Concise Encyclopedia of Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis (ePub)

Prize of the Russian Federation and in 1999 received the Order of Friendship for the discovery and development of SHS. In 1980 she became a laureate of the National Prize of Armenia for her active participation in various directions of SHS and its industrial implementation. Prof. I.P. Borovinskaya was awarded the International Ceramic Prize - 2008 for fundamental studies in SHS as well as other medals and honorary awards of various countries.

Prof. Alexander Gromov is currently working at the Process Engineering Faculty, Nuremberg Technical University Georg Simon Ohm, Nuremberg, Germany. He obtained his academic degrees from Bijsk Technologic Institute (1998, Chem.Eng.) and Tomsk Polytechnic University (2000, PhD). Since 2001 he has worked at Tomsk Polytechnic University (Russia), University of Ulsan (South Korea), and Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe and Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology (Germany). He was a visiting professor at the Aerospace Engineering Department of Milan Polytechnic University in 2011-2013 before obtaining the Humboldt Grant for Experienced Researchers and moving to Nuremberg Technical University George Simon Ohm in 2013. Prof. Gromov has authored over 100 scientific publications and several books and has received numerous scientific awards, including the Russian Academy of Science Medal in 2009. He is also a member of the European Committee of the "Global Energy Prize."

Prof. Evgeny Alexandrovich Levashov has served as Head of the Division of Powder Metallurgy and Functional Coatings since 2003, and since 1989, Head of the Scientific-Educational Center of SHS (SHS-Center MISiS-ISMAN), the National University of Science and Technology “MISiS, Moscow, Russia. He received a PhD (1987) in Powder Metallurgy and Composite Materials from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS) and a Dr.Sc. (1996) in Chemical Physics, Physics of Combustion and Explosion, and became Professor (1997) on specialty “Powder Metallurgy and Composite Materials. His research interests include materials science, self-propagating high-temperature synthesis, powder metallurgy, plasma surface engineering, pulsed electrospark deposition, nanostructured ceramics, multicomponent functional coatings, biocompatible materials, and characterization of mechanical and tribological properties. His numerous awards and honors include a NATO Research Award, several European Program of Scientific Integration (EPSI) “Eureka Awards, and a Collaborative Linkage Grant NATO-Russia. He is an Honorary Dr. of Engineering of Colorado School of Mines, USA (2007), Full Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Science (2001), and Honorary Inventor of Moscow City (2013). He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Russian Journal of Nonferrous Metals (2001-present), an Editor-in-Chief of the Russian Journal “Izvestiya Vuzov. Powder Metallurgy and Functional Coatings (2016-present), and is a member of several international journal boards. He is a member of the European Joint Committee for Plasma and Ion Surface Engineering (2006-present), member of the Int. Advisory Committee on FGM (1998-present), and a member of the Int. Committee of SHS (1996-present), among others. He has published more than 650 articles in refereed journals, 14 books, and 98 patents, and has given more than 350 international conference presentations, including invited, keynote, and plenary talks.

Prof. Yuri Maksimov is Head of the Research Department for Structural Macrokinetics of the Tomsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia. He is an Honored Scientist of Russia and a Doctor of Technical Sciences. Prof. Maksimov is the author of three books and over 300 scientific papers, patents, and copyright certificates, and an expert in the combustion and explosion physics and structural macrokinetics. He has developed and implemented the synthesis of nitrided ferroalloys, strong magnets based on neodymium-iron-boron, and ceramic filters technology. He is a member of the Bureau of the Joint Scientific Council on Chemical Sciences, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, and a member of the editorial boards of two International and two Russian journals.

Dr. Alexander Mukasyan is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director Manager of the Laboratory of Advanced Electron Microscopy, ND-IIF, at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA. He received a PhD from The Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics (Institute of Chemical Physics), Chernigolovka, Russia, and a DSc from the Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernigolovka, Russia. Dr. Mukasyan's research interests include combustion of heterogeneous systems, synthesis of advanced nano materials,kinetics of rapid high-temperature reactions, and catalysis. His current work is in the areas of nanotechnology, high energy density materials, and novel alternative energy sources. He is co-editor of four books and is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters.



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Alexander Sergeevich Rogachev is Head of the Laboratory for Dynamics of Micro-heterogeneous Processes in the Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science (ISMAN), Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russia. He received a PhD in 1986 from the Institute of Chemical Physics Academy of Sciences of the USSR, and a DSc in 1995 from the Institute of Structural Macrokinetics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Since 2003 he has also been a Professor of the National University of Science and Technology “MISiS (Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys). He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Self-Propagating High Temperature Synthesis. He is a member of the World Academy of Ceramics, the International Combustion Institute (Russian Section), and the Scientific Council on Combustion and Explosion Russian Academy of Sciences, and an expert of the Russian High Attestation Commission (Council on Metallurgy), Russian Science Foundation and Russian Foundation for Basic Research.