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Работа выполнена на кафедре иностранных языков НГТУ



ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКАЯ РАБОТА

 

Методические указания

для магистрантов, аспирантов

и соискателей

всех специальностей НГТУ

 

(Часть 1)

 

 

Новосибирск

ББК 81.432.1–9

А 647

 

 

Составили: доц. М.М. Прилуцкая,

ст. преп. С.М. Стенникова

 

 

Рецензент: канд. пед. наук, доц. О.В. Салкова

 

Работа выполнена на кафедре иностранных языков НГТУ

 

Методические указания " Исследовательская работа" предназначены для магистрантов, аспирантов и соискателей НГТУ.
В работе (часть 1) содержатся материалы по тематическим разделам " Исследовательская работа", " Магистратура", " Аспирантура", " Научные школы НГТУ".

Во второй части (издание планируется в 2003 г.) продолжается представление тематического раздела " Научные школы НГТУ",
а также тем " Международные научные контакты" и " Аспирантура в университетах Запада".

В части 1 материалы " Научные школы НГТУ", задание к ним, " Научные специальности", а также тексты " Научные исследования в НГТУ" и " Обучение по программе магистерской подготовке" разработаны С.М. Стенниковой; все остальные тексты, задания, упражнения и приложение 1 разработаны и подобраны
М.М. Прилуцкой.

 

© Новосибирский государственный

технический университет, 2003

 

SECTION I

NSTU AS A LEADING CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

 

 

NOVOSIBIRSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY:

YEARS OF PROGRESS IN EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

 

Since its early days, the university has been paying much attention to theoretical and applied research in the field of engineering. Nowadays, NSTU is one of the leading technical universities in Russia and an important scientific center. Its schools of thought on the automatic control; computer-aided devices for metering, control, and diagnostics; software for expert systems aimed for investigation of complex entities; hybrid methods and program systems for calculating strength and reliability of structures; increase in stability, economical efficiency, and quality of large engineering systems; new types of electronic and radio engineering devices; mathematical modeling and optimization of complex mechanical systems acquired national and international reputation.

For many years, NSTU has been maintaining contacts with the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS). A joint program to train highly qualified specialists has been drawn up. In particular, NSTU actively participates in carrying out projects of the Federal Target Program Integration. Cooperation in the projects with the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences facilitates the integration of educational and research institutions and transformation of the university into the leading scientific and educational center of the region.

During the last decade, humanities became an integral part of the courses offered by NSTU and this is not by chance; it is rather meeting the demands of the present-day society.

Special attention is devoted to bringing up new generations of researchers. Many former university students have become leading NSTU researchers and professors. In 1994, NSTU opened its first Master's Programs. These are research-oriented programs which are considered as a step towards studies and research in Cand. Sc. (doctoral) programs. At present, it is fully realized that the young generation of researchers are researchers of the XXI century. They are the future of Russian science and there is every reason to believe that these gifted, creative, hardworking young people will make an outstanding contribution to the development of science.

Since early 1970's, NSTU has been organizing the Days of Science. Conferences, olympiads, grant competitions are held within the framework of this event. Students involved in research work and making good progress in the field are awarded university grants. Outstanding students are awarded City, Regional Administration, Russian Federation Government and Presidential grants.

Inter-university conferences are of utmost importance. Getting together and discussing problems of common interest provides first-hand information on the research pursued, facilitates personal contacts, promotes further collaboration, which is, indeed, the primary objective of these events.

As is known, science is developing due to exchange of ideas. Nowadays, it is the English language which has become the language of international scientific communication. Integration into the world scientific community requires thorough knowledge of English.

The university concluded twenty-five agreements on cooperation in the field of science, culture, and education. Participation of the NSTU faculty in various international conferences and symposiums is a traditional form of scientific information exchange. During the recent years, NSTU was the venue of 39 international events.

 

(Based on the materials of the First Graduate School Inter-University Scientific Conference, NSTU, Novosibirsk, 2000)

 

 

Vocabulary list

 

applied прикладной
leading ведущий
school of thought (on) научная школа
maintain поддерживать
joint общий, совместный
participate in участвовать
target program целевая программа
carry out projects выполнять проекты
facilitate способствовать
humanities гуманитарные науки
bring up воспитывать
generation поколение
Master’s program программа магистерской под-готовки
research-oriented program программа, ориентированная на научные исследования
Candidate of Science (Cand. Sc.) program программа обучения в аспи-рантуре
doctoral / Ph. D. program докторская программа. Примерный аналог аспиран-туры (в университетах Запа-да). После окончания этой программы присваивается докторская степень. Докторс-кие степени делятся на про-фессиональные, например, Doctor of Medicine, и иссле-довательские – Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.)
venue место сбора, встречи, проведения конференции, переговоров и т.п.

 

 

Comprehension check

 

1. Name some of the NSTU schools of thought emphasizing those you know about.

2. Why are research contacts with SB RAS so important?

3. What kind of contribution are the young researchers expected to make to the development of science? Will they be involved in qualitatively new areas of research?

4. Why is participation in conferences so important? Have you participated in the NSTU Days of Science?

5. Why do you think so much attention is paid to the English language study at present?

6. What facts prove that NSTU is actively involved in international research cooperation?

 

Speech Practice

 

Characterize NSTU as a leading research center putting special emphasis on educating young researchers and international research contacts.

Comprehension check

 

Look through the text. Find the following facts and figures:

Number of graduates (зд. graduates выпускники)

Number of academic staff

Number of Cand. Sc. and D. Sc. degree holders

Total number of graduate students

Number of postdoctoral students

 

 

IN NSTU GRADUATE School

 

 

Programmes in NSTU

 

Training of researchers and specialists in NSTU is financed from the state budget or offered on a contract basis with institutions or individuals. The following degree programmes and services are offered:

· Master’s Degree Study

 

· Doctor’s Degree Study

· Postdoctoral Study and Research

· Doctoral and Postdoctoral Programmes on a part-time basis

· Arranging examinations for postgraduate students from NSTU and other universities and institutions

· Research internships and study trips

 

 

Majors with Concentrations

 

Physics

Plasma physics

510412 Physics of optical phenomena

Management

521516 Industrial system organization

521517 Personnel management

521528 Industrial management

Economics

Finance

Automation and Control

Engineering system control

550212 Control system components and devices

Micro-and nanoelectronics

550714 Electronic devices and facilities

550717 Industrial electronics and microprocessor-based de-vices

Heat-Power Engineering

550901 Fundamental of heat-power engineering

550903 Electric and heat power generation technology

550907 Optimization of steam generation processes and boiler plant operating conditions

Instrument Making

551505 Instrumentation information technologies

551517 Biomedical systems and apparatuses

Electric Power Engineering

551701 Electric units of electric power stations and substations

551702 Electric power systems and networks

551703 Optimization of developing power supply systems

551706 Renewable energy converters and systems

551707 High voltage physics and equipment

551708 Automatic equipment of power systems

Radio Engineering

552502 Systems and devices for signal transmission. reception and processing

550505 Television systems and video equipment

552507 Radio physics

Applied Mechanics

553302 Mechanics of strained solid body

553304 Dynamics and strength of machines

 

Speech Practice

 

Study the information about research directions offered by NSTU graduate school. Explain why you have chosen the field you are studying and researching into.

 

 

Matt A. Cima

International Standard

 

The English language has been selected as the international language without our input. It is a fact that we are faced with and knowing that interactions between countries will increase we must choose to be a part of these interactions or choose to be isolated from the opportunities within these interactions. Language, like computers, benefit from a common standard which information can be exchanged quickly and accurately. Certainly we can wait for translations of information into native languages, but with the speed of information and business and technology changes, we are compelled to realize that opportunities will be missed.

Information Exchange

 

As mentioned earlier. the Internet is making interactions and information exchanges easier to accomplish. English is currently being used as the primary medium, with which different countries can communicate. With the uncertainty of economic situations, the advancement of new interactive technologies such as video conferencing, and the need to keep pace with a changing world environment the Internet is becoming a common communication platform.

 

Comprehension check

 

1. What are the advantages of researchers knowing the English language?

2. What should research scientists master the English language for?

3. Why is common standard necessary?

4. What technologies are becoming a common communication platform nowadays?

5. What is the Universities’ responsibility as far as “the language tool” is concerned.

 

Speech Practice

 

1. Speak about the necessity of the common language for international research exchange.

2. Say what helps you master the every-day and scientific English.

3. Express your opinion of language compared to technology.

 

SECTION II

Vocabulary list

 

graduate school (Am E) / (post) graduate studies (Br E) аспирантура; в университетах Запада магистерские программы являются частью (первой ступенью) аспирантуры
confer / award / grant a degree присуждать степень
defend dissertation (Am E) защищать диссертацию
graduate applicant поступающий в аспирантуру
supervisor of studies / thesis ad-viser / dissertation adviser / (research) adviser научный руководитель
Candidate's degree examinations; preliminary examinations (prelims) (Am E)   зд. экзамены кандидатского минимума
grade (Am E) оценка

 

Comprehension check

 

1. What facts confirm that in the early days of its existence the university started functioning as a center for graduate education?

2. What is the structure of studies at the NSTU graduate school?

3. What fields does the University Graduate School offer Cand. Sc. degree in?

 

Speech Practice

 

Speak about Cand. Sc. (doctoral) programs at NSTU putting special emphasis on the historical background, programs structure and graduate requirements.

 

 

Vocabulary list

 

multi-level system of education set a goal многоуровневая система поставить цель
achieve a goal достичь цели
transition переход
state educational standard государственный образовательный стандарт
earn a degree получить степень
qualifying examinations квалификационные / аттестационные экзамены
coursework работа по программе / курсу обучения

 

Comprehension check

 

1. Why do you think NSTU was among the first Russian higher educational institutions to introduce the multi-level system of education?

2. What are the advantages of the system?

3. What are the two ways of earning an advanced (third-level) degree from a technological university?

4. What is the major difference between these degrees?

5. What degree is awarded after successful completion of the coursework during a four-year period at University and meeting all the degree requirements?

6. What certificate does a student receive after two years of study in the Bachelor’s program and passing the necessary qualifying examinations if he/she chooses to leave the University?

 

 

MASTERS OF SCIENCE PROGRAM IN …

(ELECTRICAL ENGINEEING / COMPUTER ENGINEERING / COMPUTER SCIENCE / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, etc.)

(Part of a Sample Answer on the Topic)

 

Novosibirsk State Technical University opened its master-level degree programs in 1994/95 academic year. There are two types of degree programs suggested: research-oriented programs leading to M.S. degree and professional programs designed to train professionally qualified /certified engineers for practical work in industry, science, and business.

In 1994 the first students enrolled in the NSTU Master's programs on the competition basis and in June 1996 the first Master's programs graduates were awarded their Master's of Science degrees. The number of students admitted to the Master's programs is 15 per cent of Bachelor's program graduates.

NSTU offers Master's programs in forty-nine fields of study. Training Master students is a new task for Russian higher school. At NSTU, Master's programs are considered as a basis for continuing education in Cand. Sc. program. In accordance with the State Educational Standard, Master students are oriented towards independent research work thus restricting time for required regular lectures and classes.

Each Master student is doing research under the supervision of a research adviser who is a university professor/teacher with a research degree (Cand. Sc. or D. Sc.). Introducing the Master's programs, NSTU is aiming at setting up a school training qualified specialists in teaching and research.

I've entered a research-oriented M.S. program as I was already engaged in research when an undergraduate student. I was doing research under the supervision of Professor / Associate Professor N, an authority in the field. The academic staff of our department are engaged in active research in almost all branches of … There are many advanced seminars each semester for graduate students and research staff. Conferences in many areas of active research are held here.

One may choose an individually tailored curriculum, it depends on your progress in the field, your thesis adviser's opinion, and some other factors I think. Personal guidance is provided for each graduate student. Completion of M.S. program requires 2 academic years of study.

The program is made up of a specified number of required and elective courses. My majors are …, and I've also chosen … as elective courses.

After two years of studies in the M.S. program, students submit their master's thesis which is a written work containing research results in a specified field. An oral thesis defense is required. I hope to successfully defend the thesis and then continue to study in Cand. Sc. program towards the Candidate of Engineering degree.

 

Vocabulary list

 

professionally qualified/ certified specialists дипломированные специалисты
enrol(l) in вносить в списки (учащихся); запи-сываться, зачисляться
competition конкурс
admit принимать
admission прием
master student магистрант
required зд. обязательный, e. g. required courses обязательные учебные курсы / дис-циплины
research degree научная степень
undergraduate student студент программы бакалавриата
under the supervision of под руководством
master’s thesis (Am E) магистерская диссертация
master’s thesis defense (Am E) защита магистерской диссертации
Master of science (M. Sc. (Br E) / M. S. (Am E)) Магистр (естественных или точных наук)

Comprehension check

 

1. When did NSTU open its first master-level degree programs?

2. What are the two types of master-level degree programs offered by the University?

3. When were the first Master’s programs graduates awarded their M. S. degrees?

4. How many fields does NSTU offer its Master’s programs in?

5. What are the characteristic features of M. S. programs at NSTU?

6. How much time is required to complete a Master’s program?

7. What is the University aiming at launching its Master’s program?

8. May the M. S. degree at NSTU be earned without a master’s thesis?

9. What kind of degree work is the Master’s thesis? Should it be an original and interesting contribution to the field?

10. Why do you think an oral thesis defense is required?

 

 

MASTER ‘S DEGREE STUDY

 

Master of Science training in diverse fields of science is one of the major educational programmes requiring six years of study. The programme is composed of a four-year undergraduate study and a two-year graduate study in a chosen field.

After successful completion of studies graduates are awarded the master’s degree and are prepared to the following:

· To do research in their professional area

· To train undergraduate students as teaching assistants

· To continue studies in doctoral programmes

Training is carried out in accordance with an individually designed curriculum under the guidance of a research advisor.

Applicants who successfully complete the undergraduate school and hold bachelor’s degrees are allowed for admission to the Master’s Degree programme. Admission is competitive. To be admitted an applicant is required to take tests and examinations related to the field of study.

Students who obtained their bachelor’ s degrees in engineering in NSTU may opt for the Master’s Degree programme in their field on a competitive basis.

Students holding bachelor’ s degrees in fields different from the Master’s programme have to take an obligatory examination in the chosen major covering the content requirements of the Bachelor of Science programme.

Applicants who hold bachelor’s degrees in engineering but who graduated from NSTU more than a year ago or who graduated from another university have to take tests and undergo an interview with the Admissions Boards at the Faculties.

Applications are accepted from 15-25 June. Applications include the following:

· Application form

· Educational documents (with full records of academic performance in related subjects)

· Letters of recommendation from the previous educational institution

It is also desirable to attach a list of publications, diplomas and certificates awarded at contests and competitions and other documents confirming qualification and creative potential of an applicant.

 

Comprehension check

 

1. How much time is required to complete a Master’s program at NSTU? What parts is the program composed of?

2. What career opportunities do the graduates from the Master’s programs have? Which of the alternatives is better in your opinion?

3. What does an application for admission to the Master’s program include? (e.g. for those graduating from other institutions or having more than a year interval after graduation from NSTU Bachelor’s programs)

4. What is recommended to attach to an application?

 

Speech Practice

 

Describe the procedure of applying for admission to the Master’s programs at NSTU.

 

Introduction

 

Being a 3d year Bachelor student I took additional courses offered by the Department of Parallel Computational Technologies. The research area of the Department seemed interesting, so I decided to do Bachelor's work at the Department and then continue it in the Master's program.

 

Conclusions

At NSTU, M.S. programs are research-oriented. While studying in this program I've acquired research skills to analyse, collect, and process information, and generate new ideas and original methods. Research is creative work. I think I'll continue doing this research in the Ph.D. (Cand.Sc.) program after completing the M.S. course.

Helpful vocabulary

 

do research; explore in depth; carry out an investigation; the history of the field dates back to; state-of-the-art; research effort; participate in a project; to be(a)part of a project; research team; teamwork; the project has been supported (in part) by a grant from; under the grant from; principal investigator (ведущий специалист); present the
thesis / dissertation for defense.

 

 

Appendix 1

 

 

COLLOCATIONS WITH RESEARCH

 

Research can be translated as исследование, (научно-)ис-следовательская работа, научная работа or наука, depending on the context. A particular investigation is not called a research but a piece of research (or an investigation / study). The word research is uncountable. Sometimes, however, research is used countably in the
plural

e. g. His researches produced some interesting results.

Research may also be used as a verb, often into

e. g. He is researching into the air pollution.

More often, however, the expressions to do research or be engaged in research (formal style) are used with the noun research in this sense (see below).

The following prepositions are used with the noun research:

1. On is used with a more or less specific subject

e. g. I'm doing research on the history of foreign economic relations.

2. In is used with the field of investigation

e. g. He is engaged in research in numerical methods.

3. Into occurs less often, mainly with words such as problem, cause, relation, origin.

e. g. Recent research into the cause of air pollution reveals new statistical data.

To do research with no adverbial modifier specifying the subject or field means to be a postgraduate student, or, as this is also called, a research student

e. g. Master students take a specified number of courses and do research.

 

Collocations translated as заниматься / вести исследовательскую работу to carry out / conduct / do / pursue / be engaged in / undertake research (on/in/into smth)

Other collocations with research

to complete / direct / refer to / stimulate / give priority to research

academic / basic / comprehensive / complex / current / descriptive / detailed / empirical / experimental / extensive / fundamental / independent / original / profound / scientific / theoretical / thorough / computer science research

research agenda / Council / grant / literature / paper / program / project / team / topic / tool

e. g. A scientific paper is a culmination of scientific research.

The depiction of structures in higher dimension is currently an active area of computer science research.

This work was supported by research grants from the Russian Federation government.

I want to review much of the research literature which bears directly on our further work. The journal is an innovative forum for scholarly debate, as well as for research and theoretical papers.

This educational area of specialization has its own theoretical orientation and research tradition.

 

(Based on J. Povey and I. Walshe, An English Teacher's Handbook of Educational Terms, Moscow, " Vyssaja Skola", 1982 and N.K. Riabtseva, English for Scientific Purposes, Flinta Publishers / Nauka Publishers, Moscow, 2000)

 

 


SECTION III

NSTU SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT

Department of Automation

Major Results of Research

 

· A new effective approach to the design of control systems for essentially nonlinear variable dynamic objects has been developed. This approach is based on the localization method. A special “fast» internal circuit is formed in the control system to localize the influence of uncontrollable signal and parametric disturbances. The circuit is formed by using the state vector derivative and high gains in the control law, which allows suppressing external disturbances and giving the necessary dynamic characteristics to the control system.

· Methods of analysis and design have been developed for single-channel and multi-channel control systems, adaptive and tracking systems as well as control systems for distributed parameter object.

· A new theory has been developed for routine identification of essentially variable parameters of dynamic objects.

· New effective methods have been designed for parametric identification and identification of impulse response, free from restrictions on the degree of desired parameter variation.

· A new structural approach has been developed to designing algorithms for restoring input signals of dynamic systems.

· New methods and algorithms have been developed for mutual transformations of linear mathematical models of dynamic objects.

· New methods and algorithms for the identification of impulse and frequency responses have been developed. They are effective under conditions of a priori uncertainty and are low sensitive to the properties of objects being identified as well as to the nature and. level of noise.

· New methods and algorithms have been designed for the reconstruction of the differential equation of the object by evaluating its impulse response.

· New methods and algorithms have been designed for the filtration of short realizations of signals

 

The results of research were discussed at more than 60 international and all-Russian conferences, congresses and symposia of IFAC included. Four all-Russian scientific and engineering conferences on “Microprocessor Control Systems” were held in Novosibirsk (1974, 1987, 1990, and 1992). Five all-Russian scientific and engineering symposia on the application of the identification theory methods in metrology and measurement engineering were also held in Novosibirsk (1972, 1975, 1982, 1985, and 1989). Four monographs were published; 60 investigations were completed, with the results being applied at 30 enterprises. A new lecture course on nonlinear control systems was developed as well as a new lecture course on the automatic control theory.

The results of theoretical research were used in solving such engineering problems as the stabilization of electric arc parameters in an electric arc steel-melting furnace, control of an aircraft air conditioning system, and design of a multi-channel adaptive optical system.

 

 

Main Areas of Research

 

· Development and analysis of algorithms for constructing optimal experiment designs for convex functionals of information matrices with unknown parameters of static and dynamic models of multi-factor systems.

· Development of theoretical principles of the finite element method for solving three-dimensional problems of electromagnetism and heat transfer. Elaboration and study of algorithms for the analysis and design of experiments for distributed systems described by partial differential equations.

· Elaboration of criteria for the analysis of local and global identifiability of parameters of models presented in the form of systems of ordinary differential and difference equations.

· Development of the theory of stable detection., estimation and filtration of signals.

· Development of artificial intelligence systems for the investigation of complex multi-factor systems by means of active experiment methods.

 

The members of the school collaborate with researchers of leading higher educational institutions in Russia (e.g. Moscow State University (MSU), the Institute of Mechanics in MSU, St. Petersburg State University, Moscow Power Engineering Institute, etc.) as well as with scientists from foreign universities (e.g. Vienna Technical University, Hemnitz-Zwikau Technical University, etc.).

 

Major Results of Research

 

· General-purpose computer systems of algorithms for the analysis and design of experiments that form the basis for the design of application program packages, dialogue systems, expert systems, etc. have been proposed, elaborated and investigated.

· Direct and dual-direct algorithms have been proposed, developed and investigated for building optimal (locally optimal) mini-max and bias experiment designs with linear and non-linear parameterization of the regression equation set for a compact domain of independent variable variation as well as algorithms for optimality criteria of convex functionals of information matrices.

· The task of the grouped response experiment analysis and design has been set and resolved.

· Methods of developing invariant and unbiased rules have been worked out for detection and identification of signals under a priori uncertainty on the basis of the approximation of distribution functions of the values under study.

· Methods of the signal parameter estimation under a priori uncertainty have been elaborated on the basis of the theory of effective estimation of distribution parameters by using complete sufficient statistics and the method of moments.

· New variational statements for solving nonlinear non-steady state problems of electromagnetism arising in complex technical devices have been developed as well as new approaches to solving 3D problems of electromagnetism.

· Distributions of statistics of non-parametric fitting criteria of the Kolmogorov, Smirnoff or Mises type in testing various complicated hypotheses by means of different estimation methods have been investigated. Approximations of statistics distribution laws of appropriate criteria for various complicated hypotheses have been built.

· A differential and geometric approach to constructing an asymptotic second-order nonlinear regression theory by the least square method has been developed.

 

Based on these investigations, general-purpose application program packages were elaborated for the experiment analysis and design on various computers; solutions to three-dimensional stationary and non-stationary problems of electromagnetism and heat transfer were proposed; software for automated measurement and control systems as well as an expert system to study multi-factor objects were elaborated. The teaching manual “Applied statistics. Rules for testing experimental and theoretical distribution agreement. Methodological recommendations” in two parts was written.

 

 

History of the School

 

In the mid-60s it became quite evident that semiconductor sensors played a crucial role in providing further development of instrumentation systems, in designing improved automated control systems and equipping civil and military industrial enterprises with them. In the early 1970s, large- scale work on designing photosensors for various wave length ranges started at the Institute of Semiconductor Physics under the supervision of Prof. I.G. Neizvestny. First, investigations were carried out with germanium and later with compound semiconductors, the procedure of molecular-beam epitaxy having been developed by that time. In 1995, I.G. Neizvestny was awarded a State Prize of the Russian Federation for his fundamental and experimental investigations of a new class of photosensitive semiconductor materials. Quite soon vital importance of research work in microelectronics became obvious and in 1975 an affiliated branch of the department of semiconductor devices and microelectronics was set up in the Institute of Semiconductor Physics. It is headed now by I.G. Neizvestny.

On the initiative of Prof. A.F. Gorodetsky and Prof. V.S. Shadrin work on designing discrete semiconductor strain gauges started at the department of SD& ME, which resulted in creating first domestically produced commercial structures.

In the early 1970s, Prof. V.S. Gridchin initiated work on designing a new class of semiconductor devices - integrated strain-gauge transducers for converting mechanical values into electrical ones. These strain-gauge transducers provided a basis for designing sensors of pressure and acceleration of a new type that were later introduced into commercial production at Russian industrial enterprises. Prof. V.A. Gridchin was the first to consider in his papers both theoretical aspects of strain-gauge transducer operation and production problems of manufacturing pressure sensors having high measuring characteristics. He also solved some major problems of their physical and topological design.

Fundamental and applied research carried out at NSTU and the Institute of Semiconductor Physics of SD RAS as well as devices designed there opened the way for further development of sensor microelectronic devices at industrial enterprises in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Saratov, Penza, and Tomsk.

 

 

Main Areas of Research

 

· Development of theoretical aspects of designing sensor microelectronic devices.

· Elaboration of theoretical principles of polysilicon-based strain-gauge operation

· Development of production principles of manufacturing of a new class of semiconductor strain-gauge transducers based on the SMART-CUT technology

· Design of 3D mathematical models of mechanical components of pressure sensors

· Investigation into new types of nanoelectronic structures to be used in sensor electronics.

 

Major Results of Research

 

· Fundamentals of semiconductor sensor design with due attention to the effect of various factors - temperature, pressure and radiation - have been elaborated

· Physical and topological models of major types of mechanical sensors and sensors of radiation have been developed.

· First Russian integrated pressure sensors with self-compensated temperature characteristics have been developed and put into commercial production.

· First Russian pressure sensors with polysilicon dielectric insulation for a wider operating temperature range have been designed and put into commercial production.

· 5-channeel sound probes for gastric examination based on small-size integrated strain gauges have been developed in cooperation with the Clinical and Experimental Medicine Institute of the Russian Academy of Medical Science.

· Fundamental research into processes occurring in microelectronic films and structures to be used in sensor electronics, micro- and nanoelectronics has been carried put.

· Unique methods for monitoring the rate of growth of semiconductor structures have been developed.

· High sensitive linear and matrix-integrated IK photosensors with an operating range from 6 to 25 mm have been designed.

 

 

History of the School

 

In the late 60s an acute demand arose for highly qualified competent economists capable of tackling scientific and economic tasks of increasing industrial production efficiency. Taking this into account the Novosibirsk State Electrical Engineering Institute (now NSTU) opened a new major “Mechanized Processing of Economic Information” and first students were enrolled in 1966. Soon after K. T. Dzhurabaev was appointed head of the department of economics and industrial production management (EIPM). In 1966, the department became a center of higher economic and engineering education in Novosibirsk. During the first years of development the conditions grew ripe at the department for setting up other economic departments. The department of computer processing of economic information, the department of industrial economics, the department of production management, the department of finance and law (now it is the department of finance and taxation policy), and the department of accounting branched off from the department of EIPM.

K.T. Dzhurabaev, the founder of the school of thought, developed a new trend in the theory and methods of norm-setting and industrial process organization under conditions of production development. This direction was first presented and analyzed comprehensively in the monograph “Peculiarities of Labor Norm-Setting In Production Development” published “Economika” Publishers in Moscow.

The methods developed by him were widely used in an experiment on using a collective labour contract in industry, which was described in his book “Organization of Collective Contract Practice” published by “Machinostroyenie” Publishers, Moscow. Theoretical considerations, conclusions and recommendations were used in textbooks and manuals for higher schools published by “Vyshaya Shkola” Publishers, e.g. “Economics of Electrical Engineering Industry”, “Organization and Planning of Electrical Engineering Industry. Management of Electrical Engineering Enterprise”, “Scientific Organization and Labor-Norm Setting in Electrical Engineering Industry”, etc.

Over the period from 1994 to 1999 he conducted a number of investigations on the development of theoretical and applied problems of organization and management of production under conditions of transition to a market economy.

From 1996 to1998 special attention was given to the development of problems of restructuring and adaptation of industrial enterprises to new forms of management. The results of these investigations were presented in a number of publications and reports. Doctoral students also used these results in writing their theses.

At the present time Prof. K.T. Dzhurabaev is a supervisor of the sub-programme “Organizational and Economic Problems of Competitive Industry Development” carried out by the International Academy of Theory and Practice of Production Management.

 

History of the School

 

In 1962, systematic work in applied statistics and data analysis began with research into automatic identification of speech signals under the guidance of N. G. Zagoruiko, Cand. Sc. (Eng.). In 1964, the first Cand. Sc. degree in this area was awarded to G. Ya. Voloshin. Now Prof. G. Ya. Voloshin is a distinguished scientist who obtained
a D. Sc.degree for his research. Later, the research staff extended the domain of investigation to cover identification of images in hydroacoustics, geology, sociology, medicine and some other applied areas. Based on this, research into new methods of data and knowledge analysis and other methods used in the design of systems for decision-making that use statistical analysis of data and knowledge was initiated. D. Sc. degrees in this field area were awarded to
N. G. Zagoruiko (1969), G. S. Lbov (1974), G. Ya. Voloshin (1977), V. I. Kotyukov, (1985), K. F. Samokhvalov (1990), A. V. Kelmanov (1996) and Yu. A. Ustyugov (1998).

In 1964, hardware for the statistical analysis of signals was developed under the contract with the Volgograd tractor plant. First it was done under the guidance of senior teacher Yu. K. Postoenko, then in 1965 V. V. Gubarev took charge of this research. In 1971,
V. V. Gubarev was awarded a Cand. Sc. degree for his thesis “Multi-Purpose Analysers of Random Processes (principles of constructing and error analysis)” which was written by him independently without any scientific supervision. The first doctoral dissertation within the school of thought was written by A. I. Krichevsky under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. V. V. Gubarev. The doctoral programme in this area was opened in 1978.

 

Major Results of Research

 

· Theoretical principles of algorithms for statistical measurements, signal identification, simulation and prediction, statistical measurement systems, statistical testing grounds, the method of modelletheque for solving these problems, new characteristics of random signals invariant to any monotone one-to-one transformation of signals have been developed.

· Procedures, mathematical methods, algorithms and software for automatic identification of empirical regularities, identification of images under a limited sampling size as well as data analysis under characteristics heterogeneity, poor representation of the sampling, presence of noises, errors and blanks have been elaborated.

· Specific classes of computer systems have been designed and implemented for the acquisition and processing of uniform and different-type experimental data and for solving various application problems, e.g. expert and neuron computer systems, multi-purpose partner systems such as OTEKS, EKSNA, ASSOD, etc.

· Various application problems have been solved, among them engineering diagnostics, monitoring of the population health, forecasting in power engineering, in technological, economic, agricultural and other areas.

 

The results of these investigations were presented at more than 250 International and All-Russian conferences and symposia, IFAC, LAPR, AL, IFIP, IMECO congresses and symposia included. They were also implemented as automatic and automated processing systems for management, control and measurement of experimental data and introduced into 34 industrial enterprises and organizations. Fifteen All-Russian research symposia on statistical analysis of signals, seventeen All-Russian workshops on “Automatic Recognition of Audio Images” (ARAI) and four All-Russian conferences on “Method of Regularity Identification” (MRI) were held.

 

 

DOCTOR’S DEGREE PROGRAMME

 

This programme gives citizens of the Russian Federation having engineering and specialist degrees an opportunity to improve their research and teaching qualifications.

Admission to the programme is competitive. There are full- and time-part courses. The period of study in the full-time programme must not exceed three years and in the part-time it lasts four years. The time spent in the full-time programme is included in the record of service as research and teaching work.

Candidates have interviews with their prospective research advisors and take admission examinations in their majors, philosophy and a foreign language.

The results of final examinations in philosophy and a foreign language passed in the M. Sc. programme may be accepted as entrance examinations if they were included in the individual plan of a graduate student and were passed with an excellent or good mark.

 

Majors with Concentrations

 

I. Physics and mathematics

II. Engineering sciences

Manufacturing engineering

Control methods and diagnostics in mechanical engineering

Theory of machines and mechanisms

Mechanical and physicotechnical treatment technology and equipment

Strength and heat conditions of aircraft

Electromechanics and electric machines

Electromechanical systems and complexes

Electrotechnology

Power electronics

Measurement methods and instruments

Information control and measurement systems

Medical devices, systems and products

Image and sound conversion methods and devices

Radio engineering. Radio navigation, radio location and television devices and systems

Antennas, microwave devices and manufacturing techniques

Telecommunications systems, networks and equipment

Systems analysis, data control and processing

Mathematical and software support of computers, computer complexes and nets

Telecommunications systems and computer networks

Fundamentals of information science

Mathematical modelling, numerical methods and program systems

Power plants and electric power systems

Industrial heat power engineering

High voltage engineering

Thermal power stations, their power systems and equipment

Physical metallurgy and heat treatment of metals

Electrochemical change technology and corrosion protection

Applied chemistry processes and equipment

Agricultural electrotechnologies and electric equipment

Solid-state electronics, radio electron components, micro- and nanoelectronics, quantum effect devices

Vacuum and plasma electronics

Technologies and equipment for manufacturing semiconductors, materials and electronic devices

III. Economics

Economics and national economy management

IV. Philosophy

Ontology and epistemology/cognitive theory

Social philosophy

V. Philology

Russian

VI. Education

Learning and instruction technology, history of pedagogy and education

Concentrations

1. Automatic control under incomplete information about plant properties; software and dataware

2. Efficiency, ecological compatibility and quality of large power system operation

3. Long-term systems, machines and mechanisms for advanced technologies

 

 

Speech practice

 

Seminar: NSTU Schools of Thought

Start with a brief history of school of thought you belong to, mentioning its leading scientists. Then describe its the main fields of research. After that give a talk about the achievements and results of the research work.

 

CONTENTS

 

 

SECTION I

NSTU as a Leading Center for Research and Education.......... 3

 

SECTION II

Candidate's and Master's Programs at NSTU.......................... 13

 

SECTION III

NSTU Schools of Thought..................................................... 26

 

 

ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКАЯ РАБОТА

 

Методические указания

для магистрантов, аспирантов

и соискателей

всех специальностей НГТУ

 

(Часть 1)

 

 

Новосибирск

ББК 81.432.1–9

А 647

 

 

Составили: доц. М.М. Прилуцкая,

ст. преп. С.М. Стенникова

 

 

Рецензент: канд. пед. наук, доц. О.В. Салкова

 

Работа выполнена на кафедре иностранных языков НГТУ

 

Методические указания " Исследовательская работа" предназначены для магистрантов, аспирантов и соискателей НГТУ.
В работе (часть 1) содержатся материалы по тематическим разделам " Исследовательская работа", " Магистратура", " Аспирантура", " Научные школы НГТУ".

Во второй части (издание планируется в 2003 г.) продолжается представление тематического раздела " Научные школы НГТУ",
а также тем " Международные научные контакты" и " Аспирантура в университетах Запада".

В части 1 материалы " Научные школы НГТУ", задание к ним, " Научные специальности", а также тексты " Научные исследования в НГТУ" и " Обучение по программе магистерской подготовке" разработаны С.М. Стенниковой; все остальные тексты, задания, упражнения и приложение 1 разработаны и подобраны
М.М. Прилуцкой.

 

© Новосибирский государственный

технический университет, 2003

 

SECTION I


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