birth_place workplaces field birth_date article_title name alma_mater
thessaloniki , greece aristotle university university of thessaloniki university of illinois michigan technological elasticity theory plasticity theory continuum mechanics 10 october 1950 elias c. aifantis
 elias c. aifantis aristotle university of thessaloniki
elias c. aifantis

elias c. aifantis -lrb- ; born october 10 , 1950 -rrb- is professor at aristotle university of thessaloniki , professor of mechanical engineering and engineering mechanics at michigan technological university since 1982 .
he has held academic positions with the university of illinois -lrb- 1976-1980 -rrb- and the university of minnesota -lrb- 1980 -- 1982 -rrb- .
e. c. aifantis received his diploma from the national technical university of athens and his ph.d. from the university of minnesota -lrb- 1975 -rrb- .
he has more than 300 published papers in the areas of mechanics and materials science .
e. c. aifantis is editor-in-chief of the journal of mechanical behavior of materials , and is on the advisory board of mechanics of cohesive friction materials and structure .
he was on the board of acta mechanica .
