These concluding observations presented by Prof. Adrian Bejan, were recorded at the end of the NSF workshop at Villanova University on “Constructal Theory: after 20 Years of Exploration and what the Future Holds”.

This video will guide you  through the decades of development of Constructal theory, since its very inception in Adrian Bejan student’s research work in buckling theory – and his, already, innovative understanding of, and approach to, this field of research.

References

• Adrian Bejan, Design in Nature: the field and its future (42′);
•  2018 NSF Workshop: April 17 -18, 2018 Constructal Theory: 20 Years of Exploration and What the Future Holds.

 

This video released by the Franklin Institute celebrate Prof. Adrian Bejan’s award by retracing the personal history of Adrian Bejan and the origin and development of his constructal theory:  from small electronics coolong to the explanation of how natural systems branch and flow.

Since 1824 (77 years longer than the Nobel Prizes), The Franklin Institute has been recognizing scientists and engineers – such as Prof. Adrian Bejan – who have changed the world, and our lives.

Cf.  http://fi.edu/awards.

Source

Adrian Bejan: “Everything is evolution“. Credit: The Franklin Institute

 

 

The Award from the Benjamin Franklin Institute honors the Duke University professor’s development of Constructal theory, which predicts natural design and its evolution in engineering, scientific, and social systems.

Source

• Adrian Bejan to receive 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal, EurekAlert, 16 April 2018

Adrian Bejan, the J.A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University.

Credit: Duke University

Two tightly linked events are being organized to celebrate 20 years of research and development of the Constructal Theory – register online to participate and celebrate!

NSF Symposium – “Constructal Theory: After 20 years of exploration and what the future holds”

This one-and-a-haf-day symposium will bring speakers from both the industry and the academy at the Villanova University, Tuesday and Wednesday the 17th and 18th of April, 2018: Program of the Villanova Workshop.

Online registration and information:

• http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/engineering/newsevents/NSFWorkshop.html

 

 

The Franklin Institute Awards

– “Constructal Theory: What the future holds”

Half-day symposium, April 18, 2018, afternoon, as a tribute to the recent Franklin Institute Award granted to Professor Adrian Bejan: Program of the Villanova symposium.

Price: Free and open to the public – registration required. Refreshments will be served.

Register at: https://tinyurl.com/Bejan-Symposium

Contacts:

• Dr. Jerry Jones, 610-594-8297, gerard.jones@villanova.edu
• or Ms. Nancy D’Angeli, 610-519-4953, nancy.dangeli@villanova.edu

 

Listen to this one-hour-long podcast, where Prof. Adrian Bejan discuss how he went to discover the Constructal Law : “Growing up in Soviet-controlled Romania, Adrian Bejan found himself living in system that tried to prevent of ideas, money, goods and people.

It’s only fitting then that his career would not only see him bridging the divide between disciplines but studying flow itself. 

In 1995 while designing more efficient cooling systems for electronics, he was struck by the similarity between the systems that he was designing and those that occur naturally in riverbeds, capillary systems, leaves and much, much more.

And so, the constructal law was born.”

Source

• Mixed Mental Art Ep. 297 – The Physics Of Life: Prof Adrian Bejan Enters The Dojo, (ca. 01 hour)

 

The Franklin Institute have recognized accomplishments in science and technology since 1824, and awarded since then researchers such as  Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Pierre and Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Gordon Moore, among others.

This year, Prof. Adrian Bejan will be the recipient of the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering, for his work in this field, and thus especially for the development of Constructal Theory.

The Franklin Institute Awards Ceremony and Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 19, 2018.

References

• The Franklin Institute, Announcing The Franklin Institute Awards Class of 2018.
• Duke University, Bejan Named 2018 Franklin Institute Award Laureate, 7 Nov. 2017.
• The Inquirer, Franklin Institute to honor John Goodenough for work on battery used in cell phones, Eight scientists in all will receive awards in April, for work in such fields as genetics and climate change, 7 Nov. 2017.