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BORIS BRESLER
BORIS BRESLER
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He graduated from the Harbin Commerce High School and acquired a superb knowledge of the Russian language, which proved useful in his professional career, enabling him to write critical reviews of Russian language technical articles, among them "Theory of Mechanisms" by Chebyshev in the Quarterly Journal of the National Research Council and "Solution of Thin-Walled Beams in Torsion by Complex Variable Polynomials" by Beerman in Applied Mechanics Reviews. After attending St.
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In the evenings he taught numerical stress analysis, strength of materials, and airplane structural design at the University of California's War Training Center in San Diego. He subsequently studied at the California Institute of Technology, where he pursued studies in the theory of elasticity, vibration analysis, and aircraft design, earning an MS degree in aeronautical engineering in 1946.
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He developed design criteria for various types of structures, including highrise buildings, offshore structures, and industrial and nuclear power plant facilities. He enjoyed his work as a consultant in structural engineering and as a member of numerous professional committees.
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