On April 7, the opening of the sculptural portrait of the outstanding scientist-metallurgist, researcher, teacher, tireless organizer of science and education, public figure, rector of the Kiev Polytechnic (1952-1955), director of the Institute of Metal Physics named after KPI was held at the
With the post-war years the life and work of Academician Vitaly Nikiforovich Gridnev a prominent scientist and educator, a talented organizer of science and higher education, is closely associated with the KPI.
By the time he has had extensive experience of research and teaching. Indeed, since the mid-30s he worked in Metallurgical and Physico-Technical Institute in Dnepropetrovsk along with academics V.M. Svechnikov and H.V. Kurdyumov, internationally recognized specialists metallographers.
