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About

School of Mechanical Engineering
The Eda and Jaime Dreszer Fracture Mechanics Laboratory
The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering
Tel Aviv University

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Research

The field of fracture mechanics deals with the prediction of crack propagation in structures. All structures have defects such as material imperfections or manufacturing flaws which in-service become cracks. These cracks may be unimportant to the continued functioning of the structure or they may run catastrophically causing great damage to property and life. Typical large structures in which this may occur include bridges, submarines, airplanes and aerospace vehicles, to name a few.

Analytical, numerical and experimental methods are employed in the Fracture Mechanics Laboratory to treat fracture problems which include homogeneous materials, bonds, interfaces and composites.

Other Academic Activities:

  • 1989-1990, Chairperson, Program Committee, 31st Israel Annual Conference on Aviation and Astronautics

  • 1990-2015, Member, Organizing Committee, Israel Annual Conference on Aviation and Astronautics

  • 1991-present, Editorial Board, International Journal of Fracture

  • 1992-1994, Representative of Associate Professors (elected), Senate, Tel Aviv University

  • 1993-1997, Chairperson, Department of Solid Mechanics, Materials and Structures

  • 2001-2005, Chairperson, Department of Solid Mechanics, Materials and Systems

  • 2001-present, Israel Representative, International Congress on Fracture

  • 2001-2015, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Adjunct Professor

  • 2002-2004, Senate Representative on Board of Governors, Tel Aviv University (elected)

  • 2004-2008, Israel Representative, European Society of Experimental Mechanics

  • 2005-2009, Executive Committee Member, International Congress on Fracture

  • 2005-2007, Member of EU COST Technical Committee on Urban Civil Engineering

  • 2006-2010, Vice President, European Structural Integrity Society

  • 2006-2015, Editorial Board, Strain

  • 2006-present, Editorial Board, Engineering Fracture Mechanics

  • 2008-2018, Vice President, European Society for Experimental Mechanics

  • 2008-2016, Member of the Congress Committee of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

  • 2009-present, Editorial Board, International Journal of Structural Integrity

  • 2009-2012, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Guest Professor

  • 2010-2018, President, European Structural Integrity Society

  • 2013-2019, President, Israel Structural Integrity Group

  • 2016-present, Member of the Executive Committee of the Congress Committee of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

  • 2017-present, Treasurer, International Congress on Fracture

  • 2018, Member of the Council of Higher Education Committee for the Evaluation of Mechanical Engineering Study Programs in Israel

  • 2022, Editorial Board, Engineering Failure Analysis

  • 2023-present, Member of the Executive Committee and Governor at Large of the International Conference of Mechanical Behavior of Materials 

Academic and Professional Awards

  • Teaching Excellence Award in Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University (1995-1996)

  • Mary Shepard B. Upson Visiting Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1997)

  • Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University (1998-1999)

  • Honorary Fellow of the International Congress of Fracture (2005)

  • Hanin Prize in Aeronautical Engineering (2006)

  • 2006 Honorary Membership to ESIS (European Society of Structural Integrity)

  • Incumbent, Lise Meitner Chair at Lund University, Sweden (2006)

  • Incumbent, Diane and Arthur Belfer Chair of Mechanics and Biomechanics at Tel Aviv University (2006)

  • Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics (2008)

  • Fellow, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2009)

  • Teaching Commendation Award in Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University (2010-2011)

  •  Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2012)

  •  Honorary Doctorate, Lund University (2014)

  •  Honorary Member, Italian Group of Fracture (2015)

  •  ASTM Jerry Swedlow Memorial Lecture (2015)

  •  Life Time Achievement Award, EuraSEM (2018)

  • Griffith Medal, ESIS (2020)

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