Adrian Bejan received the Benjamin Franklin Medal for 'Thermodynamics and constructal theory, which predicts natural design and its evolution in engineering, scientific, and social systems'.
All his degrees are from MIT.At Duke University he is the J.A.Jones Distinguished Professor.He authored 30 books and 650 peer - refereed journal articles, and was awarded 18 honorary doctorates from universities in 11 countries.He is a member of the Academy of Europe.
Recent books:
Design in Nature (Doubleday 2012)
The Physics of Life (St.Martin's Press 2016)