Leonid Iosifovich Slepyan

Education

Engineer, Military Marine College, Leningrad, 1951; Engineer Highest Degree, Military Marine College, Leningrad, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Navy, Leningrad, 1964; Doctor of Science, Institute of Navy, Leningrad, 1965.

Career

Junior science fellow Institute of Navy, Leningrad, 1960-1965. Chief of laboratory Hydrodynamics Institute, Novosibirsk, 1965-1974, Mining Institute, Novosibirsk, 1974-1975. Head division Institute of Navy, Leningrad, 1975-1984.

Professor Marine Technology University, 1984-1992. Professor department engineering Tel Aviv University, since 1992. Adjunct research professor Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, since 1996.

Works

• book

  • A Course in Continuum Mechanics: I: Basic Equations and Analytical TechniquesII: Physical Foundations and Formulations of ProblemsIII: Fluids, Gases ... Plastic Solids and the Formation of Cracks

• Other Work

  • Author: Nonstationary Elastic Waves, 1972 (Papkovich's prize 1973), Mechanics of Cracks, 1981 (Papkovich's prize 1982), 2nd edition, 1990. Author over 100 science papers in fracture, wave propagation, and composite materials.

Connections

Married Valentina Alexandrovna Slepyan.

Father:

Iosif Isaakovich Slepyan

Mother:

Hana (Michailovna) Slepyan

Spouse:

Valentina Alexandrovna Slepyan.