Evgeny Paton Евгений Патон | |
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 Evgeny O. Paton — professor at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, 1910s | |
| Born | (1870-03-05)March 5, 1870 |
| Died | August 12, 1953(1953-08-12) (aged 83) |
| Alma mater | Dresden Technical University (1894) Institute of Engineer Corp of Transportation (1896) |
| Known for | Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1945–52) |
| Spouse | Natalie Viktorovna Budde |
| Children | Volodymyr,Borys |
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| Fields | Welding |
| Institutions | E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute, International Association of Science Academies,National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| Notable students | Borys Medovar [uk] Borys Paton Volodymyr Pidhaietskyi [uk] Heorhii Raievskyi [uk] Viacheslav Shevernytskyi [uk] Pyotr Kamentsev [ru] |
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ProfessorYevhen Oksarovych Paton (Ukrainian:Євген Оксарович Патон; 5 March 1870 – 12 August 1953), also known asEvgeny Oskarovich Paton[a] (Russian:Евгений Оскарович Патон), was aUkrainian engineer of theRussian Empire andSoviet Union who established in 1934 theE. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute inKyiv.[1] Paton was a people's deputy of theSupreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1946–1953). He was the father ofBorys Paton.[2]
Born in 1870 in Nice,France, he studied at theDresden Technical University (graduated in 1894), and at the Petersburg Institute of Railway Roads (graduated in 1896). He designed the structure of the train station inDresden and was a lecturer at the Moscow Engineering College of Railway Roads (1889–1904). Paton was a professor atKyiv Polytechnic Institute and the Chairman of the Bridge Department from 1904 to 1938. In 1929 he organized a welding laboratory and the Electric Welding Committee. In 1934 Paton founded theElectric Welding Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR inKyiv. His idea of all-welding received support by the then-head of theUkrainian Communist Party,Nikita Khrushchev.[3] From 1945 to 1952 he was a Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.
Paton was a pioneer researcher of joining and welding technology. To make welding a reliable technological process, it was necessary to conduct comprehensive research regarding the mechanics of welded structures, the metallurgical processes involved, and the physics of the arc, as well as to develop welding equipment, tools, and techniques.
Paton created methods used in the design of rational bridge spans, investigated the conditions of their operation, and suggested methods for restoring damaged bridges. He researched the fundamentals of welding, how to calculate the strength of welded structures and the mechanization of welding processes. He supervised the development of automaticsubmerged arc welding. During World War II Paton supervised the design and production of equipment and technology for automated welding of special steels for tanks, bombs, and other military hardware.[3]
Paton supervised the wide implementation of welding in industry, including the design and production of assembly-line welding systems. He designed welded bridges and founded a domestic school of metal welding. Paton was awarded almost all of the highest Soviet government and scientific awards and prizes and received the title of theHero of Socialist Labour.[5]
