National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" NRNU MEPhI

MEPhI is a former Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, which is now part and the head platform of the MEPhI National Research Nuclear University (NRNU MEPhI), one of the first national universities in our country.

History

2024

Discovery of direct experimental evidence for the phenomenon of charge carrier mating in real space

Employees of the Department of Solid State Physics and Nanosystems of the LaPlaza Institute of NRNU MEPhI as part of an international scientific team received direct experimental proof of the phenomenon of mating charge carriers in real space in a family of high-temperature superconducting oxides based on a compound of barium, bismuth and oxygen (BaBiO3) and found out the nature of the abnormal properties of the system. Another step has been taken in the direction of unraveling the nature of high-temperature superconductivity. The results of the study are published in the scientific journal Physical Review Research. This was announced on September 5, 2024 by representatives of the NRNU MEPhI. Read more here.

Production of semiconductor for optoelectronics

Researchers at NRNU MEPhI as part of an international scientific team synthesized strontium stannate doped with lanthanum, ruthenium and indium atoms and determined its electronic, magnetic and optical characteristics. This material can be used in optoelectronics, memory devices and spintronics. The university announced this on September 3, 2024. Read more here.

Establishment of the "STAR" enterprise

At the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, a small innovative enterprise was created - STAR LLC (Satellite Technologies and Astrodevelopment), the founder of which is the university itself and a group of its employees. The university announced this on August 26, 2024. Read more here.

Launch of the program "State and municipal management based on data economics"

The principles and tasks of public administration require employees of this type, who combine management and IT companies. To train such employees at NRNU, MEPhI launches the master's educational program "State and Municipal Management Based on Data Economics." The university announced this on July 26, 2024.

The program was developed and implemented by specialists of the Faculty of Business Informatics and Complex Systems Management of NRNU MEPhI. Its graduates should become not just employees in ministries and town halls, but take responsibility for the digital stability of the state system of government in changing conditions. They will have to be able to integrate all current digital tools into the management process - and those that are already there and those that will still appear in the coming years. In particular, we are talking about the fact that the information necessary for making management decisions should be collected by remote monitoring of key equipment parameters and automatic data collection within the framework of the Internet of Things. Municipal employees will have to work on the implementation of the Smart City concept and the creation of citywide platforms that should be able to interact with other platforms, in particular industry ones (Public services, etc.).

Of course, students will study subjects that traditionally study future civil servants - such as "State and Municipal Administration," "Legal Support of State and Municipal Administration," "Urban Spatial Structure and Smart Planning." But at the same time they will have to study the educational disciplines connecting management with digital - for example, "End-to-end digital technologies in the system of state and municipal administration," "Digital transformation of the economy," "Efficiency of management based on digital data." Finally, a group of educational subjects is associated with the management of modern economics - for example, "Regional and sectoral economics," "Mathematical modeling of socio-economic development," "Management of innovative projects."

It is especially important that thanks to cooperation with the state corporation Rosatom, students will have the opportunity to try their hand at practice. Students can be offered a unique testing ground for testing their projects - these are nuclear cities, including ZATO. Students will have the opportunity to participate in solving the problems of these cities in the framework of the activities of Rosatom State Corporation, and, in particular, in the framework of introducing products and solutions of the Smart City Rosatom platform, "said Konstantin Frumkin, head of the media relations department of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI.

Opening of the joint laboratory Mephius and the "Open Mobile Platform"

A joint applied laboratory of the MEPHIUS Full-Cycle Microelectronics Design Center and the Open Mobile Platform (OMP) company, which announced this on May 15, 2024, has been opened at the MEPhI National Research Nuclear University.

The main task of the laboratory will be to attract students of MEPhI University to work on the Aurora mobile operating system created by Open Mobile Platform . Students will not only learn to work for Aurora OS, but also create their own IT solutions.

Pavel Eiges, General Director of the Open Mobile Platform, noted that OMP has currently singled out working with students as a separate area of ​ ​ its activities, realizing its importance and priority, and therefore he hopes that this laboratory will be able to use the creative energy of students and that the projects implemented by students will be able to eventually leave the walls of the laboratory and enter the Russian IT market.

The laboratory will be located on the 4th floor of the Scientific Laboratory Building of the University. As of May 2024, it is already equipped with devices preinstalled with Aurora OS.

Teachers of the Institute of Intelligent Cybernetic Systems of NRNU MEPhI will teach students to work with Aurora using educational materials and consultations from OMP.

According to Maria Polyakova, head of the department for the development of the educational environment at Open Mobile Platform, as of May 2024, the company, together with the university, is working on the development of an elective training course "Creating mobile applications," which starts from the academic year 2024/2025.

Also, work is underway on a training course for the training of system engineers, graduates of which will have to understand the deployment and maintenance of infrastructure for the work of domestic trusted hardware and software systems.

Receiving 100 million rubles from Rosatom for the development of technological entrepreneurship

Rosatom State Corporation has allocated 100 million rubles for the development of technological entrepreneurship in NRNU MEPhI, funding is being provided under the program "Development of NRNU MEPhI in cooperation with Rosatom State Corporation until 2030." The university announced this on April 27, 2024.

The funds will be invested in startups that have successfully passed the acceleration program. Developments that do not receive the support of the investment committee, but have a market perspective, will additionally fund the university. In addition to financing, Rosatom provides university technology project teams with expertise and support from the State Corporation companies and the opportunity to create joint projects in the future.

In the current accelerator cycle, 60 teams applied for participation, 11 projects were selected for the acceleration program. Of these, four belong to the field of digital and information technologies, information security and artificial intelligence, two to the field of high-tech medicine, one each to machine tools, smart home technologies, robotics, and hydrogen power. Another project involves the use of modern solutions in the field of nuclear technologies to improve the safety and quality of metallurgical products.

All selected teams will have access to an educational program on technological entrepreneurship, which was developed jointly by NRNU MEPhI and Rosatom. Everyone will have a tracker to help work out the product. Each project, after successfully passing the accelerator and protection at the demo day, will be able to count on funding in the amount of up to 5 million rubles at the prototyping stage. The most promising can receive up to 10 million rubles.

Plan for Creating a 3D Metal Printing Lab with 3DLAM

On the basis of the MEPHIUS full-cycle Microelectronics Design Center, a laboratory will be created, the task of which will be the development and development of 3D modeling and SLM printing technologies. The industrial partner of NRNU MEPhI in this project is 3DLAM, a Russian manufacturer of 3D printers for printing with metal using SLM (selective laser melting) technology. NRNU MEPhI announced this on March 26, 2024.

The laboratory will be ready to provide access to 3D printing technologies for metal, make it possible to create product prototypes as part of the implementation of applied projects, as well as develop applied software and increase engineering competencies in the field of 3D modeling.

Applied development in the laboratory will allow students and university staff to better understand the potential of 3D modeling and create prototypes of products with high strength and complex geometry.

The partnership of NRNU MEPhI and 3DLAM opens the horizons for the development of innovative technologies and the training of qualified personnel. The new lab will be a place where theory meets practice, expanding the boundaries of what is possible in industry and education.

Discovery of the method to control the properties of pyridoquinazolines - substances

Scientists at NRNU MEPhI as part of an international scientific team have learned to manage the properties of pyridoquinazolines - substances that can become the basis of drugs against a brain tumor. The university announced this on March 13, 2024. Read more here.

2023

Opening a joint laboratory with MED based on Mephius

Open Mobile Platform LLC (OMP) and NRNU MEPhI signed an agreement on strategic cooperation, the main focus of which will be the development of the Aurora mobile operating system ecosystem, including training specialists and research. One of the first steps will be the opening of a joint application laboratory based on the MEPHIUS Full-Cycle Microelectronics Design Center at NRNU MEPhI. OMP announced this on December 26, 2023. Read more here.

AvtoVAZ Laboratory Opening Plan

JSC AvtoVAZ"" and NRNU MEPhI on October 9, 2023 announced the beginning of strategic cooperation, the main direction of which will be the development automobile electronic engineers of a specialized one. ON One of the first steps in the framework of this cooperation will be the opening of a joint application laboratory based on the MEPHIUS Full-Cycle Microelectronics Design Center at NRNU MEPhI.

The laboratory will be equipped with the latest equipment and provide the opportunity to conduct research and development in the field of automotive electronics, including the design of ADAS hardware, multimedia systems, digital instrument panels, telematics units and the development of HMI software for multimedia systems.

The applied activities of the laboratory will be built in accordance with international standards for information security (ISO 21434 - CSMS, TARA, CIA, pentests, etc.) and functional security (ISO 26262 - ASIL Assessment, HARA, etc.) in the automotive industry, as well as best practices for software quality assurance (SW QA).

The chief designer of AvtoVAZ Sergey Amanov noted that cooperation between the Russian scientific organizations industrial and enterprises is a fundamental factor in achieving technological sovereignty in all industries domestic ones. industries This is a real way to develop advanced and breakthrough solutions with accelerated introduction into production. Another area of ​ ​ cooperation is the training of specialists with in-depth specific knowledge focused on the practical solution of the challenges facing the enterprise.

Vladislav Samoilov, Deputy Director of the MEPHIUS Design Center, is confident that "cooperation between AvtoVAZ and NRNU MEPhI will lead to the creation of solutions that will help improve the Russian automotive industry and make cars safer and more technologically advanced. In addition, this partnership will allow students and university employees to gain practical experience and participate in real projects of AvtoVAZ. "

As Valentin Klimov, director of the Institute of Intelligent Cyber ​ ​ Systems, noted, cooperation with AvtoVAZ is a mutually beneficial partnership that, in addition to training, will allow both parties to use their capabilities and experience to develop and develop new technologies in the field of automotive electronics and improve the safety, comfort and energy efficiency of cars.

In the Kaluga region create a center of nuclear and related technologies "Obninsk Tech"

In the Kaluga region create a center of nuclear and related technologies "Obninsk Tech." This was announced in September 2023 by the head of Rosatom (the state corporation is an investor in this project) Alexei Likhachev. Read more here.

Participation in the development of an algorithm for finding repeating elements in genomes

Scientists from NRNU MEPhI and the Federal Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences have developed a mathematical algorithm that allows you to find repeating elements in genomes with high accuracy. They tested the new approach on nine species of bacteria, and previously unknown repeats were found in the genomes of each species, forming a kind of "marking" in the bacterial genome. According to the researchers, the algorithm will help find new genetic targets to increase the productivity of bacterial strains or to obtain new antibiotics. NRNU MEPhI announced this on September 25, 2023. Read more here.

Opening of the digital center "Rosatom"

On May 18, 2023, the Digital Center of Rosatom was opened at the NRNU MEPhI.

The digital center of Rosatom will become a reference platform for involving students in the digital direction and information technologies of the digital industry. The Center has three laboratories in the most popular areas of digitalization of high-tech industries: artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, as well as information security.

Students who come here will be able to familiarize themselves with the Rosatom agenda in the field of information technology, and it is diverse and tends to grow even in directions that we did not think about some time ago. I really hope that our students will be included in the projects of Greenatom, Tsifrum, RASU and other enterprises of Rosatom, - said the rector of NRNU MEPhI Vladimir Shevchenko.

Oksana Karmishina, Director of the Personnel Policy Department, noted that Rosatom provides young people with opportunities for development and career growth, participation in projects to create modern digital products and work in flexible formats.

The Digital Center ecosystem unites the IT and digital blocks of the State Corporation and includes an examination of the leaders of these areas. In the future, the Digital Center should become an innovative hub and multifunctional cyberpolygon for acquiring digital and IT skills in demand in the industry.

By 2030, it is expected that graduates of digital and IT areas of training at NRNU MEPhI will take part in educational and other events at the center. 150 graduates of NRNU MEPhI will be employed annually at nuclear enterprises.

Construction of a branch in Egypt in order to train personnel for the El Dabaa NPP

In mid-February 2023, it became known about the construction in Egypt of a branch of the MEPhI National Research Nuclear University. The goal of the project is to train personnel for the El-Dabaa nuclear power plant under construction with the participation of Russia, which is the first in this country, said Konstantin Mogilevsky, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

Technical details (opening dates, programs, training periods, other organizational issues) by February 13, 2023 are in the process of approval, the press service of NRNU MEPhI reported. It is only noted that the university will deal with the project Vice-Rector Dmitry Savkin, who also oversaw the opening of the NRNU MEPhI branch in Kazakhstan in 2022.

Concrete pouring of the first power unit of El-Dabaa NPP

The development of the international branch network of the university is a necessary element of the development program aimed at strengthening the international presence of the university and its transformation into a global technological leader, the NRNU MEPhI said.

The El Dabaa nuclear power plant will be erected by Rosatom on the country's northern coast 3.5 km from the Mediterranean Sea (from 149 km to 164 km of the highway near the city of El Alamein) about 300 km northwest of Cairo. Concrete pouring for the first two of the four NPP power units began in 2022. In an interview with |RIA Novosti, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Egypt Georgy Borisenko said in February 2023:

Construction is strictly on schedule and even ahead of it, since the construction of the second power unit began 53 days ahead of the deadline that was originally recorded by the President of Egypt.

Earlier, the Minister of Education of the Arab Republic of Egypt Muhammad Ayman Ashur appealed to the Russian Minister Valery Falkov with a request to consider the possibility of opening a branch of the Russian University in Egypt.^[1]

Opening a laboratory in the field of GIS technologies

The Geoinformatics and 3D Modeling laboratory has been opened at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, whose developments will allow Russian organizations and individuals to obtain the most progressive, fast and reliable technologies for working with spatial information, to ensure the independence of industry geoinformation solutions from foreign manufacturers.

The laboratory was created by the Institute of Intelligent Cybernetic Systems of NRNU MEPhI together with the Russian developer of geoinformation systems and GIS technologies - Geograkom LLC.

Among the key projects of the IIX division is the development of domestic technologies for creating 3D maps based on WebGL technologies and technologies for processing point clouds, including those obtained using LIDAR technology, in real time. According to Anton Shubin, head of the laboratory, general director of Geograkom, this unit will become a platform for conducting applied research in the field of computational geometry, fast and scalable server and client solutions for visualizing and processing vector maps, plans and 3D models, processing point clouds and extracting information from them, and moving to automated design of linear structures based on optimization methods.

The tasks of processing point clouds are in demand in the design, inventory, examination and diagnostics of the state of buildings and structures. A special place is occupied by the issues of processing large clouds of points describing linear engineering structures - roads and railways, canals and pipelines.

Solving the problems of computer-aided design of linear structures will allow you to move from "drawing" design solutions in CAD and checking their eligibility for compliance with certain criteria, to developing truly effective design solutions with clearly defined optimization criteria and restrictions, including economic ones.

The tasks being solved are very resource-intensive and require up-to-date computer equipment, so the laboratory is equipped with powerful graphics stations with video cards based on recent generations of chipsets.

It is planned to further expand and equip the laboratory.

Interest in laboratory solutions has already been identified by industrial partners from the public and private sector.

The laboratory focuses on the rapid development of the skills of its employees, both in theoretical terms (computational geometry, data structures and algorithms, optimization methods) and in practical terms (JS, React, C++, PostgreSQL) both within the university with the help of leading laboratory employees and at external, recognized training sites.

The laboratory will be located on the 4th floor of the scientific and laboratory building of the NRNU MEPhI. The laboratory invites to cooperate students, graduate students, teachers and researchers of NRNU MEPhI to work on projects in the above areas.

Scientists of NRNU MEPhI have proposed a way to use post-quantum cryptographic algorithms to protect group messaging in instant messengers

Scientists Department No. 42 "Cryptology and cyber security" NRNU MEPhI proposed a method of application post-quantum cryptographic algorithms to protect group messaging in. messengers The results of the study are published in the Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques. This was announced on January 9, 2023 by representatives of the NRNU MEPhI. More. here

2022

Creation of Applied Ion Physics and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory

As part of the state development program, a creation scientific instrument making project was launched at NRNU MEPhI. domestic tandem mass spectrometer To implement this project, the university is creating the laboratory "Applied Ion Physics and Mass Spectrometry" (as a joint laboratory of the LaPlaza and INTEL institutes). This was announced by the company NRNU MEPhI on September 21, 2022. Professor Alexey Sysoev has been appointed the head of this unit. More. here

The Center for Microelectronic Technologies in Microwave Electronics and Integral Photonics was created in Moscow

In July 2022, the Center for Microelectronic Technologies in Microwave Electronics and Integral Photonics was created in Moscow. A grant of 240 million rubles was allocated for the implementation of the project. Read more here.

Agreement with Spectrum for joint training of telecom engineers

Telecommunications vendor Spektr (part of Rostec State Corporation) on July 5, 2022 announced the conclusion of an agreement with the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI. The agreement provides for research cooperation in the development of LTE, 5G and future generations of communication, as well as the development of specialized educational programs.

As part of the development of specialized educational programs of NRNU MEPhI, Spektr employees will be involved in lectures and seminars on telecommunications. Specter specialists have already held the first such seminar for university employees and students.

From its very foundation, NRNU MEPhI has been preparing students to work in advanced ones. industries industries The competencies of the teaching staff of NRNU MEPhI will be necessary to draw up new educational training programs for telecom engineers. Spektr has already held a joint seminar with teachers and students of NRNU MEPhI, where the main vectors of cooperation were outlined, - said the general director of Spektr. Pavel Smirnov

Especially for students of NRNU MEPhI in the office of "Spectrum" in Moscow, practical classes will be organized in terms of the development of equipment and software of base stations. Students will have access to a laboratory equipped with high-precision telemetry and measuring equipment.

The experience of Specter specialists will allow us to develop the competence of NRNU MEPhI in the field of telecommunications. Cooperation involves joint work in the field of creating various software of base stations, solutions in the field of cryptographic protection, digital platforms and the network core. The research cooperation of NRNU MEPhI and Spectra is aimed not only at training specialists, but also at finding new solutions in the field of creating telecom equipment, - said Valentin Klimov, director of the Institute of Intelligent Cyber ​ ​ Systems (IIX) of NRNU MEPhI.

Spektr and NRNU MEPhI are exploring the possibility of holding joint scientific and practical conferences and other events. As part of such events, students of NRNU MEPhI and specialists of the telecommunications industry will be able to take part in the discussion of topical issues of the development of high-tech production, science and education.

Study of direct laser recording of nanoarrays

On May 6, 2022 scientific , employees of the Faculty of Nanoelectronics ITMO University reported that, together with colleagues from, and FIAN RKHTU named after D.I. Mendeleev NRNU MEPhI, they conducted a study in which they found out that nanoarrays have high spectral selectivity. Their layers can be used as wavelength-specific filters, and up to six layers can be recorded on a single glass plate. Thanks to this technology, scientists have implemented dispersion birefringent filters, which can be used in various ways: for example, to create biochemical sensors for diagnosing the flow of bacteria or displays added virtual reality and with a color image. More. here

Quantum Engineering Program Launch Plan

The National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NRNU MEPhI) launches the educational program "Quantum Engineering." The university announced this on June 27, 2022. This training course will be formed at the Institute of Laser and Plasma Technologies of the NRNU MEPhI (LaPlaza Institute) on the principle of greenfield, that is, from scratch, without looking at existing traditions. Specialists not only from NRNU MEPhI, but also from the Russian Quantum Center (RCC) and the Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences take part in its creation. V.A. Steklova. From the second year, students will have the opportunity to undergo laboratory and production practice at the sites of NRNU MEPhI and partner organizations.

The academic leader of the program is Kirill Lakhmansky, head of the scientific group of the RCC for the creation of a quantum computer on cold ions. Thanks to the support of the Priority 2030 state program, students enrolled in the Quantum Engineering program will be able to use scientific equipment specially purchased for it, and over time, under the guidance of scientists, participate in real scientific experiments.

The task of the training course is to train quantum engineers, broad specialists, whose fundamental scientific training will be combined with the ability to use the achievements of science in the development of applied technologies. The future quantum engineer is required to know physics, mathematics, programming and the ability to work with special equipment.

The relevance of this educational program is due to the fact that as of June 2022, human civilization is experiencing the so-called "second quantum revolution" (the first began at the beginning of the twentieth century with the emergence of quantum physics). In the "second revolution," quantum technologies based on controlling the position of individual quantum particles are beginning to transform more and more areas of science and technology. Graduates of the program will have to work in such areas as quantum sensorics, quantum and post-quantum cryptography, the development of quantum computers. The number of applications of quantum technologies is growing every year.

On June 2022, quantum engineering training at NRNU MEPhI will be held under the bachelor's program, but the LaPlaza Institute is already thinking about creating an appropriate master's program.

Creation of a design center for full-cycle microelectronics at NRNU MEPhI

On June 8, 2022, a cooperation agreement was signed at NRNU MEPhI between the university and 11 IT companies, involving the creation of a full-cycle microelectronics design center. At the initial stage, in addition to NRNU MEPhI, its participants will be the Institute for System Programming named after V.P. Ivannikova RAS (ISP RAS), MCST, Baikal Electronics, Hi-Tech, Astra Linux GC Companies, Eremex, KEAZ, TimTech (Optimizing Technologies brand), Kraft, Aerodisk and VedaProject. Read more here.

2019: Collaboration with the University of Malta

Logo in 2018

On April 24, 2019, Parallels announced the transfer of a memorandum of cooperation between the University of Malta and the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI. Read more here.

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