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Institute of Polymer Engineering
The University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-0301

Telephone: (330) 972-6673
Fax: (330) 258-2339

E-Mail: aisayev@uakron.edu

Education

M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering - 1964, Azerbaijan Institute of Oil and Chemistry, Baku, USSR.

M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics - 1975, Moscow, Institute of Electronic Machine Building,
Moscow, USSR.

Ph.D. in Polymer Engineering - 1970, Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the and Science USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR.

Employment

Professor     -    Institute of Polymer Engineering and Department of Polymer Engineering,
                           University of Akron, 1987 to present. (Tenure granted in 1988).

Director        -    Molding Technology Research and Development Center (MOLDTECH),
                                   1990 to present.

Associate Professor     -    Polymer Engineering Center and Department of Polymer Engineering,
                                       University of Akron, 1983 to 1987.

Senior Research Associate - Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1979 - 1983.

Senior Research Fellow - Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) Department of Materials
Engineering, Haifa, Israel, 1977 - 1979.

Research Associate - Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the USSR Academy of
Sciences, Moscow, 1970 - 1976.

Doctoral Candidate - Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the USSR Academy of Sciences,
Moscow, 1967 - 1969.

Research Associate - State Research Institute of Nitrogenic Industry, Laboratory of Processes
and Apparatus, Severodonetsk, Ukraine, USSR, 1965 - 1966.

Lecturer - University of Technical Progress, Severodonetsk, Ukraine, USSR, 1965 - 1966.

Professional Societies

        Society of Plastics Engineers, Member 1981-1983, Senior Member 1984 -

        Society of Rheology, Member 1981 -

        Rubber Division of American Chemical Society, Member 1985 -

        Polymer Processing Society, Member 1984 -

        American Chemical Society, Member 1988 -

        American Ceramic Society, Member 1986 - 1994

        Tire Society, Member 1987 - 1993

        New York Academy of Sciences, Elected Member 1994 -

Awards and Honors

Laureate of Conference of Young Scientists of Moscow on Theoretical Problems of Physical
      Chemistry, 1970.
Guest Professor, Special Research Program on Polymers, University of Aachen, West Germany,
      May - June 1986.
Guest Professor, University of Linz, Austria, September 1993 to January 1994.
Guest Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology, January 1996.
Guest Professor, Institut fur Polymerforschung, University of Dresden, May - June 1997.
Guest Professor, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Brasil, October 1997.
NASA Faculty Research Fellow, Summer 1985.
Outstanding Achievement Awards, The University of Akron Board of Trustees, 1987/88, 1992/93.
ANTEC'93 Best Technical Paper, Engineering Properties & Structure Division.
Certificate of Recognition from the SPE for Significant Contributions to the Society and to the
      Plastics Industry, 1994.
Distinguished Corporate Inventor, American Society of Patent Holders, selected by the University of
      Akron, 1995.
Outstanding Researcher Award, The University of Akron Alumni Association, 1996.
Silver Medal, The Institute of Materials, London, England, 1997.
The Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award, Rubber Division, American Chemical Society,
      1999.

Listed in

Who's Who of American Inventors, Hooper Publishing Company, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1990/91,
      1992/93, 1994/95, 1996/97.
Who's Who in Technology, 7th Edition, Gale Research Inc., Detroit, Michigan, 1995.
Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, New Jersey, 3rd
Edition, 1996-1997; 4th Edition, 1998-1999; 5th Edition, 2000-2001.
Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, New Jersey, 51st Edition 1997;
52nd Edition, 1998; 53rd Edition, 1999; 54th Edition, 2000.
Who's Who in Finance and Industry, , Marquis Who's Who. New Providence, New Jersey, 30th
      Edition, 1998-1999; 31st Edition, 2000-2001.
Who�s Who in the World, Marquis Who�s Who, New Providence, New Jersey, 15th Edition, 1998;
      16th Edition, 1999; 17th Edition, 2000..
American Men & Women of Science, 20th Edition, R. R. Bowker, Oldsmar, Florida, 1998.
Who�s Who in the Midwest, 26th Edition, Marquis Who�s Who, New Providence, New Jersey, 1998.
Dictionary of International Biography, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 26th
      Edition, 1998; 27th Edition, 1999.
Five Hundred Leaders of Influence, American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, North Carolina, 7th
      Edition, 1999; 8th Edition, 2000.
2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge,
      England, 1st Edition, 1999.
Outstanding People of the 20th Century, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England,
      1999 (selected for inclusion).

Service to Profession

Reviewer :

Polymer Engineering Science, Polymer Composites, Polymer, Rheologica Acta, Journal of
Rheology, AIChE Journal, Rubber Chemistry and Technology, American Ceramic Society, Marcel
Dekker Publishers, Gordon and Breach Publishers, Hanser Publishers, Chemical Engineering
Communications, National Science Foundation, International Science Foundation, Applied
Mechanics Reviews, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Journal of International Polymer
Processing, Journal of Polymer Science, Journal of Non - Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Journal of
Elastomers and Plastics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Research Council of Canada, Taylor &
Francis Publishers, Accounts of Chemical Research, Plastics, Rubber and Composite Processing
and Applications, University of California Berkeley, University of Oulu, Finland.

Editorial or Advisory Boards :

Advances in Polymer Technology 1989, 1990
Journal of Elastomers and Plastics, 1992 to present
Progress in Polymer Processing Series, 1993 to present
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 1995 to present
Journal of Polymer Engineering, 1997 to present

Consulting Service to Various Companies :

Symposium Organizer and Session Chairman of Many Conferences
Organizing Committee of Polymer Processing Society
Program Chairman of the North American Meeting of Polymer Processing
Society, Buffalo, New York, 1987
Program Chairman of Akron Molding '89 Conference, Akron, Ohio, 1989
Chairman of Symposium on Progress in Rubber Science, Akron, Ohio, 1990
Treasurer of Polymer Processing Society, 1989 - 1991
Technical Program Committee (TPC), Engineering Properties and Structure Division (EPSDIV),
Society of Plastics Engineers, 1991 - 1994
Secretary, TPC EPSDIV, Society of Plastics Engineers, 1991/92
Chairman-Elect, TPC EPSDIV, Society of Plastics Engineers, 1992/93
Chairman, TPC EPSDIV, Society of Plastics Engineers, 1993/94
Nominating Committee of Polymer Processing Society, 1992
Symposium Organizer, 8th Annual Meeting of the Polymer Processing Society, New Delhi, India,
      March 1992
Technical Program Chairman, RETEC, Society of Plastics Engineers, Akron, Ohio, October 1993
Technical Program Committee for SPE ANTEC, 1994 - 1997
Coordinator and Lecturer, Short Course on Advanced Rubber Molding Technology, University
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, November 1992; November 1994; November 1995; November 1996;
      November 1997; November 1998
Co-Chairman, 10th Annual Meeting of the Polymer Processing Society, Akron, Ohio, April 1994
Symposium Chairman at the ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, California, April 1995
Technical and Scientific Committee and Symposium Organizer of NUMIFORM'95, Ithaca,
      New York, June 1995; NUMIFORM?8, Enschede, The Netherlands, June 1998.
U.S. Army Research Office Panel of Experts on Molding, Aberdeen Proving Ground Summer 1991.
NSF Review Panel, Directorate of Engineering, Division of Design and Manufacturing, 1991, 1994.
Expert on Polymer Processing, SIRIM, Malaysia, 1994/95.
Organizer and Lecturer, Short Courses on Extrusion, Blow, Compression and Injection Molding,
      SIRIM Malaysia, 1994/95.
Board of Directors and Chairman of the Society Awards, EPSDIV of the Society of Plastics
      Engineers, 1995-1997.
Chairman, Symposium on Reactive Processing and Polymer Processing of Hall of Fame, Akron,
      Ohio, May 1995.
Lecturer, Short Course on Mixing and Processing of Rubber, Akron, Ohio, May 1995.
Lecturer, Short Course on Rubber Recycling, Akron, Ohio, May and November 1996; May 1997;
      May 1998, May 1999.
Symposium Organizer, 12th Annual Meeting of the Polymer Processing Society, Sorrento, Italy,
      May 1996.
Symposium Organizer, First Joint Topical Conference on Processing, Structure and Properties of
      Polymeric Materials, AIChE Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 1996.
International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Rubbers, Calcutta, India, December
      1997.
International Organizing Committee, XX Symposium on Rheology, Moscow, Russia, May 2000.
Expert Witness: U.S. House of Representatives, Armed Service Committee,
Readiness Subcommittee, Washington, DC, September 28, 1988.

Research Interests

Polymer and Composite Processing;

Rheo-optics, Rheology of Polymers, Oil Products and Dispersed Systems; Constitutive Equations
and Process Modeling;

Self-reinforced Composites Based on Liquid Crystalline Polymers;

Devulcanization and Decrosslinking of Elastomers and Plastics with Relevance to Recycling.

Publications and Patents

Published over 180 papers, edited 3 books and issued 20 patents.

List of Publications