Personal data |
| Surname | Erkaev |
| First Name | Nikolaj |
| Second Name | Vasil'evich |
| Citizenship | Russia |
| Date of birth | 23 March 1952 |
| Place of birth | Ufa, Russia |
| Working address | 660036, Russia, Krasnoyarsk, Akademgorodok,
Institute of computational modelling Siberian branch of Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Telephone | + 7 — 3912--495 741 |
| Telefax | + 7 — 3912--432 756 |
| E Mail | Write e-mail |
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Fields of Research |
| Mechanics of fluid, gas and plasma, Geophysics, Space plasma physics |
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Present Position |
| Leading scientist at the Institute of Computational modelling of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
| Lecturer at the State University and at the Technical University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
| Professor at the mathematical department of the Krasnoyarsk State University and at the mechanical
department of the Krasnoyarsk Technical University, Russia. |
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Education |
| 1969–1974 | Study at the Physical department of the Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia |
| 1974 | Diploma in Physics and Applied mathematics at the University in Novosibirsk, Russia; Diploma thesis: Analytical model of variations of Bow shock position related with IMF. |
| 1979 | Awarded a Candidate degree in Physics and Mathematics at the Institute of Hydrodynamics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia; Thesis: Hypersonic MHD flow around blunt bodies |
| 1992 | Awarded a doctor degree in Physics and Mathematics, S.-Petersburg University, Russia; Thesis: Effects of magnetic barrier and solar wind flow around magnetosphere |
| 1995 | Awarded a diploma of Professor |
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Employment |
| 1975–1981 | Research scientist at the Computer Center of Russian Academy of Sciences in Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
| 1982–1992 | Senior Scientist at the Computer Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
| since 1992 | Leading Scientist at the Computer Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
| Since 1992 | Professor at the mathematical department of the Krasnoyarsk State University and at the mechanical department of the Krasnoyarsk Technical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
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University Courses |
- Mathematical Models of Plasma Physics, at the Physical Department of the State University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Differential Calculus, at the Physical Department of the State University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Thermodynamics, at the Mathematical Department of the State University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Molecular Physics, at the Mathematical Department of the State University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Theory of Electricity and Magnetism, at the Mathematical Department of the State University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Electrodynamics, at the Mathematical Department of the State University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Theoretical Mechanics, at the State Technical University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Analytical Mechanics, at the State Technical University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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Students Supervision |
| A. V. Mezentsev. | Diploma thesis: Nonsteady MHD model of the Bow shock position, 1981, (Supervisor: N.V. ERKAEV) |
| A. V. Mezentsev. | Thesis for Candidate degree: Numerical MHD model of magnetosheath structure. 1991, (Supervisor: N.V. ERKAEV) |
| A. V. Stolyarov. | Diploma thesis: Axisymmetrical selfsimilar MHD model of the magnetic cloud. 1989, (Supervisor: N.V. ERKAEV) |
| A. S. Motora. | Diploma thesis: Two-dimensional model of viscous-like convection of plasma in the magnetotail. 1997, (Supervisor: N.V. ERKAEV) |
| S. V. Juravlev. | Diploma thesis: Self-similar solution for viscous-like boundary layers at the magnetospheric boundary. 1997, (Supervisor: N.V. ERKAEV) |
| I. L. Arshukova. | Magister thesis: Interchange instability of the magnetopause. 1999, (Supervisor: N.V. ERKAEV) |
| D. F. Vogl. | Phd thesis: The jumps of physical quantities at fast shocks under pressure anisotropy: Theory versus observations at the bow shock. 2000 (Supervisor: N.V. ERKAEV) |
| V. A. Shaidurov. | Magister thesis: Nonlinear MHD waves in the model of thin magnetic tubes. 2001, (Supervisor: N.V. ERKAEV) |
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Monographs (russian editions) |
| V. G. Pivovarov, N. V. Erkaev, Solar wind interaction with the Earth's magnetosphere, Novosibirsk, «Nauka», 107p., 1978. |
| N. V. Erkaev, Solar wind flow around magnetosphere, Moscow, «Nauka», 127p., 1989. |
| V. V. Denisenko, N. V. Erkaev, A. V. Kitaev, I. T. Matveenko Mathematical modelling of magnetospheric processes, Novosibirsk, «Nauka», 197p., 1992. |
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