14 Facts About Arthur Iberall

Arthur Iberall was the originator of the concept of lines of non-extension on the human body which was used to create workable space suits.

Arthur Iberall married Helene Rubenstein in 1940, and they had four daughters, Eleanora I Robbins, Penni I Rubin, Thea Iberall, and Valerie I O'Connor.

From 1941 to 1953, Arthur Iberall worked at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, DC.

At the invitation of F Eugene Yates, Iberall joined the UCLA Crump Institute for Medical Engineering.

From 1981 to 1985, Arthur Iberall was a Crump Visiting Scholar where he did research and taught.

Under the leadership of William G Brombacher at the National Bureau of Standards, Iberall worked on instrument theory, safety equipment, and measurement problems such as the physics of the atmosphere.

Arthur Iberall worked on the development of a new breathing apparatus that led to undersea scuba innovations.

At the Rand Development Corporation, Arthur Iberall worked on engineering and physics problems.

At the UCLA Crump Institute, Arthur Iberall joined the Complex Systems Group which attracted professors from many universities and federal agencies to learn how to incorporate systems science into diverse fields.

Arthur Iberall taught courses on the thermodynamics of living systems for chemical engineering students, which was sponsored by the Marshak Colloquium of UCLA.

In 1947, Arthur Iberall began work at NBS on pressure suits for the US Air Force and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Arthur Iberall developed one of the first space suits to solve this problem; his first approximation was to use netting to help the suit maintain form.

Arthur Iberall found Rene Cailliet, a newly minted MD at the Kabat-Kaiser Institute who taught Iberall physiology.

Arthur Iberall authored 8 books, 95 peer-reviewed articles, and 49 scientific conference extended abstracts.