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The Origins of the Future
2006
Danny Shechtman
 

      
Professor Dan Shechtman, a member
      of the Israel Academy of Sciences, is a trailblazing scientist
      who discovered quasi-periodic crystals during the 1980s. Until
      Professor Shechtman's discovery there was general agreement that
      the atomic order of crystals had double, triple, quadruple and
      6-fold rotational symmetry axes, but not quintuple axes, a periodic
      crystal cannot have a 5-fold rotational symmetry axes.      

      
Dan Shechtman discovered in 1982
      that several aluminum alloys produced a diffraction pattern of
      5-fold rotational symmetry. The discovery resulted in a revolution
      in the understanding of material structure, thus leading to a
      change in the basic definition of a crystal. This discovery is
      considered one of the most dramatic in materials science in our
      time. Since the discovery the science of quasi-periodic crystals
      has produced hundreds of new materials with this unique structure
      published in some 7,000 scientific articles and over forty books.
      Some of these new materials have unique properties, leading to
      commercial uses.

      
Professor Shechtman has won many
      prizes including, in Israel: the Weizmann Science Prize, The
      Rothschild Engineering Prize, The Wolf Prize, The Israel Prize
      and the EMET Prize.  He also won The International Prize for
      new materials of the American Physics Society and The Gregory
      Aminoff 2000 Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
      Many scientific societies seek his membership. He is an honorary
      member of The Israel Microscopy Society and the Israel Crystallography
      Society, an honorary member of the Indian Society of Materials
      Research, the French Physics Society, and a member of the American
      National Academy of Engineering. He is also member of the Israel
      Academy of Sciences and serves as Chair of its Science Division.

      
The French scientific monthly
      La Recherche compiled a comprehensive list of the great names
      in science over the past three centuries, beginning with Isaac
      Newton, including Albert Einstein and concluding with Dan Shechtman.,
      

      
Professor Dan Shechtman is a
      graduate of Technion's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (B.Sc.),
      continuing his graduate studies (M.Sc. and PhD) at Technion's
      Faculty of Materials Engineering. Today Professor Shechtman is
      one of the Faculty's most prominent researchers, one of 6 Technion
      Research Professors in the entire institution. 

      
Professor Shechtman is married
      to Professor. Zipora Shechtman. They have 4 children and 4 grandchildren.

      
 

      
       DAN SHECHTMAN 						 
               May 2006 

      
Professor, Materials Science
      and Engineering

      Iowa State University

      Ames, IA 50011

      
Distinguished Technion Professor

      The Philip Tobias Chair 

      Department of Materials Engineering

      Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

      Haifa, 32000 Israel

      
Marital status - Married+ 4 children

      
Education:        B.Sc. - Technion
      1966, Mechanical Engineering.

                                 MSc. - Technion 1968, Materials Engineering.

                                 Ph.D. - Technion 1972, Materials Engineering.

      
Member, National Academy of Engineering
      (USA)

      Member, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 

      Member, European Academy of Science and Arts.

      
Academic Appointments:

          2004 - present    Professor, Materials Science and Engineering,
      Iowa State University.

          1998 - present     Distinguished Professor of the Technion.

          1986 - 1998        Professor, Department of Materials Engineering,
      Technion, Haifa.

          1997 - 2004      Visiting Professor, UMBC, Baltimore, Maryland.

          1989 - 1997       Visiting Professor, Physics and Astronomy,
      The Johns Hopkins

                                     University, Baltimore, Maryland.

          1984 - 1986        Associate Professor, Department of Materials
      Engineering, Haifa, 

                                     Israel.

          1981 - 1989        Visiting Professor, Department of Materials
      Engineering, The Johns 

                                      Hopkins University, Baltimore,
      Maryland.

          1977 - 1984        Senior Lecturer, Department of Materials
      Engineering, Technion,

                                     Haifa, Israel.

          1975 - 1977        Lecturer, Department of Materials Engineering,
      Technion, Haifa,

                                     Israel.

          1972 - 1975        National Research Council, Post Doctoral
      Research Associate, 

                                     Aerospace Research Laboratories,
      Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio.

      
Significant studies: 

          1.  Microstructure and mechanical properties of titanium
      aluminides.

          2.  Microstructure and properties of rapidly solidified metallic
      alloys.

          3.  The discovery of the Icosahedral Phase, the first quasi-periodic
      phase, its

               crystallography and some of its properties.

      4.	Nucleation and growth of CVD diamond films.

      5.	Development of new magnesium alloys.

      
Prizes and Awards:

          2005            Elected Honorary Member of JIM (Japan Institute
      of  Metals).

          2004	Elected Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts

          2002            The EMETH Science Prize 

          2002            Honorary Doctorate, Ben-Gurion University
      of the Negev

          2000           Elected Honorary member of the French Physical
      Society

        2000           The Muriel & David Jacknow Technion Award
      for Excellence in Teaching

          2000            Elected member of the American National Academy
      of Engineering.

          2000            The Aminoff Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy
      of Sciences.

          1999            The Wolf Prize in Physics.

          1998            Elected Honorary Member of ISIS-Symmetry.

          1998            Appointed a Distinguished Professor of the
      Technion.

          1998            The Israel Prize in Physics.

          1997            Elected Honorary Member of IMRS (Indian Materials
      Research Society).

          1996            Elected member of the Israel Academy of Sciences.

          1993            The Weizmann Science Award.

          1990            The Rothschild Prize in Engineering.

          1989            The Philip Tobias Chair.

          1988            The New England Academic Award of the Technion.

          1987            The International Award for New Materials
      of the American Physical 

                              Society.

          1986            The Physics Award of the Friedenberg Fund
      for the Advancement of 

                              Science and Education.

      
Papers in Refereed Journals:
      72

      Papers in Published Proceedings: 34

      Chapters in Books: 5

      Book edited: 1

      
Professional Activities:

      Over 200 invited talks at scientific meetings and universities
      worldwide.

       

      Member of the following societies:

      
ASM - American Society for metals

      TMS

      Israel Crystallography Society (Honorary Member).

      Israel Society for Microscopy (Honorary Member)

      IMS - Israel Metallurgical Society

      Israel society of crystal growth

      ISIS-Symmetry (Honorary Member)

      IMRS - Indian Materials Research Society (Honorary Member)

      JIM - Japan Institute of Metals (honorary Member)

          

      

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