Vitaly Kuzkin

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Vice-Head of Department for Theoretical Mechanics Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (former Facuty of Physics and Mechanics) Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University (SPbSTU). Senior researcher Laboratory for Discrete models in mechanics (DMML) Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering Russian Academy of Sciences (IPME RAS).

Education

• BSc, SPbSTU, FMF, dept. Mechanics and Control Processes, 2007 (with honors)

Bachelor thesis: Equations of state for perfect crystals. Scientific advisor: prof. А.М. Krivtsov

• MSc, SPbSTU, FMF, dept. Mechanics and Control Processes, 2009 (with honors)

Master thesis: Thermomechanical effects in perfect crystals. Scientific advisor: prof. А.М. Krivtsov

• PhD, SPbSTU, FMF, department for Theoretical Mechanics, 2011

PhD thesis : Derivation of equivalent thermomechanical characteristics for perfect crystals. Scientific advisor: prof. А.М. Krivtsov

Employment

• Vice Head of Department for Theoretical Mechanics (since 2011)
• Senior researcher, lab. "Discrete Models in Mechanics", (IPME RAS) (since 2006)
• PhD student, Department for Theoretical Mechanics (2011-2011)
• Teaching assistant, Department for Theoretical Mechanics (2008 – 2011)

Participation in projects

• Hamburg project
• Modeling of hydraulic fracturing
• Project "AlpineReplay" (see also [1])
• Project "Crystal"
• Simulation of bio-materials consisting of fibrils

Research areas/interests

• Mechanics of Discrete Media
• Computational Mechanics of Discrete Media : Molecular Dynamics, Discrete Element Method
• Smoothed Particles Hydrodynamics / Smoothed Particles Applied Mechanics
• Computational geomechanics (hydraulic fracturing, proppant transport)
• Thermal effects: equations of state, heat conductivity, thermal expansion
• Equivalent thermomechanical characteristics for discrete systems
• Interactions between rigid bodies: potential for graphene, DEM simulation of solids (V-model)
• Discrete models of rods and shells
• Carbon nanostructures
• inertial navigation, Fuzzy logic
• ...

Publications and patents

• in per reviewed journals – 8, total – 29
• 3 US patents (under review)

Selected publications are listed here.

Teaching

• Dynamics of particles (lectures)
• theoretical mechanics (practice)
• dynamics of rigid body (practice)

Software

• CAD/CAE, DEM Software: Solid Works, ANSYS, LS-DYNA, EDEM
• Math Software: Maple, MathCad, MATLAB
• PC languages: Pascal, C++

Some awards

• British Petroleum research grant for young scientists, 2012
• Young Scientist Award on IUTAM Symposium on "Vibration Analysis of Structures with Uncertainties", 2009
• Award for the Best Presentation on the first conference of OAO "KBSM", 2009
• Award of "Dynasty" foundation for Young Physicists, 2009
• Award for Best Young Scientist of Polytechnical university, 2008
• Award for Best Presentation on All-Russia young researchers School-Conference "Mathematical Modelling in natural sciences", Perm, Russia, 2007
• Award for Scientific Progress on "XXXV Science week" in SPbSTU, 2006
• Awards in 1-st(university), 2-nd(regional), 3-rd(All-Russia) tours of Olimpiad on Strength of Materials, 2005

The best quotes about Science

• The science is no fun, if you are never wrong! (c) Thomas Gold
• The science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in distribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life (с) G.H. Hardy (see also G. H. Hardy A Mathematician's Apology. Cambridge: University Press. pp. 153, 2004)
• No pain <=> No gain

Contacts

E-mail: kuzkinva at gmail.com

Phone: +7-906-2522554

Fax: +7-812-3214771

Skype: vitaly.kuzkin, vitaly.kuzkin1

Vk.com: kuzkinva

Mail: Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering RAS, 199178, Russia, St. Petersburg, Bolshoy pr. V.O., 61

Web: tm.spbstu.ru/Kuzkin