Dr. Valentin Asanbayev was born in Russia in 1939. He graduated from Kiev Polytechnic Institute (Ukraine) in 1966. From 1966 to 1995, he worked at the National Academy of Science of Ukraine (Institute of Electrodynamics), dealing with problems related to the research and development of powerful turbine generators. The last position he held was the leading research fellow. In 1995, he immigrated to the United States.