Program Overview

Program Overview

The Master's program in Metallurgy with a focus on Theoretical Foundations of Welding Processes is designed to prepare specialists for research and development of innovative welding technologies. The program aims to equip students with in-depth knowledge of digital welding production, computer modeling of welded structures, metallurgy, materials science, robotics, and automation.

Program Details

• Program Code: 22.04.02
• Specialization: Metallurgy, Theoretical Foundations of Welding Processes
• Languages of Instruction: Russian
• Forms of Education: Full-time, Part-time
• Duration: 2 years

Curriculum

The curriculum includes a range of profiled disciplines such as:

• Organization and mathematical planning of experiments
• Modeling and optimization of technological processes
• Design and production of welded and brazed structures
• Welding of non-ferrous metals and alloys
• Special welding methods and equipment
• Theory of welding deformations and stresses
• Unified system of certification of technologies, materials, equipment, and personnel
• Crystallization and diffusion during welding
• Material testing
• CNC and robotics

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the program can pursue careers as:

• Researchers
• Engineers
• Project managers
• Laboratory heads
• Chief metallurgists
• Chief welders
• Department heads
• Chief technologists
• Chief engineers

Research Areas

The program focuses on research in areas such as:

• Computer modeling of stresses and deformations during welding
• Welding of cryogenic and high-strength steels for Arctic and hydrogen energy applications
• Underwater welding and cutting of marine structures
• Investigation of hydrogen embrittlement in the petrochemical industry
• Development of technologies for analyzing the welding process using neural network algorithms
• Laser and laser-arc hybrid welding of high-strength steels for nuclear icebreaker fleets
• Additive digital technologies for laser, electron beam, and arc growth of products for rocket and space technology systems

Partnerships

The program has partnerships with several organizations, including:

• Bauman Moscow State Technical University
• Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Central Research Institute of Machine Building" (FGUP "TSNIIMASH")
• Belarusian-Russian University
• Gazprom VNIIGAZ LLC
• UNTC "Welding" LLC
• Regional North-Western Interindustry Certification Center (RSZ MAC)
• National Agency for Welding Control (NAKS)
• Plant of Technological Sources (ZTI) LLC
• Engineering and Technology Service Scientific and Production Firm (AO "NPF ITS")

Program Management

• Program Director: Irina V. Ivanova
• Program Manager: Sergey V. Ryaboshuk
• Scientific Director: Sergey G. Parshin

Facilities

The program utilizes several scientific laboratories, including:

• Laboratory of Light Materials and Structures
• Educational Laboratory "Theory and Technology of Welding Materials"
• Educational Laboratory "Materials Science and Technology of Materials"
• Welding Materials Laboratory
• "Arc Welding Modeling" Laboratory
• Scientific Research Laboratory "Investigation and Modeling of the Structure and Properties of Metallic Materials"
• Educational Laboratory of Physicochemical Research
• Educational Laboratory "Metallurgical and Foundry Technologies"