CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Name: Jüri Engelbrecht
2. Position: Institute of Cybernetics, Head of the Department
3. Date of birth: August 1, 1939
4. Educational history: Tallinn Technical University, Diploma in Engineering; Tallinn Technical University, Post-graduate scholarship
5. Research and professional experience, institutional affiliation and postdoctoral research training:

  • 1969 - 1969 Tallinn Technical University;
  • 1969 - Institute of Cybernetics, Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Director, Head of the Department
  • 1992 - Tallinn Technical University, Professor
  • 1994 - Estonian Academy of Sciences, President

    • Visiting Appointments:
  • Czech Technical University (1967-1968),
  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne University (1979-1980, 1986),
  • University of Messina (1981, 1987),
  • Budapest Technical University (1989),
  • University of Cambridge (1989, 1994),
  • University of Paris 6th (1991),
  • RWTH Aachen (1992, 1995),
  • University of Torino (1996)

    • 6. Academic degrees:
  • 1962 - Diploma in Engineering
  • 1968 - Cand.Sc. (Ph.D.) in Mechanics
  • 1981 - D.Sc., Math. Phys. in Continuum Mechanics (Thesis: Nonlinear deformation waves)

    • 7. Honors/awards:
  • 1992 - Estonian Science Prize
  • 1993 - Humboldt Research Award
  • 1987 - Academia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, foreign member
  • 1990 - Estonian Academy of Sciences, member
  • 1996 - Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea, active member
  • 1996 - New York Academy of Sciences, member
  • 1996 - Latvian Academy of Sciences, foreign member

    • 8. Research-administrative experience:
  • Estonian Academy of Sciences, president
  • Estonian Science and Development Council, member
  • ICSU - General Committee, member
  • IUTAM - member of the General Assembly, member of the Congress Committee and member of the Bureau
  • Euromech - member of the Council

    • 9. Current research program: Nonlinear wave dynamics, biomechanics
    10. Current grant funding: BMBF (Germany) grant - Waves in microstructured media
    11. Dissertation advised:
  • T.Peipman, A.Allamaa, U.Valdek - Cand.Sc. (Ph.D.)
  • M.Feldman, O.Kongas, M.Vendelin, P.Peterson (M.Sc.)

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