Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: Transport and Rate Processes in Physical, Chemical and Biological Systems

About Vincent GerbaudYasar Demirel

Dr. Yasar Demirel earned his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham UK in 1981. He carried out research and scholarly work at the University of Delaware between 1999 and 2001. He worked at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg as a visiting professor between 2002 and 2006. Currently he is a professor in the Department of Chemical Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. He has accumulated broad teaching and research experience over the years in diverse fields of engineering. Dr. Demirel authored and co-authored 11 books four book chapters and more than 170 research papers. The fourth edition of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics was published in 2019. The third edition of the book titled Energy: Production Conversion Storage Conservation and Coupling” was published in 2021. He co-authored the book Sustainable Engineering” to be published in early 2023 by CRC Press Taylor & Francis. He has obtained several awards and scholarships and presented invited seminars. Dr. Vincent Gerbaud obtained a MSc in Chemical Engineering in 1992 from UMASS USA and earned his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering in 1996 from the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse France. He joined the French National Scientific Research Center CNRS at Laboratoire de Génie Chimique in Toulouse in 1998 where was promoted research director in 2012. He was the Head of the French GDR CNRS Thermodynamic group from 2014 to 2020. His research field concerns modelling and simulation in process system engineering with a special focus on bridging molecular scales to macro and mega scales systems. Building upon Edgar Morin's paradigm of la pensée complexe and combining process system and model-driven engineering concepts with equilibrium and nonequilibrium thermodynamic principles he addresses with a holistic approach the modelling of complex systems in areas related to engineering connected with macro economy environmental and social sciences. Dr. Gerbaud co-authored the fourth edition of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics with Dr. Demirel and 6 book chapters 100 research papers and his work led to 6 specialized software. He has contributed to promote innovative teaching and learning in engineering classes based on activities of e-learning writing reflective portfolio and designing mind maps among others tools.