Career
Zener held the following posts/appointments: He taught at Washington University in St. Louis (1935–1937), the City College of New York] (1937–1940), and Washington State University (1940–1942) before working at the Watertown Arsenal during World War II. After the war, he taught at University of Chicago (1945–1951) where he was Professor of Physics, before being appointed as Director of Science at Pittsburgh's Westinghouse (1951–1965). Here he developed his system of Geometric programming, which he used to solve engineering problems using adjustable parameters, defined by mathematical functions. Using this, Zener modelled designs for heat exchangers, to perform Ocean thermal energy conversion, and discovered the most suitable areas for their deployment, many of these models are still being used today. Following his career at Westinghouse, Zener returned to teaching, leaving Pittsburgh to become a professor at Texas A&M University(1966–1968), and finally at Carnegie Mellon University (1968–1993).
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