Avraam I. Isayev Explained

Avraam I. Isayev (born 1942) University of Akron Distinguished Professor of Polymer Engineering^[1] known for widely used texts on rheology^[2] and polymer molding technology,^[3] as well as for development of technology for ultrasonic devulcanization of tire rubber.^[4]

Education

Isayev was born in Azerbaijan and is a US citizen. He earned two master's degrees, the first in Chemical Engineering from Azerbaijan Institute of Oil and Chemistry in Baku (USSR) in 1964, and a second in Applied Mathematics from the Institute of Electronic Machine Building in Moscow (USSR) in 1975. He completed a doctorate in Polymer Engineering and Science at the Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow in 1970.^[5]

Career

Isayev began his career in 1970 at the Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Academy of Sciences in Moscow. In 1977, he joined the Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. He joined Cornell University in 1979. He joined the Polymer Engineering department at the University of Akron in 1983. He has been a visiting professor at Kyoto University, University of Aachen, and the University of Linz. During the period from 1990 to 2009 he was the director of Molding Technology Research and Development Center (MOLDTECH). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Advances in Polymer Technology.

Awards

• Society Plastics Engineers (SPE) Fellow^[6]
• OMNOVA Solutions Signature University Award from the OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
• 1996 Outstanding Researcher Award from the University of Akron^[7]
• 1999 Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award from Rubber Division of the ACS
• George Stafford Whitby Award from Rubber Division of the ACS
• Silver Medal from the Institute of Materials (London)
• 1999 Vinogradov Prize from the G. V. Vinogradov Society of Rheology (Moscow)^[8]
• NorTech Award given by Crain Publishers^[9]
• James L. White Award of Polymer Processing Society
• SPE International Award

Notes and References

1. Web site: AWARDS » James L. White Award » Avraam Isayev . allenpress.com . Polymer Processing Society . 10 August 2022.
2. Book: Malkin . Alexander Y. . Isayev . Avraam I. . Rheology Concepts, Methods, and Applications . March 21, 2022 . Elsevier Science . 9781927885949 . 26 September 2022.
3. Book: Isayev . Avraam I. . Injection and Compression Molding Fundamentals (Plastics Engineering) . June 29, 1987 . CRC Press . 978-0824776701 . 1 .
4. Isayev . A. I. . Chen . J. . Tukachinsky . A. . Novel ultrasonic technology for devulcanization of waste rubbers . Rubber Chemistry and Technology . 1995 . 68 . 2 . 267-280 . 10.5254/1.3538741.
5. Wilczynski . Krzysztof . Profesor Avraam I. Isayev . Polimery . June 2013 . 58 . 6 . 482 . 26 September 2022.
6. Web site: Biography of AI Isayev . na.eventscloud.com . 26 September 2022.
7. Book: Gaylord . Thomas . University of Akron Fact Book . 2001 . University of Akron . Akron, Ohio . 43 . 26 September 2022.
8. Web site: Vinogradov Society of Rheology . www.ips.ac.ru/ . Russian Academy of Sciences . 26 September 2022.
9. News: Miller . Jason . Crain's photo gallery: 2011 NorTech Innovation Awards reception . 26 September 2022 . Crain's Cleveland Business . Crain . 25 February 2011.