As part of the project, an efficient technology has already been developed for producing various types of polymer-based surgical materials. The first product, however, will be surgical sutures with an antibacterial coating that provides a long-lasting antiseptic effect. A prototype line of laboratory samples has already been produced, demonstrating sustained bactericidal effectiveness for more than two weeks.

Sutures and mesh endoprostheses are polymer materials enhanced with micro- and nanocarriers that enable controlled drug release at the site of surgery. Depending on the applied coating, these materials can possess antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, and wound-healing properties.

The project also includes the development of unique production equipment for applying drugs onto fibers. This system is now in its final stages and is scheduled to launch on October 9, 2025.

“NUST MISIS specialists have designed a unit for applying drug-based coatings to surgical threads. It was developed in record time — just six weeks — and has already produced the first modified threads. The university is now working on an industrial prototype that will increase production capacity tenfold,” Dr. Fedor Senatov, Director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at NUST MISIS.

“For us, it is critically important that we are talking about a real product that can reduce the risk of postoperative complications and accelerate patient recovery. Our joint project with NUST MISIS, supported by Gazprombank, demonstrates that the medicine of the future is being created today. We firmly believe that science must serve people, and technology must safeguard health and save lives. Partnerships like this not only generate innovation but also advance medicine itself — because it concerns each of us,” Mikhail Nasibulin, CEO of the LIFT Research Center.

At present, Russia has limited or no industrial-scale production of sutures and mesh endoprostheses with specialized coatings, forcing domestic companies to rely on imported fibers. For the first time, an industrial production line will be established for new surgical materials, paving the way for introducing innovative medical devices into clinical practice—devices that can significantly speed up and reduce the cost of postoperative rehabilitation.

“Our collaboration with NUST MISIS is a vivid example of how science and business should work together. The project was executed brilliantly and in a very short timeframe. Initiatives like this deserve the highest level of support, and we are fully open to further cooperation. It is vitally important for us to build an open information environment so that projects of this kind can find development partners in a timely manner,” Dmitry Zauers, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board at Gazprombank.

This year’s theme was Science, Talent, Industry: Key Components of Technological Leadership. Deputy Governor of the Novosibirsk Region Irina Manuilova noted that the forum’s main objectives are to implement national technological leadership projects, exchange best practices in managing scientific and technological development across regions, and engage partners from friendly countries in cooperation across science, technology, education, the economy, and trade.

At the panel discussion Technology Transfer from Science to Industry as a Tool for Achieving Technological Leadership, Eleonora Zelenova, Manager at the Product Management Center of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at NUST MISIS, presented the university’s product-based model.

During the round table The Role of Technology Transfer Centers in the Work of Research Organizations and Universities, Natalia Korotchenko, Director of the Information and Marketing Center at NUST MISIS, spoke about the university’s experience in establishing a Technology Transfer Center at its branch in Uzbekistan. Ivan Kuzmin, Specialist at the Technology Commercialization Center, shared how the university uses a competence map to expand networking opportunities in technology transfer.

Professor Vladimir Belov, Doctor of Technical Sciences and faculty member of the Department of Foundry Technologies and Artistic Metalworking at NUST MISIS, gave a presentation titled NUST MISIS Experience in Collaborating with Aerospace Enterprises in the Production of Critical Castings during a panel session dedicated to innovative solutions for achieving industry-specific technological leadership.

The forum also hosted the round table From Higher Education to the Labor Market: Approaches to Developing a New List of Specializations, with participation from Irina Misharina, Director of the Center for Advanced Training at NUST MISIS. She emphasized the importance of aligning qualifications and training durations in the new list of specializations to ensure greater flexibility in educational programs.

“As part of a pilot project, NUST MISIS is testing a model in which students choose their educational track (or specialization), their qualification, and, accordingly, the duration of their studies while completing the program. Often, such tracks are designed and integrated into existing programs at the request of specific employers. This makes it possible to respond quickly to developments in industry, sectors, and technologies, ensuring that graduates enter the labor market with relevant skills. It is therefore crucial to also develop a mechanism for updating these tracks,” — Irina Misharina.

Based on the outcomes of the round table, the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education plans to prepare a set of recommendations for educational institutions, relevant ministries, and employers. These will help standardize the criteria for forming the list of specializations, increase transparency in the update process, and ensure more effective adaptation of graduates to the evolving labor market.

The forum is organized by the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Novosibirsk Region, the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Novosibirsk State University.

The laboratory is equipped with cutting-edge technology from leading manufacturers for research on mineral raw material processing (ore preparation, beneficiation, dewatering, pyro- and hydrometallurgy) and sample preparation for AAS, ICP-MS, and ICP-OES analyses. Experts will analyze ores, processing products, and solutions according to international standards, conduct technological audits for enterprises, and support government agencies in promoting sustainable and transparent management of Tajikistan’s resources. All analytical procedures undergo strict internal and external quality control.

The delegation included representatives from ministries, relevant agencies, executive authorities, and leaders of over 40 major mining and metallurgical companies.

“For the efficient use of Tajikistan’s mineral resources, such a laboratory was needed 30 years ago. Today, thanks to the country’s human capital and investor support, it has become a reality. This laboratory will serve the interests of all—the state, companies, and the academic community — ensuring objectivity, transparency, and fairness in resource management,” emphasized Prime Minister Kohir Rasulzoda.

The laboratory will employ researchers and graduates of NUST MISIS’s Dushanbe branch, who will participate in technological audits of enterprises commissioned by the government and private sector.

Tajikistan’s Minister of Industry and New Technologies, Sherali Kabir, stated, “From the very beginning, we promoted this joint idea with NUST MISIS, recognizing the importance of such a laboratory for the country. It was our ministry that attracted investors and oversees the project’s implementation. We see this as a long-term strategy for resource governance, investment attraction, and industry trust-building.”

Muminjon Juraev, Director of NUST MISIS’s Dushanbe branch, noted that the laboratory’s creation was made possible by the strategic vision and support of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies.

“We are proud that our branch has become the platform for a project capable of transforming the scientific and industrial landscape of the region. Today, the Dushanbe branch of NUST MISIS is not just an educational but also a research hub in Central Asia,” he added.

Speaking before the delegation, Kholiknazar Kholikov, head of “Anzob GOK”, remarked, “We, the companies, fully support the establishment of this center. We call for transparency, accuracy, and professionalism in sample analysis. This is a crucial step toward fair partnership and objective regulation in the industry.”

The laboratory is currently undergoing accreditation procedures. Once certified under the ISO/IEC 17025 standard, it will become Tajikistan’s only independent analytical and research center for the mining and metallurgical sector with international status.

Designed for on-site tissue regeneration, the bioprinter operates directly within a wound and is compatible with various hydrogel types. It scans the damaged area, creates a 3D model, and performs bioprinting along a predefined path—all within an average of just five minutes. The system even adapts to the patient’s breathing. Beyond tissue engineering research, the in situ bioprinter can also be used in other fields and functions as a traditional 3D printer.

“NUST MISIS is a leader in engineering and technological approaches to 3D bioprinting and biofabrication. Universities turn to us for engineering solutions because the successful development of new approaches requires close collaboration and coordination between different institutions and companies. For Samara State Medical University, we developed a scanning and bioprinting hardware-software system for their robotic platform. Currently, we are working on a medical bioprinter for Sechenov University, designed for clinical use with ’bio-inks’ being developed by our colleagues. We are always open to collaboration,” Dr. Fyodor Senatov, Director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at NUST MISIS.

The bioprinter was developed as part of the New Health Preservation Technologies national project in partnership with 3D Bioprinting Solutions, pioneers in the field of bioprinting. The robotic system is made in Russia by RoboPro. The development team included graduate students from the NUST MISIS Advanced Engineering School for Materials Science, Additive, and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies. The equipment is manufactured at the university’s pilot production facility for medical devices, which complies with GOST ISO 13485-2017 quality standards.

NASHA LABA is a platform for finding and selecting scientific equipment and consumables produced in Russia and Belarus. It was launched in July 2022 by the Coordination Council for Youth Affairs in Science and Education under the Presidential Council for Science and Education of the Russian Federation.

“At the MISIS University, under the Priority 2030 program, we have established and are executing the strategic project Materials of the Future, which aims to create innovative materials with specific properties. For several years, scientists at the Advanced Solar Energy Laboratory, led by PhD Danila Saranin, have been developing materials and technologies for alternative energy, conducting research on extending the lifespan and improving the efficiency of next-generation solar cells. The full-format battery based on hybrid perovskites, made entirely from domestic materials, has proven effective in low-light conditions and is fully ready for production,” Alevtina Chernikova, rector of the MISIS University.

Notably, the product is made using new industrial technologies, including pulsed laser processing and crystallization of thin films in a low-pressure environment, with photoactive layers applied by liquid-phase methods. The panel is composed of 16 interconnected perovskite modules. Its housing is made of impact-resistant, chemically tempered, photovoltaic-grade glass developed by the Russian Glass Company (OJSC RSC). The unique properties of perovskites allow the panel to convert solar energy even in cloudy and low-light conditions. The panel has a power output of 7 watts and a voltage of 48 volts.

“Two years after we began developing product lines, the Advanced Solar Energy Laboratory team is presenting the first full-format panel based on hybrid perovskites, created as part of the ’Materials of the Future’ strategic project under the Priority 2030 program. While we previously showcased individual components—modules and cells—this is now a fully-fledged product ready for pilot testing on rooftops and solar power stations. This is a real step forward in advancing the technological maturity of our developments. We are ready to share the technology and open to proposals,” Danila Saranin, head of the Advanced Solar Energy Laboratory at NUST MISIS.

In close collaboration with the Thin-Film Technology R&D Center of the HEVEL Group (LLC NTC TPT), scientists solved one of the most challenging issues—sealing the solar panel to prevent degradation due to moisture and oxygen exposure. Together, they adapted the use of elastomers for panel lamination, ensuring resistance to external factors.

Enterprises that adopt perovskite panels will be able to reduce their carbon footprint, increase energy efficiency, and meet sustainability standards. All materials for prototyping the perovskite modules were supplied exclusively by Russian companies. According to the developers, pilot production could begin within the next three years.

Opening the meeting, Anton Alikhanov, the Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia, noted that according to the World Bank, in 2023, BRICS’s contribution to global GDP based on purchasing power parity was about 36%, and Russia’s total trade turnover with BRICS countries increased by nearly 28% in 2023. In the first five months of this year, trade turnover with the expanded BRICS composition also showed a growth of 6.3%.

Promising areas for cooperation include collaboration within the BRICS New Industrial Revolution Partnership, with agreements reached on detailed development of initiatives in chemical industry, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, mining sector and metallurgy, smart manufacturing and robotics, among others.

The “tissue gun”, designed for use in military field conditions and emergency zones, meets contemporary challenges and is an innovative development for medicine. The barrier effect on damaged skin is achieved through the parallel two-component high-precision delivery of analgesics, hemostatic agents, antibacterial substances, and other materials to the wound. During ultrasound stitching, the bioactive material creates a film that prevents bacterial infection and creates favorable conditions for accelerated healing; it may also incorporate materials with added medicinal substances.

Staff from the College of Biomedical Engineering at NUST MISIS received a patent for the device on March 23, 2023. Since then, researchers have conducted a series of in vivo studies at the N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology and have begun preparations for launching industrial production.

The main theme of this year’s event was “Technological partnership: shaping the future”. The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Mishustin, noted that the domestic industry is demonstrating significant growth. According to the results of 2023, the manufacturing sector increased by 7.5%, and in the first five months of the current year, it grew by about 9%. Radioelectronics saw an increase of nearly 40% from January to May, while automotive manufacturing rose by approximately one-third. Business investments in fixed assets in manufacturing industries increased by almost 20% last year, amounting to around 4.5 trillion rubles.

Olga Velikaya, the Head of the College of Lifelong Learning at MISIS University, participated in a roundtable discussion titled “Educational solutions. Practical business effects and how to measure them”, where speakers discussed educational solutions for industry that address today’s technological and industrial challenges, the role of education in the lifecycle of technology development and implementation, among other topics.

MISIS University presented four industrial developments at the stand of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia:

1. Arc-PVD сoatings with enhanced hardness characteristics while maintaining high viscosity levels for various types of cutting tools and machine parts, including rollers for rolling machines, dies, and critical components. Tests conducted at the A. A. Blagonravov IMASH RAN on a setup simulating the operating conditions of highly loaded sections of the flow part of submersible blade pumps for pumping technical water showed an 8-fold increase in the service life of the part compared to an uncoated product made of hard tungsten alloy.

Developer: Dr. Igor Blinkov, Professor at the Department of Functional Nanosystems and High-Temperature Materials.

2. Direct model-free 3D printing of ceramic casting molds for machine engineering, nuclear, aerospace, and aviation industries. This technology allows for the production of complex-shaped ceramic products without creating initial master models, reducing the production cycle for obtaining finished casting molds by 2-3 times compared to traditional casting technologies using expendable models. It also enables control over the strength and porosity of finished casting molds.

Developer: Ivan Kuzmin, Head of Comprehensive Projects at the Advanced Engineering School “Materials Science, Additive and Cross-Cutting Technologies”.

3. Non-standard cutters with cutting edges made from diamond-cemented carbide plates, which have increased durability, maintain sharpness well, and allow for multiple resharpening. Their cost is 3-4 times lower compared to natural diamonds with the same lifespan. They are designed for dressing wheels on surface grinding, cylindrical grinding, and centerless grinding machines during profile grinding operations.

Developer: Candidate of Technical Sciences Nikolai Polushin, Associate Professor at the Department of Functional Nanosystems and High-Temperature Materials, Head of the Research Laboratory for Superhard Materials.

4. Cutters made from hierarchical hard alloys for breaking asphalt surfaces. They possess increased crack resistance and wear resistance and can be used in low-temperature conditions without water cooling. They reduce costs for replacing worn-out cutters during operation by 10-30%.

Developer: Nikolai Polushin.

The INNOPROM exhibition has been held annually in Ekaterinburg since 2010 and is the main industrial, trade, and export platform in Russia. The exhibition is organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the government of Sverdlovsk Oblast. The partner country for this year’s exhibition is the United Arab Emirates, while the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States act as partner organizations.

In 2012, MISIS University was the first in the country to hold an open international competition to attract young researchers with experience at leading scientific and educational centers worldwide.

MISIS University’s research agenda is current and appealing to young researchers, including international ones, in several key areas, both traditional and new. For example, in the traditional field of mining, Hao Jie, a young researcher from the People’s Republic of China, is conducting research on coal dust in the Physical Chemistry of Coals Laboratory, which develops solutions for a circular economy. Hao Jie is a master’s program student at MISIS University and actively participates in scientific activities and makes significant contributions to the university’s scientific projects, including those under the state Priority-2030 program. She is one of the authors of a methodology for assessing the long-term environmental impact of waste.

The Russian Language Center plays a crucial role in overcoming the language barrier by providing language support to students. The center’s staff offers individual consultations, thematic meetings of the Russian language conversation club, preparation for linguistic competitions and Olympiads, and teaches a special course in academic writing for master’s and postgraduate students.

The MISIS University Foreign Languages Educational Center, besides programs in European languages (English, German, French, Spanish), also successfully implements additional professional education programs in Chinese.

MISIS University is interested in attracting young international scientists who will bring interesting scientific challenges to our university and contribute to the development of new research directions.

In 2022 alone, Russia experienced several major fires in shopping centers and retail warehouses, causing significant damage and resulting in civilian casualties. The high risk of technological disasters and fires necessitates the development and wider use of special high-strength fire-resistant steel for manufacturing structural metal constructions. This demand has existed in the Russian market for quite some time. The social demand for such products became apparent in 2018 after the fire at the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping center in Kemerovo.

The developers of the new Russian fire-resistant grade of steel, C390P, aimed to increase the resistance of structural metal constructions to fire without using special coatings, extending it to 30 minutes. Existing market-available construction steels without special coatings can withstand fire for 13-14 minutes.

The absence of fireproof coatings makes it possible to reduce the cost of metal constructions (saving up to 60,000 rubles per ton) and the installation time of construction facilities, as well as avoid toxic emissions from coatings during fires, which could lead to tragic consequences. Furthermore, the high strength characteristics of the considered steel grade allow for a reduction in the weight of structural constructions, thereby reducing construction assembly times and overall construction periods.

“We achieved the task of increasing the fire resistance of steel constructions by controlling the composition of alloying elements and the conditions of thermo-mechanical processing during production. The desired effect was achieved by forming a fine-grained ferrite-bainite structure in the steel using special temperature-speed and deformation technological modes of controlled rolling and accelerated cooling,” explained Alexander Komissarov, head of the Laboratory of Hybrid Nanostructured Materials at NUST MISIS.

During the development of the alloying concept, no less than 20 chemical compositions and various technological production mode options were tested. Fire tests were conducted at the All-Russian Institute for Fire Protection of EMERCOM of Russia, the Research Institute of Building Constructions (TSNIISK) named after V. A. Koucherenko, with the participation of the Steel Construction Development Association.

Currently, structural metal constructions made from C390P steel are being produced by Severstal Steel Solutions for constructing large-span buildings such as sports facilities, high-rise and industrial buildings, trade centers, and warehouses. Simultaneously, negotiations are underway with one of the country’s largest developers to use fire-resistant steel on the ground floors of residential buildings where social facilities are located.

It is important to note, says Alexander Komissarov, that we continue to participate in scientific and technical support work for the project to ensure the quality level of the finished product: before going to the buyer, each new batch of steel undergoes tests for mechanical and operational properties in the laboratories of NUST MISIS.

Two patents (2799194 and 2781928) have been obtained for the fire-resistant steel C390P. The research meets the objectives of the strategic project of NUST MISIS “Materials of the Future” under the program of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation “Priority 2030”.

The use of slag in construction not only helps in recycling metallurgical waste but also addresses environmental and economic challenges. Slag is utilized as raw material for the production of new, market-demanded products instead of being deposited in industrial landfills, posing environmental threats.

The smelting of cast iron and steel generates a significant amount of technological waste with up to 80% being attributed to slags formed from barren rocks of iron ore materials, fluxes, fuel ash, as well as metal oxidation products and impurities. In terms of physical and mechanical properties, slags surpass natural materials used in construction. Leading Western countries already recycle all blast furnaces and over half of steelmaking slags into useful products, but in Russia, these indicators are currently lower.

Scientists from NUST MISIS studied the mechanical characteristics, surface morphology, microstructure and phase composition of cast stone products made from unmodified blast furnace slag and its mixture with river sand. The research demonstrated that blast furnace slag is an excellent raw material for synthetic stone casting of various commercial products, including building blocks, abrasion-resistant pavement tiles for indoor and outdoor use.

“Optimizing casting conditions and additional studies on abrasive wear will allow us to fine-tune the structure of products based on blast furnace slags for facing devices, transporting abrasive bulk products and suspensions in mining and energy industries, as well as in the production or lining of galvanic baths and chemical reactors,” Igor Burmistrov, Ph.D. (Engin.), leading engineer at the Department of Functional Nanosystems and High Temperature Materials at NUST MISIS.

As scientists note, the potential for creating new materials and products through the method of synthetic stone casting based on blast furnace slags is significant, and additional research is needed for its realization. For example, reinforcing the obtained products of synthetic stone casting with steel reinforcement will enable the production of large-scale items for construction. Combining slag melts with pieces of dump slag may allow the creation of large blocks for foundations or ballast blocks for various types of engineering systems.

Further research in this field is already underway at the MISIS University, and in the coming years, practical implementation is expected with PAO Severstal, the industrial partner of this research.

This innovative device eliminates the need for explosive operations and chemical usage. In contrast to existing alternatives, the unit allows these measures to be carried out quickly without requiring high-pressure conditions to rupture the well walls.

“ALROSA has expressed interest in our development, and in response to their request, we conducted tests in a laboratory setting, simulating real mine conditions. The experiment results confirmed the effectiveness of our design. The high-strength steel of the prototype withstands loads of up to 269 MPa, easily tackling the tasks assigned to the device,” stated Vladislav Leyzer, the device developer and a postgraduate at the Department for Physical Processes of Mining Production & Geocontrol at NUST MISIS.

Currently, devices for such operations have limitations related to the extensive impact area on well walls and prolonged preparatory stages. The device developed by Vladislav Leyzer under the guidance of Vitaliy Eryomenko, Ph.D. (Engin.), Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Applied Geomechanics and Convergent Mining Technologies Research Center at NUST MISIS relieves well walls from high stresses and allows for controlled release of combustible gas from the rock.

Before commencing operations, the well is examined for cracks. The geotechnology places the working device into the drilled well at the required depth. Under pressure, the working fluid and the expansion plates of the device widen existing fractures in the well and create new ones. The hazardous gas is released through the formed cracks, relieving stress in the rock mass.

“Precise targeting of the well walls helps to induce their rupture and develop cracks deep into the mass, reducing the risks of gas emissions. This can prevent accidents, saving the lives of miners and technical personnel in coal and mining companies. Prototyping experiments were successful, confirming the equipment’s functionality. Industrial trials at mining companies, which have shown interest in the innovative product, are ahead of us,” noted Vitaly Eryomenko, a co-author of the patent.

It’s essential to highlight that the initial request for the development of equipment capable of addressing these challenges came from Evgeny Babkin, the Chief Geotechnical Officer of OsOO (Ltd) Vertex Gold Company, and professor Vladimir Mansurov, the Advisor-Consultant to the Chairman of the Board of OsOO Global Asia Management, Dr. Phys.-Math.Sci. Subsequently, Vladislav Leyzer won the UMNIK grant and received funding under the START program of the federal project called Launch—from startup to IPO by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia. The first industrial prototype was manufactured with grant funds at the Kinetics high-complexity prototyping center at NITU MISIS, and equipment bench tests were successfully conducted. The development aligns with the goals of NUST MISIS’s Technologies for Sustainable Development strategic project under the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education’s Priority 2030 program.

In addition to specialists from AK ALROSA and OsOO Vertex Gold Company, AO (JSC) EVRAZ United Western Siberian Metallurgical Plant and the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Mining Geomechanics and Surveying have already expressed their interest in collaboration.

In 2020, the NUST MISIS Center for the Development of Advanced Competencies of Industry Leaders together with its Chinese partner — Joinyea Education Group — launched DBA programs in education, manufacturing industry and healthcare for PRC citizens.

“I am happy to have taken the NUST MISIS DBA program. The University brand, the teaching staff, the alumni community, as well as the accessibility and internationalization of the program — all this enabled me to gain a high level of knowledge and education as part of the DBA program. The friendly care about my studies on the part of Aleksey Lvovich Puchkov, Director of the Center for the Development of Professional Competencies, and my supervisor Evgeny Vladimirovich Zaytsev were worth a lot to me. In general, the 3-year studies at NUST MISIS, including compulsory and elective courses, enabled me to acquire comprehensive knowledge and skills in business management and opened up many practical opportunities,” Zhang Chen, a DBA InTech program graduate, opined about the training.

The classes were taught by lecturers with many years’ hands-on experience of holding senior offices in major Russian and foreign companies. For students of the program to consistently acquire the current management knowledge and master creative competencies and leadership skills, they are offered to visit enterprises of the University’s industrial partners and NUST MISIS major laboratories.

“Our DBA InTech program aims to train senior execs able to robustly administer both (entrusted and/or their own) manufacturing business and their own development in their interrelationship amid the changes common for the second quarter of the 21st century. Chinese students are very interesting to work with, as they seem to demonstrate keenness and respect for our education. They have their own mentality and approach to life, which need to be factored in when communicating. Working with them enables us to acquire a valuable experience and bring our activities to a whole new level, so collaborating with PRC students is always very impactful for us. We expect to continue cooperating with the Chinese counterpart by commencing to train Chinese students in the English-language DBA program titled ‘Welfare Management’. And as early as in September, PRC students taking the Education Doctor (EdD) and the Doctor of Health Management (DHM) programs will start defending their papers,” Aleksey Puchkov, Director at the NUST MISIS Center for the Development of Advanced Competencies of Industry Leaders, noted.

The Joinyea Education Group is a Chinese-Russian company specialized in academic exchange programs and cooperation between Chinese and Russian educational institutions. In the context of implementing NUST MISIS DBA programs, Joinyea Education contributes to curriculum elaboration and information support for students, as well as to arranging internships and events for program students.

Commissioned by the AFM private company, NUST MISIS engineers, together with the Karfidov Lab design bureau, have developed a prototype of the Salatomat vending machine, which can become part of the city’s healthy food infrastructure. The device is loaded with 16 basic ingredients — vegetables, cereals, potatoes, noodles — and 20 dressings and toppings (sauces, cheese, nuts). With this set, Salatomat can cook up to 1000 different dishes. The user can also create an individual combination of products.

“The process of cooking by the robot begins with the preparation of products — thermal and ultraviolet processing (protection against microbes and viruses), cutting vegetables, stabilizing the temperature (cooling or heating, depending on the dish). This is followed by the dosage determination, packaging and dispensing. The cycle is completed by data fixation for further customer orders,” said Aleksey Karfidov, head of the department of technological equipment engineering at NUST MISIS, co-founder and general designer of Karfidov Lab.

According to the developers, the robot is able to ensure the availability, safety and hygiene of components, quick preparation and individual nutritional composition. The device will also be completely non-contact. All cooking processes are carried out without human intervention.

All ingredients inside SalatOmat containers are pre-conditioned and loaded into hygienically sealed containers. Products can be stored in containers for a maximum of 8 hours, and if not used, they must be disposed of. Cooking takes 30-60 seconds, so the robot can collect from 150 to 500 portions per day. The device requires a power supply and availability for service maintenance (1-2 hours a day). The robot occupies about 2 square meters.

“The device has its brain and memory. The intelligent module collects and stores data on taste preferences and medical indications and restrictions of each order. The container ‘knows’ what is in it due to the RFID chip, ” added Aleksey Karfidov.

In the past two years, several startups that seek to replace human labor in preparing healthy food have been launched in the world. More than 200 Sally the Salad Robots were installed in the United States in 2021. But, unlike the Russian design, it does not exclude the possibility of accidental ingress of a small amount of the contents of neighboring hoppers. Such a product may cause allergic reactions. Also, the Sally’s design does not address the issue of condensate drainage. The cost of Salatomat, according to the developers, will vary around 1.4 million rubles, while Sally costs about 2.2 million rubles.

Customers will be able to use the service using the AFM mobile app. The system will show the nearest point with the robot and remember the client’s preferences.

Bootfitter is an individual accessory that is an exact 3D copy of a human foot. It has a unique mechanism, that smoothly changes the geometry of the artificial foot, which makes it easier to install the device into shoes and the stretching process itself.

The Bootfitter is made in three stages. At the first stage, it is necessary to conduct a 3D scan of the human foot and obtain its digital model. At the next stage, the model is processed by special 3D algorithms — a mechanism is built into it and parts of the foot are being “cut” for 3D printing. The last step is the assembly: the printed parts are integrated into the stretch mechanism.

“The mechanism consists of several parts. All the complex mechanics are hidden inside, the person only sees the handle that needs to be rotated to create tension inside the shoe, pressing the parts into the shoe. Inside, the mechanism consists of several gears, more than 100 metal parts, springs, bearings, guides. All these parts are made of steel with high precision so that no gaps arise during the assembly, only in this way the mechanism can work efficiently. To make it easy for a person to work with it, the mechanism has a rectangular thread. It quickly transfers efforts and provides the necessary stretching, ” said Aleksey Karfidov, head of the department of technological equipment engineering at NUST MISIS, co-founder and general designer of Karfidov Lab.

According to the developers, there are several levels of protection in the mechanism, for example, blocking so that the user does not tear his shoes or break the device with excessive efforts.

As Aleksey Karfidov notes, the mechanism is undoubtedly the heart of the device. Its main feature is the ability to change the length and the fullness of shoes. A modification of the mechanism for different types and sizes of shoes, for male and female feet, makes it possible to easily and conveniently use the bootfitter.

“The Bootfitter is designed not only for people with special or injured feet, or professional athletes, but also for almost any person. Indeed, in addition to the main function — breaking in shoes, the device has other capabilities. For example, having such a device, you expand the possibilities of choosing shoes. The exclusion of the process of breaking in with its invariable companions — calluses and corns, will help preserve the health of the foot, ” said the founder of the BOOTFITTER project, Alexander Kulenko.

NUST MISIS and JEOL RUS have been successfully cooperating since 2006. JEOL is the leading manufacturer of a wide range of advanced microscopes that are widely used both for research purposes and for educational purposes to teach students sample preparation, familiarize them with the theory of electron optics, elemental microanalysis, etc.

NUST MISIS and JOEL RUS have agreed to set up new internship programs for the university’s students.

“Most of all, we are interested in the development of Russian-Japanese cooperation in the field of science and technology. NUST MISIS is not only our key business partner, but also one of the leading technical universities in Russia. It annually produces highly qualified specialists. In the near future, JEOL RUS plans to expand its staff, and we are hoping to find new employees among competent and motivated, skilled young people who, after completing an internship, will already have a good idea of what it is like working for our company,” said Saito Kentaro, CEO, JEOL RUS.

The internships will be available to graduate students of the College of New Materials and Nanotechnologies and EcoTech who already have practical experience in using an electron microscope in their research and who demonstrate at least B2 level proficiency in English.

During the internship, students will be supervised by GEOL RUS engineers in order to teach the interns how to properly operate and maintain electron microscopes and other devices.

You can apply for an internship by email: ops@misis.ru

Please make sure to attach your CV and put “JOEL RUS Internship” in the subject line of your email.

NUST MISIS educates IT specialists in the most relevant and demanded areas: the industrial Internet of things, big data, artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous transport, etc. Each educational program is implemented jointly with a business partner which takes an active part in the educational process, organizing lectures and workshops and internships.

NUST MISIS cooperates with the leading Russian and international companies in the fields of IT, engineering, government and corporate governance, including Sber, Cognitive Technologies, Vist Group, IBM, Hewlett Packard, KasperskyLab, Cisco, Huawei.

“We have many years of effective work with industrial partners, and we are open to changes in educational programs. A holistic approach to working with technology and expertise in various fields of science allows us to create personalized learning tracks, helping our students learn cutting-edge technology quickly and efficiently. By implementing educational programs together with the industry, we can predict and use structural changes in the industry to modify and update the content. This makes our graduates competitive in the labor market, which is confirmed by the analytics of leading recruiting agencies,” said Sergei Solodov, director of the NUST MISIS Colledge of Information Technologies and Computer Science.

In 2020, the first in the Russian Federation online Master’s program “Data Science” was launched jointly with SkillFactory and MRG companies, which caused a great resonance and positive responses among applicants and partner universities. This year the cooperation is expanding and supplemented by the “Graphic Design and Applied Graphics” educational program.

In the 2020/21 academic year, a set of new educational programs was launched together with Sber: Bachelor’s program “Algorithms and methods of high-tech software” and Master’s program “Innovative IT projects”. Classes are taught by professors from NUST MISIS and research engineers from Sber. Students are involved in solving business problems together with the company employees and carry out their own research projects. This approach allows young engineers not only to learn skills and competencies but also to get acquainted with the principles of work in advanced teams. NUST MISIS students also have the opportunity to participate in internship programs.

Cooperation between NUST MISIS and Huawei began in 2015 when an agreement was signed to establish an ICT academy based on the university. In 2016, the course “Hardware storage and data processing systems” was introduced and, after being tested as a short-term program, became a mandatory part for NUST MISIS Master’s students of IT areas with an exam in the form of professional certification. In May 2019, the NUST MISIS Huawei ICT Academy entered the TOP-10 best academies among 600 partner universities and colleges around the world. The team of NUST MISIS students was the only one from Russian universities to receive the first prize at the Huawei ICT Competition in 2019-2020. In total, 150 thousand students from more than 2 thousand universities and colleges from 82 countries of the world took part in the competition. In 2021, NUST MISIS is expanding cooperation with Huawei in Security, Artificial Intelligence and Datacom courses.

As part of a cooperation agreement with Mail.Ru Group, the university and the IT company are implementing joint educational projects, holding conferences, hackathons, lectures from Mail.Ru Group experts and other educational events in the field of information technology.

NUST MISIS students have become winners of the Moscow City Hack hackathon, the Data Science 2020 Championship, as well as awardees of the Digital Breakthrough, Yandex.Realty and others hackathons.

Specialists in the field of information systems and technologies are educated at the NUST MISIS Colledge of Information Technologies and Computer Science.

All children play games: on smartphones, tablets, computers, consoles. The purpose of these games is often pure entertainment because modern children easily get bored with puzzles and educational games. NUST MISIS graduate Max Filin together with his friend — inventor Ilya Osipov — have created a unique gaming system — WOWCube^®, which combines all the best features from the classic educational games and modern video games.

Wowcube is an electro-mechanical twisty game system that looks like a 2×2″ version of a Rubik’s Cube. It consists of eight autonomous modules combined together in a way that enables them to be rotated by four in a layer around three mutually perpendicular axes in a way that resembles a Rubik’s Cube. Although every module of Wowcube is autonomous they are connected to each other sharing data. There are multiple smart connectors on each module which allow the data to be transferred between autonomous modules on the fly. Physically changing the geometry of the screen, the user controls virtual characters and, as a result, gets a unique gaming experience in two realities simultaneously. The cube is designed in such a way that the child, while playing, is constantly holding it at arm’s length, constantly rotating it, looking from different sides, which has a beneficial effect on the development of the child and preserves his vision.

“My brilliant friend, scientist and inventor from Nizhny Novgorod Ilya Osipov, came up with this idea together with his son. He is not only a successful entrepreneur but also a very talented programmer, who has developed the core of our operating system. I, in turn, had extensive experience in electronics production and therefore was engaged in the implementation of the ‘hardware’ part of the device, that is, production”, — Max Filin told about the history of the product creation.

The uniqueness lies not only in the design but also in the fact that the creators of WOWCube^® have also created an operating system that allows you to combine similar modules together and wrote a set of software for independent games and applications developers (SDK or Software development kit) and an emulator — a program for a computer that imitates the cube so that you can test everything on a virtual one without buying a real one. It allows anyone to create games and applications for the cube.

Max started implementing his first projects in the United States almost 10 years ago, and finally moved there 3 years ago, having already achieved significant success in his career. At that time, he was a co-owner of a small ultrasonic equipment production factory, and also headed the procurement department at one of the largest Russian electronics distributors. Nevertheless, he was not satisfied with the amount of bureaucracy in Russian business, and he decided to fulfill his childhood dream — to move to the US.

“There have never been any doubts about the country. Since childhood, I knew that sooner or later I would live in the USA. The main thing is not to rush and systematically move towards your goal. If you move at least a fraction of a percent forward every day, the day will not be lived in vain”, Max said.

At first, Max and his family lived in Chicago (Illinois), then moved to Florida, and now they have moved to California — the best place for networking for people whose business is related to electronics and digital technologies.

Max has started his first business while being a student. He has studied the Automation of working mechanisms at NUST MISIS. According to him, studying at the university was really interesting, and he has decided to immediately apply the new knowledge in business — he has been engaged in assembling, selling and installing computers, mainly in B2B.

“The university gives the most important thing — the ability to learn. That is sufficient perseverance and the ability to find the information you need. It is not so important what exactly you are learning. You must get used to setting goals and achieving them on time. I am still using the skills I received at NUST MISIS in my work — methods of mathematical modeling, probability theory, statistics, basic knowledge in physics, chemistry, mathematics, geometry. It is all necessary both in real life and in business. Besides, I think that a technical university forms critical thinking — the ability to question statements and find several options for justifying and proving an answer,” Max said.

Sberbank and NUST MISIS signed a cooperation agreement and approved the roadmap until 2024. The agreement signed by German Gref, President and Chairman of the Board of Sberbank, and Alevtina Chernikova, Rector of NUST MISIS, presupposes joint training of specialists in bachelor’s and master’s programs, the opening of a laboratory for Service Robotics at the University, as well as joint research.

Enrollment for the first two educational programs — the bachelor’s program “Algorithms and Methods of High-Tech Software” and the master’s program “Innovative IT Projects” — will start during the 2020 admission campaign.

Alevtiva Chernikova, Rector of NUST MISIS:

“One of the key areas of cooperation between NUST MISIS and Sberbank will be the creation of a modern training system in the field of AI and Robotics based on the University’s undergraduate and graduate programs. Interdisciplinary programs at the intersection of fundamental science, IT and business practices will allow students to form the competencies necessary for the implementation of the concepts of ‘smart city’, ‘Internet of things’, solutions for unmanned vehicles and production and other promising areas”.

The classes will be given by NUST MISIS professors and researchers from Sberbank. Employees of the bank will give students topical business cases, as well as help them carry out their own research projects. This approach will allow young engineers not only to gain skills and competencies, but also to get acquainted with the principles of how team work is organized. NUST MISIS students will have the opportunity to participate in internship and externship programs.

Sberbank employees from the R&D Department, the Data Research Center, and the Robotics Laboratory will become the scientific advisors of the joint programs.

German Gref, President, Chairman of the Board, Sberbank:

“Each University has its own values and features. NUST MISIS is one of the best universities in Russia, and we are a technology company that offers the most modern solutions to improve the quality of education, including the school platform, which has already proved its effectiveness and allowed us to make a decision to develop a digital platform for universities”.

The agreement also provides for the creation of a laboratory for Service Robotics at NUST MISIS, where developments will be carried out in the field of control and navigation systems for unmanned vehicles, as well as systems with human-machine interfaces: speech recognition and synthesis, image processing, and others.

A special place in the agreement is given to the implementation of joint educational programs in the field of professional navigation, including ones within the framework of the Academy of AI and Sirius University, the organization of internships and externhips for students, and help with the best graduates’ employment in Sberbank’s specialized divisions. In summer 2020, the first NUST MISIS IT-students will complete an online training internship at Sberbank using remote access to their work places. Enrollment for the first two educational programs-the bachelor’s program “Algorithms and methods of high-tech software” and the master’s program “Innovative IT projects” — will begin already during the admission campaign in 2020.

Enrollment for the first two educational programs — the bachelor’s program “Algorithms and Methods of High-Tech Software” and the master’s program “Innovative IT Projects” — will start during the 2020 admission campaign.

The implementation of the 4-year roadmap should result in the creation of a joint space that covers all levels of education — from school to master’s degree, where the training of personnel for innovative sectors of the economy will be carried out.

Graduates will be able to work in the fields of Big Data Engineering, Machine Learning Development and Artificial Intelligence Development. The goal of the program is to involve more than 1,000 young professionals in the field of Data Science by 2025 within the framework of the Federal project “Personnel for the digital economy”, which aims to teach at least 120,000 IT-specialized university graduates.

Classes will be taught by NUST MISIS professors and also by practitioners from Mail.ru Group, Yandex, Tinkoff and VTB, Lamoda, BIOCAD, AlfaStrakhovanie, etc. An intensive online master’s program will allow students to master the knowledge and skills demanded by employers, build a solid base for further development and building a successful career, and pass an internship in partner companies.

“The interdisciplinary master’s program ‘Data Science’ was created by NUST MISIS together with the educational market’s leader in the field of Data Science SkillFactory, and high-tech companies Mail.ru Group, Rostelecom and NVidia. The graduates will master knowledge and competencies in the field of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Today these skills are highly relevant in the job market and are in demand by leading employers”, comments Alevtina Chernikova, Rector of NUST MISIS.

Another feature of the program is work with mentors. In addition to professors, a team of mentors, Data Science specialists, will work with students. They will help students to overcome the difficulties arising during training, give meaningful feedback on the work performed, share experience and professional knowledge. Communication with the mentors will be performed via real-time chat.

SkillFactory, a company that provides support for the educational process, has become a technological partner of the program. An individual education plan will be formed for each student, which will allow managing students’ educational experience and motivation, thus increasing the effectiveness of education. Students will study on interactive simulators and solve practical problems based on real data. Among the disciplines within the program are Python, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Big Data, Computer Vision.

“We believe in the OPM model (Online Program Manager), the interaction of universities and educational companies in the creation and implementation of innovative educational programs. This model has been successfully operating in the USA and Europe for more than 10 years, and we are sure that it will also show excellent results in Russian universities in the coming years. We are pleased to bring this new practice to Russia and help EdCrunch University of NUST MISIS to make the first Russian-language online master’s program in Data Science,” commens Alexander Eroshkin, the CEO of SkillFactory.

“The training of specialists in Data Science is one of the key areas in the educational activities of Mail.ru Group. We implement various formats, including the development of competencies of professionals who are already working in this area. We are closely cooperating with NUST MISIS in this area: last year we opened the MADE Big Data Academy, where 200 students from all over the country are already studying, and we are ready to share our experience in support of the university’s online master’s program. There are many advantages to the online format, but the main thing is accessibility. Now residents of any region will be able to get a master’s degree at a Moscow university,” said Dmitry Smyslov, the Vice-President for human resources and educational projects at Mail.ru Group.

Graduates of any bachelor’s degree in any field of study will be able to enter the master’s program according to the results of the online exam. Admission is open until August 10.

On the festival, NUST MISIS was presented by 11 teams with their research on IT, materials science, biomedicine, education etc. Ahead of 300 teams of leading Russian universities, 3 student teams reached the super final of the competition. Based on the results of the independent vote, team Aluminum vs Titanium took the 2^nd place with the project “Additive manufacturing of a full cycle”.

The team was mentored by Hoff co-founder Mikhail Kuchment, who highly appreciated the work done by the participants: “The team presented a well-developed business idea, a competitive product that can be scaled, which would allow to build a large successful company and quickly recoup the investments. The development can revolutionize pricing and can be used in various areas, including Hoff company.”

NUST MISIS students presented an innovative aluminum powder for 3D-printing of details with high strength and low density composite. According to the developers, this will be especially attractive for the aviation industry, as it allows you to make details of complex shapes and reduce their weight and cost.

“Working with a mentor helped us to look at the project from a different angle, to see new areas of application of our development. We plan to continue working in the University’s laboratory and find ways to improve our research”, comments team captain, 1^st years master’s student Alexander Vasil’yev.

NUST MISIS pays great attention to the formation of students’ skills in technology entrepreneurship. The innovation environment around the University includes more than 30 small innovative enterprises created by graduates of the University. Among them is Karfidov Lab, which specializes in full-cycle development of innovative technical products. Karfidov Lab became one of the creators of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch. Another example is Biomimetix company, which is engaged in the creation of composite materials for new-generation implants in partnership with N.N. Blokhin Cancer Research Center, CITO, A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery etc.

“One of the key aims of NUST MISIS as one of the leading Russian technical universities is to promote the creation of a creative eco-environment, an entrepreneurial climate at the University, and to provide students with the competencies and skills necessary for establishing small innovative enterprises. Such events as StudFest-2020 are one of the ways to develop young people’s skills of technology entrepreneurship, which helps them successfully convert their scientific and engineering developments into real business projects”, comments NUST MISIS Rector Alevtina Chernikova.

StudFest is organized by the Department of entrepreneurship and innovative development of the city of Moscow and ANO “Human Capital Development”. During the festival, experienced mentors taught students how to launch, develop and sell business ideas using soft skills, and how these skills help spur self-development and implement any idea.

Modern diamond industry is undergoing a period of global restructuring. For the first time in 130 years of its existence, the global diamond monopolist De Beers will begin to produce synthetic diamonds. Element Six, a subsidiary of De Beers, is building a $94 million synthetic diamond factory in Portland, Oregon. After the commissioning of the plant, it will produce synthetic diamonds with a total weight of more than 500,000 carats.

This expansion is explained by the scientific achievements that are pushing for an increase in diamond volumes for potential applications, both for jewelry and for various industries.

What is the potential problem for the industry? Modern synthetic diamonds are almost as good as natural diamonds in terms of quality and chemical composition. With these trends, now gemologists often cannot distinguish a good synthetic diamond from a natural one. Taking into account the growth of the market and the blurred picture of diamond origins, the guarantee of this “originality” is becoming more and more crucial.

The solution was proposed by Russian cryptographs, graduates of NUST MISIS and MEI. They managed to create a unique system of so-called traceability of natural diamonds, which allows tracking the entire history of the transfer of rights to the stone, starting from the moment of its mining. Moreover, it is absolutely impossible to falsify this history.

“We offered a digital blockchain-based certificate for each natural stone,” — Alexey Dimitrienko, one of the startup founders, leading expert of the NUST MISIS Center for Energy Efficiency, said. — The technology will ensure the reliability of the history and authenticity of the stone through the use of the blockchain as a special mechanism for storing information. Also it will increase the added value of the diamond, as a financial asset as well."

According to the idea of the project developers, while being mined, each natural diamond will be provided with a special digital code. This code will be entered into a distributed database, that is, a database that is stored by all market participants. Next, the entire history of the transfer of rights to the stone will be blockchain-recorded, becoming 100% traceable.

This guarantee will be provided by the very principle of blockchain — it is impossible to falsify this code because of its full transparency. As a chain of information blocks, it records absolutely all transactions that occur in it. Each attempt to somehow edit the code (or add an allegedly natural diamond into the base) is fixed and changes the entire chain, which automatically shows an attempt to falsify.

The technology of the digital certificate alongside with the idea of a digital diamond exchange and a diamond token has already interested a number of the world’s largest diamond manufacturers. The development team plans to launch STO (Security Token Offering) within one year.

NLMK and NUST MISIS have signed a general agreement on cooperation, which will facilitate the training of qualified metallurgy specialists and the improvement of the vocational education system. The terms of the agreement open up new opportunities for implementation of scientific and educational projects with participation of NUST MISIS`s students and professors. The expansion of the partnership between the University and NLMK provides joint participation in career guidance events, forums, career days, and round table discussions devoted to the industry’s topical issues.

“Our partnership with one of Russia`s oldest metallurgical universities is our contribution to the training of qualified specialists in the field of metallurgy. I am confident that this agreement will allow NLMK and NUST MISIS to make new use of their unique and complementary capabilities”, commented Mikhail Arkhipov, Vice President, HR & Management System at NLMK.

“NUST MISIS and NLMK has been cooperating for many years as part of joint research, educational and professional navigation projects. In 2017, NLMK became one of the University`s key partners in organizing project shifts at the Sirius Educational Center. In 2018, NLMK supported the all-Russian CUP MISIS CASE championship, which NUST MISIS traditionally organizes. Signing this cooperation agreement between NLMK and NUST MISIS will allow us to implement a lot of new projects in different fields of the University`s activities”, said Alevtina Chernikova, Rector of NUST MISIS.

An accurate determination of a magnetic field and its parameters is an important condition for the development of modern technologies — including the automation of industrial equipment and coordinate system determination, magnetic maps and cell phones — as many operate on the effects of the Earth`s magnetic field.

A powerful magnetic field holds a structure during welding or installation and can determine defects in strategic objects such as railroad tracks, pipelines, and bridges. In fact, magnetic fields helped engineers set a new record speed for land transport—603 km/h—with the Shanghai Maglev Train.

However, the existing methods of detecting and evaluating magnetic fields, the so-called “decoration” methods (for example, using magnetic fluid and plates), are extremely conditional and are not guaranteed to provide accurate information. Using special devices to determine the distribution of magnetic fields in space is required. However, the research team from NUST MISIS Department of Nonferrous and Gold Medals has solved this problem.

“The scanning magnetometer developed in our laboratory is a non-magnetic scanning system based on a 2D plotter, a three-component magnetic field sensor, and a data acquisition system. The originality of the device lies in the fact that in its manufacture, widespread modules are used in a new quality — for visualizing various local magnetic objects”, said Sergey Gudoshnikov, the head of the project and a researcher at the NUST MISIS Department of Nonferrous and Gold Medals, as well as a Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Scanning magnetometer allows scientists to measure the components of the magnetic field near the surface of the object, after which the data can build a picture of the magnetic field for each point. For example, figure 2, obtained with the help of the created magnetometer, shows what the magnetic field over the pole of the magnet looks like.

How can this data be used? Well, it is possible to measure magnetic fields and, in the presence of field nonuniformity, detect possible defects.

The scanning magnetometer developed at NUST MISIS will be used to test magnetic fields and to create an optimal configuration of the magnetic system in the creation of cost-effective and mass model MRIs. Such MRIs, unlike those based on superconducting systems, will be much cheaper to maintain and can more easily be used in urban clinics and private medical offices.

The device has already passed lab tests and is now being used to test permanent magnets in “low-field” magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems.

The research work has been conducted with the financial support of the Russian Ministry of Science of Higher Education as part of its obligation under the agreement on grant № 14.578.21.0255, signed on September 26, 2017 (the agreement’s unique identifier is RFMEFI57817X0255).

Russian scientists and engineers from NUST MISIS have managed to find a way to reduce the weight of aircraft engine parts by 20%. According to experts, this weight reduction is fundamental for the aircraft, becoming a ton lighter. This weight reduction was made possible with the introduction of a new manufacturing technology—a bionic bracket by laser extension from the powder of a Russian titanium alloy. A pilot batch of the innovative brackets has already been successfully tested.

In the aircraft industry every kilogram counts; even a small reduction change in a machine`s weight allows it to significantly raise its efficiency and improve its flight characteristics. A new technology to manufacture aircraft engine parts that can reduce the weight of the product by 20% has been developed at NUST MISIS. To produce advanced aircraft engine brackets, scientists and engineers took advantage of the latest ideas of modern materials science and aircraft engineering.

“The uniqueness of the product lies in the fact that the shape of the bracket was designed using computer topological optimization (a special approach to the design which allows us to find the best distribution of the material in a given area for a given load and conditions), as well as bionic design”, said Andrey Travyanov, head of the project and head of the NUST MISIS College of Environmentally Sound Technologies & Engineering.

The optimization of the bracket’s shape makes producing it by traditional methods such as casting much more complicated, rendering those methods useless. Thus, the only solution is to use additive technologies of layer printing by metals, in particular, the so-called selective laser melting.

Researchers from the NUST MISIS Laboratory for Hybrid Additive Technologies have conducted a number of studies that have allowed them to discover the technological parameters for 3D cultivation of complex products from titanium. This opens up the possibility for bionic design, so the titanium products’ properties meet the All Union State Standards requirements to cast titanium parts. In addition to the radical weight reduction, scientists have managed to achieve a significant reduction in production cost by saving expensive powder for 3D printing.

“The developed technology of titanium products made with bionic design, in addition to reducing the weight of the parts, can also dramatically reduce the powder consumption when printing”, added Pavel Petrovsky, lab researcher and associate director of the NUST MISIS College of Environmentally Sound Technologies & Engineering.

The pilot batch of innovative brackets was successfully manufactured at one of the Russian aircraft factories and has already passed the bench test that proved the quality of the parts by meeting the All Union State Standards’ requirements.

“For the aircraft engines` designer to reduce its weight even by a hundred grams is a great achievement. But the beauty of the proposed technology is not only in the huge reduction in the products` weight, but also in that it allows [scientists] to develop new designs with unprecedented speed”, said Pavel Alikin, aviation metallurgy specialist and associate professor at the Department of Casting at Ufa State Aviation Technical University.

In particular, researchers managed to completely design the bracket that is now undergoing testing — from the idea to production documentation — in just a week. Before this development, according to Alikin, that process would have taken at least six months.

The reduction of the parts’ weight by 20% doesn’t mean that the weight of the entire engine was also reduced by 20%. But according to the experts, additive technologies will facilitate engines becoming at least 10% lighter—a great number. That would save 200-250 kg on each aircraft engine, making planes lighter by up to a ton overall.

Alikin believes that the aircraft industry can start the serial production of aircraft engines with parts made using additive technologies in just three years.

Improving the quality of goods and services through effective management is one of the key tools of the Russian Quality System’s work. NUST MISIS also has many years of experience in this field, as the topic has been taught for over 20 years at the University.

“I am confident that with NUST MISIS`s base for scientific developments in the field of quality management systems and our practical experience, we can bring quality management not only into education but also [take management] in other industries to a new level”, Maxim Protasov said at the meeting with University management.

For this purpose, the Russian Quality System together with NUST MISIS will develop educational programs in the field of quality management for both students and enterprise managers. NUST MISIS and the Russian Quality System are especially devoted to improving the quality and quantity of skills Russian managers have as judged by experts for the Government Award.

“In 2000, NUST MISIS became Russia`s first university to win the Government Award in the field of quality. Jointly with the Russian Quality System, the University has organized a competition to assess the quality of graduate training at educational institutions of vocational education, which was based on the Government Award model. Today, cooperation between NUST MISIS and the Russian Quality System is reaching a new level: thanks to the signed agreement on multi-disciplinary cooperation, we will be able to carry out joint training of specialists in the field of quality management”, said Alevtina Chernikova, Rector of NUST MISIS.

This year, almost 300 Russian organizations have applied to participate in the Government Award. The qualitative composition of applicants has changed. Last year, only 26 organizations reached the second stage — the face-to-face assessment carried out by the experts — but this year saw that number nearly double. This means that companies are improving both in terms of business process management and in terms of applying the methodology of self-analysis. Its results are necessary for the first stage of participation in the competition. With the advent of joint training programs by the Russian Quality Systems and NUST MISIS, companies will be able to develop in these two areas even more effectively.

The increase in the number of participants who reached the face-to-face stage led to the expansion of the pool of experts. Their training is another important component of the University`s cooperation with the Russian Quality System.

Work with quality management started at NUST MISIS in 1996, when several NUST MISIS professors were included among the first expert panel of the Government Award for the quality. Since then, the University has been developing the scientific base of “smart management”.

“NUST MISIS is perhaps the leader among educational institutions in terms of its scale of work with enterprises. We partner with over 1,600 companies. To raise the level of qualification of specialists in the field of quality together with the Russian Quality System, we would love to expand this circle to work with new enterprises, where quality departments or directorates exist”, said Vladimir Sapuntsov, Candidate of Technical Sciences and Head of the NUST MISIS College of Lifelong Learning.

Today, about 40 educational institutions have been awarded the Government Award in the field of quality. Over the past two years, the number of applications for the Government Award from educational institutions has dramatically increased. The participants of the meeting also spoke about the development of quality management in the field of educational.

Alexander Kochetov from the Russian Academy for Quality Problems stressed the high importance of NUST MISIS and the Russian Quality System`s joint work: “The tasks for increasing the competitiveness of our country`s economy and the viability of our state, which are now at the highest level, clearly define the position that has been formed throughout our history. And it is the fact that quality and competitiveness are synonyms. To say that we are a competitive country in the world market without having serious systematic approaches to quality— is simply illiterate”.

The head of the Russian Quality System noted that a stable quality management system has been a norm for many developed countries for a while. Returning to the topic of education, he also cited the example of Spain. Educational institutions in Spain have to apply for the EFQM Award to meet the National University Assessment criteria.

“Advanced technologies in business processes give an impetus to the introduction of innovative solutions in enterprises, and from a completely different approach to personnel management, they even have a beneficial effect on the environment. In such a high-tech context, we can`t use previous educational methods. We will have to invest time, knowledge and experience to eventually get a qualitatively new management system in every sector of the country”, summarized Maxim Protasov.

Endless traffic jams, crowded public transport, having to account for massive swings in travel time—these issues are familiar to everyone who lives in a big city. For years, we’ve reflected on 20^th century science fiction and futurism, wondering collectively about flying cars. Well, that future is on its way: a prototype of a flying taxi has been assembled at NUST MISIS.

The air taxi will operate on three main principles: electric traction, the aerodynamics (mobility) of its wing, and taking off and landing vertically.

The device takes off vertically like a helicopter and then accelerates on a horizontal plane, its screws rotating perpendicular to the vehicle’s body so it can continue flying like an airplane. Landing takes place in the reverse order, operating on the same principles.

“The functions of a quadcopter, a ‘flying wing’, and convertiplanes [have been] implemented in our electro-flight”, said Vitaly Salatov, Technical Director at Bartini.

As part of the cooperation between NUST MISIS and Bartini, the engineers from the KINETICA Prototyping Center started assembling the prototype of the device in March 2018. By May, the design was completed and the technical tests had begun.

During repeated tests in open space, the prototype demonstrated good maneuverability and stability of its control systems.

"We had to produce certain parts and components—equipment for the composite coating of carbon fiber—as well as assemble the final version of the air taxi prototype on a 1:2 scale. The body is made of polymer materials and the axes of steel, powered by lithium batteries. The prototype`s weight is about 60 kg, and its top speed is about 200km/h. The device is controlled remotely and four "wings"—twin screws fixed to the movable axes—carry out [its] takeoff, air support and movement. This is the Bartini effect, named after the famous Italian aircraft designer“, said Pavel Kosyatov, head of the Production Department at KINETICA.

Bartini`s effect is an increase in the thrust of the aircraft screws and a decrease in the drag due to the special paired arrangement of the motors rotating in different directions. The motors are aligned in a special metal ring, and the whole structure is called an impeller.

“NUST MISIS’s KINETICA High Complexity Prototyping Center opened in 2017. It is a high-tech platform that has no analogues in Russia or abroad. Thanks to our talented engineers and unique equipment, the University can implement a full cycle of prototypes commissioned by our business partners. The developments are unique and anticipate customer expectations”, noted Alevtina Chernikova, Rector of NUST MISIS.

Cooperation between NUST MISIS`s KINETICA Prototyping Center and Bartini will continue into the future. The short-term plans are to recalculate the air taxi’s aerodynamic characteristics to create a full-size pre-production sample.

Bartini is a Russian startup, a part of Skolkovo Technopark, and a participant of the McFly.aero industrial air taxi incubator. The company, named after the Soviet aircraft designer Robert Bartini, has been on the market since 2015, and its main goal is to create comfortable and maneuverable small-sized flying transportation for everyday use in urban environments.

259 students and young professionals studying and working in the field of information and communication technologies took part in the festival. The guests had the chance to learn about Huawei and the professional development opportunities the company provides. Competitors also learned about Huawei’s training and certification in Russia.

The most well-trained participants were able to get on-site interviews with the Deputy Director of Huawei’s Department of Personnel Management, getting to discuss employment opportunities and internships.

HCNA (Huawei Certified Network Associate) testing, which attracted 29 participants, became an important part of the festival. 13 of the participants scored well enough to get relevant international certificates from Huawei.

The guests were also given an opportunity to learn more about the Honor Cup competitions and take part in a mobile quiz where they were able to show their knowledge and see if they knew enough to continue the fight into the second qualifying stage of the competition.

The festival ended with the award ceremony for participants who showed the best results.

The mobile quiz:

1^st place — Gryaduschiy Denis, Moscow Instrument-Engineering College,

2^nd place — Rostovschikov Nikita, NUST MISIS,

3^rd place— Vladimirov Dmitry, NUST MISIS.

HCNA testing:

Smirnov Valery, Vladimir State University,

Bondarenko Yaroslav, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology,

Kovalyov Konstantin, Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics.

All the participants received certificates and prizes from Huawei as well.

At the event’s exposition, NUST MISIS presented over 30 unique scientific and practical developments, including supercapacitors on hydrocarbon fiber, ferrite sensors for the destruction of large industrial and military facilities, blades for the PD-14 gas turbine engines, underwater laser cutting equipment, and electrospark alloying technologies, as well as a new generation of power sources, among other things.

The Neuroset of the NeuroChat project is a joint development designed by the Neurotrend together with the “NP Expert” Association and NUST MISIS. With the help of this interface, patients who have suffered a stroke, as well as members of the military with serious injuries that have led to severe speech and movement disorders, will be able to communicate properly, do feasible work, and manage a smart home.

The Neuroset records electroencephalograms of the person wearing it and allocates the information to the pulse of P300. This electrical pulse is generated after about 30 miliseconds as a “targeted” reaction to an external stimulus, usually a question or a light signal. For example, when viewing several photos, the impulse P300 in the brain will be formed after a person sees the specific image he/she is looking for.

In November 2018, the developers are planning to complete the research work on the creation of neuroset’s hardware-software complex. With the help of this interface, patients who have suffered a stroke, as well as members of the military with serious injuries that have led to severe speech and movement disorders will be able to communicate properly, do feasible work, and manage a smart home.

These mind-machine interfaces, also called neurointerfaces, are designed to control computers and robotic devices directly through brain signals. Brain signals are recorded using electrodes, an electroencephalogram, a magnetoencephalogram, functional magnetic-resonance imaging, or functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Afterward, these signals are converted into computer-readable commands.

Today, neurointerfaces are one of the most popular areas of development. There are already systems that help handicapped people control the individual fingers of a prosthetic arm, eat independently, and do other things like partially restoring the spinal cord after an injury and answering “yes” or “no” for patients with locked-in syndrome.

This year’s #EdCrunch is the event’s 5th anniversary in Moscow. The main topic is “Data that transform”, and the conference will be devoted to modern research and practical solutions in the field of big data in education. Every angle of the issue will be discussed, from methods of collecting and analyzing educational statistics to the use of blockchain technologies and artificial intelligence in the educational process.

“Today, it`s possible to re-build any industry with the help of digital technologies. This also applies to the educational system, where management decisions can be made based on big data and students` educational trajectories can be built individually with the help of algorithms and mentors in the form of artificial intelligence. Our task is to learn how to do [those things]. The University of NTI ‘20.35’ educational intensive model was held in July on Russky Island. The event proved that an educational process when every student has their A.I. mentor selecting the most optimal learning path [for the student] based on their psychology, knowledge, motivation, and ability to work in a team, can become a model to train personnel for the digital economy. #EdCrunch-2018, which will attract world-leading experts, will become an important platform for discussing these and other new educational technologies, as well as being an excellent opportunity to learn from the field`s best representatives”, — said Dmitry Peskov, the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Digital and Technological Development.

“A wide range of modern tools to assess the methods and results of training is necessary in order to improve the quality of education. The existing technologies allow us to automate the process of big data collection and analysis. Persistent efforts are being put into creation of such technologies both in Russia and abroad. The research results in this field and the most advanced methods and the most successful practices will be presented at #EdCrunch-2018, the international conference in the field of new educational technologies”, — said Alevtina Chernikova, Rector of NUST MISIS.

In 2018, the University of NTI “20.35”- Russia`s first university professionally developing people for the digital economy — has joined the #EdCrunch team of organizers.

“Today, everyone has unlimited opportunities and at the same time needs constant self-improvement. To help people make conscious decisions about the choice of areas and methods of obtaining new skills and knowledge is NTI 20.35`s key task, and that can only be solved by constantly generalizing and analyzing the experience of thousands of people’s training. We are creating a platform that will accompany a person’s development throughout their life, keep a digital profile of their achievements, and look for opportunities specifically for them to gain the necessary skills, as well as recommend new activities and increase their comfort in a professional environment”, commented Vasily Tretyakov, General Director of University of NTI “20.35”.

#EdCrunch-2018’s guests will learn more during the specialized tracks, which cover more than 15 areas in the field of education, including: “Children and Technologies”, “Digital University”, “New Technologies and Analytics in Corporate Training”, and “EdCrunch Startups: Sales and Marketing”. Guests will also have the opportunity to attend the EdTech Alley, an exhibition of technologies and technological solutions in the educational sphere. More than 300 international and Russian speakers — world-renowned specialists in the fields of online learning, educational analytics, school and preschool pedagogy, corporate education, HR, and educational IT solutions — will give speeches during the event.

Speakers include:

Josh Bersin, Founder & Principal at Bersin by Deloitte, USA;

Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Worldwide Education at Miscrosoft, USA;

Yu-Kai Chou, World-renowned Expert of gamification in education and the Creator of the Octalysis Framework, USA;

Philip Regier, University Dean for Educational Initiatives and CEO of EdPlus at Arizona State University, USA;

Yigal Rosen, Senior Research Scientist at the Harvard University’s Advanced Teaching Institute.

#EdCrunch-2018 is being held as part of the implementation of the “Modern Digital Educational Environment in the Russian Federation” priority project. The 5th annual International Conference in the Field of New Educational Technologies, #EdCrunch-2018 will be held by NUST MISIS and the University of NTI “20.35” with the support of the Ministry of Science & Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Rybakov Fund, the HSE Institute of Education, Arizona State University, and the global edtech platform HolonIQ.

Severstal’s necessity to develop a new steel grade is due to the peculiarities of current oil development technology in Russian oil fields. Existing oil field pipes operate in conditions of constant contact with the corrosive water-emulsion mixture of oil and concentrated salt solutions. This leads to short operation periods (about 2 years) and unpredictable accidents which are often accompanied by the pollution of large swaths of surrounding areas.

NUST MISIS scientists have proposed an innovative technology for the production of rolled steel to manufacture corrosion-resistant field pipes with improved mechanical characteristics. The new steel grade “SeverCorr” will significantly reduce environmental risks and the operating costs of oil extraction, including in the hard-to-reach fields of Western Siberia, where repairing and replacing pipes is complicated by the conditions of their delivery and the necessary composition of hydrocarbons that lead to an increased level of corrosive wear.

“The new technology of rolled steel production for the manufacturing of straight-seam oilfield pipes provides them with increased corrosion resistance and cold resistance. The development of new alloying schemes (adding impurities to the composition of the materials to improve the properties of the base material) and providing the necessary structural and phase steel composition to the production of rolled and sheet metal has become our main task”, said Alexander Komissarov, one of the developers and a NUST MISIS research associate.

NUST MISIS scientists have already calculated the conditions of the complex microallocation of the melt with elements like chromium, copper, and nickel to obtain the necessary properties. The introduction of these metals into the liquid steel allows manufacturers to regulate the composition of corrosion-active non-metallic inclusions in the steel, thereby reducing their negative impact on its properties.

According to the developers, this technology will significantly reduce both operating costs and environmental risks of oil extraction. The production of pipes through welding will help to reduce their cost and increase the efficiency of oil extraction.

According to Komissarov, the technology is competitive by the global standard. This year, the developers intend to obtain an international patent, and in the future, they plan to issue a guarantee of at least double the life cycle of pipes manufactured with this technology.

As part of the project, several promising steel concepts have been developed. A series of both experimental melting and smelting of an experimental batch at the Severstal enterprises have already been conducted, and the “SeverCorr” samples passed the corrosion tests with flying colors. Full-scale pilot tests of the new steel pipeline at the West Siberian oil fields of Lukoil, Gazprom Neft, and Irkutsk Oil Company are being prepared for launch.

Evgeny Fedotov, senior manager of the Department of Technical Development & Quality at Severstal, mused that the high requirements for steel purity and structural uniformity combined with this unique concept of alloying required the solution of complex, partly contradictory technological tasks. He was surely impressed when NUST MISIS scientists did just that.

The results of lab tests have shown that the scientists have indeed discovered a solution to the seemingly contradictory task. We have prepared the samples of SeverCorr pipes to conduct pilot tests and confirm the enhanced corrosion resistance of a new brand in comparison with analogues in oil fields around the world. Real-world tests will allow us to confirm the new steel’s high performance and to offer customers a unique solution to this problem.