Eli Sternberg (13 November 1917 – 8 October 1988) was a researcher in solid mechanics and was considered to be the "nation's leading elastician" at the time of his death. He earned his doctorate in 1945 under Michael Sadowsky at the

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with a dissertation entitled ''Non-Linear Theory of Elasticity and Applications''. He made contributions widely in elasticity, especially in mathematical analysis, the theory of stress concentrations, thermo-elasticity, and visco-elasticity. He was in 1956 a

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at the Delft Institute of Technology and for the academic year 1963–1964 a

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at the

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. For the academic year 1970-1971 he was a visiting professor in

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and in 1968 at the

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. Sternberg became in 1951 a full professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in 1957 a professor of applied mathematics at

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, and in 1964 a professor of mechanics at

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, where he retired as professor emeritus in 1988.

Honors and awards

*National Academy of Engineering *National Academy of Sciences *

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Selected publications

* with M. A. Sadowsky: * with M. A. Sadowsky: * with M. A. Sadowsky: * with R. A. Eubanks: * with F. Rosenthal: * * with R. A. Eubanks: * with R. A. Eubanks: * with E. L. McDowell: * with J. G. Chakravorty: * * * with M. E. Gurtin: * with Rokurō Muki:

References

External links

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NC State Univ. Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award (Eli Sternberg 1987)National Academy of Engineering membership listing
1988 deaths 1917 births Austrian emigrants to the United States American materials scientists Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences California Institute of Technology faculty 20th-century American engineers {{US-engineer-stub Brown University faculty