Valentin Rumyantsev

Valentin Vitalyevich Rumyantsev (Russian: Валентин Витальевич Румянцев; 19 July 1921 – 10 June 2007) was a Russian engineer who played a crucial role in Soviet space program, mainly working on robotics and controls. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1992), Department of Engineering, Mechanics and Control.^[1]

Valentin Rumyantsev
Born	Valentin Vitalyevich Rumyantsev (1921-07-19)19 July 1921 Novoskatovka, Saratovsky Uyezd, Saratov Governorate, RSFSR
Died	10 June 2007(2007-06-10) (aged 85)
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Saratov State University
Known for	mechanics, stability theory
Awards	Prize of the Presidium (1950, 1958) The Chaplygin Prize (1958) The Humboldt Prize (1997) Agostinelli Prize (1999) Lyapunov Prize (2004)
Scientific career
Fields	Engineering (mechanics)
Institutions	Dorodnicyn Computing Centre
Doctoral advisor	Nikolai Chetaev

Career

Rumyantsev was professor in the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics in the Department of Theoretical Mechanics and Mecatronics at Moscow State University. He was editor of the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (Russian: Прикладная математика и механика). Rumyantsev was also a corresponding member (1995) and member (2000) of the International Academy of Astronautics (France, Paris).