Dino Bousso (1933-1971)

Professor Bousso died in 1971 after open heart surgery, at the early age of 38. He left important contributions in the fields of mechanics, dynamics and the development of artificial limbs*, and also constructed his interesting mechanical inventions.

Bousso was awarded four prizes for some of his inventions:
Three gold medals in International Inventions Exhibitions, Brussels, Belgium:
- Two in 1967 for a new pneumatic rotary actuator
- and for the tensor calculator
- One in 1968 for gas-powered artificial upper limb
and
First Marianne Bernadotte Prize was for the best invention toward helping handicapped persons in 1968 by the Swedish Fund.


  List of publications and patents:

1. Bousso, E., "The viscosity of air at high rates of shear,"
   Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel,
   v. 7C, No. 3, pp. 136-139 (December 1959), Abstract
   and v. 10(3) pp. 109-118 (November 1961)
   
   
2. Bousso, D., "The viscosity of air at high rates of shear,"
   M.Sc. thesis, Technion, Haifa, Israel (1960) (In HEBREW). Supervisor: B. Popper.
   Summary in English      Abstract in Hebrew 
   
   
3. Bousso, D., "A stability criterion for rotating shafts,"
   D.Sc. thesis, Technion, Haifa, Israel (1963) (In HEBREW). Supervisor: B. Popper.
   Synopsis in English      Synopsis in Hebrew 
   
   
4. Bousso, D., "Observations on the self-acting air trust bearing effect,"
   pp. 483-492 in:
   "Proceedings of the International Symposium on Second Order Effects
   in Elasticity, Plasticity and Fluid Dynamics,"
   Pergamon Press, Macmillan Co., New York (1964)
   
   
5. Ishai, Ori, and Bousso, Dino Edwin, "Wire tensioning device,"
   US patent 3151842 (October 6th, 1964)
   
   
6. Bousso, D., "A new mechanical squarer," Israel Journal of Technology,
   v. 2, No. 3, pp. 281-283 (June 1964) Abstract 
   
   
7. Shelef, L., and Bousso, D., "A new instrument for measuring relaxation in flour dough,"
   Rheologica Acta, v. 3, No. 3, pp. 168-172 (July 1964)  Citations
   
8. Bousso, D., "A six degree of freedom experimental limb for thalidomide children," Bio Medical Engineering, v. 4, No. 7, pp. 313-321 (1969).
   
9. Bousso, D., Ishai, Ori, "A new technique for measuring stress losses in
   short prestressed concrete specimens,"
   Journal ASTM, 2 pp. (December 1964)
   
   
10. Bousso, D., "Rolling wheel function generators and integrator,"
    Machine Design, p. 4 (March 4th, 1965)
    
    
11. Bousso, D., "Dynamics", Students Association of Technion, Haifa, Israel (1965)
    (A book in HEBREW)
    
    
12. Bousso, D., "Dynamics - Exercises and solutions,"
    Students Association of Technion, Haifa, Israel (1965) (A book in HEBREW)
    
    
13. Bousso, D., "Discharge-inlet depth controls flush volume,"
    Scanning the field for ideas, Machine Design (April 28th, 1966)
    
    
14. Bousso, D., "Inflatable pouches form rotary actuator,"
    Scanning the field for ideas, Machine Design (May 25th, 1967)
    
    
15. Bousso, D.E., "Improvements relating to bellows devices,"
    GB patent 1193264 (July 7, 1967)
    
    
16. Bousso, D.E., "Zarizeni k premene tlaku kapaling na uhlovy pohyb a napak," Patent 159732, Czechoslovakia (7 July 1967)
    
    
17. Bousso, E.D., "Un dispositivo para convertir la presion de fluido en movimento mecanico angular o viceversa," "A device for converting fluid pressure into mechanical motion or vice versa," Spain patent (7 July 1967)
    
    
18. Bousso, D.E., "Perfectionnements aus sonfflets," FR patent 1531817 (10 July 1967)
    
    
19. Bousso, D., Shmuely, M., "Internal damping as a primary
    source of energy loss in rolling friction," Lectured April 1968,
    The 2nd Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering,
    Proceedings: only Hebrew abstract, p. 24 (August 1968)
    
    
20. Bousso, D., "A new rotary actuator," Lectured April 1968,
    The 2nd Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering,
    Proceedings: only Hebrew abstract, p. 7 (August 1968)
    
    
21. Bousso, D., "A new limb for thalidomide children,"
    TDM 69-1, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,
    Department of Mechanics, Haifa, Israel (January 1969)
    
    
22. Bousso, D., Ben-Amots, N., "A new method for obtaining
    large centrifugal accelerations,"
    Lectured 30 June 1969,
    The 3rd Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering,
    and the 17th Israel Annual Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,
    June 1969, Technion, Haifa, Israel
    See pp. 111-129 in the proceedings (Hebrew with English abstract).
    Abstract in English   Abstract in Hebrew
    
    
23. Bousso, D., "A six degree of freedom experimental limb for thalidomide children,"
    Bio Medical Engineering, v. 4, No. 7, pp. 313-321 (1969)     Abstract & review 
    
    
24. Bousso, D., and Ishai, Gideon, "Report on the use of myoelectric signals for multiple degrees of freedom arm prosthesis control," TDM 69-7, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanics, Haifa, Israel (July 1969)
    
    
25. Bousso, Dino Edwin, "Bellow devices," US patent 3495502 (February 17, 1970)
    
    
26. Bousso, D., and Shohet, Uri, "Stability equations for a linear pouch actuator,"
    TDM 70-5, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanics,
    Haifa, Israel (April 1970)
    
    
27. Bousso, D., "A double acting rotary actuator for prosthetic purposes,"
    Proceedings of the IVth International Conference, Interbor, Torino (May 1970)
    
    
28. Bousso, D.E., "Vorrichtung zum Umwandeln von Arbeitsmittel druck in mechanische urngekehrt," German patent DE1601704(A1) (August 13, 1970)
    
    
29. Bousso, Dino Edwin, "Bellow devices," Canada patent CA849377 (August 18, 1970)
    
    
30. Bousso, D., and Shohet, Uri, "Stability equations for a linear inflatable pouch actuator,"
    Israel Journal of Technology, v. 8, No. 4, pp. 357-366 (1970)     Abstract 
    
    
31. Bousso, D.E., "Rotary actuator," GB patent 1339021 (September 14, 1971)
    
    
32. Bousso, D., and Ishai, Gideon, "A study of myoelectric signals for arm prosthesis control,"
    Bio Medical Engineering, v. 6, No. 11, pp. 509-517 (1971)     Abstract 
    
    
33. Bousso, D., and Ben-Amots, Netsivi, "A simple means for attaining high centrifugal accelerations,"
    Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments, v. 5, pp. 291-295 (1972)     Abstract 
    https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3735/5/3/031
    
    
34. Bousso, D., "A stability criterion for rotating shafts,"
    Israel Journal of Technology, v. 10, pp. 409-423 (1972) (In English,
    translated from [3] above) Abstract & reviews 
    
    
35. Bousso, D.E., "Manipulating device," GB patent 1286821 (August 23, 1972)
    
    
36. Bousso, D., "Computing mechanisms," (Cover paper) (1970?).
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