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.
Name Sadi Carnot often sounds in different classrooms of our university. "The ideal Carnot engine", "Carnot cycle", "Carnot's principle", "Carnot's theorem" ...
When several of our outstanding scientists were asked to name the three greatest, in their view, physicists of all time,their opinions devided, but none of them forgot Maxwell.
The more rare exhibits the more interesting the exhibition. In the "Electronics" section of State Polytechnic Museum the attention is attracted by the world's first ultrasonic motor, which was developed in Ukraine in the Kiev Polytechnic Institute. The history is as follows.
In December 2003 a unique collection of small arms was handed over from the military part of Shepetivka to the State Polytechnic Museum at NTUU "KPI". Among the various weapons, one rifle stood out with its size and execution.
January 19 marks 270 years since the birth of James Watt (1736-1819), English inventor, whose name is called watt power unit. Improvement of the steam engine made by Watt, was one of the most outstanding events in the history of technology.
A large number of unique exhibits, such as models of equipment, representing almost all the technical area, were collected at the State Polytechnic Museum at NTUU "KPI”. Many of them are of the age of more than a dozen years.
The most famous dangerous weapon of World War II Katyusha is a multiple rocket launcher (MRL). Many monuments were built to honor Katyusha; many writers and poets dedicated their works to it. It left a mark in history of war and of technology forever and ever.
