SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE OF PROFESSOR F. KH. BURUMKULOV (TO THE 85TH ANNIVERSARY)
Professor F.Kh. Burumkulov holds a special place among the well- known scientists who have contributed to the development of the strengthening and restoring machine parts. The graduate of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, he devoted his entire adult life to scientific research on testing machine parts, coating methods, introducing innovative equipment and technologies into repair production. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in presenting the main scientific achievements of F.Kh. Burumkulov, evaluating their contribution to solving the problems of restoration and hardening of parts in modern conditions. (Materials and methods) The article presents literary data, scientific works, archival materials, the most significant publications of F.Kh. Burumkulov, his students and associates. (Results and discussion) The article describes the main stages of the professor's activity. In 1965 he graduated from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, the branch of "Tracked and wheeled vehicles". F.Kh. Burumkulov studied there in graduate school and in 1968 defended his PhD thesis on the topic "Study of steady-state forced oscillations of the transmission of a multi-drive wheeled vehicle 8x8". They pointed out that after defending his dissertation, he worked at the All-Union Institute of Standardization and Metrology and worked his way up from a senior teacher to a deputy director for academic affairs. From 1980 until the last days, the scientist worked in the VNPO "Remdetal", which was repeatedly renamed (currently – FNAC VIM). The article presents the achieved results and scientific contribution at each stage of its activity. (Conclusions) The scientific heritage of Professor F.Kh. Burumkulov includes more than 250 scientific works, including 7 monographs and 75 inventions. The results of his scientific achievements are recognized by the scientific community; he has trained 2 doctors of sciences and 10 candidates of technical sciences.