Sylvie Lorente

Present and Previous Positions

• 2019 - present College of Engineering, Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, USA
• 2015 - present Professor (Exceptional Class), INSA Toulouse, France
• 2011 - present Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• 2018 - 2020, Hung Hing-Ying Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Science and Technology, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
• 2015 - 2020 Honorary Professor, Shandong Academy of Sciences, P.R. China
• 2014 - 2015 Adjunct Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile
• 2010 - 2018 Visiting Chair Professor of Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
• 2006 - 2015 Full Professor, INSA Toulouse, France
• 2006 - present Adjunct Professor, Duke University, USA
• 1995 - 1997 Assistant Professor, INSA Toulouse, France

Fields of Scholarship

• Thermal engineering
• Heat transfer
• Design in nature
• Sustainability
• Evolutionary design, constructal law
• Nuclear waste disposal
• Mass transfer
• Energy in buildings
• Urban design
• Cementitious materials

Honours and Awards

• May 2015 The Order “Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite”, French Government
• 5 Feb. 2009 PROSE Award, American Association of Publishers, for the book Design with Constructal Theory
• Nov. 2008 The Order “Les Palmes Académiques”, Ministry of National Education, France
• Nov. 2007 James P. Hartnett Memorial Award, International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Intelligent Optimal Design Prize, CADLM, Paris (France), October 2006
• Nov. 2005 Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator in Heat Transfer Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Nov. 2004 Edward F. Obert Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers