The effective electrical conductivity of a two-phase liquid-metal flow

Electrical conductivity of two phase liquid metal flow in magnetohydrodynamic generato

Contemporary peculiarities of teaching English in the context of domestic educational problems

Contemporary problems, born as the result of modern social- economic processes, are considered at the articleВ статье рассматриваются современные проблемы, порожденные современными социально-экономическими процессам

Management of professional educational systems with the use of informational supply

In this article we draw your attention to the problem of professional educational systems management with the use of modern methodical supply on the base of high technologies. Moreover, some recommendations on composing electronic studying course are givenРассматривается процесс управления профессионально-образовательными системами с помощью современного методического обеспечения с использованием высоких технологий. Кроме того, даются методические рекомендации по разработке такого методического обеспечения, как электронный учебный кур

The use of integrated technologies in the process of teaching a foreign language as a condition of forming a transrofessional personality

The article describes the potentiality of the use of integrated technologies during foreign language classes with the aim of forming interdisciplinary links, increasing the level of motivation and forming transprofessional personalityВ статье рассматривается возможность применения интегрированных технологий на занятиях по иностранному языку для формирования метапредметных связей, повышения уровня мотивации и формирования транспрофессиональной личности студента колледж

Complex systems management competency for technology modernization

Industrial technology modernization requires solutions to the problems of the complex systems evolution. Entities involved in the process of modernization lack unified centralized control and act as standalone businesses, while stakeholders in the processes pursue their own, all too often conflicting interests. Having to operate amid severe external uncertainty, these standalone businesses act as isolated agents, with their make-up changing at different periods, yet the success of technology modernization depends on their coordinated action. It is critical for the success of the system evolution to have enough highly qualified personnel with expertise and competencies, engineering and economic ones in the first place, that match the complexity of the systems being managed. The article analyzes the tasks that pop up throughout the course of modernization. The analysis is used as a basis for defining engineering and economic competencies and for substantiating their significance as a key resource of the industrial systems of the future. This assumption finds a confirmation in a summary of appropriate global trends done by the authors. Systems engineering is used as a case of the application of the competencies as part of methodologies that were created in response to challenges associated with the growing complexity of technological and organizational systems. The study also gives examples of the need for engineering and economic competencies arising in the course of technology modernization in the electric power industry. © 2017 WIT Press.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The work was supported by Act 211 of the Government of the Russian Federation, contract № 02.A03.21.0006

Proactive management in the power industry: Tool support

Increasingly dynamic, non-linear and all too often chaotic changes in the global environment and tougher competition, including at the geopolitical level, call for radical transformations in strategic management of the power industry. The article provides the results of a study into proactive actions of energy company management, which are becoming increasingly important. The article offers a framework of concepts relating to proactive management and sums up ideas of a number of authors on diagnostics of weak signals as possible harbingers of threats to sustainable power industry development. The authors have determined a general approach to mechanisms of threat identification and developed methodological principles of shaping a corporate management model capable of reacting to new challenges. The article provides a thorough study of some components of the model and an assessment of factors that ensure successful implementation of the authors’ conceptual solutions in energy companies. © 2017 WIT Press.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The work was supported by the Act 211 Government of the Russian Federation, contract № 02.A03.21.0006

Ensuring resilience and agility of complex organizational-technical systems

Modern organizational and technical systems have been developing in an environment that is marked by capriciousness, uncertainty, risk, variability, and evolution (CURVE factors). As organizational-technical systems grow bigger, their internal complexity increases, too, both structurally and dynamically. The article substantiates the appropriateness of employing the principles of systems engineering for managing such systems. The authors analyzed various theoretical concepts of and practice-based approaches to the development of systems engineering in the context of ensuring the resilience and agility of complex organizational-technical systems. Using the case of power engineering and hi-tech industries, the authors show that for organizations that operate critical infrastructure facilities it is essential to make sure that the system stays functional in adverse conditions and is able to recover quickly after a failure. It is demonstrated that for addressing the above task it is critical to use instruments that nurture interdisciplinary competences in individual professionals and in teams that manage the development of complex systems and implement major innovation projects. As part of the study, the authors also look at the possibility of using the principles of resilient systems design and the fundamental principles for agile systems engineering when managing critical infrastructure facilities. © 2018 WIT Press.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The work was supported by Act 211 of the Government of the Russian Federation, contract No. 02.A03.21.0006

Virtual Workshops and Virtual Technologies, Their Impact in Vocational Training

В статье рассматривается такая новейшая форма обучения, как виртуальные мастерские. Дается определение данной форме обучения. Кроме того, проведен анализ причин, по которым применение виртуальных лабораторий является обоснованным и перечисляются задачи, которые могут быть решены при использовании виртуальных мастерских в профессиональном обучении.Such a modern teaching method as virtual workshops is viewed in this article. The definition of this is also given in the article. Moreover, there is the analysis of the reasons of applying virtual workshops. Also in this article the tasks of using virtual workshops in vocational training are enumerated