Background
Tessler, Alexander was born on April 5, 1950 in Kiev, Ukraine. Son of Leonid Tessler and Ida Ryabinskaya. came to the United States, 1973.
Tessler, Alexander was born on April 5, 1950 in Kiev, Ukraine. Son of Leonid Tessler and Ida Ryabinskaya. came to the United States, 1973.
Bachelor of Science in Structural Engineering, Institute Civil Engineering, Kiev, 1972. Master of Science in Structural mechanics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1976. Degree in engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1978.
Doctor of Philosophy in Structural mechanics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1979.
Senior engineer Northrop Corporation, Hawthorne, California, 1980-1983. Mechanical engineer United States Army Materials Technology Laboratory, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1983-1991. Aerospace engineer National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, since 1991.
Adjunct professor mechanical engineering Northeastern University, Boston, 1986-1991, George Washington University, Washington, since 1992, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, since 1993, University Virginia, Charlottesville, since 2001. Consultant International Space Station, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, Alabama, 1996. Structures expert National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Russian Joint Working Group on Aeronautics, Hampton, since 1995.
Speaker in field.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (structures technical committee), United States Association Computational mechanics, International Community for Composites Engineering.
Married Barbara Sue Feldsher, June 27, 1982. Children: Lee, Veronica, Michael.