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Education:
- Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences (Specialization in Solids
State Physics), Department of
Mathematics, Moscow State Mining
University, Moscow, Russia,
1982.
- M.S. (includes B.S.) in Engineering Physics (Specialization in Physical Processes in Mining),
Department of Rock Fracture, Moscow
State Mining
University, Moscow, Russia,
1977.
Research Interests
- Properties
of Earth and Extraterrestrial Materials
- Rock
Mechanics
- Fracture
Mechanics
- Micro-mechanical
Modeling
- Geophysics
- Applied
Mathematical Methods
- Biomechanics
Research Group
Honors/Awards
- Guest Lecture "Interaction
of Equally Spaced Cracks: Is Periodic Approximation Applicable?" Homogenization
and Effective Characteristics, 8th U.S.
National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Austin, 2005
- Keynote Lecture "Fracture
Processes on Asteroids in the Solar System," Fairhurst
Colloquium, Minneapolis,
2004
- Guest
Lecture, SPE Forum Tight Gas Reservoirs, Nice, France,
2004
- Rock Mechanics Research
Award, American Rock Mechanics Association, 2003
- Invited Keynote Lecture
"Fractures in Particulate Materials," International
Conference on Structural Integrity and Fracture, Perth, Australia,
2002
- The Best Paper Award,
Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Society, 2002
- The
Best Paper Award, CEE, Georgia Tech, 2001
- Basic
Research Award, U.S.
National Committee for Rock Mechanics, 2000.
- Schlumberger
Petroleum Geomechanics Award, 1999
- Invited
Keynote Lecture "Thermal Spalling of
Rocks," 9th International Conference on Fracture, Sydney, Australia, 1997
- Elected as a Foreign Fellow of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences,
1996
Professional Affiliations
- American Rock Mechanics Association
- American Geophysical Union
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