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.)