International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 62 (2013) 1

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In Memoriam

In memoriam of Professor Oleg G. Martynenko (1936–2012)

Academician Oleg Grigorievich Martynenko, an eminent scientist
in the ﬁeld of thermophysics and power engineering, head of theDepartment of Power Engineering Physics of the A.V. Luikov Heatand Mass Transfer Institute of the National Academy of Sciencesof Belarus, Honorary Editor of the Journal of Engineering Physicsand Thermophysics, Honoured Scientist of the Republic of Belarus
passed away on the 1st of December 2012 after a long serious
illness.
The creative scientiﬁc work of O.G. Martynenko began in 1963
when he joined the Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, within whose
walls he traversed the path from an engineer to its director (1988–2003). As a disciple of Academician A.V. Luikov, O.G. Martynenko
took an active part in research projects, simultaneously working
out new trends of research. The many-sided talent, great erudition,and the high creative and intellectual potential allowed him to successfully combine, for many years, great scientiﬁc, scientiﬁc-organizational, pedagogical, and social work.
Academician O.G. Martynenko has contributed greatly to thedevelopment of such scientiﬁc trends as convective heat transfer,
aerothermooptics, heat and mass transfer in interaction of highpower radiation with substance. His and his colleagues’ investigations on the problems of free-convective heat transfer have gained
general recognition and reputation. Mention should be made of
the unique, excellently illustrated monograph ‘‘Free-Convective
Heat Transfer’’ co-authored with P.P. Khramtsov, as well as thehandbook ‘‘Free-Convective Heat Transfer’’ co-authored with

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Yu.A. Sokovishin. O.G. Martynenko was among the ﬁrst to undertake
investigations in, and develop equipment for, monitoring laser radiation propagating in the atmosphere, which made a start for subsequently dynamically developing trend of aerothermoopticalinvestigations. Also, he actively investigated various types of controlled gas lenses for devising optimal constructions of focusing elements of great interest for communication laser engineering. The
works of O.G. Martynenko on the problems of the thermophysics
of the process of drawing optical ﬁbers, heat transfer and gas dynamics in vertical atmospheric formations have become widely known.
As the supervisor of the State scientiﬁc-technical programs‘‘Power Engineering’’, O.G. Martynenko has made great contribution to the development of scientiﬁcally justiﬁed policy and practice of power engineering and energy saving being an initiator of
new conceptual approaches in solving the problem of the production and consumption of energy, ensuring the energy safety of theRepublic of Belarus. Of late, O.G. Martynenko was actively engaged
in the study and development of mixed fuels.
Himself being an author of more than 300 scientiﬁc publications, including 12 monographs and above 100 inventions, O.G.
Martynenko supervised the work on 5 doctoral and 32 candidate’s
dissertations, was an editor of the International Journal of Heat andMass Transfer for a number of countries of the former Soviet Unionand of East Europe.
Professor Oleg G. Martynenko will be sorely missed not only byhis colleagues at the Heat and Mass Transfer Institute but throughout the scientiﬁc world.
O.G. Penyazkov
N.V. Pavlyukevich
K.V. Dobrego
V.A. Borodulya, On behalf of his friends and colleagues