Janis Varna#
| Membership Number: | 3342 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.LTU.SE |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 - present Head of the div of Polymer Engineering, TVM, Luleå University of Technology (LTU), Sweden
- 2001 - presentFull professor in Polymer Engineering, LTU
- 1998 - 2001 Associate professor, Polymer Engineering, LTU
- 2000 USA: Visiting Professor, 6 months, 2000, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
- 1998 - 1999 BELGIUM: visiting professor, 3 months, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- 1995 BELGIUM: visiting professor, 3 months, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- 1995 USA: Visiting scientist, 9 months, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
Fields of Scholarship
- Mechanics of composite materials
- Material science
- Nonlinear viscoelasticity and viscoplasticity
- Damage mechanics of fiber composites
- Numerical methods
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Swedish National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2008-.
