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History of Electromechanics and Electrical Apparatus Departments

EMEEA department unites the rich heritage of two historical MEI departments

The Department of Electromechanics, Electrical and Electronic Apparatus (EMEEA) is a unified department within the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electrification (IETE) at NRU MPEI. It inherits the traditions of two outstanding schools: the Department of Electrical Machines (Electromechanics) and the Department of Electrical Apparatus, each of which made a fundamental contribution to the development of Soviet and Russian electrical engineering.

Timeline

1919

V.S. Kulebakin started teaching the course 'Electrical Devices and Apparatus' at MVTU

1926

Kulebakin organized the Department/Laboratory of Electrical Apparatus at MVTU

1930

Creation of MEI by merging the electrical engineering faculty of MVTU and the electrical industry faculty of the Plekhanov Institute

1932

MEI reorganized into 6 faculties, including the Electromachine-Apparatus Building Faculty (EMAS)

1936

EMAS and electrified transport faculties merged into the Electromechanical Faculty (EMF)

Department of Electrical Machines (Electromechanics)

Klavdiy Ippolitovich Shenfer

1930–1938

1885–1949

Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
  • Created fundamental Soviet literature on electromechanics
  • First textbooks on AC and DC machines
  • Laid the theoretical foundations of the national school of electrical machines

Georgy Nikolaevich Petrov

1938–1973

1899–1977

Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences Doctor of Technical Sciences Professor Two-time Stalin Prize Laureate
  • Development of high-voltage hydrogenerators (110-220 kV)
  • Creation of power transformers with the 'MEI compensation' method
  • Development of the world's first 110 kV generator
  • Author of more than 120 scientific articles and textbooks

Igor Petrovich Kopylov

1970-е–1980-е

1924–2014

USSR State Prize Laureate Honored Worker of Science and Technology of RSFSR Honorary Academician of the Engineering Academy of RF WWII Veteran
  • Development of geo- and helioelectromechanics
  • 110 patents
  • About 500 scientific works
  • 45 textbooks and monographs
  • Supervisor of 60 PhD and 5 doctoral dissertations

Alexey Vladimirovich Ivanov-Smolensky

1922–2009

Doctor of Technical Sciences Professor
  • Created a scientific school in electromagnetic calculations
  • Developed the course 'Electromagnetic Calculations'
  • 12 monographs
  • Worked on high-voltage hydrogenerators with G.N. Petrov

Department of Electrical Apparatus

Viktor Sergeevich Kulebakin

1932–1939 Founder of the Department

1891–1970

Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences Major General of Engineering and Aviation Service Stalin Prize Laureate Participant of GOELRO plan
  • 1937: department won 1st place in the All-Union competition for best educational work
  • Theory of vibration regulators for electrical machines
  • Creation of invariance theory and combined control systems
  • Foundation of the national school of aviation electrical power engineering

M.F. Kostrov

1939–1940

Andrey Yakovlevich Builov

1940–1949

1901–1949

  • Author of the textbook 'High Voltage AC Circuit Breakers' (1936)

Maksim Alekseevich Babikov

1949–1960

1909–1966

Georgy Vladimirovich Butkevich

1961–1972

1903–1974

Lenin Prize Laureate (1962) Stalin Prize Laureate (1949)
  • Stalin Prize for a new series of high-voltage switchgear
  • Lenin Prize for a 500 kV high-voltage equipment complex

Yuri Konstantinovich Rozanov

1989–2004

1939–2020

Russian Government Award Laureate Order of the Red Banner of Labor Order of the Badge of Honor
  • Organized training in 'Electrical and Electronic Apparatus' specialization
  • Initiated the renaming of the department
  • 26 patents, about 150 scientific works, 3 textbooks

Scientific Legacy

Education

  • Textbooks became national standards
  • Educational materials translated into many languages
  • Generations of engineers and scientists trained

Awards

  • Numerous State and Lenin Prize laureates
  • Academicians and corresponding members of the USSR Academy of Sciences

National Contribution

  • Participation in the GOELRO plan implementation
  • Work for defense needs during WWII
  • Contribution to Soviet industrialization

Unique Developments

  • 'MEI compensation' method for transformers
  • World's first 110 kV generator
  • Aviation electrical systems
  • Power electronics and converter technology

Department Materials

2023

M.Ya. Pogrebissky. On the 90th anniversary of IETE

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2023

Elena Moiseevna Lopukhina (1919 - 2005)

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2022

On the 100th anniversary of A.V. Ivanov-Smolensky

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2022

On the 100th anniversary of A.V. Ivanov-Smolensky. CIGRE

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2020

I.P. Kopylov - Veteran of the Patriotic War

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2015

S.A. Gruzkov «History of MPEI»

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2012

V.S. Kulebakin - founder of the Russian school of electrical apparatus and regulators

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Founders and Successors

Electrical Apparatus

Viktor Sergeevich Kulebakin

Founder · 1891–1970

Georgy Vladimirovich Butkevich

1903–1974

Yuri Konstantinovich Rozanov

1939–2020

Pavel Aleksandrovich Kurbatov

1949–2023

Vadim Nikolaevich Shoffa

1935–2016

Vladlen Gavrilovich Degtyar

1937–2019

Yuri Sergeevich Korobkov

?–2022

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Zhavoronkov

Ivan Sergeevich Taev

Boleslav Kazemirovich Bul

Leonid Valeryanovich Shopen

1928–1976

Alla Georgievna Slivinskaya

1919–2007

Aleksandr Adolfovich Chunikhin

1919–1997

Anatoly Yakovlevich Builov

1901–1949

Maksim Alekseevich Babikov

1909–1966

N.E. Lysov

1903–1967

Andrey Vladimirovich Gordon

Evgeny Lvovich Lvov

1919–1996

Electromechanics

Alexey Vladimirovich Ivanov-Smolensky

1922–2009

Georgy Nikolaevich Petrov

1899–1977

Klavdiy Ippolitovich Shenfer

1885–1949

Igor Petrovich Kopylov

1924–2014

Notable Alumni and Staff

Vadim Ivanovich Utkin

Sergey Lvovich Baidakov

Vadim Aleksandrovich Trapeznikov

Boris Evseevich Chertok

1912–2011

Boris Nikolaevich Petrov

1913–2008

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