Valery Viktorovich Kostuk (Russian: Вале́рий Ви́кторович Костю́к; born 26 August 1940 in Zaporizhia) is a Russian scientist who has contributed to the development of processes for producing gases and cryogenic liquids. He is a vice president of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[1][2][3]

Valery Kostuk
Вале́рий Ви́кторович Костю́к
Born (1940-08-26) 26 August 1940 (age 83)
NationalityRussian
Alma materChelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute
AwardsGlobal Energy Prize (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsCryogenics
Superconductors

Career edit

Kostuk graduated from the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute in 1962 and then worked there as an engineer until 1963. From 1963 to 1978, he worked at the Moscow Aviation Institute, receiving a doctorate in 1976 and rising to the rank of professor. In the early 1990s, Kostuk founded the Low Temperature Research and Development Institute of the Moscow Aviation Institute and has served as the director of the Low Temperature Research and Development Institute since 1992.[2][4][5][6]

In 1997, Kostuk became a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and in 2013, one of its vice presidents. His research interests have included heat transfer, state changes and hydrodynamics of cryogenic fluids, as well as high-temperature superconducting machines and power transmission cables.[2][3][4]

In 2012, along with Boris Katorgin and Rodney John Allam, Kostuk received the Global Energy Prize for his contributions to the development of processes and equipment for production of cryogenic liquids as well as technology for electricity production.[1][2][7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "IChemE Fellow Rodney Allam has been awarded the 2012 Global Energy Prize". Process and Control Today. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Valery Kostyuk (Russia)". Global Energy Prize. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Vice Presidents of the Russian Academy of Sciences". Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Академику Костюку Валерию Викторовичу - 75 лет!" (in Russian). Russian Academy of Sciences. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  5. ^ "КОСТЮК Валерий Викторович" (in Russian). Международный объединенный биографический центр. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Kostyuk Valerii Viktorovich". mathnet.ru. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Innovative Technologies in Cryogenics Emerge as Main Topic of the Year". RussianMind. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2016.