Nikolai Ivanovich Karpenko (born 1936), civil engineer with a degree in industrial and civil engineering (graduated with honors from the Dnepropetrovsk Civil Engineering Institute), Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Honorary Doctor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honored Builder of the Russian Federation, Honored Worker of Science and Technology, Laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation, Head. Laboratory of "Problems of Strength and Quality in Construction" of the National Research Institute of Physics and Technology of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Academician-Secretary of the Department of Building Sciences of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. Scientific and pedagogical experience of more than 55 years.
The laboratory he heads at the NIISF conducts scientific and technical support for the construction of high-rise buildings at the Moscow City Exhibition Center and other facilities, as well as performs calculations of large structures, in particular, the laboratory performed calculations at the initial design stage of the Federation high-rise complex.