Egor Popov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Egor Popov

American engineer

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1913

Place of Birth: Kiev, Ukraine

Date of Death: 19-Apr-2001

Profession: engineer, university teacher, seismologist, civil engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Egor Pavlovich Popov (Russian: ???? ???????? ?????; February 6, 1913 – April 19, 2001) was a structural and seismic engineer who helped transform the design of buildings, structures, and civil engineering around earthquake-prone regions. A relative of inventor Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Egor Popov was born in Kiev, Russian Empire (now capital of Ukraine), and after moving to America in 1927, he eventually earned a B.S.
from UC Berkeley, his master's degree from MIT and his doctorate degree from Stanford in 1946.During his career, Popov was primarily famous for his work doing research for the University of California, Berkeley.
Some of his accomplishments include: working with buckling problems for NASA in Houston, Texas, involvement with the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, assisting with pipe testing for the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline, developing the Steel Moment Resisting Frame (resistance to earthquake forces), and eccentrically braced frames (ebf's).