Jüri Engelbrecht#
| Membership Number: | 2276 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2004 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ESTONIA |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 Professor Emeritus, Tallinn University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering
- 2008 - 2016 Leading Researcher, Tallinn University of Technology, Institute of Cybernetics at TUT
- 2005 - 2008 Extraordinary Leading Researcher, Tallinn University of Technology, Institute of Cybernetics at TUT
- 1994 - 2014 Tallinn University of Technology, Institute of Cybernetics at TUT, Head of the department
- 1992 - 2016 Professor and Chair of Applied Mechanics, Tallinn University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering
- 1989 - 1994 Deputy Director of Research, Institute of Cybernetics, Estonian Academy of Sciences
- 1986 - 1989 Head of Department, Institute of Cybernetics, Estonian Academy of Sciences
- 1984 - 1991 Professor and Chair of Applied Mechanics, Tallinn University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering
- 1969 - 1986 Senior researcher, Institute of Cybernetics, Estonian Academy of Sciences
- 1968 - 1969 Senior teacher, Tallinn University of Technology
- 1967 - 1968 Assistant, Tallinn University of Technology
Fields of Scholarship
- Natural sciences and engineering
- Physics
- Mathematical and general theoretical physics
- Classical mechanics
- Quantum mechanics
- Relativity
- Gravity
- Statistical physics
- Thermodynamics
Honours and Awards
- 2004 - 2014 Vice President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences
- 1994 - 2004 President of Estonian Academy of Sciences
- 2015 State Research Award for longlife research
- 2010 Lisbon Academy of SCiences -fellow
- 2010 Fellow, World Academy of Arts and Sciences WAAS
- 2008 Yearly Award, Biosciences and Environment; National Science Award
- 2008 Medal, Finnish Academy of Sciences
- 2008 Commandeur de l'ordere de Leopold II, Belgium
- 2007 Order of the National Coat of the Arms, 3rd Class
- 2007 Foreign member, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 2005 Order of Merit of Republic of Poland
- 2005 Nikolai Alumäe Medal in informatics and engineering of Estonian Academy of Sciences
- 2005 Marin Drinov Medal of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 2004 Member, Academia Europea
- 2004 Medal of Merit of the Estonian Ministry of Education and Science no 1
- 2003 Les Palmes Academiques, France
- 2003 Honorary member, Estonian Naturalists' Society
- 2002 Great Medal "Mente et manu", Tallinn University of Technology
- 2001 Lion Order Commander Grand Cross, Finland
- 2001 Fellow, World Innovation Foundation
- 2000 Medal of the Baltic Academies of Sciences
- 2000 Estonian Scientific Society in Sweden, honorary member
- 1999 Medal of the Estonian Academy of Sciences
- 1999 Order of the National Coat of the Arms 4th Class
- 1999 Doctor honoris causa , Budapest Technical Unversity
- 1999 Small Medal "Mente et manu", Tallinn University of Technology
- 1998 Honorary member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1998 Foreign member, Gothenburg Royal Society of Sciences and Arts
- 1996 Foreign member, Latvian Academy of Sciences
- 1996 Member, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea
- 1996 New York Academy of Sciences
- 1995 White Rose Comm. Finland
- 1993 Humboldt Research Award
- 1992 Estonian Science Prize
- 1992 National Science Prize
- 1987 Foreign member, Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti
