Potapov Alexander Ivanovich (born September 27, 1949) — professor of the Department of Applied Mathematics at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev named after R.E. Alekseev since 2004, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Education

Lobachevsky University (1973), radiophysics.

Previous places of work

1973-1989 — engineer, senior lecturer, associate professor at GSU; 1989-2004 — head of laboratory at the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Institute of Machine Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Field of scientific, professional and creative interests

Micromechanics and acoustics of media with microstructure, nonlinear wave dynamics, mathematical modeling of dynamical systems.

Main facts of activity

Author of more than 150 scientific works, including 2 monographs (The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, USA, 1999; Moscow: Fizmatlit, 2003), holds 2 author's certificates.

Membership in public, scientific and other organizations

Member of the Russian Acoustical Society, member of the European Society of Mechanics, member of the international association NOLTA, leader of the scientific school "Wave Dynamics of Machines".

Foreign language

English.

Hobbies

Hiking, woodworking.

See also

  • Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Institute of Machine Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences