Academicians :: VITYAZ Petr Alexandrovich

Petr Aleksandrovich Vityaz (b. 06.08.1936, v. Pervomaiskaya, Bereza district, Brest region), a scientist in the field of the development of new materials, technologies and mechanical engineering. Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (1994; corresponding member since 1989), doctor of engineering sciences (1983), professor (1986). Honored Scientist of the BSSR (1991).

— Graduated from the Belarusian Forestry Institute named after S.M. Kirov (1960).
— Since 1961 - Senior Engineer, Chief Engineer, Senior Researcher, Head of the Sector of the Powder Metallurgy Laboratory of the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute, since 1970 - Senior Lecturer of the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute and at the same time Head of the Department of Physical and Chemical Research of the Research Institute of Powder Metallurgy.
— Since 1977 - Deputy Director of the Research Institute of Powder Metallurgy of the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute, since 1980 - First Deputy General Director of the Belarusian Republican Scientific and Production Association of Powder Metallurgy and at the same time the head of the branch department of the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute, since 1992 - Director of the Research Institute of Powder Metallurgy of the Belarusian State production concern of powder metallurgy and at the same time the head of the branch of the department of powder metallurgy and technology of the materials of the Belarusian State Polytechnic Academy.
— Since 1997 - Vice-President, since 2002 - First Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus; since 2004 - First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
— Since January 2012 - Head of Apparatus of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Scientific papers in the field of development of theoretical and practical bases for the creation of porous powder materials based on metal and ceramic powders and inorganic fibers: new materials using mechanical doping and plasma-chemical synthesis; structural and functional ceramics with increased fracture toughness; thermodynamic modeling of the processes of plasma fluxes of metal particles and technologies of hardening and restoration of parts by the methods of gas-thermal coating. Under his leadership and with his personal participation, more than 60 new technologies and materials have been developed, for which experimental and industrial production has been mastered for agricultural engineering, automotive, machine-tool construction and special equipment.

Author of about 1000 scientific papers, including more than 200 inventions, more than 40 monographs.

Winner of the State Prize of the BSSR for the development and introduction of new porous materials and products based on metal powders into the national economy (1980), Prize of the USSR Council of Ministers for the development and introduction of new powder materials and products (1987), awards of the NAS of Belarus and the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences named after Academician V.A. Koptyug (2002) and the awards of the academies of sciences of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (2007).

Awarded with the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1986), Fatherland II degree (2009), Fatherland III degree (2001), Francisk Skaryna Medal (1996), other medals.

Major papers:

Пористые порошковые материалы и изделия из них. Мн.: Вышэйшая школа, 1987 (совм. с В.М.Капцевичем, В.К.Шелегом).
Механически легированные сплавы на основе алюминия и меди. Мн.: Беларуская навука, 1998 (совм. с Ф.Г.Ловшенко, Г.Ф.Ловшенко).
Структура и свойства конструкционной керамики на основе сиалонов. Мн.: Технопринт, 2002 (в соавт. Е.С.Голубцовой, Б.А.Камдиным, Х.-Й.Ритцхаунт-Кляйсел).
Синтез и применение сверхтвердых материалов. Мн.: Белорусская наука, 2005 (совместно с В.Д.Грицук, В.Т.Сенють).
Основы нанесения износостойких, коррозионно-стойких и теплозащитных покрытий. Мн., 2006 (совм. с А.Ф.Ильющенко, А.И.Шевцовым).
Материаловедение. Мн.: ИВЦ Минфина, 2008 (в соавт.).