Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "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.He was born in Galaţi, a port town located on the Danube in Romania.His mother, Marioara Bejan (1914–1998), was a pharmacist. His father, Dr. Anghel Bejan (1910–1976), was a veterinarian. 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.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.He has published over 600 peer-reviewed journal articles and 28 books. He pioneered numerous original methods in science, such as the constructal law of design and evolution in nature, entropy generation minimization, scale analysis of convection, heatlines and masslines, transition to turbulence, and designed porous media.He was awarded 18 doctorates Honoris Causa from universities in 11 countries. 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."@en }
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- Adrian_Bejan abstract "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.He was born in Galaţi, a port town located on the Danube in Romania.His mother, Marioara Bejan (1914–1998), was a pharmacist. His father, Dr. Anghel Bejan (1910–1976), was a veterinarian. 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.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.He has published over 600 peer-reviewed journal articles and 28 books. He pioneered numerous original methods in science, such as the constructal law of design and evolution in nature, entropy generation minimization, scale analysis of convection, heatlines and masslines, transition to turbulence, and designed porous media.He was awarded 18 doctorates Honoris Causa from universities in 11 countries. 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.".