Laser Optics & Photonics

Ephraim Suhir

Professor
Portland State University
USA

Biography

Ephraim Suhir is on the faculty of the Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, and Technical University, Vienna, Austria. He is also CEO of the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) ERS Co. in Los Altos, CA, USA. Ephraim is Foreign Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Engineering, Ukraine (he was born in that country); IEEE Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), and the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS); and Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). He is Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Ephraim has authored 400+ publications (patents, technical papers, book chapters, books), presented numerous keynote and invited talks worldwide, and received many professional awards, including 1996 Bell Laboratories Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award (for developing effective methods for predicting the reliability of complex structures used in AT&T and Lucent Technologies products), and 2004 ASME Worcester Read Warner Medal (for outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of engineering). Ephraim is the third “Russian American”, after S. Timoshenko and I. Sikorsky, who received this prestigious ASME award.

Research Area

 Applied Mathematics, Applied and Mathematical Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Mechanics  Applied Probability, Probabilistic Analyses and Probability-Based Physical Designs of Electron Devices  Probabilistic Methods in Reliability Engineering, Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management  Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering  Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers and Systems  Design for Reliability (DfR) of Electronic, Opto-Electronic and Photonic Systems  Composite and “Smart” Materials and Systems  Thin Film Mechanics and Physics  Shock and Vibration Analyses  Shock and Vibration Testing  Dynamic Response of Materials and Structures to Shocks and Vibrations  Thermal Stress Analysis, Prediction and Prevention of Thermal Stress Failures  Solder Materials and Solder Joint Interconnections in Electronic and Optical Engineering  Embedded Systems  Polymeric Materials in Electronics and Photonics  Photovoltaic and Thermo-Electric Modules: Physical Design for Reliability  Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials  Stretchable (Large Area) Electronics and Photonics: Physical Design for Reliability  Lattice-Misfit Systems: Stress Analysis and Reliability Evaluations  Technical Diagnostics, Prognostics and Health Monitoring (PHM)  Vehicular (Automotive, Aerospace, Maritime) Electronics and Photonics: Design for Reliability  “Human-in-the-Loop”: Human-Equipment-Environment Performance and Interaction  Quantification of the Role of the Human Factor in Various Tasks, Missions and Situations  Aerospace Human Psychology