Stelios Kyriakides
Professor, Center Director, John Webb Jennings Chair in Engineering
Email: skk@mail.utexas.edu
Phone: (512) 471-4167
Office: ASE 5.230 (map)
Education:
| Ph.D. | Aeronautics (Solid Mechanics), April 1980, California Institute of Technology. |
| M.S. | Aeronautics, June 1976, California Institute of Technology. |
| B.Sc. | First Class Honors, in Aeronautical Engineering, June 1975, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K. |
Academic Positions:
| 1996 – Present | Director, Center for Mechanics of Solids, Structures & Materials, UT-Austin |
| 09/89 – Present | Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, UT-Austin. |
| 01-06/96 | Visiting Scholar, Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University. |
| 01-05/90 | Visiting Scholar, Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology. |
| 09/85 – 08/89 | Assoc. Prof., Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, UT-Austin. |
| 09/80 – 08/85 | Assist. Prof., Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, UT-Austin. |
| 04-08/80 | California Institute of Technology. Research Fellow in Aeronautics |
Honors and Awards:
| Warner T. Koiter Medal, ASME | 2009 |
| Honorary Doctorate (Docteur Honoris Causa), INSA de Lyon (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon), Villeurbanne Cedex, France (For more see Ceremony). | Apr. 21, 2009 |
| Mechanics Distinguished Lecturer of Spain | 05/2007 |
| John Webb Jennings Chair in Engineering | 02/2007 – Present |
| Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering | 2/2007 |
| Midwest Mechanics Lecturer | 2002-2003 |
| Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics | 1999 |
| Elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers | 1997 |
| Temple Foundation Endowed Professorship No. 1 UT-Austin | 08/1999-2007 |
| Hayden Head Professorship in Engineering, UT-Austin | 08/1996-08/1999 |
| ALCOA Foundation Unrestricted Grant | 1994 |
| Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize | 1992 |
| Engineering Foundation Faculty Excellence Award, UT-Austin | 1984, 1992 |
| Outstanding Paper Award, ASME Division of Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering | 1991 |
| Department of ASE/EM Excellence in Teaching Award | 1989-90 |
| Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation | 1984-1989 |
| U.T. Engineering Foundation Centennial Teaching Fellowship | 1984-1996 |
| Hele-Shaw Prize for Outstanding Academic Performance, University of Bristol, U.K. | 1974-1975 |
| British Commonwealth Scholarship for University Tuition | 1975 |
Professional Organizations:
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Member, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
- Member, Society of Experimental Mechanics
- Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics
- Member of the Structural Stability Research Council
- Member, Society of Engineering Science
- Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers
- Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas (Reg. No. 57771)
Editorships and Editorial Boards:
- Editor, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 10/05 – Present
- Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 06/94 – 06/2000
- Editorial Board, International Journal of Plasticity, 01/90 – Present
- Editorial Board, International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics, 11/95 – 06/05
- Editorial Board, Journal of Composite Materials, 01/01 – Present
National and International Committees:
- 2006, President, American Academy of Mechanics
- 2005, President-Elect, American Academy of Mechanics
- September 2, 2004-, Member of the Congress Committee, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
- July 1, 2002 – June 20, 2003, Chair, Executive Committee of the Applied Mechanics Division of the ASME
- July 1999 – July 2002, Member Executive Committee of the Applied Mechanics Division of the ASME
- November 1998 – present, Member-at-Large US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (NRC)
- May 2001, Co-chair and organizer of IUTAM Symposium, “Material Instabilities and the Effect of Microstructure,” Austin, TX, May 7-11.
- July 1994 – July 2000, Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics.
- July 1996 – present, ASME, Applied Mechanics Division, Secretary of Technical Committee Instablity in Solids and Structures.
- March 1993- June 1996, ASME, Applied Mechanics Division, Founding Chairman of Technical Committee Instability in Solids and Structures
Research Interests:
Instability in Solids, Structures and Materials
Solid Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, Structural Mechanics
Current Projects:
Compressive Behavior of Fiber Composites
Compressive Response and Crushing of Cellular Materials and Wood
Biomechanics of Skin
Material Characterization in Shape Memory Alloys
On the Dynamics and Arrest of Propagating Instabilities in Structures
Cyclic Plasticity and Cyclic Degradation of Structures
Stability Problems of Deep Water Tubular Structures
Manufacturing: Hydroforming, Cold Forming of Aluminum Extrusions, Forming of Large Diameter Pipes
Mechanics of Offshore Pipelines
Progressive Crushing of Tubular Structures
