Exhibition in a honor of Prof. Oleg L. Figovsky’s 500 inventions ,
during the “Genius -2006″, Budapest, September 9-12, 2006.
Prof. Oleg L. Figovsky was awarded the MAFE Gold Angel prize at this Exhibition.
( http://www.invention-ifia.ch/genius/conference.pdf )
Figovsky Oleg was born in Moscow in 1940. Before he graduated the institute, he has made his first invention in Materials Engineering. At the age of 20, Figovsky became a scientific leader of a research project. Later on, the basic research of this project was being transferred into a technology to build a novel coating of the airodrome for the first USSR space shuttle “Buran”.The main area of scientific interests of Figovsky Oleg is development of composite, including nanocomposite materials based on polymer, silicate and other matrixes, their advanced technology and increasing their service properties under extreme conditions (such as radiation and strong aggressive media). In this area he has carried out his Ph.D. degree (Moscow, 1971) and D.Sc. degree (Moscow, 1990) in Materials Engineering. He was also elected to the position of scientific professor (Moscow, 1980) in Civil Engineering. In this area prof. Figovsky has created up today 500 inventions. (more…)