Head of the laboratory of crystal growth at the Nanotechnology research center, assistant professor of the Department of Materials Sciences and Materials Physical Chemistry, and chairman of the Society of Young Scientists and Specialists of the Chelyabinsk Oblast, Denis Vinnik, was named SUSU’s most cited author in September 2016 according to the professional scientific social network www.researchgate.net.
From September 13th through 16th in Liverpool (Great Britain) the 28th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the European Association of International Education was held. This is the main European venue that gathers experts in the area of higher education from all around the world. South Ural State University was presented at a combined booth for Russian universities participating in the 5-100 Project.
In the beginning of September, project 8.1.3, Implementation of a System of Deeper Language Training in Bachelor's Programs, started as part of the 5-100 Project (project initiator – Elena Yaroslavova, project curator – Viktor Katochkov, portfolio director – Liudmila Shestakova.)
A switch is beginning at SUSU to a system of effective contracts. Before September 1st 2016, employees will sign work contracts which take the contributions of each member of the collective in achieving the university’s strategic goals into mind.
At the end of July 2016 the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities was released once more, published by the leading Spanish research group, Cybermetrics Lab. The rating measures how a particular university is represented in the global internet space. The number of Project 5-100 participating universities in the published ratings has increased once again. In July 2015, only 3 participating universities were in the top 100, in January 2016 - 4, and in July – 5. The best indicator was shown by the Higher School of Economics, taking 711th place.
A field training seminar was held at the SUSU “Science” camp as part of Project 5-100 in which university staff presented their projects to rector Aleksandr Shestakov.
The International Scientific Council is founded in SUSU. It consists of the world's leading scientists, who have a vast research experience in fundamental and computer sciences, engineering and medicine.
A key objective of the International Scientific Council is to coordinate the research and educational activities of the University in accordance with the best international practices.
A delegation from South Ural State University will participate in Russia’s main industrial exhibition, INNOPROM-2016. The seventh exhibition of modern innovative technologies will be held from July 11th to July 14th at Yekaterinburg-EXPO.
As part of the realization of the 5-100 Project, director of the SUSU Project Office, Aleksandr Deev, participated in the First International Conference on Initiatives for Academic Excellence, held from June 30th to July 2nd in Sa
In the framework of implementation of the 5-100 Project the director of the SUSU Project Office Alexander Deev took part in the workshop “The Internationalization of Higher Education in the 21st Century: Experience of Universities in the USA”, which was held in Boston. Alexander Vladimirovich has got to know the work of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston University.
On June 20th, SUSU held the workshop ‘ABCs of Style, Grammar, and Structure of Research Publications’, organized by the SUSU Office of International Affairs and the Institute of International Education.
The lecture was given by Elena Bazanova, director of the MISiS Academic Writing University Center.
A SUSU delegation led by the head of the SUSU office of international affairs Aleksandr Deev, will be participating in a seminar entitled “The Internationalization of Higher Education in the 21st Century: the Experience of Universities in the USA.” The seminar will be held at Boston College (Massachusetts, USA).
On June 6th – 8th, the 17th 5-100 Seminar and Conference was held at the Sechenov First Moscow State University of Medicine. More than 900 people from the 100 largest universities of Russia took part. SUSU was represented by a delegation headed by university rector, professor Aleksandr Shestakov.
SUSU achieved victory at the open, public contest for the presentation of government support of pilot projects for the foundation and development of engineering centers organized by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science and the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The May edition of the international scientific journal Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (The Netherlands) included published materials of research dedicated to the influence of acoustic cavitation on food product emulsion, that is, the possibilities of improving fo
From May 29th to June 3rd, 2016, national research university, South Ural State University, represented Russia as one of the participants of the 5-100 project at the largest conference and exhibition in the area of international education, NAFSA, which was held in the capital of the state of Colorado, Denver (USA)
Under the authority of the SUSU Office of Scientific and Innovative Activities, in attempts to attract student youth of the university to the 5-100 Project for Increasing Competitiveness, a contest for bachelors, masters, specialists and post-graduate students, “Your Start in Science” has begun. The best student scientific projects will receive financing.
In the beginning of 2016, the list of SUSU academics who are members of the editorial board of international journals gained one more name. The head of the Office of Scientific and Innovative Activities, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Aleksandr Dyakonov, joined the editorial board of the journal Russian Engineering Research.
South Ural State University is now officially represented at http://studyinrussia.ru/. The portal developed by the 5-100 Project Office is designed for attraction of foreign students to Russian universities. Possibly, for the first time in the history of higher education the most relevant and needed information about advantages of studying at the best Russian universities is posted on the website.
On March 29, SUSU Rector Alexander Shestakov met directors of schools, lyceums and gymnasiums of Chelyabinsk. Alexander Leonidovich told the heads of educational institutions about ongoing changes at the University as a result of its participation in the 5-100 Project. Special focus was on the position of SUSU in the hierarchy of Russian universities and international rankings and cooperation with schools, lyceums, gymnasiums, and colleges under new conditions of the University development.
In autumn 2015 the associate professor of the Department of General and Theoretical Physics of SUSU Sergey Podoshvedov defended his doctoral dissertation in quantum informatics. We talked about his career and this research area.
