Conferral of the Benjamin
Franklin Medal to Professor
Adrian Bejan in recognition of
his complex activity
Professor Adrian Bejan, J.A. Jones Professor of
Mechanical Engineering at Duke University, North
Carolina, USA, Honorary Member of the Romanian
Academy, Science Section, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
of the Stomatology Edu Journal, has been awarded
the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical
Engineering.
Professor Bejan has come to prominence by
“his pioneering interdisciplinary contributions in
thermodynamics and convection heat transfer that
have improved the performance of engineering
systems, and for his constructal theory, which predicts
natural design and its evolution in engineering,
scientific, and social systems”.
Professor Bejan joins the other seven 2018 laureates
of the prestigious Franklin Institute Awards,
personalities whose breakthroughs have contributed
significantly to transforming our world into their own
fields, have helped improve the lives of billions of
people around the world by paving the way for a
future better.
Since its foundation in 1824 the Franklin Institute
has acknowledged and publicly encouraged the
remarkable achievements in science and technology
of Nikola Tesla, Marie and Pierre Curie, Thomas
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Edison, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Jane
Goodall and Bill Gates. Up to now, in its124 years
of existence, 118 of the Franklin Institute members
have been honored with the Nobel Prize.
The Franklin Institute's Award Ceremony and Dinner
are the culmination of a series of events and programs
organized over the course of a week to capitalize on
the advancements in science and technology as well
as an extraordinary business leadership. In addition
to the series of events and symposia organized
during the week, public and educational programs
are designed to allow direct and unprecedented
access to laureates.
In order to honor its new 2018 laureates, the Franklin
Institute decided to hold an event on April 19, 2018
celebrating the tremendous impact on science,
technology and business leadership these pioneers
have had through their exceptional achievements.
M-V Constantinescu
DDS, PhD
Editor-in-Chief
DOI: 10.25241/stomaeduj.2017.4(4).news.1
Stoma Edu J. 2017;4(4): 240
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