The series of Open Doors Days are continuing at MEPhI. Last Sunday, high school students were welcomed by the Institute of Nanoengineering in Electronics, Spintronics and Photonics (NESPI).
About 250 participants, several thematic platforms and master classes, scientific lectures from scientists of the Institute and success stories from its graduates - the format of the event gave an opportunity to prospective students not only to learn, but also to feel the interesting, rich life of the University.
"Electronics of the future is alternative energy and robotics, terahertz technology and global Internet, green technologies and teleportation, new materials and electronic component base," began his speech the Director of NESPI N.I. Kargin. In this regard, modern electronics face global challenges, such as the growing need for processing, transmission and storage of large amounts of data; new sources of electricity and energy saving; improvement of security systems and counter-terrorism; the need for the development of preventive medicine.
NESPI at MEPhI has all the capabilities to solve these problems – a unique laboratory, equipped with advanced technological and research facilities, scientists and scholars – leading experts in these fields, as well as educational programs which comply with the world standards, said the Director.
Thus, the Institute includes one of the best such centers in Russia – SEC "Nanotechnologies", Engineering center, ten international research laboratories and five Departments in core areas. The most qualified specialists of industrial enterprises-partners – Roselektronika holding, Rosatom state corporation, Russian Academy of Sciences, foreign researchers from universities of Germany, the USA and other countries are involved in the educational process as teachers.
The Institute implements 18 educational programs, including 6 undergraduate programs, 8 master's programs, 2 specialist programs and 2 postgraduate programs. Students and postgraduates have the opportunity of internships in leading research centers and laboratories of the world.
The main areas of work are electronics on new physical principles, terahertz technologies, plasmonics and radiophotonics, organic and quantum electronics, nanofluidics and soft matter, hybrid materials and devices with a combination of advantages of heterogeneous functional materials and many other very interesting and promising studies, in which students are actively involved.
Thanks to this comprehensive training, the Institute of Nanoengineering in Electronics, Spintronics and Photonics trains highly demanded professionals who possess both complex theoretical knowledge and modern methods of research and production. The high level of training is evidenced by the fact that young scientists of the Institute annually become winners of the awards of the Russian Federation President, the Government, the Russian Academy of Sciences. For example, just recently, the NESPI graduate students Stanislav Shostachenko and Roman Zakharchenko became the laureates of the Moscow Government prize for young scientists.
During the meeting, students were able to ask questions to the executive secretary of the admission board. V.I. Skrytniy told about the minimum exam scores and the control figures of admission, entrance exams and the possibility of obtaining benefits, and also recalled the main stages of the admission campaign. Having answered numerous questions of school students and their parents, Vladimir Ilyich advised to visit the website of the admission campaign of MEPhI, where all the necessary information for applicants is presented.
The official part was over. But the most important and the most interesting part was ahead. The organizers had a task not only to tell, but actually show how and what is taught in the NESPI. An exhibition of educational programs and scientific achievements of the Institute was organized in the reading room of the library. Each program matched a separate stand, which presented a detailed summary of the program, a list of special courses, leading professors, examples of thesis.
Students were shown unique devices developed by specialists of departments, participated in a number of master classes aimed at acquiring new skills. But of course, the best thing about the University can be told by its graduates, since they have already used received knowledge in practice. Direct dialogue between schoolchildren and recent students, who and now representatives of the management of large enterprises, can interest talented children to enroll in MEPhI better than any presentations.
That day graduates of the department of Micro- and nanoelectronics NESPI, the Deputy Director of SRISA of RAS M.S. Gorbunov and the head of Department at JSC "URSC" P.A. Chubunov told about perspective directions of development of electronics in nuclear and space branches, and also about opportunities of graduates’ employment in large holdings and organizations, shared secrets of the successful career.
Many guys took an opportunity to make excursions to NESPI research centers and laboratories – to see how real electronic engineers work.
It is pleasant to note that the graduates of MEPhI create a positive image of their native University by their own example. One of the schoolchildren who is studying in the MEPhI Lyceum № 1523 hopes to become MEphI alumni of the third generation – his father and grandfather graduated from our University.
Let's wish all today's pupils to choose correctly future specialty, and to enroll a University which will allow them to realize themselves in the chosen area!
