Evgeny Paton
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Professor Evgeny Oscarovich Paton (5 March 1870 – 12 July 1953; ) was a Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 and Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 engineer who established the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute
E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute
E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute is a welding research institution situated in Kiev, Ukraine. It is named after its founder, Professor Evgeny Paton.The institute was established in 1934 following the decree of Ukainian Academy of Sciences...

 in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

. He is father of Borys Paton
Borys Paton
Borys Yevhenovych Paton is the long-term chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He was born in Kiev...

.

Born in 1870 in Niece, France. Studied at the Dresden Technical University (was graduated in 1894), and at the Petersburg Institute of Railway Roads (was graduated in 1896). Designed the structure of the train station in Dresden. He was a lecturer at Moscow Engineering College of Railway Roads (1889-1904). Evgeny Oskarovich Paton was a Professor of Kiev Polytechnic Institute
Kiev Polytechnic Institute
The National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” is a major university in Kiev, Ukraine.-History:The institute was founded in 1898. At that time it had four departments: Mechanical, Chemical, Agricultural, and Civil Engineering. The first enrolment constituted 360 students...

, and the Chairman of the Bridge Department from 1904 to 1938. In 1929 he organized a welding laboratory and Electric Welding Committee. In 1934 Evgeny Paton founded the Electric Welding Institute
E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute
E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute is a welding research institution situated in Kiev, Ukraine. It is named after its founder, Professor Evgeny Paton.The institute was established in 1934 following the decree of Ukainian Academy of Sciences...

 of the Academy of Sciences of Ukrainian SSR in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

. During 1945-1952 he was a Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences of Ukrainian SSR.

Eugeny Paton was a pioneer researcher of the new joining – welding technology for the materials. In order to make welding a reliable technological process it was necessary to conduct a comprehensive research of the mechanics of welded structures, welding metallurgical processes, and physics of the arc, as well as to develop the welding equipment and tools, and consumable and new welding techniques.

Evgeny Paton created the methods of design of rational bridge spans, investigated the conditions of their operation, and suggested the methods to restore the damaged bridges. He carried out the research on calculation and strength of welded structures, mechanization of welding processes, and fundamentals of welding. He supervised the development of the method of automatic submerged arc welding. During the World War II Evgeny Paton supervised the design and production of the equipment and technology of the automatic welding of special steels, tanks, bombs, etc.

Evgeny Oskarovich Paton supervised the wide implementation of welding in industry, the design and production of the assembly-welding production lines. He made the design of welded bridges. He founded a domestic school of metal welding. Evgeny Oskarovich Paton was awarded almost all highest Soviet government and scientific awards and prizes, and the Title of the Hero of Socialist Labour.
In Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

 in 1953 a fully welded steel construction Paton Bridge
Paton Bridge
Paton Bridge is one of the bridges across the Dnieper in Kiev, Ukraine named after its constructor. Built between 1941 and 1953, is the world's first all-welded bridge and is also the longest bridge in Kiev having a length of . Traffic across the bridge was opened on 5 November 1953...

was built using technology developed by Evgeny Paton.

External links

  • Biography at the E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute
  • Biography at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (Ukrainian language)
  • Biography at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (English language)
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