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E-mail:
yosi@jpl.nasa.gov
Area of Expertise
Biomimetics, electroactive polymers, piezoelectric driven mechanisms, ultrasonic NDE
Biography
Dr. Yoseph Bar-Cohen is a Senior Research Scientist and Group Supervisor at JPL. He is also a Fellow of two technical societies, SPIE and ASNT. In his NDEAA lab (http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/), which he established in 1991, many novel methods and mechanisms were developed. He received his Ph. D. in Physics (1979) from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. He (co)authored over 320 publications, has 19-registered patents, he is the Editor and coauthor of 6 books, and he chaired (co)Chaired 38 Conferences and Symposia. He made two notable discoveries of ultrasonic wave phenomena in composite materials: the leaky Lamb waves (LLW) (1983) and the polar backscattering (1983). He is the initiator of the SPIE Conf. on electroactive polymers (EAP), chairing it since 1999, and his challenge wrestling match between an arm driven by EAP and human has become an annual highlight.
In April 2003, Business Week named him as one of five technology gurus who are "Pushing Tech's Boundaries." His scientific and engineering accomplishments have earned him many honors and awards including the 2001 NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal, two SPIE's Lifetime Achievement Awards including NDE (in 2001) and Smart Materials and Structures (in 2005), 2006 ASNT Sustained Excellence award, and the 2007 SPIE President's Award.
Lecture Title(s)
Biomimetics - Biologically Inspired Technologies
Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial Muscles - Reality, Potential and Challenges
Humanlike Robots
Planetary Sample Handling Using the Ultrasonic/Sonic Driller/Corer (USDC) Mechanism
