Viktor Kirpichov

In 1863–1870 he was in the faculty of Kronstadt military academy where he taught material science and mechanics.

Viktor Kirpichov is the most widely known in modern-day Ukraine as the founder and first rector of two prominent technical universities in this country (then a part of the Russian Empire): Founding these universities was a part of wide program of technical education in the Russian Empire set up by Dmitriy Mendeleev.

Professor Kirpichov was a prominent provider of this program serving as a member of both a Working Committee for elaborating the project of common plan for professional education in the Russian Empire (1884), and the Committee for higher education (1897).

In 1893, Kirpichov was invited to USA, where he was an expert at the Chicago world's fair and visited numerous engineering facilities.

He remained a Honored Professor of Kiev Polytechnic Institute until the end of his life.