Isaac Elishakoff
Isaac Elishakoff is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Ocean and Mechanical Engineering Department in the Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. He is a figure in the area of mechanics. He has made several contributions in the areas of random vibrations, solid mechanics of composite material, semi-inverse problems of vibrations and stability, functionally graded material structures, and nanotechnology.
Isaac Elishakoff | |
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| Born | 9 February 1944 |
| Nationality | Israeli American |
| Alma mater | Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Moscow, Russia |
| Known for | Stability; Vibration; Random Vibration; Reliability engineering; Functionally graded material; Structures; Nanotechnology; Uncertainty modeling |
| Awards | The Blaise Pascal Medal in Engineering from European Academy of Sciences(2021); ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal(2016), US Batsheva de Rothschild Prize(1973), Israel PACA (FAU President's Award for Career Achievement, 2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical and applied mechanics |
| Institutions | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Delft University of Technology, University of Notre Dame, Naval Postgraduate School, Florida Atlantic University |
| Doctoral advisor | Academician Vladimir V. Bolotin |
He has over 600 journal papers, 33 authored, co-authored, edited or co-edited books and has given over 200 national and international talks at conferences and seminars.
His selected lectures on (a) Elastic Stability, (b) Vibration Syntheses and Analysis and (c) Intermediate Strength of Materials are available on the internet.
In 2021, Elishakoff received the Blaise Pascal Medal in Engineering from the European Academy of Sciences, “to recognise an outstanding and demonstrated personal contribution to science and technology and the promotion of excellence in research and education.” He was simultaneously elected as a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. At the award ceremony he lectured on “Uncertainty Analysis in Engineering: From Blaise Pascal and Pierre Fermat to Modern Times.”