1. Professor Yevhen Oksarovych Paton, known as Evgeny Oskarovich Paton, was a Ukrainian engineer of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union who established in 1934 the E O Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kyiv.
11 Facts About Evgeny Paton
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Evgeny Paton designed the structure of the train station in Dresden and was a lecturer at the Moscow Engineering College of Railway Roads.
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Evgeny Paton was a professor at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and the Chairman of the Bridge Department from 1904 to 1938.
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In 1934 Evgeny Paton founded the Electric Welding Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR in Kyiv.
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Evgeny Paton was a pioneer researcher of joining and welding technology.
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Evgeny Paton created methods used in the design of rational bridge spans, investigated the conditions of their operation, and suggested methods for restoring damaged bridges.
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Evgeny Paton researched the fundamentals of welding, how to calculate the strength of welded structures and the mechanization of welding processes.
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Evgeny Paton supervised the development of automatic submerged arc welding.
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Evgeny Paton supervised the wide implementation of welding in industry, including the design and production of assembly-line welding systems.
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Evgeny Paton designed welded bridges and founded a domestic school of metal welding.
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Evgeny Paton was awarded almost all of the highest Soviet government and scientific awards and prizes and received the title of the Hero of Socialist Labour.