Adrian Bejan#

Present and Previous Positions

• 1989 - present J.A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC
• 1984 - 1989 Full Professor w/ Tenure, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC
• 1978 - 1984 Assistant and Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
• 1976 - 1978 Fellow of the Miller Institute of Basic Research in Science, University of California-Berkeley.
• 1975 - 1976 Lecturer and Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Thermodynamics
• Applied physics
• The Constructal Law of evolution in nature

• 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute, for ‘’ thermodynamics and constructal theory, which predicts natural design and its evolution’’.
• 2017 Ralph Coast Roe Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
• 2013 Academia Europaea, Member
• 2011 Honorary Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 2011 Romanian Academy, Honorary Member
• 2008 Donald Q. Kern Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• 2008 Fluid Science Research Award, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan
• 2007 James P. Hartnett Memorial Award, International Center of Heat and Mass Transfer
• 2006 Luikov Medal, International Center of Heat and Mass Transfer
• 2004 Edward F. Obert Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 2001 Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 2001 Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Honorary Member
• 2000 Ralph Coats Roe Award, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
• 1999 Max Jakob Memorial Award, AIChE and ASME
• 1999 Robert Henry Thurston Lecture, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 1996 Worcester Reed Warner Medal American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 1994 Heat Transfer Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 1990 James Harry Potter Gold Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 1988 Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 18 Doctorates Honoris Causa from universities in 11 countries, for example:
  • 2015 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • 2014 Docteur Honoris Causa, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Lyon, France
  • 2009 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Rome I, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
  • 2003 Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2001 Docteur Honoris Causa, Universite Henri Poincare, Nancy, France

Curriculum Vitae

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Highlights of my work and anecdotes

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