On Some Mile-Stones in Scientific Life of Professor Alexander N. Guz

Abstract

The article is prepared in occasion of awarding Professor A.N. Guz the ICCES Medal for Life-Time Achievements and corresponds to the lecture at the symposium to honor of A.N. Guz within the framework of ICCESS-12 (International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Greece, Crete, April 30 – May 4, 2012). Four important mile-stones in scientific life of A.N. Guz are shown and discussed: the defence of doctor of sciences dissertation; the forming new scientific directions and scientific school; the directorship at SP Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics; the preparation of many monographs, which can be classified as the first ones in the world scientific literature.