Alexander Kalamkarov

Dr. Alex Kalamkarov is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Dalhousie University in Halifax (Canada) since 1993. Dr. Kalamkarov is a founding Director of the Smart Materials Centre at the Dalhousie University since 1995. He was awarded the Doctor of Sciences (Habilitation) degree from the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1990 and the PhD from the Moscow Lomonosov State University in 1979. His academic career spans over 36 years in Research and University teaching.Prior to Dalhousie University he worked in the Moscow Lomonosov State University, École Centrale Paris (France) and the University of Toronto (Canada). He was a Visiting Professor (during sabbatical leaves) at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Université Paris VI) and École Centrale Paris in France; University of Manchester (England); University of Tokyo (Japan); University of Hawaii (USA); Moscow State University (Russia); University of Wollongong (Australia); University of Natal (South Africa) and University of Toronto (Canada).Research performed by Dr. Kalamkarov in Mechanics of solids, specifically in the areas of Micromechanics of composite materials and smart materials and structures is internationally recognized. He has made major contribution to the fundamental analysis, design and optimization of composite materials and smart composite structures. He developed general approaches in micromechanics of composites, established a new general theory of smart structures and developed methods of optimal design of composite materials and smart structures, developed new multi-scale asymptotic homogenization technique for the analysis of thin-walled composite structures, elaborated a novel general theory of defects in continuous media, introduced a new boundary-layer method in Fracture Mechanics of composite materials, and developed new modeling techniques for carbon nanotubes and nano-composites.Dr. Kalamkarov made significant contribution to the design, fabrication and experimental evaluation of smart fibre-reinforced composite structures and has 2 US patents on new manufacturing technologies for smart composites.Prof. Kalamkarov has authored more than 300 research publications, including over 130 archival refereed journal papers and 5 Research Monographs. His research results have been reported at the numerous International Conferences and Seminars. He presented 20 Invited Keynote Lectures at the International Conferences on composite materials and smart structures; developed and chaired 21 International Conferences in the area of composites and smart structures.Dr. Kalamkarov is a member of a number of prestigious International Editorial and Advisory boards in the area of composite materials and smart structures, he has served as a Vice-President of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME).He was awarded a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 2002, and a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) in 2001.In 2011 Prof. Kalamkarov was awarded the CANCAM (Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics) Gold Medal for the outstanding contribution in the area of Applied Mechanics.

doctorate at Mechanical Engineering: from Lomonosov Moscow State University (1979). Has experience in Mechanical Engineering, focusing on Mechanics of Solids