Sylvie Lorente#
| Membership Number: | 5138 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wq-o5EcAAAAJ&hl=en |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present College of Engineering, Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, USA
- 2015 - present Professor (Exceptional Class), INSA Toulouse, France
- 2011 - present Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- 2018 - 2020, Hung Hing-Ying Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Science and Technology, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
- 2015 - 2020 Honorary Professor, Shandong Academy of Sciences, P.R. China
- 2014 - 2015 Adjunct Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile
- 2010 - 2018 Visiting Chair Professor of Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
- 2006 - 2015 Full Professor, INSA Toulouse, France
- 2006 - present Adjunct Professor, Duke University, USA
- 1995 - 1997 Assistant Professor, INSA Toulouse, France
Fields of Scholarship
- Thermal engineering
- Heat transfer
- Design in nature
- Sustainability
- Evolutionary design, constructal law
- Nuclear waste disposal
- Mass transfer
- Energy in buildings
- Urban design
- Cementitious materials
Honours and Awards
- May 2015 The Order “Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite”, French Government
- 5 Feb. 2009 PROSE Award, American Association of Publishers, for the book Design with Constructal Theory
- Nov. 2008 The Order “Les Palmes Académiques”, Ministry of National Education, France
- Nov. 2007 James P. Hartnett Memorial Award, International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Intelligent Optimal Design Prize, CADLM, Paris (France), October 2006
- Nov. 2005 Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator in Heat Transfer Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Nov. 2004 Edward F. Obert Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
