Researchers from SUSU are creating an intelligent system to regulate traffic flows in cities. This system will help reduce traffic idling time at intersections and automobile emissions. The research was completed as part of the Priority 2030 strategic project Ecology of Post-industrial Agglomerations. The goal of the project is to improve the environment by reducing greenhouse gases and hazardous pollutants.
A student in the SUSU Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program developed a system for monitoring and controlling smart farms, which will record data from environmental sensors and transmit it to the user's smartphone.
Researchers of the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematicsare creating blends of vegetable oils with health-benefiting properties. The proposed blend helps improve the prophylactic product used in diets related to various diseases caused by carbohydrate and lipid metabolism disorders, and cardiovascular or oncological diseases.
Eye strain or eye fatigue is a common condition which appears due to hard and long work, for example, on a computer or when using other digital devices. Vitaliy Epishev, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and Methodology of Physical Culture and Sports, Director of the SUSU Sport Science Research Centre speaks about why our eyes get tired and how to reduce the load on them.
A delegation from South Ural State University, headed by Rector Alexander Wagner, took part in the second day of the From Import Substitution to Technological Sovereignty Russian forum.
The Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Ural Federal District Vladimir Yakushev, the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Alexey Texler, and many representatives of industry, business and science participated in the second day of the forum.
Within the frameworks of the 2023 plan of events on organizing the mass-cultural, physical-education, sports and recreational work with students, the Extracurricular Activities Office organized and held the Blood Donor Day on June 9th. This campaign was held before the main university building and in the 3rd-floor hall of the main building. In the morning of the event day, those willing to donate blood gathered near the specially-equipped mobile unit.
Russia Day, a holiday important to every citizen in our country, is celebrated on June 12th. Every year, people celebrate and honour it as a memory of how the history of our state began. Professor of the Department of Russian and International History and senior research fellow of the Research and Innovation Services Evgeniy Volkov spoke about how this holiday appeared and why it is significant for the Russians.
– Could you please tell us how did the name of the holiday change?
Quantum physics and quantum technologies are a very advanced area of science and technology—they are difficult and interesting, covering secure communications, ultra-sensitive sensors, supercomputers and, in the future, even medicine. The head of the Laboratory of Quantum Engineering of Light, Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), Professor at Lomonosov MSU Sergey Kulik spoke about the modern development of quantum technologies and what it is like to study things that are not in our world.
First Vice-President of the Russian Engineering Union, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade Vladimir Gutenev arrived in Syria as a member of the Russian interdepartmental delegation.
Quantum Technologies Science-to-Practice Seminar was organized at South Ural State University on June 7th. Leading representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Chelyabinsk Region, universities, institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences, developers, manufacturers and suppliers of equipment took part in it.
Within the frameworks of a grant, supported by the Russian Science Foundation, scientists of the SUSU School of Medical Biology have begun developing plant-based probiotic food products. This will allow people who do not consume dairy products to receive the micronutrients necessary for healthy functioning of human body since the main probiotics important for the body are found in dairy products.
The traditional 76th SUSU Student Research Conference was held at the Department of Food Technology and Biotechnology of the School of Medical Biology. This year the Food Technology and Biotechnology category was especially busy; Bachelor’s and Master’s students of the department presented their research results, including students from Zhejiang Oceanic University studying in the English-language Master’s programme in Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology (19.04.01).
May 24th at SUSU, pupils of Academic Lyceum No.95 defended a project on engineering an unmanned aerial vehicle for ecological survey and presented the UAV model.
The research work and practical work with the school pupils was carried out within the All-Russian Educational Project "Sirius. Summer" aimed at searching for and implementing of research and engineering projects by pupils under guidance of their mentors. Chelyabinsk Radio Plant Polet suggested the projects' topics for the pupils of Lyceum No.95.
Traditionally, last Sunday of May, the professional holiday of workers of chemical and petrochemical industry is celebrated. It was proclaimed by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1965 (and was set to be celebrated last Sunday of May in 1980). Workers of chemical industry are exceptionally in-demand in science, industry and business. At SUSU, specialists in the field of chemistry are trained at the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
A strategic session dedicated to a federal project on the Creation of a Network of Modern University Campuses was held in Moscow April 20th–22nd, 2023. The session was initiated by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The participants presented the best practices, shared experience with their colleagues, and learned about the recommendations of the Ministry.
Dynamic measurements are measurements of processes that occur so quickly that conventional technical means cannot detect them fully. However, thanks to new innovative technologies used in the Laboratory of Dynamic Measurements, scientists of South Ural State University are able to obtain more accurate information about what can happen during very fast processes. The research work is conducted jointly with the major industrial enterprises of our region.
SUSU scientists have presented and theoretically substantiated a method of optical generation of large‐amplitude Schrödinger cat states (more than 5 states) – a new unique class of non-classical states of the electromagnetic field. Such states can come in handy when performing certain types of quantum calculations, and/or can be used for building precision (quantum) sensors.
Sergei Krylov, a 10th-form pupil of Lyceum No.77, has taken the first places in the Big Challenges and the 21st Century Intellectuals contests for developing a neural network-based method for diagnosing the condition of bearings. The SUSU Laboratory for Self-Validating Sensors, Systems, and Advanced Instrumentation offered equipment for obtaining data on vibration signals from bearings and provided methodological support for the project.
The opening ceremony of the South Urals Professionals of the Future Championship on Technological Strategy will be held in Room 408 (Main University Building) on May 25th starting from 10:00. The teams will be competing in developing solutions to real production problems in two categories: Aerospace, and Transport Technologies.
May 20th and 21st, South Ural State University hosted the 14th Spring Rhythm Festival of Contemporary Choreography, which was attended by youth teams, creative teams, and individual participants of different ages—from the youngest dancers of 3 years old and up to mixed groups of adult participants.
Ekaterina Galanova, the leader of the project and the head of SUSU Deep Vision dance theatre, welcomed the guests and participants:
A project by SUSU scientists to develop the mechanical elements of blades for uninterrupted operation of wind turbines and quadcopters was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation. This will increase the efficiency of quadcopter battery utilization and reduce the cost of wind turbines for emergency shutdown and restart. The neural network being developed on the basis of a control system is designed to fine-tune the operation of the upgraded equipment.
International Museum Day is celebrated every year on May 18. Nadezhda Ivanova, Head of the Museum and Educational Complex, Director of the Museum the History of South Ural State University, and Yulia Vasina, Head of the People and Technologies of the Urals Museum and Exhibition Complex spoke to us about the importance of museums today, about the history of their formation in Russia, about the qualities necessary for this profession and many other things.
Vladimir Solovev, a famous TV journalist, political commentator, and Chairman of the Union of Journalists of Russia paid a working visit to South Ural State University on May 17th.
Scientists at SUSU have synthesized new, complex platinum compounds and studied their use as drugs. They found that these compounds are less toxic and can potentially protect the enzymes in the human body that are attacked by chemotherapeutic drugs used to treat cancer.
The Department of International Cooperation, supported by the National Commission of the People's Republic of China for UNESCO, has announced the call for applications for young scientists to receive a UNESCO grant on the topic of The Great Silk Road.
