On February, 12 schoolchildren were welcomed by the Institute of Nanoengineering in Electronics, Spintronics and Photonics, which gives its students unique possibilities to become world level professionals, having both fundamental knowledge and modern technologies and research methods. News body: MEPhI is conducting a series of events for enrollees, MEPhI Open Doors Days. Schoolchildren got acquainted with educational and research programs of Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine, Institute for Laser and Plasma technologies, Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering. On February, 12 schoolchildren were welcomed by the Institute of Nanoengineering in Electronics, Spintronics and Photonics (INTEL).
The Institute, created a year ago to train specialists in key directions of electronic industry development, gives its students unique possibilities to become world level professionals, having both fundamental knowledge and modern technologies and research methods.
As the Head of the Institute Nikolay Kargin noted, the INTEL policy is aimed at solving global challenges of electronics
Such challenges include, first of all, the growth of demand in processing, transfer, and storage of large data volumes; new sources of electric power and energy saving; perfection of systems of safety and terrorism counteraction; the necessity of preventive medicine development.
The Institute has a unique laboratory basis, advanced technological and research equipment. It includes 5 departments in specialized directions, 2 research educational centres, Engineering centre, 10 international scientific research laboratories.
After the official part schoolchildren went on excursions to the Institute scientific centres to see themselves the uniqueness of the laboratory complex. Important direction for the Institute is the cooperation with leading foreign universities-partners: Hangzhou Dianzi University (China); University of South California (the USA) (cooperation in nanophotonics); Purdue University (the USA) (cooperation in ion-cluster technologies of material processing and in quantum technologies of information transfer); Georgia State University (the USA) (collaboration in spintronics); Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) (cooperation in technologies of heterostructures AIIIN/graphene/silicon) etc.
The report of the INTEL Head provoked lively discussion. Some were interested in quantum entanglement, while others wondered how freshmen can understand quantum mechanics.
The official part ended with V.I.Skrytniy’s speech about enrollment at MEPhI and his answering questions.
Then an exhibition of educational programs and scientific achievements of the Institute of Nanoengineering in Electronics, Spintronics and Photonics was organised in the library reading hall.
Moreover, practical classes were held for schoolchildren. Students and employees of departments №81, 27, and 67 conducted a series of workshops, aimed at getting concrete useful skills, like brazing of electronic components. The pupils could try computer modelling of nanostructures, programming of microcontrollers. Institute employees organized and conducted a series of lectures on topics, which were interesting not only for schoolchildren, but for their parents as well. Associate Professor at the Department of micro- and nanoelectronics A.S.Bakerenkov made a lecture on topic “Specialised electronics in nuclear and space branches. MEPhI experience”, Deputy Head at the Department of physics of micro- and nanosystems A.P.Chistyakov held a lecture “Basics of scientific organization of engineering art”.
The next Open Doors Day will be held on February, 19, schoolchildren will get acquainted with the Institute of Cyber Intelligence Systems and the Institute of financial and economic security.
