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Home	My teachers, mentors, and colleagues, - to whom I am thankful from the bottom of my heart: Gusev, Victor Nikolaevich (1931-2011), D.Sc., Professor, former Deputy Director of the Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI), Zhukovskii, Moscow region, Russia [WEB: http://falt.fizteh.ru/base_chairs/tpa/preps/gusev.html#fresh-review; http://dafe.mipt.ru/base_chairs/tpa/tpa/news/gusev.html] Kogan, Mikhail Naumovich (1925-2011), D.Sc., Department Chair at the Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI), Zhukovskii, Moscow region, Russia; Professor of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MFTI) [WEB: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Коган,_Михаил_Наумович; http://falt.fizteh.ru/base_chairs/tpa/preps/kogan.html#fresh-review] Sychev, Vladimir Vasilievich, D.Sc., former Deputy Director of the Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI), Zhukovskii, Moscow region, Russia; Professor of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MFTI) [WEB: http://www.biografija.ru/biography/sychev-vladimir-vasilevich.htm] Agafonov, Vitaliy Petrovich (died 1979), Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at the Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI), Zhukovskii, Moscow region, Russia; Assistant Professor of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MFTI) Provotorov, Victor Petrovich (died 2001), Ph.D., Leading Research Scientist at the Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI), Zhukovskii, Moscow region, Russia Molodtsov, Valeriy Konstantinovich, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at the Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI), Zhukovskii, Moscow region, Russia Lebed’, Igor Vladimirovich, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at the Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI), Zhukovskii, Moscow region, Russia Nikol’skii, Yuriy Vasilievich, Ph.D., Leading Research Scientist at the Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI), Zhukovskii, Moscow region, Russia Friedlender, Oscar Gavrilovich, Ph.D., Leading Research Scientist at the Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI), Zhukovskii, Moscow region, Russia; Assistant Professor of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MFTI) Bashkin, Anatoliy Vasilievich, D.Sc., Department Chair at the Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI), Zhukovskii, Moscow region, Russia Higgs, Brian J., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science, Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA Zilberman, Alexandre, Lecturer of Physics, Phys-Math School No. 18 after A.N. Kolmogorov, Moscow, Russia Golovneva, Lyudmila Mikhailovna, Teacher of Physics, School No. 24, Orel, Russia Scholars, who inspired my research studies: Kolmogorov, Andrei Nikolaevich (1903-1987), Academician, Moscow State University, Founder and Lecturer, Phys-Math Boarding School No. 18 after A.N. Kolmogorov, Moscow, Russia [WEB: http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Andrey_Nikolaevich_Kolmogorov] Kapitsa, Pyotr Leonidovich (1894-1984), Academician, Nobel Prize in Physics (1978), one of the Founders of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MFTI) [WEB: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1978/kapitsa-bio.html; http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/311753/Pyotr-Leonidovich-Kapitsa; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Kapitsa] Landau, Lev Davidovich (1908-1968), Academician, Nobel Prize in Physics (1962), Chair of the Department of Theoretical Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MFTI), the principle author of The Course of Theoretical Physics [WEB: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1962/landau-bio.html; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Landau] Ginzburg, Vitaly Lazarevich (1916-2009), Academician, Nobel Prize in Physics (2003), Chair of the Department of Astrophysics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MFTI) [WEB: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2003/ginzburg-bio.html; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Ginzburg] Zel’dovich, Yakov Borisovich (1914-1987), Academician, Professor of Physics, Moscow State University (MGU) [WEB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Borisovich_Zel'dovich] Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich (1907-1966), Academician, Head of Soviet Space Exploration Program, Professor of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MFTI) [WEB: http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/korolev.html; http://www.russianspaceweb.com/korolev.html] Ovsyannikov, Lev Vasil’evich, Academician, former Director of the Institute of Hydrodynamics, Novosibirsk, Russia [WEB: http://hydro.nsc.ru/person/Ovsyannikov.php] Rebrov, Alexei Kuz’mich, Academician, Institute of Thermo-Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia [WEB: http://www.prometeus.nsc.ru/science/schools/rebrov/biblio/] Ivanov, Mikhail Samuilovich (1945-2013), D.Sci., Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Novosibirsk, Russia [WEB: http://rgd29.org/generalities/news/; http://www.sbras.ru/HBC/article.phtml?nid=693&id=26] Bird, Graeme A., Emeritus Professor of Aeronautics, University of Sydney, Australia [WEB: http://gab.com.au/; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_simulation_Monte_Carlo] Moss, James N., Research Leader for Entry Technology at NASA Langley Research Center, USA. Milton Van Dyke, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, California, USA Muntz, E. Phillip, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Professor, University of South California, USA With my teacher, Prof. Mikhail N. Kogan, D.Sc., TsAGI & MIPhT, at RGD-23 International Symposium, Whistler, Canada, July 2002. With Dr. Graeme A. Bird, University of Sydney, Australia, RGD-27 International Symposium, Pacific Grove, CA, July 2010 With Dr. Alexei Rebrov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, at the RGD-27 International Symposium, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, July 2010 A discussion with Russian scholar, Prof. Mikhail S. Ivanov, D.Sc. (left), Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics SB RAS, at the 28th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Zaragoza, Spain, July 2012. A discussion with Prof. Mikhail Ivanov, D.Sc. (left), a Russian scholar–developer of DSMC methods, at the 29^th International Symposium on Shock Waves, Madison, WI, USA, July 2013. Dr. Ivanov, my friend Misha, died two months later in Novosibirsk, Russia. With Dr. Georg Koppenwallner, HTG Hypersonic Technology Göttingen, Germany, at the RGD-27 International Symposium, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, July 2010 With Dr. E. Phillip Muntz, University of Southern California, at RGD-23 International Symposium, Whistler, Canada, July 2002. With Dr. James N. Moss, NASA Langley Research Center, RGD-23 International Symposium, Whistler, Canada, July 2002 With my former colleague, Dr. Oscar Friedlender, TsAGI, at RGD-23 International Symposium, Whistler, Canada, July 2002. Russian scholars from different countries, at RGD-23 International Symposium, Whistler, Canada, July 2002. Together with Russian scholars from the Institute of Mechanics, Moscow State University, at the 28th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Zaragoza, Spain, July 2012. Left to right: Dr. Oleg P. Shatalov, Dr. Irina G. Brykina, Dr. Vladimir V. Riabov, Dr. Lyudmila B. Ibraguimova, and Prof. Grigoriy A. Tirskiy, D.Sc. A discussion with Russian scholar, Prof. Elena V. Kustova, D.Sc., Saint Petersburg State University, near Vladimir’s poster at the 28th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Zaragoza, Spain, July 2012. A discussion with the Chinese scholar near Vladimir’s poster at the 28th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Zaragoza, Spain, July 2012.
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