Vadim Silberschmidt

Vadim Silberschmidt was appointed to the Chair of Mechanics of Materials at the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering at Loughborough University, UK in 2000. At Loughborough, he heads the Mechanics of Advanced Materials Research Group. He is a Charted Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Institute of Physics. His research focus is on mechanics and micromechanics of deformation, damage and fracture in advanced engineering and biological materials, including composites and nanocomposites, biopolymers, metals and alloys, biological and biomedical materials, materials for microelectronics, sports materials and non-woven fabrics. He chairs the Technical Committee 14 “Integrity of Biomedical and Biological Materials” of the European Structural Integrity Society. He is Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier Series in Mechanics of Advanced Materials and four-volume “Comprehensive Mechanics of Materials” (Elsevier), Associate Editor of “Shock and Vibration” (Wiley) and "Journal of Vibration and Control" (SAGE Publications) and a member of Editorial Boards of other 8 international journals. He has co-authored six research monographs and some 770 peer-reviewed scientific papers (including more than 460 journal papers). He has (co-)supervised some 90 PhD students.