In early 2008, Ukraine almost did not notice the 125-year anniversary of one of its most famous aircraft designers of the first half of the twentieth century, Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich, who was born, educated and formed as the creator of aviation in Kiev. His life was full of ups and downs.
Vsevolod I. Tolubinskogo (27/3/1904, the village Tartak, now Vinnitsa region - 17/04/1988) - Professor, Academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (elected: 06/10/1964, specialty of Engineering Thermophysics, heat and power), Head of Department of boiler installations (1938-1963); Honored Worker of Science of the USSR (1974); Member of Bureau of the Department of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1964-1968), since 1970 - Member of Bureau of the Department of Physical and Technical Problems of Power Engineering, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.
Ivan Adriyanovych Feschenko-Chopivsky (1884-1952) is a prominent metallurgist and a public figure of Ukraine. He was a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and of the numerous Scientific and Technical Societies of England, Germany, the USA.
In November 2008 it was 125 years since the birth of the famous scientist and metallurgist of international renown, Hero of Socialist Labor, Lenin`s chevalier of 7 orders and other awards, the winner of the Lenin and State Awards of the USSR, the organizer and the leader of many steel mills, TsN
Finally the time has come, when you are almost graduates, feel that you need to put into practice the knowledge acquired during the years of study. And you still have to spend a lot of effort to search for job vacancies in the specialty.
Among the giant aircraft that were built at different times in different countries of the world, a place of honor belongs to structures created in Ukraine.
Ivan Vladimirovich Tananaev (22.05[04.06].1904, Serpove village, now Morshansk district of the Tambov region - 28.02.1993) - academician of the Academy of Science of the USSR (1958; member-correspondent of 1946). Chief editor of the journal "Inorganic materials" (from 1965).
Heorhiy Yosypovych Sukhomel (11.09.1888 - 18.07.1966 ) - Doctor of Engineering Science, professor, member of the Academy of Science of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (elected: 19.05.1951; speciality: hydraulics and hydromechanics).
Among the prominent Soviet scientists in electronics the place of pride belongs to the correspondent member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR Semen Isaakovich Tetelbaum (1910-1958) - a graduate of the KPI, professor, head of department, dean of the faculty. S.I.
Preparing engineers, metallurgists in the Kiev Polytechnic Institute started in the early years of the twentieth century. The organizer of the metallurgy specialty and the head of the department for about a quarter of a century was Vasily Petrovich Izhevsky (1863-1926).
