Mura, Toshio

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MURA, Toshio

MURA, Toshio. American (born Japan), b. 1925. Genres: Engineering. Career: Meiji University, Japan, assistant professor of mathematics, 1954- 58; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, research associate in metallurgy, 1958-61, assistant professor, 1961-63, associate professor, 1963-66, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil Engineering, 1986-. Consultant to Ishikawa Industrial Research Institute. National Academy of Engineering, member. Publications: Micromechanics of Defects in Solids, Nijhoff, 1982, 2nd edition, 1987; (with Tatsuhito Koya) Variational Methods in Mechanics, Oxford University Press, 1992. Address: Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A.