Rimvydas Povilas Žilinskas (Republic of Lithuania) – professor, habilitated Doctor of Technology, engineer, Chairman of the KTU Senate (2002-2006), Director of the KTU Institute of Metrology (1995-2013), Chief Researcher.
Education
1959 – Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (hereinafter – KPI), Electronic Engineering – Engineer;
1959 – Kaunas Research Institute of Radio Measurement Techniques, Engineer;
1967 – KPI, Candidate of Technical Sciences;
1975 – KPI, Doctor of Science;
1979 – KTU, Professor (title);
1980 – KTU, Professor (title);
1993 – KTU, Nostrified Doctor of Philosophy;
1995 – KTU, Director of the Institute of Metrology, Senior Researcher.
Professional career and social activities
1959-1980 Engineer, senior and managing engineer, head of laboratory, head of department, senior engineer, senior engineer, head of laboratory, head of department, research engineer, senior engineer, senior engineer, head of laboratory, head of department, senior engineer, senior engineer, senior engineer;
1980-1990, 1992-2001 Head of the Department of Radio Devices, KTU;
Honored Lithuanian scientific and technical figure;
1990-1992 – Professor of the KTU Faculty of Radioelectronics;
1990-1992 – Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Electronics and Electrical Engineering”;
1990-1992 – Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal “Baltic Electronics”;
1996-2011 – Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal “Matavimai”;
1996-1998 – Coordinator of the “National Metrological Provision System”, Deputy Chairman of the Lithuanian Metrology Council;
1998-2006 – Chairman of the Lithuanian Metrology Council;
2000-2005 – Member of the Lithuanian Science Council, expert;
1996-2012 – Chairman of the Qualification Commission of the Measurement Engineering Science Field of KTU;
1997-2002 – Vice-Chairman of the KTU Senate;
2002-2006 – Chairman of the KTU Senate;
1995-2013 – Director of the KTU Institute of Metrology (the Institute was established on the initiative of R. P. Žilinskas), Chief Researcher.
Pedagogical activity
Developed and taught the following modules (2005-2012):
Metrology and Measurement Theory;
Metrology and Measurement Methodology;
Measurement of electrical quantities.
Supervised final theses (bachelor and master), apprenticeships, students’ scientific research works.
Trained 17 PhDs who have continued their academic research activities.
As Chair of the Qualification Committee of the University’s Measurement Engineering Research Area (1996-2010) and later of the PhD Committee for Measurement Engineering (10T), he initiated and participated in the development of the PhD programme in Measurement Engineering (10T). He organised the development of the PhD modules and the quality assessment of the studies, research and dissertations.
Developed the Master’s degree programme in “Measurement Engineering” at KTU.
Published textbooks, educational books
1975 Monograph “Ratio meters and their application in radio measurements”;
1997 “Analysis of Lithuanian metrological supply needs”;
1994 System engineering design: a lecture notebook.
2009 Colour cathode-ray tubes : design, technology, manufacturing: flat panel colour displays.
Scientific activities
Areas of research activity
High-frequency measurement techniques (microwaves);
Microprocessor-based measurement systems;
Measurements and systems for electrical quantities;
Metrology and measurement methodology;
Development of verification and calibration methods, method development and expertise;
Development and metrological expertise of type test programmes for validated measuring instruments;
Analysis of errors and uncertainties;
Design and development of reference measuring instruments.
Key scientific publications, inventions
Prepared and published about 140 scientific papers, including 18 inventions (including works at Kaunas Research Institute of Radio Measurement Techniques). With co-authors, prepared and published articles in publications indexed in the Web of Science database with citation index in international and national publishers. He has led research projects with economic entities with a total volume of up to EUR 150 000 on average each year (2005-2012).
Scientific presentations
Presented papers at international conferences in France, USA, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, etc., as well as at many conferences and seminars on Lithuanian industry, economic challenges and problems.
Scientific and business links
In 1996-1998, R. P. Žilinskas initiated and coordinated the National Programme “National Metrological Provisioning System”, which was carried out by 9 scientific institutions.
He drafted the regulations and established the Institute of Metrological Expertise, which later became the KTU Institute of Metrology, and was its head. The Institute was recognised as a centre for metrology research and experimental development and carried out expert examinations of verification and calibration methodologies for measuring instruments before approval by the MoE. For complex measurement systems, the Institute developed metrological assurance methods and tools, and developed original verification methodologies for orders from economic operators, the volume of which amounted to EUR 100-150 thousand annually. R. P. Žilinskas was the scientific supervisor of most of these works.
He was actively involved in the development of the Lithuanian metrology system and national standards, and was Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Lithuanian Metrology Council (1996-2006). Together with his team, he revived and created the national system of bailment of units of measurement, and re-established the system of transmission of the standard network, which still exists in Lithuania today.
He chaired the working group for the development of the Lithuanian Law on Metrology (the version approved by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania in 2006 was in force until amended in 2018).
He drafted the Comprehensive Programme for the Training, Retraining and Improvement of Qualifications of Lithuanian Metrology Professionals in the Transition from the Soviet Metrology to the Modern International System, which trained 411 metrologists-inspectors for metrology centres and company inspection laboratories in 1998-2012.
Developed a metrology engineer intensive study programme and organised studies for metrology centre engineers (44 engineers graduated in 2000-2003).
Awards
Winner of the 1985 USSR State Prize for the development of the principles of microprocessor-based MB circuit analysers;
1987 Honored Lithuanian Scientist;
2012 Silver Medal of Kaunas City Mayor Juozas Vileišis.
Acknowledgements from the State Metrology Service for sincere cooperation and goodwill assistance in the development of the Lithuanian metrology system.
Educational activities
Represented the University many times at industry and government events. He has been appointed to participate in the Metrology Council, Metrology Council, benchmark evaluation commissions, events, has been invited to speak at the events of the Lithuanian Seimas, personal meetings with members of the Lithuanian Government, Presidents of Lithuania, etc. He has participated in television and radio programmes on scientific issues. Presented scientific and science popularisation presentations at science and study exhibitions, events, seminars and conferences. Published articles on science and science popularisation in renowned journals, newspapers, internet portals. Initiated and carried out important national projects in the field of metrology and measurement.
The title of Professor Emeritus was conferred for many years of productive scientific, organisational and study activities, and for services to society and the University.
