Advanced & Energy Materials

EPHRAIM SUHIR

Professor
Portland State University
USA

Biography

Ephraim Suhir is on the faculty of the Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, Technical University, Vienna, Austria, and James Cook University, Queensland, Australia. He is also CEO of a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) ERS Co. in Los Altos, CA, USA, is Foreign Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Engineering, Ukraine (he was born in that country); Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), and the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS); Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE); and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Ephraim has authored 400+ publications (patents, technical papers, book chapters, books), presented numerous keynote and invited talks worldwide, and received many professional awards, including 1996 Bell Laboratories Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award (for developing EPHRAIM SUHIR, Ph.D. Bell Laboratories, Physical Sciences, and Engineering Research Division, Murray Hill, NJ, USA (ret); Portland State University, Depts. of Mech. and Mat., and Elect. and Comp. Engineering, Portland, OR, USA; Technical University, Dept. of Applied Electronic Materials, Inst. of Sensors and Actuators, Vienna, Austria; James Cook University, Mackay Institute of Research and Innovation, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; and ERS Co., 727 Alvina Ct., Los Altos, CA 94024, USA, www.ERSuhir.com, Tel. 650.969.1530, Cell. 408-410-0886, e-mail: suhire@aol.com and e.suhir@ieee.org effective methods for predicting the reliability of complex structures used in AT& T and Lucent Technologies products), and 2004 ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal (for outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of engineering and laying the foundation of a new discipline “Structural Analysis of Electronic Systems”.

Research Area

Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Applied and Mathematical Physics,Materials Science and Engineering,Aerospace Electronics and Photonics,Design for Reliability (DfR) of Electronic, Opto-Electronic and Photonic Assemblies, Packages and Systems,Applied Probability and Probabilistic DfR of Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems,Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering, Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers, Composite and “Smart” Materials and Systems, Thin Film Mechanics and Physics, Shock and Vibration Analyses and Testing, Dynamic Response of Materials and Structures to Shocks and Vibrations, Thermal Stress Analysis, Prediction, and Prevention of Thermal Stress Failures in