Way to the PhD thesis: per aspera ad astra

On September 25, 2019, Aleksandr A.Kataev has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on the specialty Technology of electrochemical processes and protection against corrosion. The topic of work was the production of Al-B alloys by the reduction of KBF4 and B2O3 in low-melting cryolite melts. On February 6, 2020, Alexandr has received confirmation from the Higher …

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Novel technology will be implemented for the production of rocket engines

This year, the enterprise of the rocket and space industry launched a section for the production of manufactures using the method of high temperature galvanoplastics. This is an electrochemical process of coating a workpiece with a metal layer that can be operated at high temperatures and reproducing its shape. Ural scientists suggested using it in …

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In advanced format

For a long time  the scientists knew that the polyclinic of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences was going through difficult times. Outdated equipment, lack of specialists, staff turnover – all this is a consequence of insufficient funding. The academic medical institution did not have a state assignment, since it did not …

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New victories of young scientists

 Controversial year 2020 brought nice gifts at the end. Evgenia Ilyina, a researcher at the Laboratory of Electrochemical Power Sources, PhD, received a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the state support of young Russian scientists – PhDs and DScs. Three young IHTE employees received scholarships from the President of the Russian …

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New grant-holders

Three young employees of the IHTE UB RAS – Alexander Davydov, Anna Khodimchuk and Maxim Plekhanov – received scholarships from the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region for the 2020/2021 academic year.  Alexander Davydov, a researcher from the Molten Salts Lab, develops new theoretical approaches in order to describe phase equilibria and thermodynamic properties in multicomponent …

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Scientists of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences will purchase a microscope that will help in the creation of materials for space industry

  An atomic force microscope for studying the properties of the surface of solid states will appear at the Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences due  to he grant from the Ministry of Science and Education  of the Russian Federation. The new equipment will help scientists …

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The Baraboshkin honorary diploma

 On September 17, following the results of the 2020 competition,  the medals and honorary diplomas of the Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences named after outstanding scientists of the Ural region were awarded. The scientific director of the Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, …

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Working atmosphere

On September 14-15, a production conference related to the project of a research molten salt reactor was held at the IHTE UB RAS. Presentations were made by representatives of six organizations participating in the project:  Kurchatov Institute,  GNC NIIAR, RFYATS-VNIITF,  VNIINM, UrFU and IHTE UB RAS. The collection of experimental data on the properties of …

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Woman in science

Yulia Lyagaeva became one of the 10 winners and the holder of the scholarship program of the Russian competition For Women in Science L’OREAL-UNESCO. Since 2007, the program has been implemented in Russia with the participation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO and as a part of …

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Research fellows 2020-2021

Five graduate students of the Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences were awarded scholarships of the Government of the Russian Federation, and three of them – scholarships of the President of the Russian Federation. Each of the graduate students conducts a unique research in its own …

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