Education
Riga Technical University.
Riga Technical University.
Corresponding Member Latvian Academy of Sciences. Academician Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea. 1961-1963 — Junior Research Associate, Riga Polytechnic Institute,
1963-1969 — Senior Research Associate, Senior Engineer, Head of Research Group, Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Latvian Academy of Sciences.
1969-1987 — Director, Research Laboratory of Biomechanics, Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Latvian Academy of Sciences,
1990 - 1999 — Pro-Rector for Research and International Relations, Riga Technical University
2001 — Director, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomechanics of the Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University
1999 - Rector, Riga Technical University.
I.Knets. (Head of Project). Development of Functional Materials Based on the Investigation of the Structure and Biomechanical Properties of Biological Tissues.
Latvian Council of Science (1991—1996). I.Knets. (Head of Project).
Investigation of the Biomechanical Reactions of Biomaterials in Biological Systems and its Computer Modelling.
Latvian Council of Science (1996—2000)
I.Knets. (International Coordinator). Development of Educational Systems in Bioengineering, Biomechanics, and Biomedical Engineering.
European Commission Trans-European Mobility Programme for University Studies South-JEP-4962/92 (1992—2005).
I.Knets. (International Coordinator). Integration of Engineering Education and Research in Latvia.
European Commission Trans-European Mobility Programme for University Studies South-JEP-09777/95 (1995—1998). I.Knets. (Head of Project).
Mechanical Behaviuor and Biomechanical Compatibility of the Facial Bone Tissue and Their Implant Materials in the Long-Term Loading Conditions.
Latvian Council of Science (2001—2004). I.Knets. (Head of Project). Peculiarities of the Deformation and Fracture Processes in the Compact and Spongy Bone Tissue and their Implant Materials under Cyclic Loading.
Latvian Council of Science (2005 —).
I.Knets (Coordinator of Programme in Latvia) Approaching Reliability of Biomedical Devices. Leonardo da Vinci Scientific Programme European Commission (1999—2001)
I.Knets.
(Head of Latvian Participant of Project). Development of a Nonlinear Numerical Constitutive Model for the Periodontal Ligaments.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Scientific Project (2002—2004)
I.Knets.
European Union Trans-European Mobility Programme for University Studies programme on "Development of Educational system in Bioengineering, biomechanics and biomedical engineering (September 1992 — August 2005).
European Academy of Sciences and Arts.