Adrian Bejan

Adrian Bejan received the Benjamin Franklin Medal (2018) and the Humboldt Research Award (2019) for thermodynamics and the constructal law of natural design and its evolution in nature, engineering, science and social systems. His degrees are from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.1971, M.S.1972, Ph.D.1975). He has authored over 30 books and 650 peer-refereed journal articles, and has been awarded 18 honorary doctorates from universities in 11 countries, from France to Azerbaijan, and from Brazil to South Africa. His new book is FREEDOM AND EVOLUTION: Hierarchy in Nature, Society and Science (Springer 2020).

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Speaking history

ASME Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition

15 June 2026 Milan, Italy “Evolutionary Design with Freedom”

ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference

19 July 2026 Anaheim, United States “Evolutionary Design with Freedom”

Topics this speaker covers

industrial-machinerypower-utilitiesaviation-aerospace

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