Ares J. Rosakis

Ares J. Rosakis, Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology. He was also the fifth Director of the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, known as (GALCIT), and formerly known as Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, and was the Otis Booth Leadership Chair, of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science.

Ares J. Rosakis
Born (1956-09-12) 12 September 1956
Athens, Greece
Alma mater
Known for
  • dynamic materials failure at various length
  • scales supershear earthquakes
Spouse
Ioanna Dimitracopoulou
(m. 1990)
Children3
Awards
  • Zdenek Bazant Medal (2021)
  • Horace Mann Medal (2021)
  • Timoshenko Medal (2018)
  • Theodore von Kármán Medal (2016)
  • P.S. Theocaris Award (2013)
  • Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (2012)
  • Presidential Young Investigator Award (1985)
  • NAS (2016)
  • NAE (2011)
  • AAA&S (2009)
Scientific career
Institutions
Websiterosakis.caltech.edu
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