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Emmanuel E. Gdoutos (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Ε. Γδούτος, born June 2, 1948) is a Greek academic, Professor Emeritus at the Democritus University of Thrace and Full Member of the Academy of Athens. He has worked in experimental mechanics, fracture mechanics, composite materials and sandwich structures. His main scientific accomplishments include the solution of many problems of crack growth under combination of opening-mode and sliding-mode loading which were published in his book: “Problems of Mixed-Mode Crack Propagation.” He is a member of many national academies, has received honorary diplomas and awards, and has presided over scientific societies worldwide.

Early life and career
Gdoutos was born on June 2, 1948 in Mytilene, Greece. He earned his Diploma in Civil Engineering in 1971 and his PhD in Applied Mechanics in 1973, both from the National Technical University of Athens. Gdoutos has been married to Maria Konsta-Gdoutos since 1984. Gdoutos and Maria Konsta-Gdoutos have two children, Eleftherios Gdoutos and Alexandra-Kalliopi Gdoutou.

Gdoutos is a Full Member of the Academy of Athens since 2016. He served as Professor, Director of the Laboratory of Applied Mechanics, and as Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at the Democritus University of Thrace (1977-2015). Gdoutos has held numerous academic appointments internationally, serving as the Distinguished Clark Millikan Professor at the California Institute of Technology (2013-2016) and as Visiting Professor at Northwestern University, Lehigh University, the University of California, Davis, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Toledo.

Research interests
Gdoutos's research interest include experimental mechanics, fracture mechanics, advanced composite materials, sandwich construction, and nanotechnology. He is the author of 16 books, 135 papers in refereed journals, 136 papers in conference proceedings, and editor of 25 books.

Membership in National Academies

 * Full Member of the Academy of Athens, 2016
 * Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2016
 * Foreign Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2010
 * Member of the International Academy of Engineering (former Academy of Engineering of USSR), 2010
 * Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, 2009
 * Member of Academia Europaea, 2008
 * Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, 2008, Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Division of Engineering, 2010-2016
 * Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics, 2007
 * Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens, Greece, 2007
 * Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2001
 * Fellow of New York Academy of Sciences, 2001

Fellowships

 * Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
 * Fellow of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS), 2008
 * Fellow of the European Society for Experimental Mechanics (EURASEM), 2010
 * Fellow of the International Congress on Fracture (ICF), 2009
 * Fellow of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2004
 * Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993

Awards and honours

 * “Timoshenko Mechanics Lecture”, Louisiana State University, 2020
 * “Award of the Rotary Club of Mytilene”, for His Invaluable Contributions in Engineering Mechanics and Higher Education, 2019
 * Archon, Teacher of the Nation, Patriarchate of Alexandria and Africa, 2018
 * “Blaise Pascal Medal in Engineering 2018,” European Academy of Sciences, 2018
 * “Takeo Yokobori Medal,” International Congress of Fracture, 2017
 * “Theocaris Award,” European Society for Experimental Mechanics (EURASEM), 2012
 * SAGE Best Paper Award at the First International Conference on Damage Mechanics, Belgrade, 25-27 July, 2012, for the paper: "Failure Modes of Composite Sandwich Beams," International Journal of Damage Mechanics, Vol. 11, pp. 309-334, 2002, by Daniel, I.M., Gdoutos, E.E., Wang, K.-A. and Abot, J.L., 2012
 * “Panetti-Ferrari Prize,” Turin Academy of Sciences, 2012 (past recipients of the award include: G.I.Taylor (1958), J.M. Burgers (1960), W. Prager (1963), M.J. Lighthill (1965), C. Truesdell (1967), N.I. Muskhelishvili (1969), W.T. Koiter (1971), R.S. Rivlin (1975), P. Germain (1978), G. Grioli (1982), L. Crocco (1985), R. Hill (1988), G.I. Barenblatt (1995), D.C. Drucker (1999), H.K. Moffatt (2001), J.L. Ericksen (2003), K.R. Sreenivasan (2006), J.R. Rice (2008), U. Frisch (2010)
 * “Colonnetti Gold Medal 2012,” Italian Research Institute of Metrology (INRIM), 2012
 * “Zandman Award,” Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2011
 * “Golden Sign,” Russian Academy of Engineering, 2011
 * "Tatnall Award,” Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2010
 * “Award of Merit,” European Society for Experimental Mechanics (EURASEM), 2010
 * “Griffith Medal,” European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS), 2010
 * “Theocaris Award,” Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2009
 * “Lazan Award,” Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2009
 * Medal and Diploma of the International Academic Rating of Popularity “Golden Fortune,” 2009
 * Paton Medal of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 2009
 * Jubilee Medal “XV Year to IAE” of the International Academy of Engineering, 2009
 * “Award of Merit,” European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS), 2008
 * The Journal Meccanica dedicated a special issue in his honor, Vol. 50(2), pp. 253-590 (2015).