Ioannis V. Yannas (born 14 April 1935) is a Greek-American engineer. Yannas was born on 14 April 1935 in Greece. Yannas emigrated to the United States to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees completing his bachelor's at

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in 1957, a Master of Arts at the

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in 1959, then a master's of science and doctorate at

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in 1965 and 1966, respectively. He is a professor at MIT. Yannas is a member of the

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and

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, elected in 1978 and 2017, respectively. He was elected a fellow of the

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in 1993, and inducted into the

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in 2015.

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