Advanced Technology Materials
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28.04.04 In Russian
Level of education Master
Type of instruction Full-time
Duration 2 years
With the additional qualification ‘Metrology Engineer in the Field of Metrological Support of Development, Production and Testing of Nanotechnological Products’
Programme description
- The master’s programme ‘High-Tech Materials (with the additional qualification “Metrology Engineer in the Field of Metrological Support of Development, Production and Testing of Nanotechnological Products”)’ is designed to train academic and innovative staff for the development of high-tech sectors of the economy, industry and science that combine in-depth fundamental knowledge with a broad scientific horizon and a comprehensive understanding of the main problems in the field of nanosystems, nanomaterials and nanotechnology. The training programme includes (but is not limited to) the fundamental aspects of the production, structural analysis, and investigation of material properties, as well as the application of nanoscience, nanomaterials and nanotechnology in materials mechanics, physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, medicine, environmental studies, and the social sciences. During training, students acquire knowledge of: business communications; economic and legal fundamentals and management of processes to create research and development products; and business English
- The academic programme develops competencies required for the additional qualification ‘Metrology Engineer in the Field of Metrological Support of Development, Production and Testing of Nanotechnological Products’. The field of training within the framework of the additional qualification includes the development and application of methods and tools for metrological support, the organisation of measuring instrument records, control and testing, and the management and supervision of metrology engineers' activities in the field of nanotechnology
Main courses
Main courses
- Visualisation of Information in Materials Science
- Master's Seminar. Introduction to Materials Science of Nanostructures and Modern Technologies for Producing Functional Nanomaterials
- Nanostructures in Science and Life
- Modern Physical Methods for Studying Nanoscale Materials
- Fundamentals of Biomedical Nanophase Materials Science
- Fundamentals of Measurement Theory and Metrology
- Fundamentals of Economics and Marketing in Science and Technology
- Legal Protection of Technical Solutions in the Field of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies (Protection of Intellectual Property)
- Practical Foundations for the Development of Scientific and Technical Products and Their Metrological Support
- Economic and Legal Fundamentals for Creation of Scientific and Technical Products
Optional courses
- Machine Learning: Fundamentals (online course)
- Artificial Intelligence: Fundamentals (online course)
Our advantages
- There is an opportunity to build an individual educational path
- The interdisciplinary master’s programme ‘Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies’ is designed to train academic, teaching and innovative staff for the development of high-tech sectors of the economy that combine in-depth fundamental knowledge with a broad scientific horizon and a comprehensive understanding of the main problems in the field of nanosystems, nanomaterials and nanotechnology.
- The training programme includes the fundamental aspects and application of nanoscience, nanomaterials and nanotechnology in materials mechanics, physics, chemistry, materials science, and technology
- The curriculum of the programme provides for the acquisition of knowledge in: business communications; economic and legal foundations and management of developing technological solutions; and business English. All these will make it possible for graduates to manage research projects at all stages: from application to introduction of developed products and technologies into production
- The programme provides for the solution of major interdisciplinary problems at the intersection of areas of study and different branches of knowledge. It takes into account the knowledge of various sciences to get an idea about the object under study. The programme trains highly qualified specialists to solve multivariate tasks, taking into account the needs of employers
- During training, students have an opportunity to access the cutting-edge equipment located in the resource centres of the St Petersburg University Research Park. This makes it possible for them to master modern methods of research within the chosen topic of their graduation projects
- Work on their graduation projects includes: conducting independent experimental and theoretical research activities supervised by highly qualified scientists; preparing papers for publication in Russian and foreign journals; participation in the implementation of work supported by grants of various levels (from municipal to international ones); and filing patent applications for their achievements
- There is an opportunity to do an internship at employers’ organisations that are University’s partners
Teaching staff
- Igor Murin, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor, Honoured Worker of Science of the Russian Federation, Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education, recipient of the Medal of the Order ‘For Merit to the Fatherland’, 2nd class; Honorary Professor of St Petersburg University; recipient of the St Petersburg University Science Prize for the two-volume monograph ‘Solid State Ionics’
- Yury Tveryanovich, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor, Expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences, reference number 2016-01-3093-2145; Member of the Board of the St Petersburg Branch of the Russian Chemical Society; Member of the Editorial Board of the Russian Journal of General Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences; recipient of an honorary certificate of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the Silver Medal of the Industrial Innovation Exhibition (Brussels, Belgium)
- Aleksei Komolov, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor, expert in the scientific and technical field at the Scientific Research Institute – Federal Research Centre for Projects Evaluation and Consulting Services under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. He was awarded the Lundbeckfondens Talentpris for young scientists in Hellerup, Denmark, and received the Academic Council Prize for Academic Pedagogical Excellence in the category of Pedagogical Innovations from the Faculty of Physics at St Petersburg University in 2009
- Alina Manshina, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor, Russian coordinator of the Governing Board of the German-Russian Interdisciplinary Science Centre; Editor of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) and the Journal of the European Optical Society – Rapid Publications; recipient of a silver medal and diploma for innovation at INNOVA ENERGY (Belgium)
- Valeri Tolstoi, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor, recipient of an honorary certificate of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, a gold medal from the All-Russia Exhibition Centre (VDNKh), and a silver medal from the International Biographical Foundation
Main areas of research
- Computer simulation of the physicochemical properties of new carbon nanomaterials using the methods of quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics
- Fullerenes in phytobiotechnology
- Carbon nanomaterials in power industry
- Synthesis, identification and investigation of properties and application of carbon nanoclusters as nanomodifiers
- Synthesis of in situ polymer nanocomposites based on amphiphilic monomers and functional carbon nanomaterials
- Formation of graphene nanoribbons from organic molecules on Au and Cu crystals
- Promising materials for hydrogen economy
- Liquid crystals — materials for indicators and displays
- Polymer synthesis from monomers in a micellar state and conformational behaviour of the resulting macromolecules in an organic solvent
- Development of hybrid nanostructured materials
- Kinetics and dynamics of chemical reactions
- Optical biosensors and cellular process imaging
- Photopharmacology: activating drugs by light
- Optogenetics: controlling the activity of neurons by light
- Investigating the structure and properties of shape memory alloys
- Investigating physical and mechanical properties of metals and alloys subjected to severe plastic deformation
- Mechanics of nanomaterials
Career opportunities
The graduates can work as researchers, educators and academic managers. They can also work in marketing, analysis and development of technologies for processing and production of functional, composite nanomaterials, carbon, nanobiomaterials and related products; at research and high-tech companies in the field of nanotechnology and medical biology.
Professions
- Specialist in the development of nanostructured composite materials
- Specialist in providing integrated control of production of nanostructured composite materials
- Specialist in the field of material science support of the technological cycle of production of bulk nanometals, alloys, composites based on them and related products
- Specialist in R&D organisation and management
- Expert in research and engineering
- Specialist in the field of material science support of the technological cycle of production of bulk nanoceramics, compounds, composites based on them and related products
- Educator (professional training, professional education and additional professional education)