a journey into the nonlinear world

Jüri Engelbrecht has taught at the Tallinn University of Technology since 1968 and joined the Institute of Cybernetics in 1969. He has published many research papers and several monographs on nonlinear wave motion, and has held many positions, including President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences (1994-2004), President of the European Federation of National Academies of Sciences and Humanities - ALLEA (2006-2011), Bureau member of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - IUTAM, and Council member of Euromech. In 2015 he received the Estonian Lifetime Achievement award for his research and in 2020 - the Estonian Science Communication award for the long-term systematic popularization of science and technology.