Career
Professor aeronautics and applied science, California Institute Technology, Pasadena.
Professor aeronautics and applied science, California Institute Technology, Pasadena.
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society Experimental Mechanics (Murray medal 1995, chairman division for time dependent material behavior), American Academy Mechanics, Institute for the Advancement of Engineering. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Academy Engineering, Russian Academy Natural Sciences (foreign, Kapitsa medal), International (Russian Academy Engineering (correspondent), The Adhesion Society, Society Rheology, Society for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.