E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute ( uk, Інститут електрозварювання ім.Є.О.Патона) is a

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research institution situated in

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. It is named after its founder, Professor

Evgeny Paton Professor Evgeny Oscarovich Paton (russian: Евгений Оскарович Патон, 1870–1953) was a Ukrainian and Soviet engineer of Ukrainian descent who established the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kyiv. Paton was a peop ...

. The

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was established in 1934 following the decree of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. The institute was formed from the Laboratories of the State Electric Welding Committee and Electric Welding department of

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in 1934. Until 1991 it was known as ''Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences Electric Welding Institute''. The first leader of the institute was Evgeny Paton. For many years the institute was directed by Evgeny Paton's son,

Borys Paton Borys Yevhenovych Paton ( ua, Бори́с Євге́нович Пато́н, russian: Борис Евгеньевич Патон; 27 November 1918 – 19 August 2020

. Since 2020 following Borys Paton's death the institute is led by Ihor Krivtsun Currently the institute research staff includes 70

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, 250 Kandidats of Science. The institute is the main Ukrainian research facility dealing with electric welding and

electrical discharge machining Electrical discharge machining (EDM), also known as spark machining, spark eroding, die sinking, wire burning or wire erosion, is a metal fabrication process whereby a desired shape is obtained by using electrical discharges (sparks). Material i ...

Directors

* 1934 – 1953 Yevgeniy Paton * 1953 – 2020

Borys Paton Borys Yevhenovych Paton ( ua, Бори́с Євге́нович Пато́н, russian: Борис Евгеньевич Патон; 27 November 1918 – 19 August 2020

, a chairman of the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; uk, Національна академія наук України, ''Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny'', abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine th ...

* 2020 – Ihor Krivtsun

References

External links

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Engineering research institutes Materials science institutes Research institutes in the Soviet Union Welding organizations Research institutes in Kyiv Institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine NASU department of physical and technical issues of material studies Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Research institutes established in 1934 {{Ukraine-org-stub