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Xanthippi Markenscoff
Xanthippi Markenscoff is a Greek-American mechanical engineer specializing in the dynamics of defects and dislocations in materials, including Eshelby's inclusion; other topics in her research have included grasping and fixturing, and the relation between strain and natural frequency. She is a distinguished professor emerita in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. Education and career After earning a diploma in civil engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Markenscoff completed her Ph.D. at Princeton University. She was an assistant professor at Virginia Tech from 1974 to 1976 and then, after temporary positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, and Alcoa, moved to Carnegie Mellon University in 1978 and again to the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1981, where she was promoted to full professor in 1987. In 1988 she took her present position at the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Americans
Greek Americans ( el, Ελληνοαμερικανοί ''Ellinoamerikanoí'' ''Ellinoamerikánoi'' ) are Americans of full or partial Greek ancestry. The lowest estimate is that 1.2 million Americans are of Greek descent while the highest estimate suggests over 3 million. 350,000 people older than five spoke Greek at home in 2010. Greek Americans have the highest concentrations in the New York City, Boston, and Chicago regions, but have settled in major metropolitan areas across the United States. In 2000, Tarpon Springs, Florida, was home to the highest per capita representation of Greek Americans in the country (25%). The United States is home to the largest number of Greeks outside of Greece, followed by Cyprus and Australia. History Early history The first Greek known to have been to what is now the United States was Don Doroteo Teodoro, a sailor who landed in Boca Ciega Bay at the Jungle Prada site in present-day St. Petersburg, FL with the Narváez expedition in 152 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
