Extended Abstract submission deadline for CLC2026 has been extended to June 5, 2026!

16th Constructal Law Conference (CLC2026)

May 19 • Umit Gunes

Adrian Bejan | Defrosting Refrigerators, from Design in Nature

In this video, Adrian Bejan describes design and evolution in time as rhythm or frequency, and adds two examples, defrosting a refrigerator and the…

May 9 • Umit Gunes

Last Call: Submit your Extended Abstract to CLC2026

The deadline for extended abstract submission for the 16th Constructal Law Conference (CLC2026) is May 15, 2026.

May 8 • Umit Gunes

April 2026

Adrian Bejan | Diversity Through Freedom & School of Thought

In this video, Adrian Bejan discusses a celebration at Duke and uses 7 slides to give a brief overview of his work.

Apr 28 • Umit Gunes

Adrian Bejan | Ice Making, from Design in Nature

In this video, Adrian Bejan describes the design of the ice maker in a domestic refrigerator, where water freezes on a refrigerated surface called an…

Apr 17 • Umit Gunes

Adrian Bejan | Respiration, from Design in Nature

In this video, Adrian Bejan explains that predicting design should include not only the evolution of design in space but also in time, and he introduces…

Apr 11 • Umit Gunes

March 2026

Adrian Bejan | Physics of Beauty, from Design in Nature

In this video, Adrian Bejan explains how the Atlanta airport story and a question at the 2009 ASHRAE congress led him from the golden ratio, or divine…

Mar 30 • Umit Gunes

Adrian Bejan | City Beltway, from Design in Nature

In this video, Adrian Bejan describes how a city grows from a small village road into a city block and then into a grid, and how the center and the…

Mar 19 • Umit Gunes

Adrian Bejan | The iPhone and Obesity

Adrian Bejan talks about denser packages that become lighter things to carry, and he connects this to what you want with your desires.

Mar 14 • Umit Gunes

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Adrian Bejan | Wealth Hierarchy, from Design in Nature

In this video, Adrian Bejan works seriously on today’s video and says that every video is the most important in the sequence.

Mar 5 • Umit Gunes

The 16th Constructal Law Conference (CLC2026) Abstract Submission System is Open

Design in Nature: The Evolution of Designs

Mar 2 • Umit Gunes

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February 2026

Adrian Bejan | Evolution of Boats with Sails, from Design in Nature

In this video, Adrian Bejan describes a story from this course about a student, Lee Ferber, a sailor who proposed an idea inspired by a toy boat with…

Feb 26 • Umit Gunes