Imants MATISS
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Professor Imants MATISS Director
Certification Centre, Latvian Academy of Sciences,
Akademijas laukums 1
Riga, LV 1050
Latvia
Phone: +371 721 2807, +371 722 5996
Fax: +371 721 2807
E-mail: certcn@latnet.lv |
Born: April 29, 1935, Bauska, Latvia
Interests:
- Testing of Materials Properties (Techniques and
Instrumentation Design)
- Information Technology for Materials Evaluation
- Electromagnetic Field Theory
- Quality Assurance and Quality Systems in Research
Institutions
Languages: Latvian, English, Russian
Graduate Degrees and Academic Training:
- University of Latvia
(Faculty of Civil Engineering), 1958
- Dr. sc.ing. in Materials Testing, (Candidate of Science in
former USSR, Ph.D. in Western countries), Riga Technical University, 1966
- Dr. habil.sc.ing. in Transducers Technology and
Instrumentation Design, (Doctor of Science in former USSR), Moscow Institute of
Introscopy, Russia, 1977
- Professor (Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Design),
Riga Technical University, 1982
Training in Quality Assurance:
- Training course "Oslo Seminar on Testing and
Certification (Det Norske Veritas, Oslo, 26 Aug.-3 Sept. 1995). Qualification certificates
issued on product certification.
- Training course "Basic Quality Management" (Det
Norske Veritas, Riga, 25-28 Aug. 1995)
- Training course "Training of Trainers"
(Association Francaise de Normalisation, Riga 8-13 Oct. 1995)
- Training course "Auditors Training Course" (Det
Norske Veritas, Riga,13-17 Nov. 1995)
Experience:
- Researcher, Institute of Automatics and Mechanics, Latvian
Academy of Sciences, 1958-1963
- Researcher (1963-1967), Head of the Laboratory of
Nondestructive Testing (1967-2001), Deputy Director (1984-1988), Director (1988-1993), Institute of Polymer Mechanics
- Director of Certification Centre, Latvian Academy of
Sciences, 1994-
Honours and Awards:
Professional Activities and Memberships
- President, Latvian Association of Testing Laboratories
- Vice-president, Latvian Quality Association
- Member, Editorial Board of the journal: Polymers and
Polymer Composites (UK).
Courses
Riga
Technical University:
- Validation Problems of Nondestructive Testing Techniques
- Dielectric Analysis for Structure Studies of Polymers and
Polymer Composites
- Sensor Technology for Electrical Methods of Nondestructive
Testing
- Instrumentation for Testing and Measurement of Materials'
Properties
- Development Trends of Nondestructive Testing Techniques
- Application of Elements of Artificial Intellect for
Instrumentation Design
- Basics of Electrical Engineering
- Electromagnetic Field Theory
Recent/Representative Publications:
Over 130 referred scientific papers and 30 patents.
- I.Matiss.Capacitance Transducers for Nondestructive
Testing. Riga: Zinatne, The first editions in 1977, 255 p.; the second edition in
1982, 302 p. (in Russian)
- I.Matiss, H.Muschik. Study of polymer materials by dielectric and thermal NDT methods. -
Polymers and Polymer Composites, 1998, RAPRA Publ., vol. 6, N 4, pp.229-235
- I. Matiss, Y.Rotbakh. New possibilities of increasing accuracy for nondestructive
testing of objects with irregular geometry. - Proc. of European Conf. on Composite
Materials ECCM-8, 3-6 June, 1998, Naples, Italy
- I. Matiss. New possibilities of increasing accuracy
for nondestructive testing. Part 1. Basic principles and application examples. - NDT
& I International, 1999
- I. Matiss, Y.Rotbakh. New possibilities of increasing accuracy for nondestructive
testing. Part 2. Data processing algorithms. - NDT & I International, 1999
- I. Matiss, Y.Rotbakh. New possibilities of increasing accuracy for nondestructive
testing. Part 3. Approximation algorithms and accuracy tests. - NDT & I
International, 1999
- I. Matiss. Non-destructive testing of objects with irregular geometry. - Proc. of
EUROLAB & EUROCHEM Conference Investigation and Verification of Materials
Testing Mashines, 17-18 May, 2001, Dubendorf, Switzerland.
- I.Matiss, A.Purvins. Determination of dielectric permeability of object with
non-destructive testing method and compensation correction data processing algorithm.
Proceedings of EPE-PEMC conference, September 2004, Riga.
Research Projects:
- I.Matiss (Head of Project). Validation of Measurement
Techniques and Data Processing Algorithms. Latvian
Council of Science (1997-1999).
- I.Matiss (Head of Project). Spectrometric Methods for
Structure Study of Materials. Latvian Council of Science (1997-1999).
- I.Matiss (Head of Project). Validation of Measurement
Methods and Data Processing Algorithms. Latvian Council of Science (2001-
2004).
- I.Matiss (Head of Project). Accuracy Improvement of Non-Destructive Testing Techniques
Frequency Dependent Signal Processing Means. Latvian Council of Science (
2005- ).
Last update 22.08.2005