Sylvie Lorente
Extraordinary Professor
Department of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Biography
She is a professor in Department of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering in University of Pretoria. She has achieved several honors & awards during her career including, Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator in Heat Transfer Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers International, Orlando (Florida, USA), November 2005; Intelligent Optimal Design Prize, CADLM, Paris (France), October 2006; Research award, Bureau de la Recherche Navale (USA), International Conference Design & Nature II, Rhodes, June 2004; James P. Hartnett Memorial Award, International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer, ASME Congress, Nov. 2007, Seattle ; The Order “Les Palmes Academiques”, Ministry of National ducation, France, Nov. 2008 and many others.
Research Interest
Research interest is in buildings, environmental engineering, INSA Toulouse.
Publications
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Ziaei S, Lorente S, Bejan A. Constructal design for convection melting of a phase change body. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2016 Aug 31;99:762-9.
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Lorente S, Bejan A. Flow Architectures for Ground-Coupled Heat Pumps. InASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 2016 Nov 11 (pp. V008T10A048-V008T10A048). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Swartz CH. Comment on “Economies of scale: The physics basisâ€[J. Appl. Phys. 121, 044907 (2017)]. Journal of Applied Physics. 2017 May 28;121(20):206101.
