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The KNRTU-KAI saw the opening of the Composite Technology Special Competence Centre, a training and research laboratory on the basis of the university. The laboratory is a joint project of the Tupolev Kazan National Research Technical University and UMATEX (Rosatom). The project is implemented with the aim of training highly qualified personnel in the field of composites, as well as upgrading qualifications of designers, technologists, and experts working in the field of design and manufacture of products from polymer composites.

The opening ceremony was attended by Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, Principal of KNRTU-KAI Albert Gilmutdinov, Director General of UMATEX (Rosatom) Aleksandr Tyunin, other officials, as well as representatives of business community and educational institutions.

Guests also visited the premises of the new laboratory: a 3D modelling class, a tool room for car prototype making from composite materials, a moulding laboratory where the car prototype is laid up from carbon fibre-based materials, and a laboratory of finished products, where the end product is cured in a heating cabinet.

During the opening ceremony, KNRTU-KAI Principal Albert Gilmutdinov and UMATEX Director General Alexander Tyunin signed an agreement on KNRTU-KAI’s entry into the Composites Without Borders interregional industrial cluster.

Based on information by UMATEX press service

The German-Russian Institute of Advanced Technologies (GRIAT) celebrates today its 5th anniversary.

In honour of the event, a number of important actions took place within the walls of the university, including a meeting of the Board of Trustees and a graduation ceremony for GRIAT graduates. They were attended by Deputy Minister German Lerner.

The Board of Trustees discussed issues of Institute’s academic achievements and strategic development, as well as key administrative and financial points.

Speaking at the Board meeting, German Lerner noted that GRIAT makes a significant contribution to the republic’s industrial development: large-scale projects are being implemented in the field of energy, information technology, engineering, aviation, and aircraft manufacturing.

The German-Russian Institute of Advanced Technologies under the KNRTU-KAI is the largest educational project between Germany and Russia. Opened in 2014 with the support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Government of Tatarstan, the Institute currently offers 9 double-degree master’s programmes with leading universities of Germany.

The MAKS 2019 International Aviation and Space Salon was launched today in the city of Zhukovsky (Moscow region). The venue for the event is the Gromov Flight Research Institute.

This major international air show will combine the latest developments in the field of civil and military aviation, promising projects and results of scientific research, demonstrations by test pilots and aerobatic teams from the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation and other countries.

The initiative to create a pavilion with regional displays was taken by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia. Tatarstan also holds its place at the aerospace salon. The joint stand of the republic features 17 organisations, such as the Gorbunov Kazan Aviation Plant, KMPO, Kazan Helicopters, MVEN Firm, Tulpar Interior Group, Tupolev KNRTU-KAI, Elecon Plant, Lyceum No. 35, and others.

For the republic’s enterprises, participation in MAKS 2019 is an opportunity for networking and expanding business contacts, seeking new partners, demonstrating their own developments and technologies.

MAKS 2019 will be held from August 27 to September 1. More details about the air show participants and events can be found at its official website.

Based on information by Russian Helicopters Holding, KMPO, and aviasalon.com