Nikolay A. Makhutov, Doctor of Science, Professor, Chief Researcher of Blagonravov Mechanical Engineering Research Institute of theRussianAcademyof Sciences (RAS) is the corresponding member of the RAS and Chairman of its Commission on Technogenic Safety.
His scientific interests lie in the field of dynamics and strength of machines, mechanics of deformable solids, linear and nonlinear fracture mechanics, mechanics of catastrophes. The results of his fundamental scientific research of structural strength, technogenic safety and risk, deformation criteria of strength, low-cycle and multi-cycle fatigue, reliability, residual resource of complex technical systems in regular, emergency and catastrophic situations, provided the formation and development of modern scientific foundations of structural strength and technogenic safety on their basis. In cooperation with leading scientific and design organizations, these results have found practical application in such industries as aviation, rocket and space technology, nuclear power energy, thermal energy engineering, transport, petrochemistry, metallurgy, industrial and civil construction, machine tool construction, and mining.
N. A. Makhutov is the Chairman of the Scientific Council of the RAS on the Reliability, Resource and Safety of Technical Systems, Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Russian Society for Risk Analysis, President of the Scientific and Industrial Union "Risk Management, Industrial Safety, Control and Monitoring", Deputy Chairman of the Public Council under the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision, member of the Expert Scientific and Technical Council of the EMERCOM of Russia, member of the European Society for Structural Integrity (ESIS), member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International), Chairman of the International Union of Former Juvenile Prisoners of Fascism.
N. A. Makhutov is the author of more than 1200 scientific publications in domestic and foreign journals, including more than 130 monographs, with a total number of citations of more than 11000 and Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) of 38.
