Systems engineering and its application to educational programs of the Tomsk Polytechnic University

The urgency of the work is caused by the need to develop Russian engineering education in the field of systems engineering caused by industry demand for specialists in developing complex heterogeneous systems. Study objective is to determine tasks of engineering education development in the field of systems engineering in Russia as a whole and at the Tomsk Polytechnic University in particular, and to develop proposals to solve them. Study methods: analysis of mass media, literature review, analysis of educational programs, systems analysis. Results: The authors have carried out a brief introduction into the issues, principles and methods of systems engineering. The state of education in this field in Russia and abroad was analyzed. The initiatives and the first experience of the Tomsk Polytechnic University in modernization of educational programs in accordance with the principles of systems engineering were considered. Conclusions: The state of education in the field of systems engineering in Russia can be considered as catastrophic. Russian universities and industry have to take a number of effective steps for implementing the world experience in the field of learning and application of systems engineering. Implementation should be gradual and continuous based on the creation of sample programs and courses, subject to specificity of educational profiles. It is appropriate and necessary to introduce systems engineering elements into bachelors training. Fundamentals of the applied system analysis can be integrated into existing courses of the first years as modules

Systems engineering and its application to educational programs of the Tomsk Polytechnic University

The urgency of the work is caused by the need to develop Russian engineering education in the field of systems engineering caused by industry demand for specialists in developing complex heterogeneous systems. Study objective is to determine tasks of engineering education development in the field of systems engineering in Russia as a whole and at the Tomsk Polytechnic University in particular, and to develop proposals to solve them. Study methods: analysis of mass media, literature review, analysis of educational programs, systems analysis. Results: The authors have carried out a brief introduction into the issues, principles and methods of systems engineering. The state of education in this field in Russia and abroad was analyzed. The initiatives and the first experience of the Tomsk Polytechnic University in modernization of educational programs in accordance with the principles of systems engineering were considered. Conclusions: The state of education in the field of systems engineering in Russia can be considered as catastrophic. Russian universities and industry have to take a number of effective steps for implementing the world experience in the field of learning and application of systems engineering. Implementation should be gradual and continuous based on the creation of sample programs and courses, subject to specificity of educational profiles. It is appropriate and necessary to introduce systems engineering elements into bachelors training. Fundamentals of the applied system analysis can be integrated into existing courses of the first years as modules

EFFECTIVE CONTRACT SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TEACHING STAFF

The article reports on experience of the effective contract system implementation for research and teaching staff at National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University. The system includes variable set of key performance indicators and incentives related to the contract. The system of effective contract is aimed at facilitating staff motivation to enhance performance efficiency and meeting key performance indicators of the Programme for Promoting the Competitiveness of the university by transforming the goals and tasks of the Programme into the goals and tasks of each research and teaching staff member

Magnetron sputtering of Si-Al-N nanocomposite coatings on quartz for protection against impacts of high speed microparticles

Nanocomposite transparent coatings on the quartz substrates based on the Si-Al-N system were formed by pulsed magnetron sputtering. The protective properties of the coatings were discovered by means of an impact of the flows of iron particles. The microparticles accelerated up to 5–8 km/s using a two-stage light-gas gun. A significant decrease in the surface density of the craters was observed on the coated quartz substrate formed under the microparticles impacts. The effect was explained by a change in the structure, phase composition and the mechanical properties of the surface layer of the quartz when a nanocomposite coating was deposited on it

Magnetron sputtering of Si-Al-N nanocomposite coatings on quartz for protection against impacts of high speed microparticles

Nanocomposite transparent coatings on the quartz substrates based on the Si-Al-N system were formed by pulsed magnetron sputtering. The protective properties of the coatings were discovered by means of an impact of the flows of iron particles. The microparticles accelerated up to 5–8 km/s using a two-stage light-gas gun. A significant decrease in the surface density of the craters was observed on the coated quartz substrate formed under the microparticles impacts. The effect was explained by a change in the structure, phase composition and the mechanical properties of the surface layer of the quartz when a nanocomposite coating was deposited on it