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Afërdita Veveçka Priftaj
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Afërdita Veveçka
21 January 1948 Berat, Albania
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| Died | 4 July 2017 (aged 69) Vienna, Austria
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| Nationality | Albanian |
| Other names | Afërdita Priftaj Veveçka, Afërdita Veveçka |
| Occupation | physicist, academic |
| Years active | 1970–2017 |
Afërdita Veveçka Priftaj (born January 21, 1948 – died July 4, 2017) was a famous Albanian physicist. She was a respected member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania. She also worked as a professor at the Polytechnic University of Tirana.
Her special research area was studying metals. She looked closely at their tiny structures and how strong they were. She also studied how a process called severe plastic deformation changed very tiny materials, known as nanocrystalline materials.
Early Life and Education
Afërdita Veveçka was born in Berat, Albania, on January 21, 1948. She grew up in a family that valued learning and education.
In 1970, she finished her studies in physics at the University of Tirana. After graduating, she became a lecturer in the physics department. She continued her own studies and earned her doctorate degree in 1982. Her special project for her doctorate was about how aluminum and its mixtures change when they are heated or shaped. She used a special microscope to see these changes.
Career as a Physicist
In 1990, Afërdita Veveçka started working as a physics teacher at the Polytechnic University of Tirana. She was promoted to Associate Professor four years later, in 1994. By 1999, she became a full professor.
Her main focus in teaching and research was materials science. This field studies how different materials behave. She was especially interested in metals, their tiny structures, and their strength. She continued to learn and study at many universities around the world. These included the University of Southern California in Los Angeles (1993) and the University of Cambridge (1994). She also studied at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology (1997–1998) and the University of Stavanger (2003).
She studied how a process called severe plastic deformation affects very tiny materials, known as nanocrystalline materials. Afërdita Veveçka also led many science projects for Albania's National Research and Development Program. She worked on projects with scientists from other countries like Austria, Greece, Italy, and Slovenia.
One project she led was with Greece, studying old copper objects from Albania and Greece. Another project with Italy focused on making metal mixtures stronger by refining their grain size.
From 1995 to 2004, she helped edit a science journal called Materials Science and Engineering A. In 2008, she became a member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania. She also became an editor for the Academy's own journal, Journal of Natural and Technical Sciences. In 2012, she was chosen as an expert to help evaluate projects for the European Union's Trans-European Mobility Programme for University Studies.
Death and Legacy
Afërdita Veveçka Priftaj passed away on July 4, 2017, in Vienna, Austria. She had been ill for some time. Her work greatly contributed to the field of physics and materials science in Albania and beyond.
See also
In Spanish: Afërdita Veveçka Priftaj para niños
