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Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –
A delegation from the St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPbB RAS) visited the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus (NAS of Belarus). The purpose of the visit was to establish a long-term and meaningful scientific partnership between the two academies based on the existing close ties between Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and the institutes of the SPbB RAS with scientific organizations of the Republic of Belarus.
The Russian delegation was headed by the Chairman of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rector of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrey Rudskoy. The delegation also included Deputy Chairman of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vice-Rector for International Affairs of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Dmitry Arsenyev and Director of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Anatoly Popovich.
The visit began with a visit to the Center for Systems Analysis and Strategic Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the permanent exhibition “Achievements of Domestic Science for Production”, dedicated to unique developments and technologies that were created in the institutes of the National Academy of Sciences and have already been implemented in real production.
The First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Academician Sergei Chizhik, and the Academician-Secretary of the Department of Physics, Mathematics and Informatics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Alexander Shumilin, presented the guests with the latest developments completed by order of industrial enterprises of Belarus, including joint projects with Russia, including nuclear energy and the space program.
The central event of the visit was the official meeting at the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. The Belarusian side was represented by the First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Sergei Chizhik and academician-secretaries of the relevant departments of the National Academy of Sciences. The event is taking place in a significant year for both countries – the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 25th anniversary of the establishment of partnership relations between St. Petersburg and the Republic of Belarus. The context of common historical heritage and sustainable cooperation in our days gave the event a special symbolic meaning.
Andrey Rudskoy gave a report in which he spoke about the history of the creation of the SPbB RAS, about great scientists and academicians of Russia and Belarus, including graduates of SPbPU. He gave examples of successful scientific projects, fundamental and applied research implemented in partnership between the institutes of the two academies.
“Scientific organizations of St. Petersburg and Belarus have been cooperating for many years. We are united not only by common cultural and scientific traditions, but also by common goals: technological sovereignty, sustainable development and strengthening of positions in world science,” noted Andrei Rudskoy.
At the end of the official meeting, a ceremonial signing of an agreement on scientific and technical cooperation between the St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus took place.
The agreement is aimed at developing fundamental and applied research, training highly qualified scientific personnel, joint implementation of scientific and technical projects and exchange of scientific information. The parties also agreed to support applications for national and international grants, develop educational programs and organize joint conferences and seminars.
Particular attention is paid to creating conditions for the formation of scientific schools, promoting jointly created technologies and attracting partners from third countries to scientific interaction.
The visit of the Russian delegation continued with a visit to the leading scientific institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. At the B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics (IPh), the guests from St. Petersburg were met by the director, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Sergei Gaponenko. After the official part, the representatives of the SPbB RAS got acquainted with the practical developments of the institute’s scientists. One of the most interesting projects is research in the field of creating transistors based on gallium nitride, in which the B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics can compete with Chinese developers and manufacturers. In addition, unique devices developed at the Center for Laser and Optical Technologies for Medicine and Biology were presented.
The next stop on the visit was the Institute of Applied Physics (IAP). Its director, Mikhail Kheifets, is a frequent guest of SPbPU and heads the dissertation council of SPbPU in the specialty “Technology and equipment for mechanical and physical-technical processing.” The institute he heads conducts important research, including with a number of scientific organizations and enterprises in St. Petersburg. For example, magnetometers are calibrated and verified using standards developed at the IAP, and then the devices are certified at the Mendeleyev Research Institute in St. Petersburg. Among other projects, a contactless ore measurement technology developed by the IAP in the interests of Severstal was presented. Significant potential for cooperation between the IAP and scientific and educational institutions of St. Petersburg is contained in the joint program for space research of Belarus and Russia, which is supervised by Academician Pyotr Vityaz, Head of the Aerospace Activities Department of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. This topic was actively discussed during the recent visit of the delegation of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus to SPbPU, when visiting the laboratories of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications.
The day’s program ended at the Institute of Powder Metallurgy named after Academician O. V. Roman. The guests were introduced to the exhibition of scientific and technical developments and products of the institute, the test stand, and the additive technologies section. After the inspection of the production sites, a scientific seminar was held, where representatives of the SPbB RAS and SPbPU heard reports on the institute’s developments in the field of additive technologies, obtaining metal and alloy powders for them, filled filaments. The head of the test stand presented methods for studying metal, ceramic and composite materials using the center’s equipment.
SPbPU and the Roman Institute of Powder Metallurgy have been successfully cooperating for a long time. A joint project, “Development of a technology for producing composite materials based on ceramics and products using additive manufacturing,” is being implemented using a grant from the St. Petersburg Science Foundation. A joint monograph, “Additive Technologies. Materials and Technological Processes,” co-authored by SPbPU and the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus, has been published. Director General Alexander Ilyushchenko proposed new topics for joint research, including in the field of surgical implants, new composite filaments for additive technologies, effective materials, and coatings made of radio-absorbing materials. The parties agreed to prepare a new program for the Union State in the field of modern materials science.
“Today’s visit is a step towards a deeper scientific union. Belarus has always been and will be a key strategic partner for us,” Andrey Rudskoy, Chairman of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, summed up the results of the visit to the NAS of Belarus.
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