Emdin, Sergey Yakovlevich

Born in the family of a pharmacist assistant (later a pharmacist) Yankel-Nota Khatskelevich Emdin (1884—?), A native of Mogilev , and Sonya-Basi Abramovna Pevzner (1887—?), A native of Belinich , married in Mogilev on January 16, 1911 ^{[1] [ 2]} .

Since 1930, he worked as a lathe operator at LOMZ , at the Electric factory, then in the communication department of the LFTI under the supervision of Academician A. A. Chernyshev . At the same time he studied at the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute , which he graduated in 1934.

From 1937 he worked at the Research Institute of Telemechanics and Television, in 1937-1944 - at the Research Institute of Communications and Telemechanics (NIMIST) of the Navy under the leadership of Academician A. I. Berg . In 1939 he defended his thesis. During World War II, he supervised the work on the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla on equipping ships with non-contact mine detection equipment developed on the basis of his inventions.

In 1944-1949 he was the chief designer and chief of OKB No. 278 of the Ministry of Aviation Industry. He created a number of samples of special radar equipment, awarded by government prizes.

Since 1949 he worked at the GOI im. S. I. Vavilova (head of the laboratory, since 1960 - head of the NTO, since 1970 - director of the Institute of Hydrooptics, a branch of the GOI). He was the chief designer of the work carried out by decision of the government (in the period 1951-1973), including a set of equipment for studying the characteristics of turbulent processes in sea water.

In 1964 he defended his doctoral dissertation in the field of special instrumentation. In 1967-1974 he was a member of the Scientific Council on Hydrophysics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

Children

• Vladimir Sergeevich Emdin (1938-2004), scientist and designer in the field of hydrooptics, doctor of technical sciences, professor.

Grandson

• Sergey (born 1971), CEO of TELE2 .

For the first time in the USSR, he introduced non-contact photovoltaic tracking systems in aviation and navy.

He created the optoelectronic equipment of special ship communications, which was adopted.

As the chief designer of homing systems and optical fuses, he provided successful tests of the B-1000 anti - missile.

Co-author of the discovery of a new physical phenomenon - “Patterns of spatio-temporal variability of hydrophysical fields in the ocean”. The diploma was issued by the Committee on Inventions and Discoveries of the USSR on June 19, 1973 with a priority of 1963. Based on the field studies, methods were proposed for detecting submarines (submarines) in the submerged state along the wake trail by recording the variability of the density of the marine environment and the corresponding optical-television equipment was developed.

The author and co-author of 16 scientific papers, 30 copyright certificates for inventions and discoveries in the field of research of hydrophysical processes in the ocean.

• Lenin Prize (1959) - for the development and implementation of the NV-57 system for the Navy
• three prizes of the Council of Ministers of the USSR - for work in the field of creating guidance systems for missiles and naval weapons
• Medal "For the Defense of Leningrad" (1943)
• Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (1945)
• Order of the Badge of Honor (1971)

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• Goncharov E. G. On the centenary of the birth of Sergei Yakovlevich Emdin (1912-1976) // Optical journal. - 2012. - T. 79 , No. 12 . - S. 81-83 .