Jakob Kübarsepp

Jakob Kübarsepp
Born (1947-02-09) 9 February 1947
Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipEstonian
AwardsOrder of the White Star (4th Class, 2006)[1]

Estonian national science award (engineering sciences, 2005)[2]

Estonian national science lifetime achievement award (2024)[3]
Academic work
DisciplineMaterials science
Powder metallurgy
InstitutionsTallinn University of Technology

Jakob Kübarsepp (born 9 February 1947) is an Estonian engineer and materials scientist. He is a professor emeritus and senior researcher at the Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) and a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences (elected 2011).[4][3]

Kübarsepp's research focuses on powder metallurgy and wear-resistant materials, including ceramic–metal composites and the wear and corrosion behaviour of powder materials.[3][5] In 2024 he received Estonia's national science lifetime achievement award.[3][6]

Education

Kübarsepp studied mechanical engineering at the Tallinn Polytechnical Institute (TPI, now TalTech), graduating in 1970.[5] He continued postgraduate studies in metals technology and defended a candidate thesis in 1979 at the D. Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology in Moscow on the technology and properties of titanium carbide cermets with a steel binder.[5] In 1992 he defended his doctoral thesis Terassideainega kermised (“Cermets with steel binder”) at the Tallinn University of Technology.[5]

He undertook research training at institutions including the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS), TU Darmstadt, and Tampere University of Technology.[5]

Career

From 1970 to 1975, Kübarsepp worked as an engineer (designer and senior designer) at the Special Design Bureau of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR.[5] From 1975 onward he has been affiliated with the Tallinn University of Technology, progressing from researcher in the powder metallurgy laboratory to professor of metals technology (elected in 1997).[5][4]

He served as vice-rector for academic affairs at the Tallinn University of Technology in 2000–2011 and again in 2014–2017.[5] Since 2021, he has held the status of professor emeritus at TalTech.[4][3]

Kübarsepp was elected a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences in 2011 (engineering/materials sciences).[4] In research governance, he was appointed to the council of the Estonian Research Council (ETAG) in 2019.[7]

Research

According to Estonia's Ministry of Education and Research, Kübarsepp's lifetime work includes developing very strong and durable coatings and wear-resistant lightweight composites using powder-metallurgy methods while avoiding certain strategic, expensive, or environmentally hazardous metals (such as tungsten or cobalt).[3] His research has also addressed tool materials and their applications in metal forming, and wear and corrosion processes in powder materials.[5][3]

In 2005 Kübarsepp led the engineering-sciences award-winning cycle of works on developing micro- and nanotechnological research methods for industrial materials development (state science award).[2]

Awards and honours

  • 1985 – Estonian SSR State Prize (for implementation of research results in production)[5]
  • 2005 – Estonian national science award (engineering sciences; team leader)[2]
  • 2006 – Order of the White Star (4th Class)[1]
  • 2024 – Estonian national science lifetime achievement award[3][6]

Publications and supervision

The Estonian Academy of Sciences has credited Kübarsepp with more than 250 scientific publications and supervision of doctoral research in engineering and materials science.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Riiklike autasude andmine". Riigi Teataja. 6 February 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b c "Riiklikud teaduspreemiad". Tallinn University of Technology. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Teaduse elutööpreemiad saavad Jakob Kübarsepp ja Raivo Uibo". Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d "Jakob Kübarsepp". Estonian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Akadeemik Jakob Kübarsepp – 75". Estonian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  6. ^ a b "Teaduse elutööpreemiad pälvisid Jakob Kübarsepp ja Raivo Uibo". ERR Novaator. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Teadusagentuuri nõukogu uus liige on professor Jakob Kübarsepp". Eesti Teadusagentuur. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
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