George Fix
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George was involved with homebrewing for the last 30+ years.  Since that time, George has participated in many homebrewing competitions, winning best of shows, numerous awards, and free hops!  (what else is there?)  He has also given numerous presentations all over the United States.  Here are a few of his stats:

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GEORGE J. FIX, III


EDUCATION

Ph.D. Harvard University - 1968
M.S. Rice University - 1965
B.S. Texas A&M University - 1963

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August 1999 - 2002 Professor and Chairman, Department of Mathematics Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina.

1995 - July 1999 Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.

1986-1995 Professor and Chairman, Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.

1975-1986 Professor and Chairman, Department of Mathematics, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1973-1975 Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

1972-1973 Associate Professor, IFDAM and Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

1968-1972 Assistant Professor, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1963-1964 Engineer, Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas.

VISITING POSITIONS

June 1983 Institut fur Angewandte Mathematik, Universitat, Bonn, Germany
June 1982 Institut fur Angewandte Mathematik, Universitat, Bonn, Germany
Nov. 1980 Institut fur Angewandte Mathematik, Universitat, Bonn, Germany
Nov. 1979 Institut fur Angewandte Mathematik, Universitat, Bonn, Germany
June-July 1978 Institut fur Angewandte Mathematik, Universitat, Bonn, Germany
June-July 1977 Institut fur Angewandte Mathematik, Universitat, Bonn, Germany
Mar.-Apr. 1977 Institut fur Angewandte Mathematik, Universitat, Bonn, Germany
Mar.-Apr. 1976 Institut fur Angewandte Mathematik, Universitat, Bonn, Germany

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Master Brewers Association of Americas
American Society of Brewing Chemists
American Mathematical Society
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Sigma Xi
Tau Beta Pi
American Association for the Advancement of Science

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Brewing Techniques
Applied Mathematics Letters
Computers & Mathematics with Applications
Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

CONSULTANT

Boston Brewing Co., 1998-present.
Biotechnology Center, Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Co., 1996-present.
Hoffbrau Brewing Co;, Addison, Texas, 1995-present.
Labatt Brewing Co., London Ontario, 1997-1998.
Pittsburgh Brewing Co., Pittsburgh, PA 1980-1985.
Professional Taste Panel, The Great American Beer Festival, 1987-present.
Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, Texas, 1994-present.
Straub Brewing Co., St. Mary's, PA 1975-1985.
USA Cafe and Brewery, Ft. Worth Texas, 1997-present.

BREWING PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

1. G. J. Fix, Principles of Brewing Science, Brewers Publications, Boulder 1989.

2. G. J. Fix and L. A. Fix, Oktoberfest, Vienna, Marzen, Brewers

Publications, Boulder 1991.

3. G. J. Fix and L. A. Fix, An Analysis of Brewing Techniques, Brewers

Publications, Boulder, September 1997.

4. G. J. Fix and L. A. Fix, The New Principles of Brewing Science, Brewers

Publications, Boulder, to appear.

BREWING ARTICLES

97 technical publications with 29 in brewing journals.

PRESENTATIONS

42 invited talks at various Universities and Brewing Conferences.

AWARDS

The David Line award, Homebrewer of the year, Phoenix, AZ 1981.

Distinguished Service Recognition award, Association of Brewers, 1991.

The Ninkasi award, National Homebrewer's Association, 1997.

Over 120 medals won at A.H.A. sanctioned competitions.