Open lectures held at the Instrumentation Engineering Faculty (IEF) on November 23-25, 2016 became a landmark event. The lectures were delivered by visiting professor V. Ya. Raspopov, Honoured Scholar of the Russian Federation, Full Member of the Academy of Navigation and Motion Control, Honoured Aircraft Engineer, Doctor of Science (Engineering).

Lecture topics were related to the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), their orientation and navigation systems, and other UAV equipment.

The lecturer's lively and entertaining manner of presentation aroused a genuine interest in students and faculty members. In turn, the professor praised the students' commitment. V. Ya. Raspopov also commended the work in the field of UAVs carried out in the Republic of Belarus at present.

Dear colleagues,

We invite you to take part in the Scientific and Practical Conference "Training of Future Engineers for Power Engineering Industry of the Republic of Belarus: Results, Problems and Prospects".

The Conference is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Thermal Power Plants Department.

Event Program

The Conference will be held on December 16, 2016 at 14:00 at the following address: Assembly Hall, BNTU Building 11, 65 Nezavisimosty Ave., Minsk, Belarus.

On November 29-30, the BNTU S&T Park "Polytechnic" hosted the 3^rd Belarus-China Youth Innovation Forum "New Horizons 2016".

Belarus-China relationships have been developing quite dynamically in recent years. Joint projects, forums, and exhibitions foster a unique creative and novel environment.

This year’s Forum united over 400 students and young professionals from Belarus and China. The Belarusian State National University (BNTU) and Northeastern University (Shengyang, China) served as innovative grounds for the Forum’s activities.

The Forum kicked off with the Opening Ceremony and the Discussion "Youth of Belarus and China, Get United", a gem of this year’s Forum.

Alexander G. Shumilin, Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology, and Mr. Xu Baomin, Deputy Director General for Economics at the Industrial Park Development Company, gave welcome speeches urging young scientists to participate in joint Belarus-China projects.

During the Discussion, the participants considered the possibilities for Belarus-China cooperation, implementation of Belarusian and Chinese projects at technoparks, academic exchange, business development and support for business from both parties, etc.
The Forum comprised several scientific sections, where participants could share their experience and ideas. Belarusian and Chinese students delivered their reports in online-conferences. The sections explored the following topics:

• "Silk Road: Economics and Innovations in Belarus and China"
• "Industrial Ecology. Energy- and Resource Saving"
• "Instrumentation Engineering. Mechanical Engineering"
• "New Materials"
• "Architecture and Civil Engineering"

The Forum program provided for 2 workshops on issues, which are most relevant for successful research activities. Workshop "Guidelines for Successful Project Presentation" was led by Konstantin Vladimirov-Zhuravsky, one of the founders of the Belarusian startup movement. The Workshop "How to Use the Largest Chinese Libraries: Access Granted" turned into a master-class in writing quality research papers using foreign sources. Ekaterina Beloborotskaya of Tregross-Info Company, presented CNKI, the Chinese national platform for research products. This platform comprises databases of Chinese dissertations, scientific yearbooks, and journals both in the national language and in English.

The first day of the Forum closed with mentor sessions facilitating the participants’ preparations for My Idea Competition, the Forum’s key event. 23 contestants competed for 2 awards, namely, Best Innovative Project and Best Research Paper. The contest jury comprised renowned scientist, educators, and businessmen, namely:

• Vladimir Solomakho, Head of the Republican Institute of Innovative Technologies (BNTU RIIT);
• Mr. Yuan Zhicun, Director General of Xinjiang Yazhongyide commercial trade Co.Ltd;
• Mr. Hou Yabo, Assistant to Director General of Xinjiang Yazhongyide commercial trade Co.Ltd;
• Mr. Van Shiwei, Senior Specialist of the Personnel Department of Joint CJSC "Industrial Park Development Company";
• Tatiana Khvalko, Consultant at the Department of Economics of Innovative Activities, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus;
• Vitaly Gorbash, Director of the BNTU Confucius Institute on Science and Technology.

After heated discussions, the members of the jury announced the results. The Project "Production of Feed Additive for Farm Animals from Cricket Flour by Aleksei Sysa won the first prize. Viacheslav Shcherbakov received Best Research Paper Award for his work in the field of metallurgy.

Within the framework of the Forum, the participants visited Industrial Park "Great Stone", the most ambitious long-term Belarus-China project. The Park will become one of the key grounds of the Silk Road Economic Belt, a large-scale cooperation initiative put forward by Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader. About 80 delegates from Minsk and regional universities visited the Park. The excursion made a bright and memorable concluding event of the Forum.

We wholeheartedly congratulate all the participants. Taking part in such events is a genuinely priceless experience.

BNTU Scientific Library Participated in HR-Brand-2016 Award. HR-Brand-2016 is an independent annual award granted for successful work in the field of enhancing employer reputation.

The Library presented the City and Books project, a book festival held since 2015. The project aims at fostering interest towards reading, developing professional communication, and sharing best practices among specialists dealing with the organization of literary events in Minsk. The project emphasizes the social importance of literature as a fundamental part of the national culture. The concept is based on the principles of openness, extended dialogue, and access to quality literature. The project was implemented through crowdsourcing.

This year's contest showcased 37 projects from 34 Belarusian organizations. International Jury comprised CEOs, consultants, and experts in business and HR. The Jury considered projects for 4 basic awards: The World, The Republic, The Region, and The Capital. The contest also provided for 4 special awards, namely: Culture, Equal Opportunities, Professional Community Choice, and HR-Personality-2016.

The BNTU Scientific Library project City and Books won the 3^rd rank Culture Award and was granted a respective diploma.

Culture Award strives to detect and encourage employers implementing projects aimed at promoting creative initiatives, fostering national traditions, and preserving historic and cultural heritage of the country.

The case-conference held within the framework of HR-Brend-2016 Award featured presentations of projects in the field of HR-branding and HR-management.

Thanks to this event, the BNTU Scientific Library got a marvelous opportunity to share its positive experience in improving the employees' efficiency through project activities, establishing a creative environment in the team, strengthening the innovative component, and exploring novel ideas in the field of HR-branding and HR-management.

The employees of the BNTU MIPK&PK, Departments of Construction and Operation of Buildings and Structures and Safety of Technological Processes and Production, visited the National Library of the Republic of Belarus, the object of the Belarusian cultural heritage.

The excursion included a visit to the Book Museum and the lookout point located at the top of the Library building. Visitors got acquainted with the history of the Library, information resources, technical equipment, service technology, architectural features of the National Library, and its functions: that of an information and sociocultural center.

Employees of the Institute saw the presentation on finding scientific information on the Internet, which featured modern browsing methods. The guests also studied the methods of work accepted at the National Library. Such an exchange of best practices in today's saturated information field will improve the quality of training at the Institute.

Popular belief: touching this black sphere will give you the knowledge accumulated in 14 million books of the library fund

Dear Friends,

As the beautiful winter holidays are already at the door, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

The holiday season is a truly miraculous time filling hearts with joy, peace, new daring dreams and aspirations. May the glee and the beautiful atmosphere of these great holidays stay with you throughout the coming year!

Wishing you good health, spectacular achievements, and boundless enthusiasm,

BNTU Team

The BNTU Delegation headed by Ihar A. Ivanou, Dean of the Mechanics and Technology Faculty, Professor, visited Northeastern University (Shenyang, China).

This visit took place within the framework of the 3^rd Belarus-China Forum "New Horizons 2016". The Delegation comprised young scientists from a number of BNTU faculties, namely: Mechanics and Technology Faculty, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Architectural Faculty, and Power Engineering Faculty.

The delegates visited Neusoft Company and NeuNN Company and got acquainted with Northeastern University structure.

In their free time, delegation members explored the modern city and the old town.

Delegation of Changchun Vocational Institute of Technology (Changchun, China) headed by Mr. Liu Yumei, Vice-Rector, Professor, visited the Mechanics and Technology Faculty on December 20, 2016. The Delegation got acquainted with the structure of the Faculty, visited 3D simulation classrooms, mechanical workshop, and welding classroom.

The Delegates and the BNTU representatives discussed training of specialists in the field of welding for Chinese plants at the Mechanics and Technology Faculty.

Roman A. Pakholak, Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Construction and Maintenance of Roads, BNTU Faculty of Transport Communications, did a one-month internship at Road and Bridge Research Institute located in Warsaw (Poland). The internship took place on November 15 - December 15, 2016.

The Institute was founded in 1955 as Road Construction Institute. In 1959 it was renamed the Central R&D Center for Road Machinery. In 1974 the Center finally acquired its present name. i.e. Road and Bridge Research Institute.

In the postwar years, the Institute played an important part in road modernization. In 1990 the Institute started a large-scale modernization of its laboratories and purchased a number of unique devices. At present, the Institute runs several laboratories, namely

• Laboratory of Concretes;
• Laboratory of Road Diagnosis;
• Laboratory of Geotechnics and Foundations;
• Laboratory of Bridges;
• Laboratory of Asphalt Concrete.

A new modern branch of the Institute was established in Żmigród (near Wroclaw). The branch deals with the study of concrete and materials for concrete production, as well as diagnosis and repair of bridges. The second branch is located in the city of Kielce and is concerned with the study of bridges.

 Professor Leszek Rafalski, Director of the Institute

During the internship, Mr. Pakholak trained at the departments of concrete, technology of pavement, geotechnics, and diagnosis of road surface. Each Department has its own accredited laboratory with most modern equipment.

Mr. Pakholak also studied European norms, which apply to the construction and maintenance of roads with asphalt concrete and cement concrete pavement. In the laboratories, he observed material studies and participated in relevant processes.

Mr. Pakholak also visited Masfalt plant engaged in producing asphalt. This plant is one of the largest and most modern in Poland. Ammann Uniwersal 320 with the capacity of 320 tonnes per hour is equipped with a computerized dosing system. The plant has a modern system of dust collection that meets the most stringent European standards of environmental protection.

During the visit, Mr. Pakholak collected materials for his master's thesis and discussed further cooperation between the BNTU Transport Communications Faculty and Road and Bridge Research Institute.

Upon completion of the internship, Mr. Pakholak was awarded a respective certificate.

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

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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

SECOND CIRCULAR LETTER

Dear colleagues,

It is our pleasure to assure you that the 1st International Scientific Conference «DISCOURSES-1: RESEARCH AND EDUCATION»  organized on the initiativ European and Slavic discourse researchersand hosted by  the Belarusian Nat University (BNTU) will be heldin Minsk, Belarus, in September 28–30, 2017.

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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

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.