Emmanuel Gdoutos

Emmanuel E. Gdoutos (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Ε. Γδούτος, born June 2, 1948) is a Greek academic, Professor Emeritus at the Democritus University of Thrace and Full Member of the Academy of Athens. He has worked in experimental mechanics, fracture mechanics, composite materials, and sandwich structures. His contributions have been widely recognized worldwide through membership and leadership in scientific societies, national academies and honorary diplomas and awards.

Early life and career Gdoutos was born on June 2, 1948, in Mytilene, Greece. He earned his Diploma in Civil Engineering in 1971 and his PhD in Applied Mechanics in 1973, both from the National Technical University of Athens.

On the occasion of the 16th European Conference of Fracture he presented the opening ceremony address in English using only words of Greek origin.

Research interests Gdoutos's research interest include experimental mechanics, fracture mechanics, advanced composite materials, sandwich construction, and nanotechnology. He is the author of 16 books, 135 papers in refereed journals, 136 papers in conference proceedings, and editor of 25 books. He analyzed the three-dimensional nature of the stress field at crack tips by the optical method of caustics and studied the residual stresses in ceramic composites. Besides, he presented solutions for the stress and failure behavior of brittle matrix composites. He analyzed the nonlinear behavior and failure mechanisms of sandwich structures and foam materials under various loading conditions. He analyzed the fatigue and failure behavior of tire rubber, and studied the processing and characterization of clay/epoxy nanocomposites. He developed the equations of caustics for the general case of a surface in space and developed a method for the study of the topography of the surface from its corresponding caustics by illuminating the surface by a parallel, convergent or divergent light beam.

He presented solutions to the problem of stress singularity at the apex of two wedges fully bonded or sliding.

Membership in National Academies Gdoutos receiving the diploma of foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from the President of the Academy. Full Member of the Academy of Athens, 2016 Member of the International Academy of Engineering (former Academy of Engineering of USSR), 2010 Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, 2009 Member of Academia Europaea, 2008 Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, 2008, Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Division of Engineering, 2010-2016 Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics, 2007 Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens, Greece, 2007 Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2001 Fellow of New York Academy of Sciences, 2001

Fellowships Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012 Fellow of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS), 2008 Fellow of the European Society for Experimental Mechanics (EURASEM), 2010 Fellow of the International Congress on Fracture (ICF), 2009 Fellow of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2004 Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993

Awards and honours

Gdoutos receiving the “Colonnetti Gold Medal 2012,” from the president of the Italian Research Institute of Metrology (INRIM) Prof. Alberto Carpinteri Gdoutos receiving the medal of member of the Russian Academy of Engineering from President of the Academy Professor B. Gusev

Gdoutos with Bishop of Mytilini Iakovos, Bishop of Pergamou - Academician Ioannis and Bishop of Xanthi Panteleimon and Academician St. Imellos at his induction ceremony in the Academy of Athens. “Timoshenko Mechanics Lecture”, Louisiana State University, 2020 “Award of the Rotary Club of Mytilene”, for His Invaluable Contributions in Engineering Mechanics and Higher Education, 2019 Archon, Teacher of the Nation, Patriarchate of Alexandria and Africa, 2018 “Blaise Pascal Medal in Engineering 2018,” European Academy of Sciences, 2018 “Takeo Yokobori Medal,” International Congress of Fracture, 2017 “Theocaris Award,” European Society for Experimental Mechanics (EURASEM), 2012 SAGE Best Paper Award at the First International Conference on Damage Mechanics, Belgrade, 25–27 July 2012, for the paper: "Failure Modes of Composite Sandwich Beams," International Journal of Damage Mechanics, Vol. 11, pp. 309–334, 2002, by Daniel, I.M., Gdoutos, E.E., Wang, K.-A. and Abot, J.L., 2012 “Panetti-Ferrari Prize,” Turin Academy of Sciences, 2012 (past recipients of the award include: G.I.Taylor (1958), J.M. Burgers (1960), W. Prager (1963), M.J. Lighthill (1965), C. Truesdell (1967), N.I. Muskhelishvili (1969), W.T. Koiter (1971), R.S. Rivlin (1975), P. Germain (1978), G. Grioli (1982), L. Crocco (1985), R. Hill (1988), G.I. Barenblatt (1995), D.C. Drucker (1999), H.K. Moffatt (2001), J.L. Ericksen (2003), K.R. Sreenivasan (2006), J.R. Rice (2008), U. Frisch (2010) “Colonnetti Gold Medal 2012,” Italian Research Institute of Metrology (INRIM), 2012 “Zandman Award,” Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2011 “Golden Sign,” Russian Academy of Engineering, 2011 "Tatnall Award,” Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2010 “Award of Merit,” European Society for Experimental Mechanics (EURASEM), 2010 “Griffith Medal,” European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS), 2010 “Theocaris Award,” Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2009 “Lazan Award,” Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2009 Medal and Diploma of the International Academic Rating of Popularity “Golden Fortune,” 2009 Paton Medal of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 2009 Jubilee Medal “XV Year to IAE” of the International Academy of Engineering, 2009 “Award of Merit,” European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS), 2008 The Journal Meccanica dedicated a special issue in his honor, Vol. 50(2), pp. 253–590 (2015).