Alexander K. Belyaev
Prof. Dr. Sc.
Deputy Director of
Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering
Email: Alexander.Belyaev at vice.ipme.ru, vice.ipme at gmail.com

Curriculum vitae

General information
Born on August 13, 1953 in Kamchatka, Russia
Marital status married, 3 children
Wife Olga Belyaeva (M.A.)
Education and Degrees
1.9.1960-29.6.1970 School, finished with distinction.
1.9.1970-28.2.1976 Student at the Polytechnic Institute in Leningrad.
28.2.1976 Graduated from the Polytechnic Institute in Leningrad with distinction (cum lauda), Diploma with distinction in Dynamics and Strength of Machines.
1.4.1976-1.4.1979 PhD. Student of the Department of Mechanics and Control Processes, Polytechnic Institute in Leningrad.
24.4.1979 Doctor (PhD.) in the field of Physics and Mathematics.
15.3.1988 Habilitation as a Docent of the Department of Mechanics and Control Processes at the Polytechnical University of St. Petersburg (former Leningrad Polytechnic Institute).
27.6.1997 Habilitation (venia docendi) at the Institute of Rational Mechanics at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria.
19.06.2001 Habilitation at the Polytechnical University of Institute of St. Petersburg (Doctor of Science in Mathematics and Physics)
Professional Career
7.5.1979-22.4.1986 Assistant, Department of Mechanics and Control Processes, Leningrad Polytechnic Institute.
22.4.1986-19.06.2001 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanics and Control Processes, State Technical University of St. Petersburg (former Leningrad Polytechnic Institute).
since 19.06.2001 Full Professor, Department of Mechanics and Control Processes, Polytechnical University of St. Petersburg
since 01.12.2004 Vice-Director for Research, Institute of Problems in Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
Staying abroad
2.10.1988-29.8.1989 Sabbatical leave, Institute of Rational Mechanics, Technical University of Vienna, Austria.
10.3.1991-1.7.1991 Visiting Professor, Institute of Mechanics, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
7.1.1992-30.9.1993 Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Institute of Technical Mechanics, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
4.1.2006-28.2.2006 Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Institute of System Theory and Control, University of Saarland, Saarbruecken, Germany
1.10.1993-31.1.1999,
15.10.1999-31.12.1999,
1.11.2000-31.12.2000,
15.10.2001-31.12.2001,
1.10.2002-30.09.2003,
8.03.2004-11.04.2004,
15.05.2005-22.05.2005,
7.04.2006-11.05.2006,
20.4.2007-24.5.2007,
21.4.2008-30.5.2008
Visiting Professor in the rank of a Full Professor, Institute of Mechanics and Machine Design, Department of Mechatronics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz.
1.10.1998-31.12.1998,
1.11.2000-31.12.2000,
15.10.2001-15.11.2001
Visiting Professor in the rank of a Full Professor, Institute of Rational Mechanics, Technical University of Vienna, Austria.

Scientific Interests high-frequency dynamics, waves in solids, stochastic waves, mechatronics, piezoelasticity, vibration of uncertain structures, random vibration, mechanics of systems with fractional derivatives, stability of chains, belts and strings.
Awards Thomas A. Jaeger Prize (Main Prize) of the International Association for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, 1993.
Membership Gesellschaft fuer Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (GAMM),
Society of Interaction of Mathematics and Mechanics (ISIMM).
Editorial Activity Editor in Charge of the Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, World Scientific Publishers.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Zeitschrift fuer Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (ZAMM)
Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal Acta Mechanica
International Conferences' Chair Chairman of Fourth European Conference on Structural Control, September 8-12 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia
Chairman of IUTAM Symposium on Vibration Analysis of Structures with Uncertainties, July 6-10 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia
Publications over 180 scientific publications in Russian, English and in German (the list of publications in English and German is enclosed as pdf).
Presentations over 50 presentations at International Conferences and over 50 invited lectures at the Universities and Firms in Europe and in the USA.