Professor M. Kostic

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NEW: Reasoning and Logical Proofs of the Fundamental Laws: “No Hope” for the Challengers of the Second Law of Thermodynamics by Milivoje Kostic. Entropy 2023, 25(7), 1106; https://doi.org/10.3390/e25071106 - 24 Jul 2023. (Written in popular style FOR EVERYBODY but with deep physical logic and insights for scientists (Philippe Nozieres stated that "only simple qualitative arguments can reveal the fundamental physics”).
[Kostic: 2008 & 2011 & 2014 & 2020 & 2023]  >>> See Carnot.Mkostic.com > Chapters 5 & 6 are devoted to  Sadi Carnot's work and contributions: The 200-Year Anniversary (1824-2024): Reflections on the “Sadi Carnot’s Réflexions”
See Selected Presentations at Speaking, Lecturing, and Media. * Proofs of the Fundamental Laws * Carnot Cycle Efficiency is Fundamentally Misplaced * 

Milivoje Kostic is a Serbian-American Thermodynamicist and Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Northern Illinois University, a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Illinois, and Editor-in-Chief of Thermodynamics of the journal Entropy. He is an expert in energy fundamentals and applications, including nanotechnology, with emphasis on efficiency and energy conservation, and environment and sustainability.

Dr. Milivoje Kostic was born and raised in Serbia. He completed his "Dipl-Ing" (Diploma Engineer) degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Belgrade, with the distinction of having the highest GPA in the mechanical engineering program's history at the time. Then he worked as a researcher in thermal engineering and combustion at Vinca Institute for Nuclear Sciences, which then hosted the headquarters of the International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT), and later taught at the University of Belgrade. In the meantime, he spent three summers as an exchange visitor in England, West Germany and the former Soviet Union. Kostic came to the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1981 as a Fulbright grantee, where he received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1984. He subsequently worked several years in industry before he immigrated to the United States in 1986.

After working for 26 years at Northern Illinois University, he retired in 2014 to focus on his fundamental research, and became a professor emeritus in 2015. Kostic was appointed the editor-in-chief of the Thermodynamics Section of the Entropy journal, after serving as a guest editor of two special issues on Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Kostic has also worked in industry and has authored a number of patents and professional publications, including invited articles in professional encyclopedias. Professor Kostic was appointed as NASA faculty fellow, and Fermi and Argonne National Laboratories faculty researcher. He has won a number of professional awards and recognitions, is a frequent keynote plenary speaker at international conferences and at different educational and public institutions, and is also a member of several professional societies and scientific advisory boards.

Professor Kostic is interested in the fundamental laws of nature, thermodynamics and heat transfer fundamentals and applications, and especially the Second Law of thermodynamics and entropy. He has developed a collaboration with Tsinghua University and other Chinese universities, where he has been invited several times to lecture on his creative research.