August 6, 2016 is the 80th anniversary of the famous scientist in the field of development of new materials, technologies and engineering, honored scientist of the BSSR, the winner of the BSSR State prize, the Prize of the USSR Council of Ministers and awards of several Academies of Sciences, since 1977 Deputy Director of the Research Institute of Powder Metallurgy of Belarusian Polytechnic Institute, since 1980 first Deputy General Director of BRSPU of powder metallurgy, since 1992 Director of the Institute of powder metallurgy of Belarusian state scientific and production concern of powder metallurgy, 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 Chief of staff of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Pyotr Aleksandrovich Vityaz.