J. Willard Gibbs J. Willard Gibbs (1839-1903) was not particularly well known in his day, nor is his name widely recognized today, yet he is considered by some to be among the greatest scientists ever born in America He was awarded the first doctora te of engineering granted in the United States, by Yale University. Gibbs became a professor of ma thematical physics at Yale when he was 32 years old and began to publish a series of papers related to thermodynamics and equilibrium. Perhaps because his work was so theoretical. it was largely unappreciated at the time, though its great va lue was recognized by James Clerk Maxwell. Gibbs work, if not J, willard Gibbs his name remains current and vital to A Return this day Gibbs:建立熵和焓之间的关系Gibbs : 建立熵和焓之间的关系