Prigogine thermodynamics an engineering
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Prigogine thermodynamics an engineering
University of Texas
Ilya Prigogine
January 15, 1917–May 28, 2003
IN MEMORIAM
ILYA PRIGOGINE
Ilya Prigogine, Regental Professor of Physics and Chemical Engineering and director of the Ilya Prigogine Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems at the University of Texas at Austin died on May 28, 2003.
He joined the UT faculty in 1967 and remained a very active member of the faculty until his death in 2003. Prigogine was a leader in the fields of nonlinear chemistry and physics, whose research helped create a greater understanding of the role of time in the physical sciences and biology.
He contributed significantly to scientists’ ability to analyze dynamical processes in complex systems. He greatly enhanced our understanding of irreversible processes in systems that are far from equilibrium, particularly in chemical and biological systems.
Prigogine developed the concept of “dissipative structures” to describe th