PAPERS PRESENTED

Engineering

R. J. Gordon and W. R. Schowalter (speaker). "On the Relation between Molecular Properties of Polymer Materials and Continuum Theories of Fluids with Structure," presented at the International Seminar on Heat andMass Transfer in Rheologically Complex Fluids, Herceg Novi, Yugoslavia (1970).

R. J. Gordon (speaker) and W. R. Schowalter, "Anisotropic Fluid Theory: A Different Approach to the Dumbbell Theory of Dilute Polymer Solutions," presented at 41st Annual Society of Rheology Meeting, Princeton, N.J., (October 1970).

A. E. Everage, Jr. and R. J. Gordon (speaker), "On a New Mechanical Theory of Dilute Macromolecular Solutions," presented at 70th National Meeting, Am. Inst. of Chem. Engrs., Atlantic City, N.J., (August 31, 1971).

R. J. Gordon (speaker) and C. Balakrishnan, "On a New Viscoelastic Effect and its Significance in Turbulent Drag Reduction," presented at 42nd Annual Society of Rheology Meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee, (October 1971).

R. J. Gordon, "Turbulent Drag Reduction: An Overview," invited talk, Celanese Research Company, Summit, N.J., (March 1, 1971).

R. J. Gordon, "A Survey of Transport Phenomena," review lecture presented at May 1970, Annual Joint Meeting of Peninsular Florida and Southeast Georgia Sections of Am. Inst. of Chem. Engrs. (Workshop on continuing education).

R. J. Gordon (speaker C. Balakrishnan and S. Pahwa, "Importance of Filament Formation in Turbulent Drag Reduction," presented at Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs. Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri (1973).

A. E. Everage, Jr. and R .J. Gordon (speaker), "Development of Realistic Constitutive Equations for Dilute Polymer Solutions," presented at Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs. Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (November 1973).

P. Katsibas, C. Balakrishnan and R. J. Gordon (speaker), "Some Implications of the Maximum in Drag Reduction Concentration Curves," presented at Soc. of Rheol. Meeting, Montreal, Canada (November 1973).

R. J. Gordon, "Turbulent Drag Reduction. An Overview," invited talk presented at Monsanto Chemical Company, Pensacola, FL., (Feb. 1, 1974).

P. Katsibas, C. Balakrishnan, D. White and R. J. Gordon (speaker), "Drag Reduction Correlations," presented at International Conference on Drag Reduction, Cambridge University, (Sept. 1974).

R. J. Gordon, "Some Aspects of Turbulent Drag Reduction and Degradation in Highly Dilute Polymer Solutions," invited talk presented at the Conference on Chemical Engineering Rheology, University of Salford, (Sept. 1974).

R. J. Gordon (speaker) and D. White, "The Effects of Molecular Flexibility on Turbulent Drag Reduction," was presented at Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs. Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Calif., (November 1975).

A. E. Everage, Jr. and R. J. Gordon (speaker), "Modified Bead-Spring Theory of Dilute Polymer Solutions IV. Extension to Polymer Melts," presented at Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs. Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Calif., (November 1975).

C. S. Chiou and R. J. Gordon(speaker), "Vena Contracta Inhibition," presented at Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs. Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Calif., (November 1975).

R. J. Gordon, "Rheology of Dilute Polymer Solutions," series of two invited lectures, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England, (April 1976).

R. J. Gordon, "Extensional Viscosity Effects in Dilute Polymer Solutions," invited lecture, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales, (May 1976).

R. J. Gordon, "Overview of Turbulent Drag Reduction," invited lecture, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, (May 1976).

R. J. Gordon, "Vortex Inhibition," invited lecture, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Cambridge, England, (June 1979).

R. J. Gordon, "Role of Molecular Conformation in Turbulent Drag Reduction," invited lecture, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, England, (June 1976).

R. J. Gordon, "Extensional Viscosity Effects in Dilute Polymer Solutions," invited lecture, Department of Mechanics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, (August 1976).

C. S. Chiou and R. J. Gordon (speaker), "Vortex Flow of Dilute Polymer Solutions," presented at Drag Reduction Symposium, American Chemical Society, Anaheim, California, (March 1978).

R. J. Gordon, "Role of Extensional Viscosity in Turbulent Drag Reduction," presented at 50th Society of Rheology meeting, Boston, (November 1979).

R. J. Gordon, "Role of Extensional Viscosity in Turbulent Drag Reduction," British Society of Rheology meeting, Newcastle, 1981.

Biomedical

R. J. Gordon, G. K. Snyder, H. Tritel (speaker), and W. J. Taylor, "Significance of Blood Rheology in Myocardial Ischemia," presented at Southern Society for Clinical Investigation Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (Jan. 1973).

R. J. Gordon (speaker), W. J. Taylor and H. Tritel, "Modeling the Coronary Circulation: Implications in the Pathogenesis of Sudden Death," presented at the International Symposium on Oxygen Transport to Tissue, Charleston-Clemson, South Carolina (April 1973).

R. J. Gordon (speaker), M. Ravin, R. Rawitscher and G. R. Daicoff, "Effects of Hemodilution on Hypotension during Cardiopulmonary Bypass," presented at 49th Congress of the Int. Anesthesia Research Society, Miami, Florida, (March 1975).

R. J. Gordon, G. Dorris, J. Utley and M. Ravin (speaker), "Effects of Sodium Nitroprusside on Regional Blood Flow Distribution," presented at Int. Anesthes Research Society Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada (1976).

R. J. Gordon, "Role of Blood Viscosity in Clinical Medicine," presented at 50th Society of Rheology meeting, Boston (1979).

R. J. Gordon, "Effect of Mechanical Ventilation on Left Ventricular Function," Gulf Coast Anesthesia Resident's Conference, Augusta, GA. (May 1980).

R. J. Gordon, "Why is Knowing About Blood Rheology Important in Clinical Anesthesia," ASA refresher course lecture, St. Louis, (October 1980).

R. J. Gordon, "Hemorheology," invited plenary lecture at 51st Society of Rheology meeting, Williamsburg, VA (1981).

R. J. Gordon, "Importance of Blood Rheology in Clinical Anesthesia", invited lecture Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, (1986).

R. J. Gordon "Epidural Pain Management", presented at Tennessee Association for Home Care Meeting, Nashville, TN, (March 1992).

R. J. Gordon “Malpractice in Anesthesiology — A Review”, Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, (March 1999).

R. J. Gordon "Pain Control", Series of three lectures for Madison School of Nurse Anesthesia, Madison, TN, (Summer 2003).

R. J. Gordon, “Peer Review and the Quality of American Medical Care,” Invited lecture series, California Western School of Law, San Diego, CA (October 2007).

R. J. Gordon, “Anesthesia Management in Light of the IHI 5 million lives Campaign, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and Tidal Volume,” invited lecture, US Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA (March 2008)

R. J. Gordon, “Perioperative Genomics and the Perioperative Surgical Home,” invited lecture, VA Hospital La Jolla, 2015

R. J. Gordon, “Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism,” invited lecture, Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, New York (February 2018)