V. N. Timofeev

Viktor N. Timofeev was born in 1950, in the Ermolayevo Village, Balakhta District, Krasnoyarsk Territory. In 1974, he completed his education in Krasnoyarsk Polytechnical Institute majoring in Power Plants. In 1978, he was awarded the degree of the Candidate of Technical Sciences. In 1994, he was awarded the degree of the Doctor of Technical Sciences. Area of expertise: electromagnetic fields analysis; research into electrical process equipment and MHD technology for metallurgical purposes; linear electric machines; methods of complex mathematical and physical simulation; computer aided design of electrical process equipment. He is the member of the Thesis Board for awarding titles of Candidate and Doctoral degree, the author of over 200 scientific publications, including 2 monographs, 8 educational books, and 70 inventor's certificates and patents. Since 1990, he has been heading the "Research and Production Center of Magnetic Hydrodynamics", Ltd ("RPC Magnetic Hydrodynamics" Ltd), which designs and supplies electrical process equipment and technology to smelters. He is Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician in Academy of Electrotechnical Sciences, Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electric Process Equipment in the Polytechnical Institute of the Siberian Federal University, member of the International Scientific Committee of the continuous international conference :Topical Problems of Theory and Practice of the Induction Heating", has been employed with the Polytechnical Institute of the Siberian Federal University (formerly Krasnoyarsk State Technical University) since 1978, member of the Expert Council in Association of Engineering Education of Russia. In 2002, he was awarded the diploma of the winner of the all-Russian competition "Engineer of the year" in the nomination "Electrical equipment". In 2006, he was awarded a label pin of "Honorary worker of science and technology of the Russian Federation".