Professor Daniel Rittel, from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Technion, Head of the Materials Mechanics Center, and Deputy Senior Vice President, was awarded the prestigious 2015 Angiola Gili è Cataldo Agostinelli international prize, by the Academy of Sciences of Torino (Italy) in the Applied and Theoretical Mechanics category.
Professor Daniel Rittel
According to the citation of the prize, “Prof. Rittel has performed pioneering research in the mechanics of materials, with particular focus on thermomechanical coupling in solids. His work has demonstrated that the energy stored in the material is not only due to thermodynamic effects, but also due to changes in the microstructure identified as dynamic recrystallization. His research has also led to a paradigm shift in the modeling of the (dynamic shear) localization phenomena, combining Materials Science, and Solid Mechanics through numerical simulations.”
Practical aspects of Prof. Rittel’s work concern dynamic loading situations such as ballistic impact, high speed machining, and concepts of relevance to fault motion during earthquakes.
(Courtesy of Technion spokesperson Office)
Professor Daniel Rittel
