Manuel Elices#
| Membership Number: | 1497 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://rac.es/sobre-nosotros/miembros/academicos/numerarios/71/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1971 Full Professor, Materials Science. Univ. Politécnica Madrid, Spain
- 1966 PhD. Engineering/Physics, University Politécnica Madrid, Spain
Fields of Scholarship
- Biological materials
- Silks
- Biomimetics
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences, and of the Royal Spanish Academy of Engineering
- Foreign member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE, USA)
- Honorary member of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS)
- Various national and international awards, among others the Spanish National Prize Leonardo Torres Quevedo, the Bengough of the Metals Society, the DuPont, Allan B. Dover medal, The Royal Academy of Science, and the Ramón Llull
