!!!Adrian Bejan \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='bejan_adrian_small.jpg' alt='Adrian Bejan' height='200'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ __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 \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *2024 ASME Medal *2020 Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms * 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|http:///www.up.ac.za/en/news/post_2072907-renowned-engineer-honoured-at-university-of-pretoria] ** 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 \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Bejan_Adrian/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Bejan_Adrian/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] -->[Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Bejan_Adrian/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Bejan_Adrian/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit abejan}] [{ALLOW upload abejan}] [{ALLOW comment All}]