Avraam I. Isayev

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Avraam I. Isayev (born 1942) is a University of Akron professor of polymer engineering [1] known for widely used texts on rheology [2] and polymer molding technology, [3] as well as for development of technology for ultrasonic devulcanization of tire rubber. [4]

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Education

Isayev was born in Azerbaijan and is a US citizen. He earned two master's degrees, the first in Chemical Engineering from Azerbaijan Institute of Oil and Chemistry in Baku (USSR) in 1964, and a second in Applied Mathematics from the Institute of Electronic Machine Building in Moscow (USSR) in 1975. He completed a doctorate in Polymer Engineering and Science at the Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow in 1970. [5]

Career

Isayev began his career in 1970 at the Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Academy of Sciences in Moscow. In 1977, he joined the Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. He joined Cornell University in 1979. He joined the Polymer Engineering department at the University of Akron in 1983. He has been a visiting professor at Kyoto University, University of Aachen, and the University of Linz. During the period from 1990 to 2009 he was the director of Molding Technology Research and Development Center (MOLDTECH). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Advances in Polymer Technology.

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References

  1. ↑ "AWARDS » James L. White Award » Avraam Isayev". allenpress.com. Polymer Processing Society. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Malkin, Alexander Y.; Isayev, Avraam I. (March 21, 2022). Rheology Concepts, Methods, and Applications. Elsevier Science. ISBN   9781927885949 . Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Isayev, Avraam I. (June 29, 1987). Injection and Compression Molding Fundamentals (Plastics Engineering) (1 ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   978-0824776701.
  4. ↑ Isayev, A. I.; Chen, J.; Tukachinsky, A. (1995). "Novel ultrasonic technology for devulcanization of waste rubbers". Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 68 (2): 267–280. doi:10.5254/1.3538741.
  5. ↑ Wilczynski, Krzysztof (June 2013). "Profesor Avraam I. Isayev". Polimery. 58 (6): 482. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Biography of AI Isayev". na.eventscloud.com. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Gaylord, Thomas (2001). University of Akron Fact Book (PDF). Akron, Ohio: University of Akron. p. 43. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Vinogradov Society of Rheology". www.ips.ac.ru/. Russian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Miller, Jason (25 February 2011). "Crain's photo gallery: 2011 NorTech Innovation Awards reception". Crain's Cleveland Business. Crain. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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