Prof. Oleg L. Figovsky

C.V. of Prof. Oleg L. Figovsky

Specialty:

Materials Engineering (Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies. Special Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants. Corrosion Protection).

Education:

D.Sc. in Materials Engineering (All-Union Corrosion Research Institute, Moscow, 1990. Thesis: Monolithic coverings based on reactionable oligomers).
Ph.D. in Materials Engineering (Moscow Civil Engineering Institute, 1971).
M.Sc. in Materials Engineering (All-Union Civil Engineering Institute, Moscow, 1964).

Professional Experience:

2009-... Director R&D of "Nanotech Industries, Inc.", Daly City, CA, USA.
2009-... Expert of nanotechnological projects, RUSNANO, Moscow, Russian Federation;
2003-... Director R&D of "Enviroment Frendly Materials, GmbH", Berlin, Germany.
1999-... Expert of scientific projects, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.
1998-2007 Expert of technological projects (BASHAN program), Tel Aviv, Israel;
1998-... Founding partner and Director R&D of Israeli Research Center "Polymate", Migdal HaEmek, Israel.
1996-2002 Advisor Board Member & Technical Director of "Eurotech, Ltd", USA.
1993-1995 General Manager of "Polyadd, Ltd", Natheret Illit, Israel.
1992-1993 Manager R&D of Israel Corrosion Research Institute, Ramat HaSharon, Israel.
1990-1991 Director of Research Center of Austria-USSR Joint-Venture "Anticorr", Moscow, USSR.
1986-1991 Head of Department: "Problems of corrosion protection" of All-Union Corrosion Research Institute, Moscow, USSR.
1981-1986 Head of Nonmetallic Materials Department of Interbranch Scientific & Technical Complex "Anticorr", Moscow, USSR.
1972-1981 Senior Scientific Researcher of Central Research & Project Institute of Industrial Building, Moscow, USSR.
1965-1971 Head of Research Group & SSR of All-Union R&P Institute "Teploproekt", Ministry of Assembling & Special Building Works, Moscow, USSR.

Teaching and Editorial Experience:

2011-... Chief of the laboratory "Environment Friendly Nanotechnologies" of Kazan State Technical University named Tupolev, Russian Federation.
2010-... Editor-in-Chief of Recent Patents in Corrosion Science.
2009-... Editor-in-Chief of The Open Corrosion Journal.
2003-... Co-holder of the UNESCO chair "Green Chemistry", Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
1999-... Editor-in-Chief of the Journal "Scientific Israel - Technological Advantages", Haifa, Israel (published in English).
1990-1994 Editor-in-Chief of the Journal "Corrosion Protection and Durability of Equipment and Structures", Moscow, Russia (published in Russian).
1990-1991 Member of Board. All-Union Scientific & Technical Editorship "Chemistry", Moscow, USSR.
1989-1990 Course: Nonmetallic Materials. Physic-Chemical Faculty of Moscow Institute of Steel and Allows, USSR.
1987-1990 Course: Advanced Technology for Corrosion & Radioactive Protection. All-Union Institute for Retraining of High Level Specialists, Moscow, USSR.
1981-1985 Course: Materials Engineering. Moscow Civil Engineering Institute, USSR.

Public Activity:

2009. Member Russian Nanotechnological Society Presidium;
2004 Member of European Academy of Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.
2003. Member of International Committee of Intellectual Collaboration, New York, USA;
2001. Foreign Member of Russian Engineering Academy;
1999. President of Israeli Inventors Association;
1999. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA;
1998. Member of Council of Managers R&D of Israel Chemistry Industry;
1996. Vice-President of IASN - Israel Association of Scientist-Newcomers;
1995. Foreign Member of Russian Academy of A&B Sciences of Architecture and Civil Engineering Sciences;
1992. Member of NACE-International, USA.

Previous Public Activity:

1982-1990 First Deputy of Chairman. Nonmetallic Materials & Advanced Protection Section of Interbranch Council of State Plan Committee, Science & Technique Committee and Academy of Science, USSR.

Area of Scientific and Technical Activity:

Nanomaterials based on polymer, silicate and metallic matrixes.
Environment friendly nanotechnologies.
Testing of materials and structure under extreme conditions, including strength and creep of structural materials (metals & composites) in the three-dimensional stress state.
Improving protective properties of nonmetallic materials.
Novel technologies for corrosion and radioactive protection.
Advanced coating for corrosion protection of metals and concretes.
Adhesives for electronic industry, wet concrete and chemical equipment.

Area of Marketing Activity:

Expert of technological and scientific projects.
Marketing and patent searches for advanced technological projects.
Managing of star-up technological companies.

Inventions:

465 inventions of USSR, mainly in the areas of composite materials, corrosion and radioactive protection, advanced structures including bionic ones and methods of reinforced and laminate materials production. Licenses were sold to The Netherlands, Finland, Hungary and Poland.
Gold and silver medals of International Exhibition IENA-98 (Nuremberg, Germany, 1998) for two novel inventions.
Gold Angel Prize of Exhibition "Genius 2006" (Budapest, Hungary, 2006) for all inventor's activity.
9 USA, 1 Israeli, 4 European, 2 Russian and other patents

Publications:

17 books published in Russian, more than 300 articles published in Russian, more 300 articles published in English and German.
A List of the Lastest Publications is avaible on-line.

Awards:

2011. Honorable Professor of Kazan State Technical University named Tupolev, Russian Federation.
2011. Honorable Doctor of Sciences of Kazan State Technological University, Russian Federation.
2010. Honorable Member of Moscow Society of Explorers of Nature, Russian Federation.
2010. VIP-expert of Small and Medium Size Enterprises, Moscow, Russian Federation.
2007. NASA Nanotech Briefs® Nano 50™ Award, Boston, USA.
2007. Medal "Leading Intellectual of the World", Harvard, USA.
2007. Honorable Professor of Voronezh State Architecture and Civil Engineering University, Russian Federation.
1998. State Prize of USSR Cabinet of Ministers, Moscow, USSR.

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