Arthur W. Leissa is an American scientist specializing in the vibrations and dynamics of continuous systems fields.

Education

Arthur Leissa went to the

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

as an undergraduate, earning bachelor's and master's degrees in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...

in 1954. He worked for a year in industry before returning to Ohio State for doctoral studies. He completed his Ph.D. in 1958, and remained at Ohio State as a faculty member. At the time of his promotion to full professor in 1964, he was the youngest full professor at the university. Leissa became president of the American Academy of Mechanics for 1987–88. He was elected as a Fellow of

ASME The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via "continuing ...

in 1983. He was editor-in-chief of ''

Applied Mechanics Reviews ''Applied Mechanics Reviews'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1948 by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The editor-in-chief is Harry Dankowicz (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). Abstracting and ...

'' from 1993 to 2008.

Selected publications

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References

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