Industry Summit
November 6, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
Student Services Building
Address
1200 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60607
Cost
Free
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Date posted
Sep 1, 2026
Date updated
Sep 1, 2026
Speakers
Prof.Alexander Yarin | Richard and Loan Hill Professor, Distinguished Professor | Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Prof. Yarin is the author of 6 books, 12 book chapters, 501 research papers, and 12 patents. One of Dr. Yarin’s inventions during COVID-19 was licensed to the company ‘Ivoclar’ (a world-wide manufacturer of dental materials) and from mid-2024 is marketed in Europe and the United States under the commercial name VivaDent Aerosol Reduction Gel. It is used in dentistry to prevent aerosolization and spreading airborne viruses and bacteria. Prof. Yarin was the Fellow of the Rashi Foundation, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and was awarded The Gutwirth Award, The Hershel Rich Prize, and The Prize for Technological Development for Defense against Terror of the American-Technion Society. He is one of the three co-Editors of ‘Springer Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics’, 2007, the Associate Editor of the journal “Experiments in Fluids”, and the member of the Editorial Advisory Board of ‘Physics of Fluids’, the Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and ‘Archives of Mechanics’.