Valentin Vital'yevich Rumyantsev
Born(1921-07-19)July 19, 1921
DiedJune 10, 2007(2007-06-10) (aged 85)
NationalityRussian
Alma materSaratov State University
Known formechanics, stability theory
AwardsPrize of the Presidium (1950, 1958)
The Chaplygin Prize (1958)
The Humboldt Prize (1997)
Agostinelli Prize (1999)
Lyapunov Prize (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsEngineering (mechanics)
InstitutionsDorodnicyn Computing Centre
Doctoral advisorNikolai Chetaev

Valentin Vital'yevich Rumyantsev (ru: Валенти́н Вита́льевич Румя́нцев; 19 July 1921, in Novaya Skatovka, Saratov region – 10 June 2007, in Moscow) was a Russian engineer who played a crucial role in Soviet space program, mainly working on robotics and controls . He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1992), Department of Engineering, Mechanics and Control.[1]

Career

Rumyantsev was professor in the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics in the Department of Theoretical Mechanics and Mecatronics at Moscow State University. He was editor of the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (Russian: Прикладная математика и механика). Rumyantsev was also a corresponding member (1995) and member (2000) of the International Academy of Astronautics (France, Paris).

References

  1. Kerimov, M. K. (2008-02-01). "In memory of academician Valentin Vital'Evich Rumyantsev (1921–2007)". Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics. 48 (2): 329–335. doi:10.1134/S0965542508020152. ISSN 1555-6662.


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