1963 – B.Sc., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion – I.I.T.
1967 – M.Sc., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion – I.I.T.
1970 – D.Sc., Department of Materials Engineering, Technion – I.I.T.
Research Interests
Mechanics of Materials and Structures.
Composite Materials – Mechanics, Dynamics Strength and Fatigue.
Non-Destructive Evaluation (N.D.E.) of Materials and Structures.
Acoustic Emission (A.E.). Artificial Implants for Human Body.
Guest Appointments
Senior Research Associate, NASA Ames, Calif. (1977-1978, 1987-1989)
Research Associate, IIT, Chicago (1970-1971)
Industrial Experience
Research Engineer, RAFAEL, Haifa (1963-1966)
Membership in Professional Societies
ISRAE
EWGAE
ICF
ISTAM
Selected Publications
A. Rotem and H.G. Nelson, “Failure of a laminated composite under tension-compression fatigue loading”, J. of Composite Science and Technology, Vol. 36, pp. 45-62, (1989).
A. Rotem and H.G. Nelson, “Residual strength of composite laminates subjected to tension-compression fatigue loading”, J. of Composites Technology and Research, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 76-84, (1990).
A. Rotem, “The fatigue behavior of composite laminates under various mean stresses”, J. of Composite Structures, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 113-126, (1991), [Pub. in Winter 1990].
A. Rotem, “Load frequency effect on the fatigue strength of isotropic laminates”, Journal of Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 129-138, (1993).
A. Rotem, “The anisotropic fatigue behavior of isotropic composite laminates”, International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 266-272, (1994).
A. Rotem, “The durability of Graphite/Epoxy laminate subjected to repeated low velocity impact”, in Proc. of ICCM/7, (Beijing, China, Aug. 1-4, 1989), Nanking, China, (1989).
A. Rotem, “Fatigue-Stiffness”, a chapter in Encyclopedia of composites, Ed. by Stuart M. Lee, published by VCH Publishers, New York, (1990). (a book)
A. Rotem, “Effect of implant material properties on the performance of hip joint replacement”, Proc. 25th Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Haifa, Israel, May 25-26, pp. 76-78, (1994).
