contact Us - Institute of Human Thermodynamics
4. Meeting the Entropy Challenge, sponsored by The Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, and George and Daphne Hatsopoulos (by invitation of Gian-Paolo Beretta).

External links
● Press Releases - Institute of Human Thermodynamics.