DMITRIEV SERGEI MIKHAILOVICH

Rector of Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev, Head of the Department of Nuclear and Thermal Power Plants

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Professor

Chairman of Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Nuclear Society of Russia

President of the Interregional Volgo-Vyatka Branch of the Academy of Engineering Sciences named after
A.M. Prokhorov

Vice President of the Nuclear Education Network IAEA – EurAsEC

Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation

silver and gold medals of Rosenergoatom Concern ‘For ensuring safety of nuclear power plants’

Order of Academician Kurchatov, 4th class

Medal of the Veteran of Nuclear Energy and Industry

area of scientific research:

hydrodynamics and thermal physics of the basic equipment for nuclear power plants

major scientific developments:

• hydrodynamic and mass transfer characteristics of coolant flow in fuel assembly of power reactors;
• algorithms for controlling active harmonic filters in AC electric drives;
• estimating the durability of the heat transfer surface of a steam generating element with double sided heating under conditions of hydrodynamic instability;
• experimental studies of the heat transfer crisis at low and negative coolant flow rates;
• experimental study of the nonstationary temperature field in the heat transfer wall of the steam generating channel during pulsations in the flow of the working fluid;
• optimization of full-scale experiments on the crisis of heat transfer based on the topological features of the boiling curve;
• continuous vertical steam generator

GROSHEV ANATOLY MIKHAILOVICH

Director of the Institute of Transport Systems at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev

Candidate of Technical Sciences

Associate Professor of the Department of Cars and Tractors

scientific supervisor of the Center for Road Traffic Safety and Technical Expertise, NNSTU

scientific supervisor of the Research and Development Laboratory of Intelligent Transport Systems

Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation

Director of the Engineering Center Automobile construction

Manager of the complex project “Creation of a high-tech production of eco-friendly resource-saving light commercial vehicles” (by Government Decree No. 218)

area of scientific research:

vehicle safety, automatic and intelligent transport systems, concept of electric vehicles creation

major scientific developments:

• creation of light commercial vehicles;
• software and hardware complexes for the evaluation of braking properties of vehicles;
• complex for measuring energy-saving properties of thermally insulated structures;
• thermal load of brake mechanisms calculation;
• electric motor vehicle chassis;
• investigation of destruction mechanics of land vehicles load-bearing structures

AGINEY RUSLAN VICTOROVICH

Head of the Department of Designing and Operation of Oil and Gas Pipelines and Oil and Gas Storages at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev, Deputy Director General for Science in Giprogaztsentr JSC

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Professor

Badge “Professional Engineer of Russia”

Gazprom PJSC Prize Laureate in the field of science and technology

area of scientific research:

oil and gas pipeline construction and operation, improvement of the methods for oil and gas industry facilities construction, increasing the efficiency and reliability of pipeline transport systems

major scientific developments:

• development of methods for increasing the effectiveness of the anti-corrosion protection of gas transmission system objects;
• design basis and method of mounting the support for technological pipelines of compressor stations;
• automated system for processing data on the technical condition of underground pipelines;
• remote method for localization of underground gas pipeline insulation flaking-off;
• diagnostics of stressed state of oil and gas pipelines metal according to magnetic characteristics;
• method for preventing the development of pipeline wall defects;
• method for extending the lifetime of above ground pipelines;
• monitoring of moisture absorption of bituminous coating during the underground gas pipeline operation.

BELYAKOV VLADIMIR VICTOROVICH

Head of the Research and Innovation Division at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Professor

Full member of the Academy of Engineering Sciences named after A.M. Prokhorov

Secretary of the Scientific and Technical Council at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseeva

area of scientific research:

transport and technological systems theory, theory of a vehicle cross-country ability, the concept of surface transport and technological systems mobility, historical and methodological aspects of transport development, Nizhny Novgorod scientific school of cross country vehicles

major scientific developments:

• all-wheel drive experimental chassis GPI-3901 with inboard turning and its various modifications;
• heavy all-wheel drive car NNPI-6901 with inboard turning the on the basis of aggregates and units of GAZ and KamAZ cars;
• light floating all-wheel drive (8x8) car NNSTU-2901with inboard turning;
• high frequency heating induction machine;
• wheel propulsion unit for pipelines maintenance machines;
• vehicle of high cross-country ability with wheel arrangement 8х8;
• vehicle of high cross-country ability, snow and swamp-going vehicle on ultra-low pressure tires with wheel arrangement 8х8 and with with the ability to control the rotation through all the wheels.

VAGANOV ALEXANDER BORISOVICH

Associate Professor of the Department of Aerodynamics, Strength of Machines and Resistance of Materials at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Associate Professor

area of scientific research:

Full-scale studies of ship maneuverability, vessel dynamics under complex impact of external forces

major scientific developments:

• methods for calculating the positioning of vessels for shelf development in difficult operational conditions;
• application of computational fluid dynamics methods in the courses of machine building hydraulics;
• dynamics of a displacement amphibious vessel;
• analysis of low-frequency oscillations of the vessel’s hull when positioning in wind wave conditions

VAHIDOV UMAR SHAHIDOVICH

Head of the Department of Construction and Road Machinery at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Professor

area of scientific research:

theory of surface transport and technological machines mobility, efficiency of vehicles operation, mathematical description of roads

major scientific developments:

• procedure of estimating vehicle mobility taking into account the possibility of overcoming the mid-frequency irregularities due to vehicle inertia and vehicle overturning;
• model of tractive effort changes of propulsion unit due to the slippage of the propulsion unit elements along the supporting surface caused by the deviation of the surface from the horizontal plane;
• model of the vehicle's motion along the snow-covered slope, taking into account the wheels sideslip and the formation of resistance against snow;
• method for calculating car mobility considering ride comfort and hitting of stones on the car bottom when driving on stony roads;
• method for calculating the coefficient of cross-county ability and the corresponding parameters for the interaction of propulsion units of vehicles riding along an inclined roadway, which makes it possible to select rational parameters of transport and technological means at the stage of their development;
• experimentally and theoretically justified ways to increase car mobility in the North Caucasus

GRAMUZOV EVGENY MIKHAILOVICH

Associate Professor of the Department of Shipbuilding and Aeronautical Engineering at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Associate Professor

Honoured Worker of Science of the Russian Federation

area of scientific research:

ship propulsion in ice, ship–ice interaction modeling, design characteristics of river icebreakers

major scientific developments:

• optimization of icebreakers design characteristics;
• method for emergency ascent of an underwater industrial facility in the ice and a device for its implementation;
• complex for ship heeling tests;
• analysis of the components of a river icebreaker mass equation;
• emergency ascent dynamics of a submarine drilling vessel;
• mathematical modeling of an ice-resistant platform with a drifting ice field;
• technical and economic analysis of navigation extension

ZUEV VALERY ANDREYEVICH

Head of the Department of Shipbuilding and Aeronautical Engineering at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Professor

Honoured Worker of Science of the Russian Federation

Honoured Aircraft Builder of the Russian Federation

area of scientific research:

ice cover destruction technologies, ship–ice interaction mechanisms, problems and prospects of shipbuilding education in Russia

major scientific developments:

• production prototype of an icebreaking air cushion platform;
• icebreaker R-47 model tests;
• method for emergency ascent in the ice of an underwater industrial facility and a device for its implementation;
• complex for ship heeling tests;
• physical modelling of ship movement in broken ice;
• hovercraft automatic stabilization

KRAVETS VLADISLAV NIKOLAEVICH

Professor of the Department of Automobiles and Tractors at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Professor

Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation

Honored Worker of Higher School of the Russian Federation

Academician of the Russian Academy of Transport

Academician of the Russian Federation Academy of Quality Problems

Corresponding Member of the Academy of Engineering Sciences named after A.M. Prokhorov

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

Member of the Association of Automotive Engineers of the Russian Federation

expert in scientific and technical sphere at the Ministry of Science and Education of the Russian Federation

international expert in quality management systems of enterprises

area of scientific research:

vehicle performance characteristics, scientific fundamentals of vehicle design, improvement of wheeled vehicles design

major scientific developments:

• modeling and road tests of buses controllability and stability;
• influence of constructive factors on buses controllability and stability;
• algorithm of anti-lock braking system for GAZ-31105 car;
• mathematical model for the study of passenger car vibrations;
• studying the wheel slip when turning a car;
• measuring instruments for motor vehicle performance characteristics

KUZMIN NIKOLAY ALEXANDROVICH

Head of the Department of Automobile transport at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Professor

Doctor of Transport of Russian Transport Academy

area of scientific research:

motor vehicle technical operation, improvement of cars and engines operational reliability

major scientific developments:

• scientific basis of ensuring the operability of heat-loaded components of automobile engines;
• analysis of wheeled vehicle motion equations;
• mathematical model of haul distance in the case of mass road transportation of goods;
• evaluation of the effectiveness of automobile service stations;
• standardization and management of automobiles technical operation
• rationing of expenses of automobile fuels and lubricants in the Russian Federation
• optimization of fuel and lubricants consumption in the Russian Federation;
• research of traffic speeds in the street-road network

MIRONOV ANATOLY ALEKSEEVICH

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Associate Professor

area of scientific research:

fracture mechanics, strength and lifetime of thin-walled structures, risk reduction and mitigation of consequences of man-caused emergencies

major scientific developments:

• models of limiting state, fatigue and reliability of thin-walled structures with technological and operational defects;
• concept of safe damage during technical diagnosis of hazardous production facilities;
• statistical approach to assessing the required control scope of welded joints of large-dimension metal structures;
• integrated model of formation and growth of fatigue cracks in stress raisers;
• model for determining the effective coefficient of stress concentration of welding defects;
• fracture model for surface cracked shells

ORLOV LEV NIKOLAEVICH

Head of the Department of Automobiles and Tractors at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Professor

Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation

area of scientific research:

passive safety and durability of vehicles body structures

major scientific developments:

• theory of safe land transport vehicles and transport and technological complexes based on intelligent control systems;
• technologies for application of LEGAK-DK software package for analyzing the stress-strain state of body structures, sections and power elements of automotive equipment;
• technologies for application of LEGAK-DK software package for analyzing the strength and passive safety of a complete vehicle;
• creation of high-tech production of eco-friendly resource-saving light commercial vehicles
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HIMICH VLADIMIR LEONIDOVICH

Head of the Department of Power plants and heat engines at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Professor

Full Member of the Russian Academy of Transport

Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation

area of scientific research:

design of power plants for high-speed vessels;

design of control systems for ekranoplans;

development and improvement of gas turbine engines; history of shipbuilding

major scientific developments:

• conversion of aviation gas turbine engines to marine operation;
• design of gas turbine units for ships with dynamic maintenance;
• development of small-size pneumatic machines with turbine drives;
• internal combustion engine piston;
• scale mechanism in a gas turbine engine air-gas channel;
• analysis of technical characteristics and development trends of atmospheric internal combustion piston engine;
• method for rapid assessment of changes in gas turbine engine parameters;
• method for assessing the stability of diesel engine operation

ZHUKOV ALEXANDER EVGENIEVICH

Deputy Director of the Institute of Transport Systems at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev, Associate Professor of the Department of Aero-hydrodynamics, strength of machines and strength of materials

Candidate of Technical Sciences

Associate Professor

area of scientific research:

dynamic stability of mechanical systems, continuum mechanics

major scientific developments:

• models for stability of thin plates with crack defects;
• ultimate strength, reliability and residual life of thin-walled structures with damages;
• vessel hull vibration testing on strain gauge models;
• quasi-axial analysis of the pneumatic microturbine drive of hand grinding machines;
• design of a walking and ferry boat with electric power plant