One hundred years ago, on April 22, 1908 Ivan Efremov paleontologist outstanding scientist and science fiction writer was born. Somebody, however, mentioned this event a year ago, because the writer in his youth to find work added some years to his age.
Since 1932 Naum Pylypovych has casted his lot with Kyiv industrial (later politechnical) institute, where he worked as laboratory assistant, engineer, assistant and assistant professor of radio-technical department.
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (1907-1966) - Soviet scientist and designer in the field of rocketry and astronautics, chief designer of the first rockets, artificial earth satellites, manned spacecraft, the founder of practical space industry, academician of the USSR (1958), member of the Presidium of
The whole newspaper article is not enough to list all famous graduates of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute ( KPI).
In 2006, it was the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest pioneers and ardent advocate of the ideas of aeronautics and aviation in Ukraine KPI Professor Mikola Borisovich Delaunay (1856 - 1931).
Head of the Department of Mathematical Analysis and Probability Theory, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, professor, holder of Ukrainian State Award, Valerii Buldyhin was an outstanding scientist in Ukraine as well as abroad.
Name Benardos Nikolai Nikolaevich (1842-1905) is well known in the field of welding. From the outset, the use of metal arc welding method of coal (non consumable) electrode was called "Benardos way." Among the methods of arc welding the Benardos method was the first widely used and is today one of the most common.
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.
Peter Rodionovich Rodin was born on June 17, 1922 in Kriuky village, Vladimir region, in a large forester’s family. His father was the only literate person in the village, owned a library, and his mother looked after the farm and took care of 8 children. In 1938, left the school with honors, P.R. Rodin entered the Moscow Aviation Institute of Technology (MAIT) for Faculty of Motorbuilding. He combined studying with his work at the plant. In 1945, Peter Rodionovich graduated with honors and enrolled in MAIT postgraduate course. In 1949, a young scientist defended his candidate's thesis and worked at the Odessa Polytechnic Institute until 1963. Firstly, he worked as a senior lecturer of Metal-cutting machines and tools department, then as an associate professor, head of the department, the dean of the Mechanical Department, and professor. Studies , conducted at that time, formed the basis of his doctoral thesis, which he defended in 1961.
