Yury Kotikov
On 23 January, Yury Georgievich Kotikov, a Visiting Professor at the Department of Transport Systems and Road and Bridge Construction of the SPbGASU Faculty of Automobile and Road Building, turns 85.
Yury Georgievich began his career in 1957 as a mechanic at a motor transport company in Grozny. After graduating from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute in 1964 with a degree in "Tracked vehicles", he worked at the Kirov Plant, where he rose through the ranks from foreman to design engineer.
Yury Georgievich joined the Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute (now SPbGASU) in 1970. As a leading researcher in the research sector, he defended his dissertation for the degree of PhD of Engineering Sciences in 1973. In 1990, Yury Georgievich began working in the Department of Transportation Organization, Management, and Safety in Automobile Transport (now the Department of Transport Systems and Road and Bridge Construction). In 1996, he successfully defended his dissertation for the degree of DSc in Engineering.
Yury Georgievich is a recognized expert in the field of mathematical modeling of vehicle motion and modern object-oriented technologies in transportation and logistics systems. He is the author of numerous methodological publications and research papers. He was awarded the title of "Honored Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation."
We congratulate Yury Georgievich on his anniversary! We wish him good health, long life, happiness, success in his scientific endeavors, and good luck in achieving his goals!