On December 2, Novosibirsk State Technical University (NETI) presented a report on the results of the university's work within the framework of the federal program "Priority 2030" in 2023. NSTU NETI is one of the recipient groups of the special part of the grant in the direction of "Territorial and/or industry leadership".
The university team was represented by Anatoly Bataev, Rector of NSTU - NETI, Kirill Okhotkin, Deputy General Director for Science of Reshetnev JSC, Vasily Yanpolsky, First Vice-Rector of NSTU - NETI, Sergey Chernov, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of NSTU - NETI, and Sergey Kharitonov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, head of the strategic project "Power Electronics and Intelligent Energy".
Anatoly Bataev, Rector of NSTU - NETI, noted that one of the most important tasks that we are solving within the framework of the Priority 2030 program is related to a change in the paradigm of engineering education, first of all, the elimination of the decades—old idea of a technical university as a structure related exclusively to the implementation of the educational process: "A modern teacher is an engineer, a researcher who not only takes into account advanced world—class achievements, but also, more importantly, is directly involved in the development of new engineering solutions. And we manage to do it. We can say with proof that our scientists in the field of power electronics are the leaders in the development of the industry: the developed modules of energy—converting equipment have unique weight and size indicators that are not inferior in terms of equipment from world manufacturers.
We are actively involved in the creation of a unique synchrotron radiation source for the largest Russian mega-science project SKIF: as developers of projects for two stations in the field of materials science and unique scientific instruments. Two years ago, we began to develop a new direction from scratch — biomedical technologies. And today we are entering the stage of clinical trials for three products. I am sure that our Celsus operating table will be appreciated by Russian surgeons. But this is not all: in 2024, within the framework of the Priority 2030 program, more than 20 successful projects of the NSTU - NETI will not only be continued, but new ones will also appear."
In 2023, as part of the strategic project "Power Electronics and Intelligent Energy", powerful hybrid power modules of the 2nd generation energy-converting equipment with unique weight and size indicators that are not inferior in level to the best foreign models were developed and manufactured. Two generations of hybrid power modules have been manufactured for acceptance testing at Reshetnev JSC. The developed hybrid modules make it possible to increase the energy consumption of spacecraft, their reliability and service life. To develop such modules, the corresponding infrastructure has been created at NSTU - NETI — Russia's first Design Center for aerospace power electronics.
For the first time, the strategic project team led by Sergey Kharitonov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, developed digital twins of hybrid modules of energy-converting equipment and spice models of power semiconductor devices necessary for the creation of spacecraft and aircraft.
Thanks to the Priority 2030 program, the latest scientific and technical base was formed in another area of the strategic project - charging infrastructure for the electric transport industry. Scientists have developed a line of modular controllers, a hardware and software complex and charging stations based on new technological principles for Type 2, CHAdeMO, GB/T standards.
As part of the second strategic project "New Materials for Breakthrough Technologies", the University is involved in the work on the largest domestic mega-science project to create a synchrotron radiation source, which is being implemented by the Novosibirsk Region. The scientific ambitions of the established design and technology department, which included physicists, materials scientists, opticians and mechanics, allowed the university to occupy the niche of designing and manufacturing high-precision scientific instruments in the shortest possible time. An example is the design and manufacture of one of the most complex synchrotron station devices — a crystal monochromator. It is being developed for an advanced generation synchrotron radiation source and will take research to a new level.
An important step in the process of technological import substitution is the results of the work of scientists of NSTU - NETI within the framework of the direction "Composite ceramic materials". Pilot batches of samples were produced, and tests of domestic ceramic cutting plates for metalworking, comparable with world analogues, were carried out at a number of enterprises. Prototypes of domestic ferrite substitutes for materials from one of the world leaders in this field have been created.
The third strategic project — "New engineering solutions and artificial intelligence for biomedicine" — consolidates the efforts of scientists in a new direction for NSTU - NETI related to biomedical technologies. Thanks to the "Priority 2030", several developments have been brought to actual prototypes in two years. As part of the work of the Medbiotech Siberia consortium, the university team is entering the stage of clinical trials for three high-tech products: two rehabilitation and an operating tables. The Hephaestus Rehabilitation Complex is an intelligent robotic device for restoring motor activity after strokes and other conditions associated with neurological disorders. The Machaon traction table is an intelligent robotic rehabilitation complex for traction therapy (an apparatus for the prevention and treatment of pathological conditions of the spine and joints of the extremities by stretching). The Celsus operating table is a universal operating table with a wide range of applications due to unique personalized modules.
The team of the direction "Development of multifunctional transport biodegradable polymer materials for the needs of medicine, veterinary medicine and crop production", as part of the work on studying the properties of the biogel developed on the basis of chitosan, creates a whole line of gels: for use in industrial and domestic conditions, as well as for the needs of medicine, animal husbandry and crop production.