History and foundations of thermodynamics, the time problem and the nature of irreversibility, thermodynamics and physics, thermodynamics and statistical physics, the teaching of thermodynamics
Mesoscopic thermodynamics and link with nano-sciences, extended and generalized thermodynamics, multi-scale analysis, optimisation, constructal approach, fractal aspects, non-linear effects, self-organization, molecular simulation
Thermodynamics and chemical, mechanical engineering, thermodynamics and environmental sciences, energy and exergy analysis, phase equilibria , classical thermodynamics,
Thermodynamics and kinetics in biology, thermodynamics and the formation of magmatic and volcanic rocks, self-organization in biology and geology. A focus will be given on homogenization of thermodynamic properties for water-rock geochemical softwares