Anatoly Shekhovtsov

Anatoly Fedorovich Shekhovtsov (Ukrainian:Анатолій Федорович Шеховцов; November 25, 1930 – August 14, 2012) was a Ukrainian scientist in the area of internal combustion engines.

From 1970 to 2001, he was a chairman of the Department of Internal Combustion Engines, Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, making it one of the leading in Ukraine.^[1][2] From 1979 up to his retirement in 2007 he was a Full Professor of that department. During his career, Anatoly Shekhovtsov established a scientific school, being a scientific advisor for 18 candidates and six doctors of technical sciences, published over 300 scientific papers, including 3 monographs, and over 10 manuals and textbooks.^[3]

In 2008, he was awarded the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of Science and Technologies for the "Internal Combustion Engines" series of textbooks.^[4]