Imants MATISS

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:

• Corresponding Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1989-1992
• Full Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1992
• Latvian State Prize, 1972

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