Background
Yadigaroglu, George was born on September 16, 1939 in Istanbul, Turkey. Son of Charalambos and Euterpe Yadigaroglu.
Mechanical engineering educator
Yadigaroglu, George was born on September 16, 1939 in Istanbul, Turkey. Son of Charalambos and Euterpe Yadigaroglu.
Diploma in mechanic engineering, Ecole Polytech. Federal Lausanne, Switzerland, 1962; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970.
Research supervisor testing department, Matisa SA, Crissier, 1962-1965;
assistant professor department mechanic engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970;
from assistant to professor department nucl. engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1970-1982;
chair professor mechanic engineering, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, since 1982;
department chairman mechanic and process engineering, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, since 1996. Head nuclear regulatory service Greek Atomic Energy Commission, Athens, 1979-1982. Head thermal-hydraulics laboratory Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland, since 1988.
Consultant various organizations, United States and Europe, since 1970. Collaborator French Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique-Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Grenoble, Grenoble, 1976-1977. Technical cooperative expert International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1976.
Member Organization of European Cooperation and Development/National Education Association Comm. on the Safety of Nuclear Installations, since 1980. Department chairman mechanic and process engineering Swiss Federation Institute Technology, since 1996.
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Nuclear Society. Member Swiss Nuclear Society (president 1991-1997), Hellenic Nuclear Society, Society for Risk Analysis.
Married Suzanne H. Kern, April 28, 1963. Children: Charris George, Ion-Alexis.