Nadezhda A. Agaltsova
Nadezhda A. Agaltsova (Russian: Надежда Алексеевна Агальцо́ва; 1938- ) is a Russian scientist, the Lenin Prize winner for participation in the development of wide-angle aerial survey lenses of the third, fourth and fifth generations for cartographic purposes.
Biography
Agaltsova was born in 1938. In 1961, she graduated from the Optics department of the Leningrad Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics (LIPMO). Since March 1961, she worked under the direction of the professor Mikhail M. Rusinov. Her developments ensured the creation of lenses for aerial survey like “Russar-55”, “Russar-63”, “Russar-71”, as well as a fine high-aperture wide-angle lens of the sixth generation, “Russar-93”. It became the prototype of the lens “Russar-96” for the space project “Mars-96”.[1] From 1969 to 1971, Nadezhda Agaltsova underwent postgraduate training in the Central Research Studies Institute of Geodesy, Aerial Survey and Cartography, and in 1972 she defended her thesis, with the result that the academic degree of Candidate of Science was conferred upon her.
Awards
Agaltsova was awarded with such insignia as "Aeroflot’s Expert", "Geodesy and Cartography Expert", "Honorary Land Surveyor", as well as gold and bronze medals of the Exhibition of Economic Achievements.
- 1960 — "The best inventor of the Main Department of Geodesy and Cartography" and "The inventor of the USSR"
- 1982 — The Lenin Prize winner
Works
She published 35 scientific papers, received 22 invention certificates, and also 5 new patents of the Russian Federation.