Ilmar Öpik (17 June 1917

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

– 29 July 2001) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n energetics scientist, academician. In 1940 he graduated from

Tallinn University of Technology Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; et, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool) is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administrati ...

as an engineer-mechanic. In 1963 he defended his doctoral thesis at Moscow Energetics Institute ( et, Moskva Energeetika Instituut). Since 1946 he taught at

Tallinn Polytechnical Institute Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; et, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool) is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administrati ...

. Since 1967 he became a member of

Estonian Academy of Sciences Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences ( et, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to ...

. 1977-1978 he was the vice-president of the academy. 1984-1996 he was the chief editor of the journal ''

Oil Shale Oil shale is an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds) from which liquid hydrocarbons can be produced. In addition to kerogen, general composition of oil shales constitut ...

''. Much of his research was related to

oil shale Oil shale is an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds) from which liquid hydrocarbons can be produced. In addition to kerogen, general composition of oil shales constitut ...

. Awards: * 1996:

Order of the National Coat of Arms The Order of the National Coat of Arms ( et, Riigivapi teenetemärk, french: Ordre du Blason National) was instituted by Konstantin Päts on 7 October 1936 to commemorate 24 February 1918, the day on which Estonian independence was declared. The ...

, III class.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Opik, Ilmar 1917 births 2001 deaths Estonian scientists Oil shale researchers Academic staff of the Tallinn University of Technology Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class Tallinn University of Technology alumni Burials at Metsakalmistu Oil shale in Estonia