Engineering and Technical Institute
Director of the Institute
About the Institute
- Mathematical and Computer Modeling
- Fundamental Physics
- Mobile and Web-Application Development
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Ecology and Nature Management
- Mathematical Modeling
- Physics Teaching
- Petrochemistry
- Fundamental and Applied Chemistry
- General Biotechnology
- Fundamental and Applied Microbiology
- Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics
- System Analysis, Information Management and Processing, Statistics
- Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics
- Ecology
- Geoecology
- Electrochemical Process Technology and Corrosion Protection
Departments
The Department of Functional Analysis can rightfully be considered the only mathematical scientific center in the Black Earth Region of Russia. Since 1993, research by members of the Department has been regularly supported by government and non-government funds and organizations. Over the years of scientific activity, 27 candidate (PhD) and 3 doctoral dissertations have been defended under academic advising of the Department staff.
Key areas of research:
- Theory of group representations.
- Harmonic analysis on homogeneous spaces.
- Multivalued analysis.
- Functional differential equations and inclusions.
- Mathematical modeling of biological systems.
Events traditionally organized by the Department:
- International Conferences “Harmonic Analysis on Homogeneous Spaces and Quantization”.
- International Conferences “Kolmogorov Readings. General Management Problems and their Applications".
- School of Young Scientists "Multi-Valued Analysis, Convex Analysis and Optimal Control".
- International seminar on functional differential equations and inclusions.
The Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics is a team of like-minded people passionate about educational and research activities.
Over the last decade alone, the Department’s employees have been executors of more than fifty collective and individual grants supporting fundamental and applied research. Employees of the Department have published more than a hundred scientific articles in journals indexed in the Scopus and/or Web of Science databases.
The following areas have been chosen as priority areas of scientific work for the Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics: study of multiscale dynamics of defects in materials; monitoring and control of the evolution of nonequilibrium structures by external physical fields; physics of condensed matter, physics of strength and plasticity, as well as nanotechnology and nanomaterials.
Traditionally, the Department pays great attention to involving students in research work. Learning through research, combining educational and scientific principles bears fruit. For many students, their passion for science develops into a profession that brings not only moral but also material satisfaction. For the most part, it is precisely due to the young people, passionate about science and raised within the walls of the University, that a natural change of generations in the Department occurs, which allows us to maintain established traditions.
Key areas of research:
- Nonlinear dynamics of deformable solids.
- Micromechanisms of plasticity, fracture and related phenomena.
- Infocommunication technologies and communication systems.
Events traditionally organized by the Department:
International Conference "Micromechanisms of Plasticity, Fracture and Related Phenomena." The first international conference took place in 1996. The frequency of the conference is once every two to three years.
The Department trains bachelor’s degree students in the area of study "Chemistry", pedagogical education (with two majors) (major "Biology and Chemistry"), master's degree students in the area of study "Fundamental and Applied Chemistry", PhD students in the area of study "Technology of Electrochemical Processes and Corrosion Protection". The Department’s staff is implementing a major strategic project “New Chemical Materials and Technologies” as part of the “Priority 2030” strategic academic leadership program.
Students undergo internships at chemical industrial enterprises, federal research centers, analytical laboratories and city schools.
Key areas of research:
- Protection of oil field equipment and pipelines from carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide corrosion using inhibitors.
- Reduction of hydrogenation of steel in the environments of the oil and gas complex.
- Protection of pipelines from soil and microbiological corrosion.
- Assessment of the universality of inhibitors.
- Development of conservation materials to protect metals from atmospheric corrosion.
- Development of sorbents based on natural minerals.
- Development and modification of phenol-formaldehyde resins.
Partners of the Department:
- JSC "Pigment", Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry named after A.N. Frumkin RAS;
- Institute of Microbiology named after Vinogradsky RAS (Moscow);
- All-Russian Research Institute for the Use of Equipment and Petroleum Products in Agriculture;
- South Federal University;
- Perm National Research University.
Events traditionally organized by the Department:
- Seminar on the primary competitive selection for the program “Participant of the Youth Scientific and Innovation Competition.
- All-Russian scientific conference of teachers and students “Derzhavin Readings” (section “Chemistry”).
The Department trains bachelor’s degree students in the areas of study “Ecology and Environmental Management” and “Geography”, as well as master’s degree students in the areas of study “Ecology and Environmental Management” (majoring in “Nature Management and Environmental Protection”), “Geography” (majoring in “Geoinformation Systems and Earth Remote Sensing Technologies”).
Key areas of research:
- problems of rational environmental management;
- assessment of the ecological state of watercourses;
- use of GIS and Earth remote sensing technologies to solve problems of rational environmental management;
- recreational regional potential;
- dynamics of development of settlement systems in landscape socio-economic systems;
- natural-anthropogenic dynamics of landscapes.
The Department’s staff is implementing a number of scientific projects supported by different foundations and organizations, including:
- Maintenance of forest reclamation plantations and implementation of measures for their conservation.
- Drawing up a scheme for the placement, use and protection of hunting grounds in the Tambov region.
Students undergo internships at environmental subdivisions of industrial enterprises, federal research centers, government agencies carrying out environmental activities, nature reserves and national parks.
Partners of the Department:
- Federal Scientific Center for Forage Production and Agroecology named after V.R. Williams,
- environmental organizations,
- enterprises operating in the field of environmental protection, environmental subdivisions of enterprises.
Events traditionally organized by the Department:
- Annual Scientific and Practical Conference “Derzhavin Readings” (section “Ecology”).
- Annual Student Scientific Conference (section “Ecology”).
- Annual Scientific and Practical Conference “Geographical Local History”.
- Annual School “Galdym”.
- Activities of the Public Organization “Tambov Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society” (E.E. Inyakina is Chairman of the Tambov Branch of the Russian Geographical Society).
The Department trains bachelor’s degree students in the area of study “Biology”, master’s degree students in the areas of study “Biology” (majoring in “Applied and Fundamental Microbiology”), “Biotechnology” (majoring in “General Biotechnology”) and “Chemical and Biological Education”. The Department staff implements large grant projects: 2 grants from the Russian Science Foundation (research of algal-bacterial communities); federal projects to study rare and endangered species in nature reserves and national parks.
Students undergo internships at biotechnological enterprises, medical and veterinary centers, pharmaceutical enterprises, federal research centers, nature reserves and national parks.
Key areas of research:
- Applied microbiology.
- Biotechnology of microorganisms.
- Physiology and ecology of microorganisms.
- Plant physiology.
- Physiology of humans and animals.
Events traditionally organized by the Department:
- Annual Scientific and Practical Conference “Derzhavin Readings” (section “Biology”).
- Annual Student Scientific Conference (sections “Zoology”, “Botany”).
Сenters and Laboratories
The Center is engaged in studying methods and techniques for conducting multiparametric studies on the influence of various factors on an engineering system during the separation and concentration of liquid media.
Areas of activity:
- Development and design of modern, highly efficient engineering methods and technologies for the separation and concentration of liquid media in various industries (chemistry, petrochemistry, food, microbiological, agricultural, etc.).
- Conducting research on the separation and concentration of liquid technological and model media in various industries.
- Modeling and calculation of engineering systems for the separation and concentration of liquid media.
The activities of the REC are aimed at developing new up-to-date educational courses for students, expanding international academic exchange, scientific integration with Russian and foreign universities and research and educational centers. Recently, the share of innovative developments in research and applied activities has increased significantly; new results have been obtained in fundamental research in physical, mathematical and information sciences, and the scope of application of mathematical methods in practical problems has been expanded.
Areas of activity
- Consultations for scientists, PhD students (natural sciences, technical sciences, humanities) on mathematical description of the processes under study, mathematical processing of experimental results.
- Development and analysis of mathematical models.
- Consultations for university professors on methodology and methods of university and school mathematics. Training of Unified State Examination experts. Master classes, classes on training schoolchildren for mathematical Olympiads and for the Unified State Exam.
The Laboratory is engaged in organizing and conducting scientific research in the field of functional analysis, related areas of mathematics and their applications; it participates in projects financed by Russian and foreign scientific foundations; carries out research as part of international scientific teams; conducts international, all-Russian, regional conferences, seminars, youth schools; organizes educational and scientific events for schoolchildren; it is engaged in the preparation of scientific and educational documentation.
The Center provides consultations for researchers and PhD students of natural sciences and engineering on issues of comprehensive research of unstable plastic deformation, the development of optical, acoustic and electromagnetic methods for identifying and monitoring plastic instabilities in industrial aluminum-based alloys and developing recommendations for the development of industrial methods for suppressing plastic instabilities and increasing the ductility life of aluminum alloys in the aerospace and automotive industries; consultations for university professors on methodology and methods of teaching university physical disciplines.
The REC includes:
- Laboratory of Nonlinear Dynamics.
- Laboratory of Physics of Metals and Alloys.
- Ice Physics Laboratory.
- Laboratory of Low-dose Effects.
Areas of activity:
- Monitoring and control of non-equilibrium growth of ice crystals in highly supercooled water.
- scientific foundations of the technology for monitoring and suppressing mechanical instability and increasing the service life of high-tech aviation alloys.
- Study of the influence of high-energy impacts on the localization of deformation and destruction of aerospace alloys.
- Physical foundations of non-destructive testing and damage suppression systems in deformable structural elements made of aluminum-magnesium and aluminum-lithium alloys.
- Development of a wireless automated intelligent digital system for monitoring and suppressing damage in deformable aluminum alloys under high-energy conditions.
- Research into mechanisms and methods for suppressing deformation bands and increasing the ductility life of aluminum alloys used in the aerospace industry.
- Study of the mechanisms of instability of the ice-water interface and the associated variety of nonequilibrium forms of ice growth in highly supercooled water.
- Study of intrinsic electromagnetic radiation accompanying the processes of plastic deformation, destruction and first-order phase transitions in various materials and ice subjected to thermal and/or mechanical influence.
- Development of technology for laser surface treatment of aircraft aluminum alloys, increasing their corrosion and mechanical resistance.
- Study of the influence of external influences (acoustic, electromagnetic, radiation, etc.) on the dynamics and geometry of the above processes of structural relaxation with the aim of further developing technology for controlling the structure of materials by an external force field.
- Study of non-trivial effects induced by low-intensity radiation exposure on semiconductor single crystals.
- Introduction of scientific achievements of the REC into the educational process (including the development of educational and methodological complexes for teaching disciplines in the specialty and direction of bachelor's and master's degrees "Physics").
The Center was created on the basis of the laboratory “Physical Foundations of Strength and Plasticity of Materials”. Currently, the REC includes four laboratories:
- Physical foundations of strength and ductility of materials” (head of research: Professor V.A. Fedorov, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences).
- Physics of surface phenomena (head of research: Senior Lecturer A.D. Berezner, Ph.D. in Physical and Mathematical Sciences).
- Mechanical testing (head of research: Associate Professor T.N. Pluzhnikova, Ph.D. in Physical and Mathematical Sciences).
- Electron microscopy and X-ray structural analysis (head of research: Associate Professor A.V. Chivanov, Ph.D. in Physical and Mathematical Sciences).
Areas of research:
- Study of the influence of coherent radiation on the surface of materials with different types of communication.
- Studies of the morphology of the surfaces of ionic crystals doped with metals under the influence of an electric field and simultaneous heating.
- Studies of the influence of a hydrogen-containing environment on the mechanical properties of amorphous metal alloys and electrical alloys.
- Studies of the influence of electric current pulses on amorphous metal alloys with different elemental compositions.
- Study of long-term strength of amorphous alloys of various compositions; study of the influence of external energy influences on the properties of amorphous alloys.
The Center provides scientific and educational services in the field of humanitarian aspects of computer security, development of a system for reliable filtering of content delivered to the user, protection of computer systems of various security classes, and promotes innovative learning technologies.
Area of research “Humanitarian aspects of information security”.
The Center’s employees monitor information and communication threats and methods for blocking them, and analyze computer literacy of the population. The research, which is being conducted, is aimed at developing practical safety skills of users (real-time survey systems, web portals, tutorials, virtual simulators, analysis of foreign experience).
Area of research “Secure Content Delivery Systems”.
As part of this area, the Center's staff is conducting research into mechanisms for detecting negative content. New methods for searching meaningful text information based on fuzzy and phonetic approaches are being developed. Problems related to the creation and maintenance of systems for delivering secure information that are comfortable for users are being solved.
All students majoring in “Information Security” and “Security of Information Technologies in Law Enforcement” are engaged in research work at the Center for Computer Security.
The laboratory was created in 1998. On its basis, 13 candidate (PhD) and two doctoral dissertations have been defended. The main areas of scientific work of the laboratory are computer and mathematical modeling in natural sciences; artificial neural networks and artificial intelligence; intelligent expert systems, modeling of social processes and phenomena.
The Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems and Earth Remote Sensing Technologies is intended to develop professional competencies of geographers and ecologists of various profiles, whose professional activities will be carried out in GIS (Geographic Information Systems) organizations, sectors of national economy related to environmental management, agriculture, forestry and environmental protection.
Key areas of research:
- Digitization of city property objects.
- Change in forested area (control of cutting down trees).
- Cosmotaxation of suburban and urban forest areas.
- Digitization of linear paths of objects.
- Changes in soil and forest moisture (the ability to quickly and locally establish the fire hazard class of an area based on objective information for the purpose of rational distribution of fire brigade resources, closing/opening areas of the territory for tourists, early warning of flood phenomena).
- Vectorization of paper maps and plans.
- Retrospective analysis of the emergence of infrastructure facilities on protected areas (as an objective tool for solving problems of land relations).
- Analysis of time, area, paths and speed of fire spread in natural areas.
- Identification of areas with a high risk of flooding during flood events, followed by the creation of a digital map.
- Control of water “blooming”.
- Identification of eroded participants and control over the restoration of areas subject to wind and water erosion (in order to prevent landslides, manage tourist access to the territory, introduce restrictive environmental management measures and evaluate the effectiveness of such measures), etc.
The Center is engaged in solving scientific and technical problems existing in the field of development, production, operation and application technologies of unmanned aerial systems and mobile robotics for various sectors of economy, as well as in the fields of geoinformatics, remote sensing of the earth and related fields of science and technology.
Key areas of activity:
- Development, prototyping, production of unmanned systems and robotic complexes, as well as their individual components and elements, using both the research and production base of the University and the capabilities of industrial partners in the area of existing cooperation.
-Training highly qualified specialists in the field of application of unmanned aerial systems, as well as training operators of ground control equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles (external pilots) and robotic systems for various purposes.
- Solving problems of the regional economy using unmanned systems and robotic systems.
- Creation of software and hardware complexes and systems designed for storing, processing and using remote sensing data obtained using unmanned systems.
On the basis of the Laboratory, master's degree students are trained in the area of study 04.04.01 “Chemistry”, and research is carried out to determine the protective effect of inhibitors in various environments. The Laboratory of Electrochemistry and Metal Corrosion is intended to develop professional competencies of chemists of various profiles, whose professional activities will deal with metal corrosion and methods of protection against it.
Key areas of research:
- determination of corrosion resistance of metals and alloys in various environments, with elevated temperatures up to 80°C and humidity up to 100%;
- assessment of the protective effectiveness of inhibitors of hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and atmospheric corrosion of metals.
The Laboratory of Experimental and Applied Ecology is designed to develop professional competencies of biologists of various profiles, whose professional activities will be carried out in medical organizations, sectors of the national economy related to environmental management, agriculture, forestry and environmental protection. The Laboratory hosts training seminars, advanced training courses, and implements professional retraining programs in Biology.
Key areas of research:
- Carrying out work on bioindication of the state of the environment.
- Study of biodiversity of the Tambov region.
- Study of the ecology of vertebrates.
The main goal of the Center is to consolidate the efforts of professors, teaching staff, undergraduate and graduate students, TSU graduates, and schoolchildren in studying the wildlife of the Tambov region, the Central Black Earth Region and other regions. The Center unites professors, teaching staff PhD students, as well as graduates of the University whose activities are related to the study of living nature. The main partners are Tambovohota (Tambov Hunting), the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Tambov Region, out-of-school educational institutions, and schools.
Events traditionally organized by the Center:
- International Scientific Conference “Ectothermic Vertebrates of Eastern Europe and Adjacent Territories: Evolutionary, Ecological and Environmental Aspects”.
- International Correspondence Scientific Conference “Results and Prospects of Cadastral Research of Vertebrates”.
- International Scientific and Practical Conference “Rare Species of Living Organisms: Problems, Prospects and Levels of Protection.”
- Within the framework of CEFR, the sections “Zoology” and “Biology and Ecology of Plants” of the Scientific and Practical Conference “Derzhavin Readings” function annually.
The Laboratory is engaged in the development of promising educational and scientific areas of ecology and improvement of experimental support for bachelor's and master's degree programs in ecology.
Key areas of research:
-Providing necessary conditions for students to master and consolidate practical skills in the field of environmental safety and environmental protection.
- Determination of environmental quality indicators, for which there are currently over 5,000 standardized parameters, as a rule, is exclusively of a laboratory and analytical nature. An objective assessment of the data obtained is impossible without knowledge of specifics of methodological basis for conducting research. In this regard, knowledge of methods for determining the above-mentioned parameters and the ability to apply them in practice in the environmental professional activities of the prospective ecologist is predetermined by the laboratory equipped with modern environmental analytical and auxiliary equipment necessary for a full-fledged professional education.
The Laboratory of Microbiology and Biotechnology is intended to develop professional competencies of biologists and biotechnologists of various profiles, whose professional activities will be carried out in sectors of the national economy related to environmental management, agriculture, food industry, and pharmaceutical industry. The Laboratory hosts training seminars, advanced training courses, and implements professional retraining programs. Also, on the basis of the Laboratory, research is carried out against order of enterprises working in the field of agriculture, ecology and environmental protection, and food industry.
Key areas of research:
- Study of microbiota in various environments (soil, water, food).
- Formation and maintenance of a collection of phytopathogenic microorganisms, as well as beneficial microorganisms suitable for increasing soil fertility, protecting and stimulating plant development.
- Development of methods for using microorganism strains as multifunctional microbial preparations (production of biofertilizers and plant protection products, waste processing).
- Study of plant resistance to phytopathogens. Development of methods and forms of using microorganism strains as biological plant protection agents, including for localizing and suppressing the growth of harmful organisms.
- Biotransformation of organic waste.
The Laboratory of Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry is intended to develop professional competencies of chemists of various profiles, who will carry out their professional activities in sectors of the national economy related to inorganic and analytical chemistry.
Key areas of research:
- Study of various environments (soil, water, food products) according to various chemical indicators.
- The Laboratory hosts training seminars, advanced training courses. On the basis of the Laboratory professional retraining programs are implemented. In the Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, professional tests are conducted for 9th grade schoolchildren on the topic “Titrimetric methods of analysis.”
The Laboratory of Experimental and Applied Biology is intended to develop professional competencies of biologists of various profiles, whose professional activities will be carried out in medical organizations, sectors of the national economy related to environmental management, agriculture, forestry and environmental protection. The Laboratory hosts training seminars, advanced training courses, and implements professional retraining programs in Biology.
Key areas of study:
- Diagnosis of the psychophysiological state of animals.
- Diagnosis of the functional state of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
- Non-drug optimization of functional state.
- Study of the biochemical basis of the life of organisms.
- Study of animal behavioral features characteristics.
The Molecular Genetic Research Laboratory is intended to develop professional competencies of biologists and biotechnologists of various profiles, whose professional activities will be carried out in sectors of the national economy related to environmental management, agriculture, food industry, and pharmaceutical industry. The Laboratory hosts training seminars, advanced training courses, and implements professional retraining programs. Also, on the basis of the Laboratory, research is carried out against order of enterprises working in the field of agriculture, ecology, environmental protection, and food industry.
Key areas of research:
- Study of the microbiome of various environments.
- Molecular genetic diagnostics of soil microorganisms.
- Molecular genetic diagnostics of phytopathogenic microorganisms.
On the basis of the Laboratory, bachelor students are trained in the field of study 04.03.01 “Chemistry” and do research on topics related to the activities of PJSC “Pigment”. The Laboratory of Organic Synthesis and Macromolecular Compounds is intended to develop professional competencies of chemists of various profiles, whose professional activities will be carried out in sectors of the national economy related to synthesis of organic substances.
Key areas of research:
- Selection of auxiliary additives to increase the shelf life of phenol-formaldehyde resins.
- Selection of functional additives to improve the anti-corrosion properties of styrene-acrylic dispersions.
On the basis of the Laboratory, master's degree students are trained in the area of study 04.04.01 “Chemistry”, and research is carried out to determine the protective effect of inhibitors in various environments.
The Laboratory for the Development of Universal Corrosion Inhibitors is intended to develop professional competencies of chemists of various profiles, whose professional activities will deal with metal corrosion and methods of protection against it.
Key areas of research:
- assessment of the bactericidal properties of corrosion inhibitors in relation to the culture of sulfate-reducing bacteria;
- electrochemical assessment of the mechanism of dissolution of metals and alloys, the effect of corrosion inhibitors on partial electrode reactions;
- assessment of the wettability of anti-corrosion coatings;
- determination of particle size of inhibitor micelles in a corrosive environment.
The Laboratory of Physical and Colloid Chemistry is designed to develop professional competencies of chemists of various profiles, whose professional activities will be carried out in sectors of national economy related to physical and chemical processes and physical and chemical methods of analysis. The Laboratory hosts training seminars, advanced training courses, and implements professional retraining programs.
Key areas of research:
- Study of various environments (soil, water, food products) according to various chemical indicators.
The work of the laboratory is aimed at introducing innovative methods into the educational process for the successful implementation of research work and improving the quality of professional training of students.
Equipment:
- Total station
- Laser level
- Level
- Electronic total station
- Busol
- Plane table
- Optical theodolite
- Planimeter
- Computer
- Large format printer
- Wide format scanner
Teaching staff
