Isaac Elishakoff

Isaac Elishakoff
Born (1944-02-09) 9 February 1944
Alma materMoscow Power Engineering Institute, Moscow, Russia
Known forStability; Vibration; Random Vibration; Reliability; Functionally graded material structures; Nanotechnology; Uncertainty modeling
AwardsThe Blaise Pascal Medal in Engineering from European Academy of Sciences(2021); ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal(2016), PACA (FAU President's Award for Career Achievement, 2023), U.S.,
Batsheva de Rothschild Prize(1973), Israel
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Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical and applied mechanics
InstitutionsTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology, Delft University of Technology, University of Notre Dame, Naval Postgraduate School, Florida Atlantic University
Doctoral advisorAcademician Vladimir V. Bolotin

Isaac Elishakoff is an Israeli-American engineer who is Distinguished Research Professor in the Ocean and Mechanical Engineering Department in the Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. His research lies in the areas of random vibrations, structural reliability, solid mechanics of composite materials, semi-inverse problems of vibrations and stability, functionally graded material structures, optimization and anti-optimization of structures under uncertainty, and carbon nanotubes.

He has over 630 journal papers, and has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited 34 books.