FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

Open Students Olympiad in Theoretical Foundations of Electrical Engineering

March 1, 2017

Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) holds a Student Olympiad in Theoretical Foundations of Electrical Engineering among the students of electrotechnical and electrical power specialities.

Aims of the event:

• Fostering students’ educational and cognitive activity;
• Improving educational and methodical work of the Electrical Engineering Department;
• Improving the quality of training.

The program of the Olympiad:

• Arrival and registration of participants (March 1, 2017);
• Olympiad events;
• Closing ceremony;
• Award ceremony;
• Departure.

Location

Classrooms of the BNTU Building 1, 65 Nezavisimosty Ave., Minsk

Conditions of the competition

The Olympiad centers on full-time students studying theoretical foundations of electrical engineering (theory of electrical circuits) in the current academic year.

The Olympiad includes individual and team competition. The number of participants from one institution should not exceed 7 people. The rating comprises the results of 4 most successful participants. If the team comprises less than 4 people, the university can only participate in the individualcompetition. Participants should bring passport and student ID (student book). The team is led by a teacher or a staff member of the institution. The team leader is a member of the Jury of the Olympiad.

We will gladly include the tasks developed by experts in theoretical foundations of electrical engineering from other participating universities in the Olympiad set of tasks.

To participate in the Olympiad, submit the application form (Appendix 1) to the Organizing Committee by e-mail: eie@bntu.by. The application forms are to be submitted till February 17, 2017.

Tasks to be included in the list of Olympiad challenges with solutions should be sent to eie@bntu.by by February 10, 2017.

Participation in the Olympiad is confirmed by the application on headed paper certified by the responsible person's signature and the university seal. The application should be sent by post or presented to the Organizing Committee by team leader upon arrival. Participation in the competition is free. Food, travel, and accommodation costs are covered by the sending institution.

Task Topics

1. DC circuit.

2. AC circuit, including the non-sinusoidal current.

3. The three-phase circuit.

4. Transients in linear electric circuits.

Important dates

1. Tasks to be included in the Olympiad are to be presented until February 10, 2017.

2. Participants' applications are to be sent by February 17, 2017.

3. Registration of participants of the Olympiad is carried out on March 1, 2017.

4. Olympiad takes place on March 1, 2017.

5. Closing and Award Ceremonies and departure: March 1, 2017.

Organizing Committee

Aleksandr Bakhanovich

Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Olympiad,

BNTU Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs.

Yuri Bladyko

Deputy Chairman, Head of the Department of Electrical engineering and Electronics, Belarusian National Technical University

Tel. +375 (17) 2927193, +375 (29) 7623754

e-mail: eie@bntu.by

Vladimir Goroshko

Deputy Chairman, Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Tel. +375 (17) 2928461, +375 (29) 5630163

e-mail: goroshko@bntu.by

Address: 65 Nezavisimosty Ave., 220013, Minsk, Belarus.

Please check the following webpages for relevant information:

• BNTU website: http://www.bntu.by/ef.html
• The Department's website: www.electro.bntu.by.

Organizing Committee reserves the right to make minor changes to the program of the Olympiad. 

Appendix 1

APPLICATION FORM

to participate in the Olympiad in the Theoretical Foundations of Electrical Engineering

Information about the participants

1. Full name

2. Faculty

3. Year of studies, group

4. Phone

5. E-mail

Note: To be completed for each participant of the Olympiad.

Information about the team leaders

1. Name and Surname

2. Position

3. Title, academic degree

4. Phone

5. E-mail

Information about the university

1. Name

2. Full address

3. Last name, first name of the university head

Signature of the responsible person. Stamp.

Date of completion.

Attachments:

First Announcement

Regulations on Open Students Olympiad in Theoretical Foundations of Electrical Engineering

Examples of tasks

Aleksei M. Sorokin, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Drawing, Watercolor and Sculpture (BNTU Architectural Faculty) took part in the prestigious Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition "The Dream of Sunbird" in Yiwu city (China). Mr. Sorokin went through a competitive process to present his work at the exhibition.

The marble composition "Spring" made according to his sketch took its place in Yiwu City Park among other 40 sculptures.

Yiwu city administration and members of the Communist Party of China at the Grand Opening of the park

Meeting with the artists, the project participants, and the organizers

The working process. Making the sculpture at Beijing factory

Mr. Sorokin and with his assistant Mr. Cheng, professional stonemason

Sculpture "Spring". Material: marble, Size: 500x180x65 cm, Year of creation: 2016, Author: Aleksei Sorokin

International Sculpture Park ,Yiwu. International Sculpture Park Exhibits

"Reincarnation" by Polish sculptor Peter Twardowski

"Man Bird" by the Russian participant

"Corridor TO and Corridor FROM" by the French artist

The Past and the Present" by the Chinese sculptor

Another group of students successfully completed the retraining course in industrial and civil engineering and was awarded respective diplomas.

Ivan I. Neverovich, Dean of the Faculty of Construction and Real Estate, PhD in Engineering, opened the Award Ceremony.

"Congratulations on this important event in your life. Retraining is not a simple matter when you have to combine work, family responsibilities, and studies. You have successfully overcome all the difficulties, and today get the diplomas. Trying to take you to this great event, we sought to ensure that every student could develop their abilities as much as possible and learn how to effectively solve professional problems. Looking forward to seeing you again in our institute, both in professional development courses in your fields of expertise and in such called for courses as "BIM-technology in design" and "Design of building structures according to European standards. Our lecturers are ready to equip all the interested persons with relevant knowledge for a successful career."

MIPK&PK lecturers expressed their parting wishes as well.

Vadim V. Bondar, Head of the Department of Construction and Operation of Buildings and Structures, stated, "Nice to see you in another capacity, that of qualified specialists. I wish you to successfully use this knowledge! Good luck in your career and career advancement."

Anatoly S. Statsenko, Professor, PhD in Engineering, continued, "We really admire you for the work you’ve done over these two years! We hope that we have provided you with solid knowledge, and this knowledge, along with your dedication and diligence, will make you top-class specialists".

Mr. and Mrs. Semenikhin shared their opinions about teaching upon obtaining their diplomas, "We came here with different intentions and ambitions, with different ideas, but we got a lot of knowledge. We learned what is limit state, destruction zone, Eurocode and Euro-renovation; we made calculations, designed pipelines of engineering systems. We have significantly improved our knowledge in the field of construction, we have mastered the technology of building production, organization and planning; we now fully understand the current legislation of the Republic of Belarus. We are sure that such meaningful retraining will soon give positive results both to the graduates and the industry. We express our heartfelt gratitude to all the lecturer of the BNTU MIPK&PK, who have the necessary qualifications and practical experience, as well as the ability and desire to teach".

We wholeheartedly congratulate the graduates on obtaining construction engineer qualification in the speciality "Industrial and Civil Engineering".

We will gladly welcome everyone who wishes to improve their skills!

Belarusian NationalTechnical University

Institute of Integrated Forms of Learning andEducation Monitoring

International Scientific and Practical Conference"Continuous Education System" School - University".Innovations and Prospects"

February 23-24, 2017

Minsk

Dear colleagues,

We invite you to take part in the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Continuous Education System "School - University". Innovations and Prospects", dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Institute of Integrated Forms of Training and Education Monitoring of the Belarusian National Technical University.

The conference will make a platform fostering active experience exchange for leaders of scientific, educational and industrial organizations, researchers, teachers, BPI-BGPA-BNTU alumni, BNTU Preparatory Department, BNTU Lyceum, graduate students, undergraduates, and anyone interested.

Problem field conference

- The implementation of the strategic approaches to the development of continuous education system "School - University";

- Innovative technologies in continuous education system “School-University”;

- Diagnostics of potential and possibilities of students' academic achievements;

- Aspects of preparing competitive specialists.

- Approaches to the optimization of students' professional orientation when implementing various forms and types of pre-university training.

Working languages: Belarusian, Russian, English.

A collection of articles will be published after the conference.

Participation Conditions

To participate in the conference, send an e-mail ("CONF-tion 10" in the Subject field) to iifomobntu@bntu.byuntil February 15, 2017:

- participant's application form;

- article formatted in accordance with the requirements below;

File names should be written in the Latin letters with the name of the first author in the title, e.g. Sergeev_A_article, Sergeev_A_anketa.

Materials presented after 15.02.2017 will not be considered for publication.

The conference organizers will be delighted to welcome the alumni of BPI-BGPA-Belarusian National Technical University, the Preparatory Department (ON), BNTU Lyceum, as well as anyone interested in this event.

The electronic version of the article should be made in Microsoft Word. Abstracts should be sent to iifomobntu@bntu.by. Please put "Conference 10" in the Subject field.

Article: the total number of pages (the last page of the article should be at least 75% complete) should not exceed 3 pages. It must indicate the index of publications on the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC).

Page size: A5 format (148 x 210 mm)

Heading requirements. Heading includes title of the article, author's name, affiliation, position, scientific degree)

• Alignment: central, no hyphenation
• Font: Times New Roman 11 pt, bold
• Line spacing: single

Body of the article

• Font: Times New Roman 11 pt, automatic hyphenation
• Line spacing: single
• Numeration: none
• Indent: 0.5 cm
• Margins: top 1.8 cm, bottom - 2.2 cm, left and right 1.7 cm

References (max. 5) are mandatory. Every reference should be prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Belarusian Higher Attestation Commission.

Tables should contain experimental data and represent a generalization and statistically processed materials. Each table should have a title, numbered and mentioned in the text. Font: 9 pt.

Figures (max. 3) should be made in the graphic editor and included in the text. Figures data should not repeat tables data. Figures should be clear, easily reproducible, numbered, mentioned in the text, with captions and explanation of all symbols. Captionfont: Times New Roman 9 pt, italicized.

Scanned drawings and tables are not allowed.

Formulas and letter designations in the text should prepared in Microsoft Equation 3.0

Font for Greek letters: Symbol's

Font: Times-New Roman, body – 11 pt, superscript – 7 pt, subscript – 5 pt.

In notations, Latin letters should be italicized. Cumbersome notations should be avoided

The formulas are centered and numbered (sequentially throughout the body of the article). 

Peer-reviewed materials will be published. Materials that do not meet these requirements for formatting and theme of the conference will not be accepted. The materials will not be edited or returned.

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to select the order of reports in the conference program.

Electronic version of the collection of articles will be posted on the website http://dovuz.bntu.by/.

For more information about the conference and about the Institute of Integrated Forms of Training and Education Monitoring of the Belarusian National Technical University, please visit the website http://dovuz.bntu.by/.

PARTICIPANT'S APPLICATION FORM

For the International scientific-practical conference

"Continuous Education System "School - University ". Innovations and Prospects"dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Institute of Integrated Forms of Training and Education Monitoring of the Belarusian National Technical University. 

The event will be held at the Belarusian National Technical University

(Minsk, Belarus)

February 23 - 24, 2017

Surname________________________________________

Name____________________________________________

Middle name________________________________________

Science degree_________________________________

Title ___________________________________

 Position______________________________________

Name of organization / institution (full) __________

________________________________________________

Postal address __________________________________

Phone ________________________________________

Fax ___________________________________________

E-mail __________________________________________

Report title_________________________________

________________________________________________

Co-authors_______________________________________

________________________________________________

The proposed form of participation (mark):

€ Delivering a report at the plenary session (20 min).

€ Participating in absentia with the provision of an article (3 pages) and publication of materials in the collection.

€ Participating as a listener (with or without publication).

€ Report (with or without publication).

Address of the Organizing Committee:

65 Nezavisimosty Ave., BNTU Building 3, office 306, 220013, Minsk, Belarus

Phone: +375 17 331 02 55 2927095

Fax: 2925322

e-mail: iifomobntu@bntu.by

For more information about the conference and about the Institute of Integrated Forms of Training and Education Monitoring of the Belarusian National Technical University can be found on the site http://dovuz.bntu.by/.

Application for participation is agreement with the author of the conference rules.

On January 17, 2017, BSU Lyceum hosted the Exhibition of Student Scientific and Technical Developments held in the framework of the National Festival of University Research. V. A. Mikitevich, S. A. Polkhutenko , A. S. Pishniak, A. M. Yuntsevich, A. S. Dovnar, and E. P. Leonenko, 4th year students of the BNTU Instrumentation Engineering Faculty (IEF), group 11303113, took an active part in this event. They presented working models of electronic devices for various purposes they developed, namely: pocket dual beam oscilloscope, illuminometer, cycle computer, and many more.

Hydrokinetic system for developing speed and power qualities of swimmers also sparked a vivid interest among the visitors. The system was developed by D. A. Grigoriev, master's student at the Department of Information Measuring Devices and Technologies.

All things considered, IEF students' research has a sound foundation and a good potential for development.

On December 12-19, 2016, Olga L. Verbitskaya, Associate Professor at the the BNTU Department of Strength of Materials and Elasticity Theory, did internship at the University of Zielona Góra, Poland.

University of Zielona Góra is a young and rapidly growing edcational institution. It was founded as an engineering college in 1965. University of Zielona Góra was established on September 1, 2001. Nowadays it comprises 12 faculties and makes the largest public university in Lubuskie province. University of Zielona Góra is one of the major universities in the region in Poland with a strong scientific potential.

Olga L. Verbitskaya's internship was held at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering.

Petr V. Alyavdin, Doctor of Science (Engineering), Professor, Head of Building Construction Department, supervised the internship.

Peter V. Alyavdin organized a meeting with Andrzej Greinert, Dean of the Faculty, Professor, and Maria Mrówczyńska, Associate Dean for Research, Professor, as well as the professors of the structural unit. The participants discussed the training organization, specialties and respective curricula, as well as research areas. 

As part of the internship, Mrs. Verbitskaya delivered a lecture on the stability of compressed bars (Strength of Materials) for the 2nd year students.

During the internship, Mrs. Verbitskaya got acquainted with the Institute laboratory equipment. Halina Jasik, Head of the Laboratory, gave an overview of instruments and test machines, which are used both in training and in research activities.

Laboratory building comprises a number of laboratories, namely:

• Laboratory of Building Materials;
• General Construction Laboratory;
• Laboratory for Roads and Bridges;
• Geotechnical Laboratory;
• Laboratory of Geodesy;
• Laboratory Construction Equipment;
• Laboratory of Strength of Materials;
• Computer Laboratory.

All laboratories are equipped with modern machines and devices that offer high-quality training opportunities for students and provide facilities for conducting cutting-edge research for the staff of the Institute.

The internship resulted quite fruitful, as Mrs. Verbitskaya reviewed various curricula for the relevant specialities, explored the laboratory facilities of the institution, and signed a Joint Action Plan between the University of Zielona Góra and the BNTU for  2016-2020.

On the results of the internship view more

We extend our sincere regards to BNTU professors, researchers, and students of all levels on the Belarusian Science Day to be celebrated on January 29, 2017.

This year’s holiday is especially meaningful, as 2017 was proclaimed the Year of Science in the Republic of Belarus.

Belarusian scientists participate in advanced research and development of new technologies ensuring sustainable growth in our country and all across the globe. Throwing bridges between science and society, they help us broaden our understanding of the world we live in and shape our future.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We would like to thank you for your outstanding work and wish you groundbreaking discoveries and ambitious projects.

BNTU Team

MIPK & PK graduatessuccessfully defended their theses and were awarded diplomas in "Project Management in Construction".

Dmitry I. Semenkevich, Deputy Minister of Architecture and Construction, attended the Graduation Ceremony.

Congratulating the students, Dmitry I. said, “Project management has been recognized worldwide and has become a topical activity in market economy. I am delighted that in our country we realized the need for project management methodology in all phases of facility lifecycle, from concept to completion. Addressing professional managers in project management will help avoid many construction industry problems. Professional assistance is also a factor ensuring success in dealing with these problems. This, of course, is only possible when specialists engaged in project implementation have adequate educational background.

Presenting the diplomas, Mr. Semenkevich congratulated the graduates on the completion of "training project” and the start of a new "project"– application of the acquired knowledge to practice.

Retraining course "Project Management in Construction". Group photo

At the Ceremony was attended by V .P. Ivanov, Director of the Institute, D. I. Semenkevich, Deputy Minister of Architecture and Construction, and I. I. Neverovich, Dean of the Faculty of Construction and Real Estate, attended the Ceremony.

Professor D .V. Lukyanov and Senior Lecturer S. V. Garelik congratulated the graduates.

After the Ceremony, the graduates shared their opinions about training.

 Mikhail Selkov

“During the training, I have learnt to work with Microsoft Project environment, to organize project activities at the enterprise. I also studied in detail the concept of "investment environment". I obtained profound knowledge of what is "the organizational structure of the company". I also discovered how to set it up, improve, and create anew. I will certainly apply this knowledge in my professional life.

 Denis Babitsky

“Training was excellent. Interesting lectures by Olga S. Golubova are especially memorable. Practical application of the acquired knowledge helped me move up the career ladder. I plan to continue using this knowledge in my work to further develop this efficient project management system at the enterprise.

Congratulations to our graduates! We wish you further professional success.

We will gladly welcome everyone interested in obtaining to-date knowledge in the field of project management in construction.

Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU), Minsk, Belarus

Field Committee on Discourse Linguistics of the International Committee of Slavists,

Institute of Journalism of the Belarusian State University

Center of Applied Linguistics of the University of Latvia, Riga

Institute of Foreign Languages of Jan Kohanowski University in Kielce, Poland

FIRST CIRCULAR LETTER

Dear colleagues,

It is our pleasure to inform you that the 1^st International Scientific Conference «Professional Discourses 1: Research and Education» organized on the initiative of Eastern European and Slavic discourse researchers community will be held in Minsk, Belarus, in September 28–30, 2017. The conference host is the Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU).

The aim of the event is to open a cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural discussion on raising the standards of teaching professional discourses together with extending research on:

1)     Professional discourses and the discourse of scientific disciplines as an object of theoretical research and knowledge:

• Theory, methodology, research procedures, theoretical modeling, problems of classification, genre representation, etc.

2)     Professional discourses and other scientific fields discourses as an object of applied research and knowledge:

•  The problems of representation: specialized dictionaries of different types, specialized readers and other types of academic literature in the context of global science;
• Professional discourse in the context of institutionalized and interpersonal interaction. Professional discourse communities. Representation of professional communities in the Internet site space;
• Cross-cultural and inter-cultural aspects of professional and scientific interaction;
• Launching scientific journals and book series in Lingua Franca: problems of editing.

3)     Terminological systems of professional and scientific fields.

4)     Professional discourses and translation.

5)     Discourse expertise in the context of interdisciplinary knowledge.

In the framework of the conference, we welcome the following formats of participation:

• Plenary sessions (30 min reports with question-answers included);
• Round tables (5-7 participants, 100 min session with 10-15 min questions-answers included);
• Lectures (50 min each with 10-15 min Q-As included);
• Presentations of readers on professional discourses, dictionaries of professional terminology (on request of the participants);
• Session of virtual reports (on-line or in the formats of video films for the participants by correspondence; 20-25 minutes with Q-As if online);
• Master-classes (not more than 45 min with 10 min Q-As session to the performer);
• Session of poster reports for MA and PhD students;
• Joint meeting of the Field Committee of Discourse Linguistics and members of the project @Professional Discourses;
• An open meeting of the members of the Field Committee on Discourse Linguistics

(!) We welcome group applications for our Round table format events.

(!) For those who wish we can organize sightseeing tours (details will follow).

The working languages of the conference are English, Russian and Belarusian. Please, inform the organizing committee, if you need oral translation during plenary post-report discussions or other social contexts. If necessary, we can help with oral translation during the plenary session.

We cordially ask the participants of the organization committee to send us your ideas and suggestions on the following:

1)     suggest the key lectures of the conference (one from your country as the country-participant);

2)     suggest the plenary speakers from your country (for direct participation and by correspondence);

3)     suggest the title for a round table, invite the participants from your professional discourse community and send or advise the group to send a collective application for the conference participation; (the organizing committee can also suggest spontaneous round tables based on individual applications in case their topics are intercrossing.

IMPORTANT DATES:

To participate in the conference one is to keep the time schedule:  

• By April 10,2017 submitting abstractsin any conference language (350 words) and the application form filled;
• By April 30, 2017receiving the invitation with relevant information;
• By May 10, 2017 Early payment fee, which is: 60 EUR for all participants but for postgraduates (40 EUR), Belarusian participants (40 BR) and Belarusian postgraduates (20 BR);
• By June 27, 2017 Participant feeis 80 EUR;
• By September 10 Payment fee is 100 EUR;
• For the guests without presentations the fee is 15 EUR (15 BR for Belarusians).

Participants cover transport, accommodation and board expenses by themselves or their institutions.

INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE MATERIAL PUBLICATIONS:

We plan three publications with the conference material (each may be enriched by additional material, if the editorial board of the series find it necessary):

• In our English language scientific series“Discourse Linguistics and Beyond”, vol. 4. “Professional discourses: Research and Education”. D-ART: Sprachlit, Regensburg (Germany).
• In our Russian language scientific series“La Table Ronde”, vol 3. «Професссиональныедискурсы», вып 3. Минск: Изд-воБНТУ.
• In our new Belarusian language scientific series“Прафесiйныядыскурсы», вып.1. Мiнск: выд. БНТУ

In case you choose to publish in each of these volumes, you need to negotiate it with the organizational committee.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR SUBMITTING ARTICLES:

• June 10, 2017 - submitting articles for publication in English. Publication is planned as volume 4 of the scientific series “Discourse Analysis and Beyond” in the editorial house “Sprachlit”, Regensburg, Germany;
• June 20, 2017 - submitting articles for publication in Russian and / or Belarusian. Publication is planned as volume 3 of the scientific series “La Table Ronde” in the editorial house of BNTU, Minsk, Belarus.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

For abstracts:

a 350-word abstract in Windows-based Microsoft Word (14 point Times New Roman font; A4-size single-spaced; all the margins – 2 cm; single line spacing) with no references. Submit to E-mail: 2348843@tut.by.

FORMATTING GUIDELINES

for the English and Russian language articles

(max 24000 signs) “Sprachlit”, Regensburg, Germany;

(max 15000 signs) BNTU, Minsk, Belarus:

Page size - B5;

font: Cambria, font sizes:

title of parts 16, title of chapter 11, subtitle 11;

block quotations 10, footnotes 10, references 10, contents 10

margins: inside 2,54 outside 2,04 up 2,54 down 2,54

spacing:   between lines multiple 1,1

between paragraphs 6 pt

indentures: block quotations 1,00 cm

(sample for formatting is attached)

Format sample in English and Russian will be sent with a second secular letter.

PLEASE FILL IN THE APPLICATION FORM FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE CONFERENCE

(Note!) If you need an ENTRANCE VISA, please, send information from the main page of your passport (where your name, passport number, date of issue, date of expiring, etc. are given) or a Xerox copy of this page. We will get in touch with you upon this matter on receiving your application (as a rule, visas for conference participation are given free of charge).

During the period of 10^th April – 12^th May assistant lecturers from UNESCO department «Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Sources» Victoryia Moroz and Olga Liubchik carried out a research together with Twente University, the Netherlands in frames of PHOENIX project (Horizon 2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 690925).

The staff of Twente University consists of about 3300 researches and professionals and more than 9000 students study here.

The research at the University largely takes place within the research institutes that focus on nanotechnology (MESA+), ICT (CTIT), biomedical technology and technical medicine (MIRA), governance (IGS) and geo-information sciences and earth observation (ITC). Education and a part of the applied research takes place at our faculties: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS), Engineering Technology (CTW), Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS), Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) and Science and Technology (TNW).

During the period of the secondment research on effective business systems in bio-resource value chains for industries based on bio-energy in the Republic of Belarus and on implementation of bio-technologies into regional energy production: economic, legislative and political issues was made.

Visits to the next places were organised:

- Pyrolysis oil production facility «Empyro».

In January 2014 «Empyro» started building process of the facility for oil production with help of fast pyrolisys in the city of Hengelo, the Netherlands. The launch of the facility was conducted at the beginning of 2015. Biomass delivery is organized locally from special partners.

- Bruins & Kwast Biomass Management company.

The visit was organized together with a group of pre-master students form Twente University. This company is specialized on production of fertilizers and wood pellets from biomass residued.

- Waste company «Twence».

The renewable energy generates from residual streams and biomass is a source for regional energy-intensive activity involving smart cooling and heating. The company provides renewable heat and electricity to thousands of households. Converted into households, this involves the electricity for a good 125,000 households, heat for more than 50,000 households, and annual avoidance of CO2 emissions of 330,000 tonnes due to the reduced use of fossil fuels. The heat power of Twence is almost equal to the consumption of all households in the city of Enschede. The residues are delivered not only from the Netherlands, but also from Great Britain and Germany.

- «Grolsch» brewery.

In the technological process the company is guided by sustainable development principles. Glass bottles are used about 40 times for a period of lifecycle. The production process includes, for example, using sewage waters as an energy source.

Sustainable development of bio-energy is an integral part of common society sustainable development process. European Commission pays great attention to this question with an accent to sustainable raw material producing for biofuel and energy production. Some of the requirements are obligatory for EU countries (bio-oil and bio-liquids production), others are voluntary (production of electricity, heat and cool from solid and gas biomass). In common there is a trend to step-by-step toughening of the requirements according the criteria of sustainability.

On the base of analyzed literature and visits to real examples of circular economy principles implementation into bio-energy the joint article «Bio-energy and bio-economy in Belarus» together with representatives from Twente University is being prepared.

In Belarus biomass usage usually means its direct burning for heat production. There is a question: is it possible to get more economic value from biomass and in which way? About 40% of the territory of the Republic of Belarus is covered with forests. So the potential of biomass is really great. In the article current situation of biomass using in Belarus is analyzed and the variants of biomass economic value increasing are described.

The question of the article is next: can Belarus increase the economic value of the bio-resources if to compare it with the current situation?

Exchange between research institutes and innovation implementation to bio-resource value chains has a great value for the development of bio-energy sector in Belarus. Thereby joint research gives possibility to make contacts with academic and industrial partners.

During the time of the secondment contacts with the Host Organization were made for further collaboration between Belarusian National Technical University and University of Twente.

In the period from 11.05 to 18.05.2017 the employees of the department " Automobiles": Associate Professor S.A. Sidorov, senior lecturer N.R. Mikhaltsevich, headed by the head of the department, Yu.D. Karpievich visited the Technical University of Dresden (TUD). The trip was envisaged by the program of cooperation between BNTU and TUD - Erasmus+. In autumn 2016, a delegation of teachers from the TUD was in BNTU, in 2017 a planned return trip to Dresden, employees of the Department of Automobiles, was realized.

The Technical University of Dresden is one of the largest higher educational institutions in Dresden and Saxony. In terms of the number of students, the Dresden Technical University ranks first among the technical universities in Germany.

It has about 37,000 students and more than 8,000 employees. The University was founded in 1828.

At the Dresden technical University training is conducted in following faculties:

• Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,
• Faculty of Philosophy,
• Faculty of Philology, Literature and Culture,
• Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences,
• Faculty of Law,
• Faculty of Economics,
• Faculty of Informatics,
• Faculty of Electrical and Information Technology,
• Machine-building faculty,
• Civil Engineering Faculty,
• Architecture faculty,
• Transport faculty named after Friedrich List,
• Faculty of Forestry, Land and Water Management (Forestry in Tarandt),
• Faculty of Medicine named after Karl Gustav Carus.

Employees of BNTU visited the Faculty of Transport named after Friedrich List. Training and research at this faculty are conducted in 3 main directions (areas):

• - Automotive mechatronics, headed by Professor Bernard Baker,
• - Internal combustion engines, under the supervision of Professor Hans Zellbeck,
• - Chassis and vehicle systems, Professor Gunter Prokop.

The laboratories of the university and the department are equipped with a large number of test equipment that are used for the learning process and for research purposes.

Laboratory for studying the electrical equipment of cars

Much attention in the training process is paid to modern control systems, the department has a laboratory in which students study modern data buses CAN, FLEX.

Stand for the study of CAN-buses

Much attention is paid to the development of control systems for electric vehicles, the properties and capabilities of the arrangement of batteries in cars. The University has in its park a large number of electric vehicles and a station for their charging. Also, the University has developed and operates a hybrid electric bus for the city.

BMW I3 and Smart-Electric on the territory of the charging station in front of the faculty building

Employees of the University take an active part in the development of electric vehicles of the leading German manufacturers BMW, Volkswagen, Mercedes.

The new building of the faculty is equipped with stands for studying and modeling the processes that occur when the car moves. Particular attention is paid to the study of the work of car suspensions, as well as research on the durability of individual suspension elements.

Stand for testing of car suspensions

Stand for the determination of the characteristics of automobile tires

Stand for modeling the work of shock absorbers

During the visit to the University of Dresden, the staff of the Department "Automobiles" conducted lecture classes for university students. Professor Yu.D. Karpievich spoke about the automotive industry of the Republic of Belarus, manufactured equipment and scientific developments, associate professor SA Sidorov made a report on BNTU and scientific research conducted at the university, senior lecturer N.R. Mikhaltsevich gave a lecture on the simulation of vehicle braking with the help of modern computer programs and semi-natural stands (HILLS stands).

Professor Yu. D. Karpievich discusses the design of an aircraft engine with a university employee

Speech by Associate Professor S.A. Sidorov

The lecture is conducted by the senior teacher N. R. Mikhaltsevich

During the visit to the university, the staff of the Automobiles department held negotiations on further deeper cooperation between BNTU and TUD, both within the framework of the Erasmus + project (with the head of FMS Dagmar Krause), and within the framework of other programs, with professors Department of Automobiles - Bernard Baker and Professor Hans Zellbeck. Preliminary arrangements were made for the exchange of students of the departments " Automobiles" of both universities in the framework of the Erasmus + project in the 2017/2018 school year.

In the period from 12.03.2017 to 15.04.2017 I made an internship abroad. The inernship place is located in the Frankenthal city (the land of the Rhine-Pfalz) in the south-west of Germany.

The townspeople is about 50 000 people. This is a small city, but comfortable for living. Not far from this city located Mannheim city – the second largest after Stuttgart in the Baden-Württemberg land. There are large and well-known universities in the world located in this city: Mannheim School of Business, University of Applied Management Studies, University of Applied Sciences, University of Music and Performing Arts. Mannheim is the center of student life nearby Frankenthal.

There are some large industrial enterprises in Frankenthal. Among them are KSB (the world-known manufacturer of pump equipment and fittings), the Siemens Turbomachinery Equipment GmbH, where I made an internship. The main product range is modular steam turbines from 45 kW to 12 MW for a drive of various mechanisms (compressors, generators, pumps), compressor units capacity to 10 MW.

The factory was founded company KK&K (Kühle, Kopp & Kausch). The date of foundation is considered to be 1899. Then three family companies have started to maintain a common activity.

Since 2006, the company has the official name Siemens Turbomachinery Equipment.

Now the factory is working in the areas of manufacturing and subsequent assembly of modular steam turbines, scientific researches and development, sales and commercial offers.

The photograph shows the territory of the plant with production and administrative premises.

Before the trip the special plan of internship in following directions has been developed for me and confirmed by the Federal Agency for Employment of Germany:

• Sales of steam turbines;
• Commercial support of contracts and management;
• Production cycle;
• Designing of steam turbines (thermodynamic and mechanical calculations);
• Engineering (development of the drawing documentation);
• Systems of regulation and control of steam turbines;
• Planning of manufacture and manufacturing process;
• Installation of steam turbines and packaging for further transportation.

In each direction a responsible employee was appointed, from whom all the necessary information could be obtained during the entire stay. The employees of the company have always been friendly and helpful. Always with full devotion answered the questions put by me.

Before me there was the task to get acquainted with the main types of steam turbines.

All turbines are constructed on a modular principle. Each separate unit consists of a turbine and a gearbox. Thanks to it there is possibility of connection of several units to one.

In drawing are presented parameters of steam and the power range for each type of turbines:

Drawing 1 – Types of steam turbines and their characteristic

During the passage of internship I had the opportunity to study in detail the design of modern modular steam turbines. This information played a big role in my training as on my speciality theoretical bases are studied only. And during the passage of industrial internships at the operating objects of the Belarusian energy system it is very rarely given the opportunity to see the construction of the main components of the equipment, which is extremely important for a modern engineer.

I sought the processes of manufacturing the main components of a steam turbine: a frame with oil-tank, a casing, a turbine rotor, a turbine wheel, a stop and control valves, a nozzle groups, a drainage system, a gearbox casing, a driven transmission shaft, control panels, etc.

For all stages of manufacture a high level of automation of manufacture and the use of special software complexes for performing labor-consuming calculations are defined.

The factory has its own training center for training specialists who service equipment in operation. There is a museum in this center. It presents the main stages of development of steam turbines produced at different times. The exhibits have special cuts for a detailed studying of a principle of work of this or that steam turbine. Stands on the management of steam turbines are presented in detail. From the point of view of the educational process for BNTU it would be useful to have, for example, laboratories with existing facilities, so that students can in practice consolidate their theoretical knowledge.

In the photo near to me it is of museum exhibits.

During the internship I participated in several official meetings. Their subjects have been devoted to the following directions.

The first meeting has taken place in the form of a meeting, which passed with employees of department of sales of the company. Each participant of the meeting had to comment on the projects: at what stage the project is located, what difficulties and problems there are, proposals and concrete ways of the decision of problems. The meeting report was conducted in electronic form in the specialized program.

The second meeting was a telephone conference with the customer, on which problem questions of financing were solved, packings, deliveries of the concrete equipment under the project, and the future projects were discussed.

The third meeting was with the assistance of projects-managers of the company and direct customers. The main goal: to spend an excursion through the territory of the enterprise; to conduct mechanical tests of the steam turbine of the customer with sign up of the subsequent report which subscribes both parties; discussion and the decision of problem questions of the customer directly with the supplier during a meeting.

Thanks to this internship students have a possibility to get acquainted with process of the organization of work at the enterprise abroad. Real possibility on discharge of duties according to a post is given to probationers. For example, the basic duties of students-probationers in department of sales are: business correspondence with customers by e-mail, preparation of offers to the customer with contract drawing up (preparation includes preliminary constructive calculation and cost accounting according to standard item with use of specialized program complexes on initial data of the customer), preparation of presentations for new customers.

Also during internship I spent my free time with profit at the weekend. Sometimes I went to the pool, sometimes I spent time with my colleagues over a cup of coffee. And once I organized for myself a cultural holiday in the form of a tourist tour to Switzerland. In Germany this is a very popular type of recreation and quite affordable for the price category even for students.

I visited such cities as Zurich, Lucerne, Bern, Montreux, Vevey.

Here I am in Zurich city.

Lucerne city

On this photo is presented one of the main sights of Bern – clock tower Zitlogge.

I am satisfied with the internship and think that I have achieved all goals set for myself in terms of the educational process and life experience.

Vladimir Beglyak,
The undergraduate student of the department of Industrial Power and Heat Engineering

From 15/05/2017 to 24/05/2017 an internship of the joint group of teachers of BNTU and BSUIR took place in Vienna, Austria. A total of 15 university staff members, 7 BSUIR teachers and 8 BNTU teachers who took part in the training of students for the first Belarusian NPP took part in the training.

The internship was conducted by the Regional Network for Education and Training in Nuclear Technology STAR-NET, in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Knowledge Management Institute (NKMI).

The purpose of the training was to upgrade the skills in international cooperation for the development and safe use of nuclear power, the management of nuclear knowledge and the organization of training for the first Belarusian nuclear power plant.

In the process of preparation, a program for its implementation was developed and agreed upon, which included the theoretical part, seminars (practical exercises) and technical visits.

Within the theoretical part, the participants of the internship listened to lectures presented by outstanding experts in the field of nuclear energy - by IAEA staff and experts.

The theoretical part was divided into two large sections: “The role of international cooperation in the development and safe use of nuclear power. IAEA: goals, objectives, programs” and “The current issues of nuclear power development”.

Section “The role of international cooperation in the development and safe use of nuclear power. IAEA: goals, objectives, programs” included such issues as The role of international cooperation in the development and safe use of nuclear power, IAEA: goals, objectives, programs, The IAEA Safety Standards System, Non-proliferation issues and the role of the IAEA, The INPRO program, Software for modeling the flow of nuclear materials in various fuel cycles, International cooperation in nuclear education.

The section "Topical issues of nuclear energy development" included such issues as Establishment of a national nuclear infrastructure for the first nuclear power plant, Energy and socio-political development: the role of nuclear energy, The economy of the nuclear industry and the models of energy planning, Information systems and knowledge management in nuclear industry organisations, Integrated approach to the management of nuclear facilities, Configuration management of nuclear power plants, Assessment of the operation level of nuclear power plants, Applications of research nuclear reactors, Modern approaches, structure and requirements for the creation of automated control systems for nuclear power plants, Basic principles and systems for radioactive waste management, NPP management system, Operation programs, Small modular reactors.

Within the framework of practical exercises, topics were presented, such as Work with information systems and NPP information models. Experts in this field A. Kosilov and A.Tolstenkov present practical classes were held to work with the CLP4NET platform, where each participant of the internship mastered the basics of creating e-learning courses, keeping them up-to-date, interacting with trainees, and conducting student assessment. It should be noted that this educational system (based on the open MOODLE platform) is widely distributed, applied and supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency as universal for wider dissemination of knowledge in the nuclear field. Due to the openness of this platform, it is also widely supported by universities around the world, in particular the National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI".

Due to this, it was adopted as the base platform for the Regional Network for Education and Training in Nuclear Technology STAR-NET (launch was launched in April 2017). Currently, its test operation is being conducted, and the network member universities have the opportunity to use it both to host their courses and to use training courses provided by other member universities of the STAR-NET network.

One of the most memorable parts of the internship was technical visits. During the course of this training, four technical visits were held, namely a technical visit to a hydroelectric station in the city of Vienna, Kraftwerk Freudenau, a visit to the IAEA's Incident and Emergency Centre, a technical visit to the Zwentendorf nuclear power plant, and Technical visit to the nuclear research reactor TU Vienna / Atominstitut.

The hydroelectric power plant " Freudenau", located in the city limits of Vienna, is the world's first large hydro power plant built within the city limits. It is the most powerful of 10 hydroelectric power plants, located in the cascade in Austria on the Danube, and was launched in 1998. The total capacity of 6 turbines of the HPP is 172 MW, annually the station produces over 1000 GWh of electricity. A distinctive feature of the HPP is that its power does not depend on the water level in the Danube.

In addition to power generation, the station performs important functions in the sphere of town planning and ecology, including, to improve the navigation conditions on the Danube and normalize the groundwater table.

The second technical visit was the visit to the IAEA's Incident and Emergency Center, where the staff of the center told the interns about its functions and tasks, the receipt and flow of information flows, and the role of the center in dealing with emergencies in the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, as well as other contingencies with nuclear facilities, in particular, with the lost source of ionizing radiation in Chile.

The third technical visit was a visit to the Zwentendorf nuclear power plant. It is the first and only nuclear power plant in Austria. Her construction began in April 1972 and was completed in 1976. The boiling water-water reactor had to provide a power of about 700 megawatts.

Of special value in terms of technical visit is the fact that this nuclear power plant has never been put into operation, nuclear fuel has not been loaded into the reactor and, accordingly, all equipment of the nuclear power plant is radiation safe and open for free access.

This represents a unique opportunity to inspect and study reactor equipment, which is impossible at existing nuclear power plants.

At present, the reactor of the nuclear power plant is used as a source of spare parts for the German NPP Isar 1, Brunsbüttel and Philippsburg 1. Teams of specialists are trained to conduct planned maintenance operations on it, in addition, equipment for nuclear power plants is being processed there.

The last technical visit to the internship program was held at the Vienna Technical University, the Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics.

TRIGA MARK II research reactor is located on the site of this institute.

At the beginning of the visit, the project manager, prof. Helmuth Böck showed in detail and told the trainees about the practical application of the TRIGA research reactor, its operating modes, the features of nuclear reaction management, as well as its fuel cycle, radiation and physical safety. The trainees were actively interested in the details and asked various questions.

In the second part of the technical visit, the trainees were presented with a review lecture on the topic "Application of research nuclear reactors", which was presented by the staff of the Research Nuclear Reactors Section, International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria.

At the end of the internship, its results were summed up and certificates were awarded.

The internship was held at a high level and became useful both in terms of expanding and deepening the special knowledge of university professors in the field of nuclear energy, and their practical application in the educational process during the preparation of students for the Department of Thermal Power Plants, who study in the specialty "Steam Turbine Installations of Nuclear Power Plants". Special gratitude for the organization of the internship, the selection of high-quality specialists and IAEA experts, the organization of technical visits is to be expressed to the executive director of the Regional Network for Education and Training in Nuclear Technology STAR-NET A.Kosilov.

The training program in Lublin University of Technology (LUT) consisted of two parts: providing classes on Theory of Mechanisms and Machinesfor students of Mechanical Faculty and discussing the partnership development between Mechanical Faculty of LUT and Mechanical Engineering Faculty of BNTU.

The lectures were attended by a group of first-year students. A separate course of Theory of Mechanisms and Machines is not included in the syllabus of Lublin University of Technology. On the first day of the classes I chose to present Structural Analysis of Mechanisms which was further proceeded by Kinematics of Mechanisms and Dynamic Analysis of Mechanisms. Having been investigated by Russian researchers of 19-20^th centuries, theses topics have been traditionally introduced in the syllabus of higher educational establishments in the post-Soviet countries but have remained neglected abroad. I managed to present the material in concise form with the focus on practical application. On the second day of the classes I introduced the topics related to the recent research of our department:  Study of Irregular Wear in Kinematic Pairs and Study of Energy Efficiency of Machines, both of which being based on the results of dynamic analysis of mechanisms. The material aroused interest among the students. Dr. Jaroslav Zubrzycky who was assisting me acknowledged importance of the presented material for forming engineering outlook of future experts in mechanics. I gained valuable experience in presenting material in English.

The second component of the tour was to expand existing contacts between our faculties. I obtained essential information on new reciprocal internship programs for teachers and students of our universities from International Cooperation Office of Lublin Polytechnic which has been coordinator of this cooperation. In June 2017 they expect the decision on funding to be made by Head Office of Erasmus+ program. We were also provided with training materials for making Erasmus+ program projects for the consortium of universities.

With representatives of Mechanical Faculty we discussed ways to expand further cooperation, revealed related topics of research and agreed on joint publications. Moreover, we outlined topics for Erasmus+ program joint projects.

Pedro Lima, Professor of Higher Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal), has visited FITR, BNTU within the framework of the Tempus project "Applied Computer Data Processing in Engineering and Science".  The program of his visit has included:

– familiarity with organization of educational process for undergraduates of BNTU;

– participation in work of commission, as an independent expert, in defense of master's theses of the specialty "Applied Computer Data Analysis", which has been opened at FITR within the framework of the project;

– participation in the preparation of the electronic educational and methodical complex "Algorithmic implementation of numerical methods" for undergraduates of the specialty "Applied computer data analysis".

During the visit Pedro was having discussions with teachers of the CAD department and members of the project's working group. These discussions have focused on the introduction of modern teaching methods, the development and the updating of teaching materials for the master program, the improvement of forms and methods of teaching, taking into account the latest achievements in applied computing.

12–14 June 2017 the Coordinative final conference of the study project ТEMPUS NETCENG “New model of the third cycle in engineering education due to Bologna Process in BY, RU, UA” was held in Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU).

Project Objectives are:

- To develop, implement and accredit new core and transferable curricula including ECTS;

 - To establish new structured Doctoral Programmes in target area according to requirements of Labour Market;

- Develop innovative teaching/learning environment for Doctoral Programmes;

- Bring the Higher Education Institutions of PCs closer to the Labour Market.

Consortuim of the project includes 3 universitites from Western European countries and 11 partner universities from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

List of Partners NETCENG

P1 - Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, LT (VGTU) (Coordinator)

P2 - Technische Universität  Berlin, Berlin, DE (TUB)

P3 - Brunel University London, UK (BUL)

P4 - ECM (Engineering Consulting and Management) Office, Berlin, DE (ECM)

P5 - Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, BY (BNTU)

P6 - Belarusian State University, Minsk, BY (BSU)

P7 - Polotsk State University, Novopolotsk, BY (PSU)

P8 - Kazan National Research Technical University n.a.Tupolev (KAI) RU

P9 - Omsk State Technical University», Omsk, RU (OmSTU)

P10 - Ryazan State Radio Engineering University”, Ryazan, RU (RSREU)

P11 - Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, RU (FEFU)

P12 - Cherkassy State Technological University,Cherkassy, UA (CHSTU)

P13 - National Aviation University, Kyiv, UA (NAU)

P14 - National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Kyiv, UA (KPI)

P15 - Enterprise "Kamerton", Minsk, (KMT) BY

P16 - State Research and Production Space Center (SamSpace), Samara, RU

P17 - Yuzhnoye State Design Office, Dnepropetrovsk, UA (YSDO)

P18 - Technical Universities Association, Moscow, (TUA) RU

P19 - Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, (MINHE-BY)

P20 - Ministry of education and science of Russia, Moscow, (MINHE-RU)

P21 - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Ukraine, Kiew, (MINHE-UA)

The purpose of the conference was to discuss reports of the participating universities and outcomes of the project. Coordinator of the project from BNTU Prof. Kuleshov N.V., head of the department of Laser Devices and Technology, participated in the conference and made presentation about NETCENG project actitvity and outcomes at BNTU.

The Fourth International Olympiad on Management among youth was held on May – June 2017 within the Framework of the Global Project “Youth Creative Movement “QUALITY RELAY RACE”.

The organizer of the Olympiad is an International Guild of Quality Professionals.   In Olympiad took part representatives of 10 countries: Russia, Israel, Italy, Slovenia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Belarus, Bangladesh and Ukraine.

The Republic of Belarus was represented by 15 members, 11 of whom are students and undergraduates of BNTU Instrumentation Engineering Faculty specialty 1-54 01 01 – 01 “Metrology, Standardization and Certification” (the Department of Standardization, Metrology and Information Systems). All 11 of our students are winners of the Republican round of the Olympiad.

The competition was held in two nominations: “Quality Management Systems” and “Practices and methods of management”.

As a result, ALL OUR MEMBERS once again achieved a spectacular result at the Olympiad:

• 10 diplomas of the winner: V. Kazanskaya, S. Malinovskaya, A. Famichenka, A. Rudzich, D. Androsava, K. Voinich, A. Satsukevich, A. Haldovich, V. Aheyeva, K. Boyarovskaya

• 3 diplomas of the laureate:T. Hutsko, V. Aheyeva, A. Satsukevich.

• 6 diplomas of the finalist: T. Hutsko, V. Kazanskaya, S. Malinovskaya, A. Famichenka, A. Rudzich, D. Androsava.

• 3 certificates of the participant:K. Boyarovskaya, K. Voinich, A. Haldovich.

NOTE. In the year 2017 Olympiad was held for the fourth time and students and undergraduates of the specialty 1-54 01 01 – 01 “Metrology, Standardization and Certification” once again do not remain without awards. This confirms the fact that the Belarusian School of Quality Management remains one of the best.

From July 23, 2017 to August 2, 2017 the Summer School “Belt of Friendship” has been held at the Belarusian National Technical University. The Event has been organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, the BNTU, BSU and MSLU. The BNTU has hosted over 30 students from 5 universities, including Dalian University of Technology, Northeastern University (Shenyang City), Tianjin Foreign Studies University, Beijing International Studies University, and East China Normal University (Shanghai City). This intensive 10-day summer school has offered an interactive introduction to the history and culture of Belarus, has given an opportunity to gain experience of learning the Russian language, get acquainted with Belarusian students and have a good rest at Agricultural touristic complex “NANOSY”. This Summer School “Belt of Friendship” is considered as a return visit - last year 100 Belarusian university students have been invited to attend education exchange programs in China.

On July 25, 2017 the Grand Opening of the Summer School “Belt of Friendship” has been held. Vladimir L. Shapurov, Head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, Li Weng Hua, First Secretary of Education of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Belarus, administration of the BNTU, BSU and MSLU, administration of Confucius Institute of the BNTU, BSU and MSLU, have given welcome speeches stressing the importance of the Event. Vladimir L. Shapurov emphasized that one month ago Belarusian-Chinese Commission took a decision that the Summer School “Belt of Friendship” will be held annually.

Chinese guests have had a marvelous opportunity within the framework of the Summer School Program to learn about the distinctive culture of Belarus, attend workshops on Belarusian cuisine, traditional crafts of Belarus. Chinese students have visited the leading Belarusian enterprises - JSC "Amkodor" and OJSC “Kommunarka”. The Participants have also got a chance to broaden their cultural horizons visiting the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War and Museum of Ancient Belarusian Culture of the NAS of Belarus. The Participants of the Summer School have visited an impressive memorial complex “Khatyn” to revere the memory of Belarusians who died during the Great Patriotic War.  On July 29, 2017 Chinese Guests have attended National Children's educational and health-improving center "Zubrenok" to get acquainted with the history and services of the center.

The students have had an opportunity to broaden their cultural horizons and enjoy artistic and historical treasuries of Belarus at Agricultural touristic complex “NANOSY” located near Lake Naroch. They have discovered the wonderful natural landscape, walked along shore of Lake Naroch, watched the beauty of a sunset. They have visited the windmills and watermills, museums of samovars, coins, and Soviet cars. Chinese students have learnt how to bake bread and had a great opportunity to taste Belarusian cuisine. During the workshop on traditional crafts, Chinese students have woven a belt of “Friendship”, which became not only a memorable gift, but a symbol of friendship between China and Belarus.

On August 1, 2017 the Closing Ceremony of the Summer School “Belt of Friendship” has been held at the Belarusian National Technical University. At the Closing Ceremony, Dmitry A. Smolyakov, Chief Executive Officer of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, has awarded Certificates to the Participants. The Chinese Guests have expressed their heartfelt gratitude to the Organizing Committee. The students have prepared dances and songs, which have deeply impressed all the spectators.

Currently, Belarus and China are developing dynamic and comprehensive relationship. The countries have already established fruitful cooperation in the fields of education, science, technology and culture. Taking part in the Summer School “Belt of Friendship” is a genuinely priceless experience. Chinese students had a marvelous chance to acquire knowledge, broaden their horizons and make new friends. The Summer School “Belt of Friendship” laid a strong foundation for fruitful relationship between China and Belarus.

 Please, click on the following link to view the participants’ impressions: http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ZcQoc8Ybi7szscmREuaGcQ

On August 10, 2017 Ecuadorians celebrate the 208th Independence Day of the Republic of Ecuador.

The Grand Ceremony dedicated to the Independence Day of the Republic of Ecuador took place at Simon Bolivar Garden. The Participants laid wreaths at the memorial plaque of the national hero Simon Bolivar on Memorial Day. The Event has been attended by Fernando Guzman, Charge d’Affaires of Ecuador to Belarus, government representatives, diplomats, officials, and representatives of higher education institutions. Fernando Guzman has given welcome speech stressing the importance of the Event and emphasized that this date marks the beginning of a new era for Latin Americans, when they commenced the fight for independence.

On August 10, 2017 successful negotiations on cooperation in the sphere of education have been conducted with Pedro Valdivieso, Third Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Ecuador in Belarus.

We wholeheartedly congratulate the Embassy of the Republic of Ecuador in the Republic of Belarus, Ecuadorian students and all Ecuadorians on a national holiday of Ecuador - the Independence Day!

According to the republican plan of events for the Year of Science 2017, on August 3, 2017 the BNTU S&T Park "Polytechnik" has held the Grand Opening Ceremony to launch the Innovation Center in the new office building (37 Surganova Str., Minsk). The Opening Ceremony has gathered a number of high-ranking Belarusian officials: Alexander G. Shumilin, Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology; Aleksei A. Kubrin, Vice-Secretary of the Union; Vadim A. Bogush, First Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Belarus; Igor G. Lositsky, Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus; Yuri A. Chebotar, Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Belarus; Pyotr A. Vityaz, Academician of the NAS of Belarus, Chief of Staff of the NAS. The Ceremony has also been attended by  government representatives, partners, professors, business leaders, and industry representatives.

After the ceremonial red ribbon cutting, the BNTU innovative products have been presented to the Guests of the Event. Yury G. Aliakseyeu, General Director – Vice-Rector for Production Activity of "Polytechnic", has delivered a speech about the activity, results and prospects of the Technopark. He has told in details about the BNTU policy to establish innovative activities, about the products and equipment in the sphere of surface engineering, which has been produced by the Park's residents.

The Guests have also visited the exhibition featuring technical developments by the BNTU Technopark. The Guests have taken a genuine interest in magnetic-abrasive machining of precision parts, gamma 3D Printer, innovative projects for industrial gas cleaning - biochemical absorption systems.

Alexander G. Shumilin, Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus, has expressed wishes to the BNTU Technopark employees to assert their leadership in further groundbreaking discoveries, innovative projects and professional achievements.