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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.

History

History

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)

Heads of the Electromechanics Department

Heads of the Electromechanics Department

Heads of the Electrical Apparatus Department

Heads of the Electrical Apparatus Department

Scientific Legacy

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

Developments

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

Historical Materials

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

2023

Elena Moiseevna Lopukhina (1919 - 2005)

2023

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

2022

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

2022

I.P. Kopylov - Veteran of the Patriotic War

2020

S.A. Gruzkov «History of MPEI»

2015

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

2012
Founders of the Electrical Apparatus School

Founders of the Electrical Apparatus School

Viktor Sergeevich Kulebakin

1891–1970

Founder

Georgy Vladimirovich Butkevich

1903–1974

Wikipedia

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

Founders of the Electromechanics School

Founders of the Electromechanics School

Alexey Vladimirovich Ivanov-Smolensky

1922–2009

Georgy Nikolaevich Petrov

1899–1977

Klavdiy Ippolitovich Shenfer

1885–1949

Igor Petrovich Kopylov

1924–2014

Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Vadim Ivanovich Utkin

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Sergey Lvovich Baidakov

Vadim Aleksandrovich Trapeznikov

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Boris Evseevich Chertok

1912–2011

Boris Nikolaevich Petrov

1913–2008

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