ADRIAN BEJAN
J.A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Contact Information
Box 90300
(PH) 919-660-5314
(FX) 919-660-8963
abejan@duke.edu

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Education

	PhD	Improved Thermal Design of the Cryogenic Cooling System for the Rotor of a Superconducting Generator, Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T., 1975
	MS	Superconductive Field Winding for a 2 MVA Synchronous Generator, Mechanical Engineering (Honors Course), M.I.T., 1972
	BS	Mechanical Engineering (Honors Course), M.I.T., 1972

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Experience

	1989-present	J. A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC
	1984-1989	Professor, Dept Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University
	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, UC-Berkeley

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Selected Publications

1. A. Bejan, Convection Heat Transfer, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, NY, 1995.
2. A. Bejan, Entropy Generation Minimization, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1996.
3. A. Bejan, Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, NY, 1997.
4. D. A. Nield and A. Bejan, Convection in Porous Media, 2nd Edition, Springer-Verlag, NY, 1999.
5. A. Bejan, Shape and Structure, From Engineering to Nature, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2000.

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Selected Synergistic Activities

Developing a new course for the design of flow systems such as all living systems (e.g., dendritic flows, vascularized tissues, lungs). ME165: Shape and Structure, from Engineering to Nature. Editorial Boards: 11

Collaborators: Jose V.C. Vargas (Brazil); Paul Cizmas (Texas A&M); Sylvie Lorente (France); Alexandru Morega (Romania); Valentin Arion (Moldova); Dan G. Cacuci (Germany); Fabio Gori (Italy); Enrico Sciubba (Italy)

Graduate Degree Advisor: Prof. Joseph L. Smith, Jr., MIT. (advisor for both MS and PhD)

Thesis Advisor: Gustavo A. Ledezma (1997); Nicolae Dan (1998); Marcelo R. Errera (1999); Maria Neagu (1999); Majed Almogbel (2000); Asad Alebrahim (2000)

Current Students: Wishsanuruk Wechsatol; Juan Carlos Ordonez; Luis Alberto Oliveira Rocha; Tunde Bello-Ochende; Louis Gosselin

Research Support: Dr. Bejan currently has 1 active grant: NSF (CTS00 01269) and he has 1 NSF proposal pending

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Short Research Interest Description

Constructal theory, or the generation of optimal flow architecture in engineered and natural flow systems.

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Selected Honors

11 honorary doctorates
Ralph Coats Roe Award, ASEE, 2000; Max Jakob Memorial Award, AIChE and ASME, 1999; Thurston Lecturer, ASME, 1999; Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award of the ASME, 1988; Worcester Reed Warner Medal of the ASME, 1996; Heat Transfer Memorial Award of the ASME, "Science" category, 1994; James Harry Potter Gold Medal of the ASME, 1990; Fellow of the ASME, 1987; 1980 Ralph R. Teetor Award of the SAE, 1980.

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Research Interest

Professor Bejan’s research covers a wide range of topics in thermal engineering: entropy generation minimization, exergy analysis, natural convection, combined heat and mass transfer, convection in porous media, transition to turbulence, melting, solidification, condensation, fouling, solar energy conversion, cryogenics, applied superconductivity, tribology, contaminant removal (ventilation) from enclosures, convection from surfaces covered with flexible fibers, the optimal geometry of electronics packages, and the constructal theory of organization in nature.

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