"Experiment is crucial as input to theory and essential for validating theory. We theorists need academic experimental laboratories to continue to provide experimental data that challenges us to improve our theories. "

"I must rely on a good, extensive basis of experimental data.

There are not many thermodynamics/thermophysical labs in the world that produce quality data *and publish them*"

"I feel that the world is overgrown with simulators - far too many doing far too sterile work. I think the real challenge is in finding a cutting-edge simulator (and that probably means one not distracted by doing experiments also) and motivate him/her to collaborate with a cutting-edge experimentalist. The key is to convince the theoretician of the synergy that is possible of joining theory and experiment. "

"We need to do both novel laboratory work, and modeling and simulation. "

"I truly believe that there is still a tremendous value of the precise thermophysical property measurements. "

Peter Cummings, Vanderbilt University, USA

Ulrich Deiters, Universitaet zu Koeln, Germany

Abbas Firoozabadi, Yale University, USA

Charles A. Eckert, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Michael Frenkel, Director TRC, NIST, USA

All quotes are extracts from epistolary communications, reported with agreement of their authors