Dmytro Kiwa
Dmytro Semenowytsch Kiwa ( Ukrainian Дмитро Семенович Ківа ; born October 8, 1942 Kazan , Soviet Union ) is a Ukrainian scientist and aircraft designer of the Ukrainian state company Antonov .
Kiwa is a doctor of engineering, professor at the National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI” and since 2006 an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and a member of the Academy of Technical Sciences.
Life
Kiwa graduated from high school in Kharkiv in 1959 and studied at the Mykola Zhukovsky National University of Aerospace until 1965 . From September 1964 he worked at the scientific-technical complex for aviation named after OK Antonov in Kiev . In 1979 he was promoted to deputy chief designer and in 1987 to chief designer. In 2010, after the company's reorganization, he became Antonov's President-General Designer .
Kiwa researched methods to increase the rigidity of metal structures by strengthening the carbon fiber, as well as the properties of composite materials based on carbon fibers.
He is the author of more than 100 scientific publications and holds 13 patents in the development of passenger, cargo and multi-purpose cargo aircraft and was personally involved in the planning and construction of the following aircraft: An-3 , An-28 , An-38 , An-32 , An-74 and their modifications, An-70 , An-124 Ruslan , An-225 Mrija and their modifications, An-140 , An-148 and An-158.
Honors
- Honored Scientist of Ukraine
- 1994 State Prize of Ukraine for Science and Technology
- 1998 Order of Merit of Ukraine III. class
- 2001 Order of Merit of Ukraine II class
- 2004 Order of Merit of Ukraine, 1st class
- 2009 Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
- 2009 Hero of Ukraine
- 2012 honorary citizen of the city of Kiev
Web links
- Biography of Kiwa on the website of the National Technical University of Ukraine "Kiev Polytechnic Institute" (Ukrainian)
- Interview with Dmytro Kiwa from August 18, 2014 on BBC Ukraine (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of Kiwa on the website of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kiev Polytechnic Institute” (Ukrainian), accessed on November 2, 2015
- ↑ a b Kiev city administration - honorary citizen , accessed on November 2, 2015
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Dmytro S. Kiwa on Heroes of Ukraine ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 2, 2015
- ↑ Dmytro S. Kiwa on logos-ukraine.com , accessed on November 2, 2015
- ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 473/2009 of June 22, 2009 , accessed on November 2, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kiwa, Dmytro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ківа Дмитро Семенович (Ukrainian); Kiwa, Dmytro Semenowytsch (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian aircraft designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kazan , Soviet Union |