Dr. Isaak Kunin Professor Emeritus Dept. of Mechanical Engineering University of Houston Engineering Building One Houston, TX 77204-4006 Office Location: W216-D3 Telephone: (713) 743-4150 Fax: (713) 743-4503 E-mail: kunin@uh.edu

engineering sciences: Applied Mathematics, Physics, Mechanics, Controls
Mechanics of solids and fluids. Media with microstructure, changing topology, and moving defects. Gauge theory and dynamics of materials. Waves in solids and fluids. Crystal lattice dynamics with moving point defects, dislocations, cracks. Interaction of electromagnetic and elastic fields in media. Dynamical systems, chaos, complexity, optimal gauging, and control. Optimal moving frames in chaotic dynamical systems. Continuum models of discrete systems. Extracting physical information from chaotic and complex systems.

Engineering applications: Lubrication of pad-type bearings. Planetary vibrators interacting with fluids. Vibrating excavators in mining. Propagation and interaction of wave packets in media. Wave scattering with applications to non-destructive testing. Influence of microstructure on material properties. Optimal digital control of chaotic engineering systems. Seven patents on electro-magnetic vibrators, devices for using electro-dynamical cumulative effect, thrust bearings for hydrogenerators, thermo-mechanical engine.

Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D. , Polytech. Inst., St. Petersburg, Russia
Doctor of Sciences, Academy of Sciences, Russia