October 2018

Project Head Andrey Kachalov, Ph.D. (Engineering) Aleksandr Nesterov, Ph.D. (Engineering) Department Automated Electric Drive Objective Developing the smart electric drive equipped with software-hardware modules of the Industrial Internet of Things and augmented reality Tasks Developing a software and hardware complex of an automated electric drive for testing the algorithms of augmented reality and the Industrial Internet of Things; Creating scientific bases for the application of elements of augmented reality and the Industrial Internet of Things in the practice of setting up and operating electric drives; Ensuring that the Masters of Department of Automated Electric Drive receive the competencies in accordance with the relevant standard in the specialisation 13.04.02 Power Generation and Electrical Engineering Audience 4 Master’s students of the 1 year of study, and 1 Master’s student of the 2 year of study of specialisation 13.04.02 Power Generation and Electrical Engineering Customer Uctech-Profi Educational Equipment Manufacturer of SUSU

Project Head Mikhail Ivanov, Ph.D. (Engineering), Associate Professor Department Welding Engineering Objective The objective of the work is to improve the normative and methodological base of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, as well as the participants of International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), the international community of shipbuilders, in terms of the technological processes of welding ship-body structures made of high-tensile steel, including structures operating at low temperatures Tasks Achieving the goal of the research work it is necessary to solve the following tasks: to analyse information on the identified defects of welded joints and factors associated with their formation, in order to determine the causes of their occurrence; to analyse the welding materials used for welding high-tensile shipbuilding steels, to determine materials that provide high-quality welded joints when welding high-tensile steels operating at low temperatures; to analyse the local and foreign experience of technological processes of welding the welded joints of ship-body structures made of high-tensile steel, including structures operating at low temperatures; to analyse the local and foreign regulatory documents on the nomenclature of requirements for the quality of welded joints, taking into account the use of the product at low temperatures; to analyse information on the criteria and methods for evaluating the performance of the welded joint metal at low temperatures; to analyse the requirements of IACS and foreign classification societies for welding materials and technological processes for welding high-tensile steel; to develop requirements for welding technological processes; to develop requirements for the procedure of approval of welding technological processes; to develop requirements for the procedure of non-destructive acceptance inspection of welded joints Audience 5 Master’s students of specialisation 15.04.01 Machinebuilding Customer Federal Autonomous Institution “Russian Maritime Register of Shipping”

Project Head Dmitry Ardashev, Ph.D. (Engineering), Associate Professor Department Technology for Automated Mechanical Engineering Objective Improving the energy efficiency and environmental friendliness of the process of the cylindrical shape parts chrome plating based on the development of a new technology of the closed cycle of coating Tasks Developing an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly technology for applying a hard chromium coating on rotary bodies; Developing the design of the laboratory facility of chrome plating with a fixed electrolytic bath; Developing the design of the laboratory facility with a mobile electrolytic bath; Developing the design of an industrial complex for the blank parts chrome plating – rotary bodies; Creating a laboratory site for applying a hard chromium coating on rotary bodies that meets the requirements of energy efficiency and environmental friendliness Audience 5 Master’s students of specialisation 15.04.05 Design and Technological Support of Machine-building Production Customer Ural Engineering Centre – an industrial partner

Project Head Vladimir Shepelev, Ph.D. (Engineering), Associate Professor Department Automobile Transport Objective Creating a single intelligent system of monitoring and control of transport flows on the basis of simulation modelling Tasks Creating a digital platform for collection and processing of big data volumes of multimedia information on the basis of intelligent traffic lights, collection of data from street-road network, smart bus stations, sensors on automobile transport, adaptive tracking cameras and RFID marks; Creating macro- and mesomodels of road traffic of public and personal transport on the basis of simulation modelling, check-up of engineering hypotheses on road traffic organization, etc. using PTV VISSIM and VISSUM software; Developing a system of coordinated adaptive “Smart traffic lights” with integrated dynamic road signs (Transit Signal Prioriti) for monitoring and control over transport flows and pedestrian traffic; Developing an intelligent system for control over transport flows on the basis of data obtained from monitoring of road surface quality and ecological condition with the purpose to provide security of road traffic and reduce negative impact of automobile transport on the environment during unfavourable weather conditions Audience 5 Master’s students of specialisation 23.04.01 Technology of Transport Processes Customer UralDorProekt, LLC; OJSC SMEU GAI; Municipal State-funded Institution “Administration of Road Works in the City of Chelyabinsk”; Laboratory for Problem-Oriented Cloud Computing Environments