Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Alexander Yarin is currently a Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. He studied and worked in Leningrad and Moscow before becoming Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in 1990. His background is in applied physics, fluid mechanics and rheology and he has authored 2 books, 6 book chapters, 176 research articles in professional journals and 4 patents. He is one of the three co-Editors of “Springer Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics”, 2007, and an Associate Editor of the journal “Experiments in Fluids”.
M.S., Applied Physics (1977)
Polytechnical Insitute ( Technical University), Leningrad (Sankt-Peterburg)
PhD , Physics and Mathematics (1980),
Institute for Problems in Mechanics,
USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
D.Sc., Physics and Mathematics (1989)
Institute for Problems in Mechanics,
USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Awards:
- Most Cited Article, 2006-2010, Polymer, Elsevier, 2008
- Fellow of the Center of Excellence "Smart Interfaces" Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany, 2008
- 3rd Prize of the Society of Mechanics, Taiwan, 2006
- Hershel Rich Prize – Technion Innovation Award, American Technion Society, 2005
- Prize for Technological Development for Defense against Terror, American Technion Society, 2003
- Gutwirth Award, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1999
- Guastala Fellowship of Rashi Foundation (France) and The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1992-1995
- Awards of the Institute for Problems in Mechanics, USSR Academy of Sciences, in contests of research works, 1980-1990
- University Award for "Outstanding Student Research", Polytechnic Institute of Leningrad, 1974