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| '''Adrian Bejan''' (24 September 1948, ], ]) is an American professor and proponent of the ] of design and evolution in nature. He is J. A. Jones ] of ] at ].<ref name="Mechanical Engineering">, Adrian Bejan's page.</ref> | '''Adrian Bejan''' (24 September 1948, ], ]) is an American professor and proponent of the ] of design and evolution in nature. He is J. A. Jones ] of ] at ].<ref name="Mechanical Engineering">, Adrian Bejan's page.</ref> | ||
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| Adrian Bejan received all his degrees from MIT: BS 1971 (Honors Course), MS 1972 (Honors Course), and PhD in 1975, all from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at ]. | |||
| During 1976-1978 he was a Miller Fellow at the University of California Berkeley, in the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science. | |||
| Bejan was appointed full professor with tenure at Duke University in 1984. He was awarded the J.A. Jones distinguished professorship in 1989.<ref name="Mechanical Engineering" /> | Bejan was appointed full professor with tenure at Duke University in 1984. He was awarded the J.A. Jones distinguished professorship in 1989.<ref name="Mechanical Engineering" /> | ||
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Adrian Bejan (24 September 1948, Galaţi, Romania) is an American professor and proponent of the constructal theory of design and evolution in nature. He is J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University.
Bejan was appointed full professor with tenure at Duke University in 1984. He was awarded the J.A. Jones distinguished professorship in 1989.
Scientific career
Bejan has published 530 peer-reviewed articles and 24 books. He pioneered numerous original methods in science, such as the constructal law of design and evolution in nature, entropy generation minimization, scale analysis of convection, heatlines and masslines, transition to turbulence, and designed porous media.
He is listed among the top 100 most widely cited engineering authors in the world (all disciplines, all countries, living and deceased).
He was awarded 16 doctorates Honoris Causa from universities in 11 countries.
External links
- Adrian Bejan's web page on the Duke University site
- Interview on The State of Things at WUNC.org
- TED Talk Lecture
References
- ^ Duke Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Adrian Bejan's page.
- Adrian Bejan's ISI page
- A. Bejan and S. Lorente, The constructal law and the thermodynamics of flow systems with configuration, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 47, 2004, pp. 3203-3214. (doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.02.007).
- A. Bejan and S. Lorente, Constructal theory of generation of configuration in nature and engineering, J. Appl. Phys., 100, 2006, 041301. (doi:10.1063/1.2221896).
- A. H. Reis, Constructal theory: from engineering to physics, and how flow systems develop shape and structure, Appl. Mech. Rev., 59, 2006, pp. 269-281. (doi:10.1115/1.2204075).
- A. Bejan and S. Lorente, The constructal law of design and evolution in nature, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 365, 2010, pp. 1335-1347.
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