User:Lk39/Efim statnikov

Efin Statnikov (1936-2009) was an extraordinary man – a scientist, an engineer, an inventor and a dreamer. His unexpected death due to an accident on October 5, 2009 shocked both his family and everyone who knew him - colleagues, friends and all who followed him around the world. He was full of energy, ideas and drive continuing his life quest for excellence in the field he held so dear to his heart – strength of materials and improvement of fatigue life of structures and the technique he invented and developed – Ultrasonic Impact Technology or as it is well known now – UIT. From original ideas in the mid-1960’s to a first patent in 1972 and a succession of inventions, patents, publications and scientific presentations in many international venues including IIW, Dr. Statnikov made a tremendous contribution to the knowledge and practice of improvement of metal structures and performance of components made of metals. He expanded significantly his UIT technology after first 30 years of his work in Russia and took it to every corner of the globe, first as a scientist representing Russian laboratory in Severodvinsk and later as a VP of Applied Ultrasonics, a US company that he was instrumental in starting about 12 years ago. The company is capitalizing on the intellectual property and research of Dr. Statnikov successfully implementing his ideas in the US and international markets. In order to achieve results of UIT he successfully merged together the knowledge in acoustics, material science, structures performance, physics, electronics, electrical engineering and metallurgy into one broad field of understanding how fatigue is developed under load and how component life can be improved by relaxing stresses and changing the metal’s internal structure and properties. Read more about UIT on IIW website at www.iiw.org.