Farid F. Abraham
Farid F. Abraham | |
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| Born | May 5, 1937 Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Researcher, Computational Physicist |
| Known for | Computer simulation techniques in fracture mechanics, membrane dynamics, phase transformation in materials |
| Notable work | An Introduction to Computer Simulation in Applied Science; Homogeneous Nucleation Theory |
Farid F. Abraham (born May 5, 1937) is a distinguished American researcher recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to computer simulation techniques within the fields of fracture mechanics, membrane dynamics, and the study of phase transformation in materials. He has authored two authoritative textbooks and published more than 200 articles in international scientific journals. Abraham was honored with the Aneesur Rahman Prize in Computational Physics, which represents the premier accolade granted by the American Physical Society in this discipline.
Biography
Originating from Phoenix, Arizona, Abraham completed his undergraduate degree (B.S., 1959) and doctoral studies (Ph.D., 1962) in physics at the University of Arizona. Following his postdoctoral tenure at the Enrico Fermi Institute and research experience at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, he joined IBM’s Palo Alto Scientific Center in 1966. In 1971, he was appointed as the inaugural Consulting Professor at Stanford University, where he established a graduate-level curriculum in computational applied science within the Materials Science Department. The subsequent year, he transitioned to IBM’s San Jose Research Laboratory—now known as the Almaden Research Center. In 1994, he held the prestigious Sandoval Vallarta Chair at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana located in Mexico City.
Between 1995 and 2003, Abraham secured numerous computational research grants from the National Science Foundation as well as Department of Defense Grand Challenge Grants through the Maui High Performance Computing Center. His achievements earned him multiple IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards and fellowship status within the American Physical Society. He chaired the APS Division of Computational Physics from 2000 to 2001 and was invited as an APS Centennial Speaker during 1998–1999. Recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for Senior Scientists, Abraham retired from IBM in 2004 to assume a Senior Scientist role at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and served as Graham-Perdue Visiting Professor at The University of Georgia. After dedicating over forty years to computational physics applied to condensed matter physics and chemical physics, he concluded his career at LLNL in 2010.
Bibliography
- Abraham, Farid F., and Tiller, William A. (1972) An Introduction to Computer Simulation in Applied Science. New York: Plenum Press.
- Abraham, Farid F. (1974) Homogeneous Nucleation Theory, New York: Academic Press