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Adrian Bejan

J.A. Jones Professor Mechanical Engineering at Duke University

Major works

The Physics of Life (St Martin’s Press, 2016).

About me

Prof Adrian Bejan is J.A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering in Duke University and was Visiting Chair Professor of Engineering Science under the Distinguished Chair Professor Scheme of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He specializes in thermodynamics and the constructal law of design and evolution in nature. He has been the recipient of Bejamin Franklin Medal in 2018 and Humboldt Research Award in 2019.