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FACULTY OF MARINE ENGINEERING.

The Faculty of Marine Engineering has been for many years producing Mechanical Engineers with concentration on marine power installations covering the spheres of research, design, manufacturing, assembling, operation and maintenance of all sorts of ship engines.

At present the distinctions between the traditional branches of Engineering are becoming increasingly artificial as technology brings together new developments from different disciplines. Nowhere is this more true than between Mechanical and Electrical Engineering where the sharing of ideas and expertise has led to a great progress in design of electromechanical devices. Most modern machines of whatever type now contain electrical or electronic subsystems working in close combination with mechanical components.

Therefore, besides traditional curricula providing instruction in Mechanical Engineering all educational courses regardless of the specified field include interdisciplinary ingredients.
The basic technical knowledge and skills required for any programme are taught in a core syllabus over the first two years of the course. Fundamentals comprise mathematics, physics, mechanics, material science, computer technologies with further emphasis on thermodynamics, heat transfer, electronics, electrical circuits, mechanical design. These subjects, along with humanities are an integral part of any programme, their contribution to the curriculum depending on the area of specialisation.

Junior and senior subject sequences and further postgraduate instruction reflect the fields of concentration: internal combustion engines, marine turbines and turbine units or nuclear power installations.
Along with the detailed approach to the ship power engines all graduates will acquire sufficient proficiency in design, manufacturing and operation of turbines, internal combustion engines, pumps, compressors and valves for moving all types of liquids, vapours and gases over a range for operating conditions. They will be also experts in heating, cooling, refrigeration and air conditioning systems in vehicles and other spheres of applications.
Students whose preferences lie in the field of nuclear power installations will have to coop with the problems of fission reactors used to propel submarines and ships. The safe and economic development, design, construction and operation of these installations for different types of vessels will receive primary emphasis in the curricula.

Compared with others “ Nuclear Installations “ course will include special subjects on nuclear physics and materials. The major will also reflect the up-todate technologies of the production and fabrication of fuels for fission reactors and the processes of recovering theses materials from the highly radioactive spent fuel discharged from the reactors. The graduates are expected to meet one of the challenging tasks facing today’s nuclear engineers - how to provide safety and reliability of nuclear installations that proved to be quite efficient and practically irreplaceable in the extreme sea conditions.

Within the available programmes you can also choose courses that traditionally belonged to Electrical Engineering. Built on the common core of engineering fundamentals there is a cycle of programmes offered that can be now classified as System Engineering courses. They provide instruction for professionals in electrical, electronic and automated control systems for ships and vessels and also across a wide range of engineering applications, which gives a more general approach to the subject. All the programmes of this cycle have quite intensive curricula with much time devoted to individual work in computer laboratories and on course projects. The major subject sequence encompasses courses on System Engineering principles, computer-controlled systems, information system analyses and design, communication networks, digital computer design, basic reliability analyses, data base systems, optimal control. This preparation opens employment far beyond marine-related careers including a variety of industrial enterprises, business sphere and services.

A Diploma of Engineer course in Protection of Environment will concentrate on environmental issues concerned with effective operation of currently utilised marine engines and also with development and design of new ecologically safe machines. Many disciplines integrated in the course will cover general environmental problems caused by human activities, within and beyond engineering.

One of the key features of any Faculty programme is profound experience in applications of engineering sciences and design principles. Students are highly encouraged to demonstrate their engineering creativity in both individual and group projects. They are also offered to acquire industrial experience which is an integral part of any curriculum. Graduates are qualified for professional positions in design, manufacturing, operation and servicing of machines, systems and processes or in research and development.

The Dean of the Faculty is professor Boris A Tikhomirov.
Contact addresses are:
Fax: ( 7 ) 812 1138109; Phone : ( 7 ) 812 1141541, ( 7 ) 812 4950227