Zhukov Ivan Diomydovych
Ivan Diomydovych Zhukov (1860 -?) - Professor, chemical-reaction engineer. Rector of the KPI - 1911-1917.
Konovalov Mychajlo Ivanovych – The Director of KPI
December 25, 2006 was a 100’s anniversary since a tragic death of the former director of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (1902 - 1904) and the first dean and organizer of the Department (Faculty) Chemistry, a prominent scientist and chemist Michael Ivanovich Konovalov.
Zworykin Konstantin Alekseevich
Zworykin Konstantin (1861-1928) - Professor, Dean of Mechanical Faculty (1898-1904), Rector of the Polytechnic Institute (1904-1905), Head of the research department of mechanical technology (1922-1927). In 1884 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Institute of Technology.
Veselovsky Sergiy Feofanovich
Sergiy Feofanovich Veselovsky (1878 - date of death unknown) - professor, engineer-economist, rector of the KPI from 1920 to 1921, social and political activist.
Gridnev Vitaly Nikiforovich. Academic activity in the KPI
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.
Kyrpychov Victor L. - Scientist, educator, organizer of the higher technical education
V.L. Kyrpychov was born in 1845 in St. Petersburg in the family of the mathematician in the military school. He graduated from Polotsk Cadet Corps, then Mikhailovsky Artillery School, served two years in the fortress of Kronstadt artillery.