Adrian Bejan
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Adrian Bejan | |
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Born | Galaţi, Romania |
Education | MIT (1971,1972,1975) |
Occupation | Distinguished Professor at Duke University |
Known for | thermodynamics, heat transfer, and the constructal law |
Adrian Bejan is an American professor who developed modern thermodynamics and the constructal law of design and evolution in nature. He is J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University.[1]
He was born in Galaţi, a port town located on the Danube in Romania. His mother, Marioara Bejan (1914–1998), was a pharmacist.[2][non-primary source needed] His father, Dr. Anghel Bejan (1910–1976), was a veterinarian.[2] Adrian Bejan showed an early talent in drawing, and his parents enrolled him in art school. He also excelled in basketball, which earned him a position on the Romanian national basketball team.[3][4]
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 MIT. He was appointed full professor with tenure at Duke University in 1984. He was awarded the J.A. Jones distinguished professorship in 1989.[1]
He has published over 600 peer-reviewed journal articles and 28 books. [3][5]
He pioneered numerous original methods in science, such as the constructal law of design and evolution in nature,[6][non-primary source needed][7][non-primary source needed][8][non-primary source needed][9][non-primary source needed][10][non-primary source needed] entropy generation minimization,[11][non-primary source needed] scale analysis[12][non-primary source needed] of convection, heatlines and masslines, transition to turbulence, and designed porous media.[13][non-primary source needed]
He was awarded 18 doctorates Honoris Causa from universities in 11 countries.[citation needed] In 2001, he was listed by ISI among the top 100 Highly Cited in all Engineering.
Bejan numbers are named after him. Thomson Reuters' portal Web of Knowledge® shows the use and citation (1415) of Bejan numbers is increasing geometrically along the years.[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Duke Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Adrian Bejan's page.
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- ↑ A. Bejan and S. Lorente, Constructal law of design and evolution: Physics, biology, technology, and society, Journal of Applied Physics 113, 151301 (2013); doi:10.1063/1.4798429
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ A. Bejan and S. Lorente, The Constructal law and the evolution of design in nature, Physics of Life Reviews, 8, 2011, pp. 209–240.
- ↑ A. Bejan, Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics, 3rd ed., Wiley, Hoboken, 2006.
- ↑ A. Bejan, Convection Heat Transfer, 4th ed., Wiley, Hoboken, 2013.
- ↑ D.A. Nield, A. Bejan, Convection in Porous Media, 4th ed., Springer, New York, 2013.
- ↑ Web of Knowledge® "bejan number" (as of November 13, 2014).
External links
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- How a Single Principle of Physics Governs Nature and Society: Adrian Bejan at TEDxMidAtlantic 2012 on YouTube
- Through the Wormhole - Did God Create Evolution? - Constructal theory
- Why Every Snowflake is NOT Unique
- Duke University "Office Hours"
- Constructal Law web portal: publications, events, links, etc.
- Unified Physics Theory Explains Animals' Running, Flying And Swimming: Duke University article.
- Tree branching key to efficient flow in nature and novel materials, [1]
- Unifying The Animate And Inanimate Designs of Nature, [2]
- Why the golden ratio pleases the eye, The Guardian, UK, [3]
- Le secret de la beaute demystifiee, Le Devoir, Montreal, [4]
- Collaboration of soloists makes the best science, [5]
- Meet Adrian Bejan North Carolina Public Radio 16 August 2010(5 August 2012)
- Use dmy dates from June 2013
- Articles with hCards
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- Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from March 2014
- Articles with unsourced statements from February 2015
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- Duke University faculty
- People from Galați
- Romanian emigrants to the United States
- Romanian scientists
- Fluid dynamicists
- Thermodynamicists
- ISI highly cited researchers
- Design
- Entropy