Jüri Engelbrecht (born 1 August 1939) is an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n mechanics scientist. Since 1963, he has taught at the

Tallinn University of Technology Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; ) is the only Institute of technology, technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administration a ...

. From 1994 to 2004, he was president of the

Estonian Academy of Sciences Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences (, ) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to promote research and develo ...

Awards and recognitions

*2020:

Estonian Science Communication Award The Estonian Science Communication Award () is an Estonian award given to an individual or group for the popularization of science since 2006. The award is financed by the Ministry of Education and Research (Estonia), Ministry of Education and ...

, lifetime achievement award

References

Living people 1939 births 20th-century Estonian scientists Place of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of the Tallinn University of Technology 21st-century Estonian scientists {{Estonia-academic-bio-stub