Continuum Mechanics - about us

About us - staff

		Prof. Mikhail Itskov

Education
1987		Diploma Degree in Automobile Engineering at the Moscow State Automobile and Road Technical University (TU MADI)
1990		Doctor Degree in Mechanics (TU MADI)
2002		Habilitation Degree in Mechanics at the University of Bayreuth

Professional Appointments
1990 - 1995		Assistant and Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Structural Mechanics of the TU MADI
1995 - 1996		Research Fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the Ruhr-University of Bochum
1996 - 2000		Research Assistant at the Institute of Statics and Dynamics of the Ruhr-University of Bochum
2000 - 2002		Assistant Lecturer at the University of Bayreuth
2002 - 2004		Senior Lecturer at the University of Bayreuth
since August 2004		Professor of Continuum Mechanics at the RWTH Aachen University

Research Interests
Constitutive modelling of hyperelastic anisotropic materials with application to fibre-reinforced elastomers and biological tissues Polyconvex anisotropic strain energy functions Large strain anisotropic plasticity Incompressible and slightly compressible anisotropic materials Theory of fourth and second order tensors and their applications to continuum mechanics Finite element analysis of large elasto-plastic deformations in shell structures

Teaching
Structural Mechanics and Strength of Materials Theory of Shells Continuum Mechanics Finite Element Methods for Engineers Tensor Algebra and Tensor Analysis for Engineers Mechanics of Biological Tissues

Recent Publications