Vyda Ragulskienė

Vyda Kesgailaite-Ragulskiene was a Lithuanian scientist, inventor, and professor. She was the first woman to attain habilitation in engineering in Lithuania.
Life
Ragulskiene was born in 1931 in the village of Dapsiai, Lithuania. In 1955, she graduated from Kaunas Polytechnical Institute. She then became a research associate at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences until 1967. From 1967 to 1993 she worked at Kaunas Polytechnical Institute.
She was married to engineer Kazimieras Ragulskis.
Science
In 1965, she wrote her thesis in engineering, and was granted a doctorate. Then in 1973 she was given the title "doctor of sciences" (habilitated doctor). In 1977 she became a professor of sciences. She wrote part of six research monographs (a type of research paper). She also wrote about two hundred research papers and was granted 97 patents. For her research work she was awarded the State Prize of the Lithuanian SSR (Soviet Union) in 1983. Ragulskiene was also a consultant for others on more than fifty thesis papers.
Her research made known and explained new details of "non-linear vibro-impact systems". To arrive at her results, she used experiments as well as computer analysis. She then shared the results in her research papers. She was also able to put the results of this research into use with new inventions, for which she obtained patents.
Other works
She translated Samogitia: The Unknown in History from English from English into Lithuanian. She helped collect data for the encyclopedia The Officers of the Lithuanian Armed Forces 1918-1953. She also wrote about the history of her native village of Dapsiai.
References
Voveriene O. Prominent Scientists of Lithuania of the XX Century. Vilnius: Mokslo aidai, 2009, 640 p.
Samosinkhronizatsiia mekhanicheskikh sistem / K. Ragul'skis, I. Vitkus, V. Ragul'skene. - Vil'nius: Mintis, 1965. - T. 1: Samosinkhronnye i vibroudarnye sistemy. - 186 s.
Rtutnye kommutiruiushchie elementy dlia ustroistv avtomatiki / V. - S. S. Zaretskas, V. L. Ragul'skene. - Moskva: Energiia, 1971. - (Biblioteka po avtomatike. Vyp. 447) - 104 s.
Vibroudarnye sistemy / V. L. Ragul'skene. - Vil'nius: Mintis, 1974. - 320 s.
Dvumernye vibratsionnye privody / R. E. Kurilo, V. L. Ragul'skene. - Vil'nius: Mokslas, 1986. - 137 s.
Kontaktnye sistemy / V. V. Ostashiavichius, B. V. Rudgal'vis, V. L. Ragul'skene, B. P. Bakshis. - Leningrad: Mashinostroenie, Leningradskoe otdelenie, 1987. - 279 s.
Vibroengineering / One of the authors V. Ragulskiene. - Monograph. Science and Arts of Lithuania. Book 19. Vilnius: Academia Scientiarum Lithuaniae, 1998. - 572 p.
Professor Vyda Kesgailaite - Ragulskiene (1931-2009) / Monograph. Science and Arts of Lithuania. Book 74. Vilnius: Mokslotyros Institutas, 2009. - 568 p.
Ch. L. T. Pichel. Zemaitija. Kaunas: Ajeta, 1991. Translated from the English language by V. Ragulskiene.
Translation from the English language by V. Ragulskiene: Ch. L. T. Pichel. Zemaitija, nezinoma istorija. Klaipeda: Samogitia Media, 2007.
Multi-volume encyclopedia publication "Lietuvos kariuomenes karininkai 1918-1953". Vilnius, 2001-2009.
Siaudytis V. Lietuvos sviesuoliai. Kaunas: Ausra, 2010, 368 p.
Siaudytis V. Gyvenimas - tai paukscio skrydis prie saulutes arciau i melyna melyna dangu... Kaunas: Ausra, 2011, 200 p.
Specific
1931 births
2009 deaths
Physicists
Lithuanian people
Soviet engineers