Railway Construction Faculty is 90 years old NIVIT – NIIZhT – STU

The article briefly describes the history of foundation and development of the departments of the Faculty of Railway Construction, formation of scientific schools and prospects for further research. It is marked that Council of people's commissars decided to separate Siberian (Tomsk) technological institute since July 1st, 1930 into ten branch institutes, including Siberian institute of engineers of transport (SIIT) with three departments. Among them was the construction (track-building) faculty with the following specialities: building and surveying of railways, exploitation of railways, buildings, bridges, water supply. On June 30, 1931 People's Commissariat of Railway Transport issued an order 2287 that directed to move the faculty of track building to Novosibirsk after finishing construction of new building for it.
On September, 25th, 1932 by the order of People's Commissariat of Railway Transport Nr 754/C the Novosibirsk Railway Construction Institute for Railway Engineers (NOPIIT) was created with the following specialities: repair and maintenance of tracks; construction and survey of railways; buildings; water supply; artificial constructions. All departments of the Institute were oriented to training of engineering staff and solving scientific problems of transport industry.
Before the Railway Track Department was set the task of creating a scientific school in the direction of Improving the reliability of railway track and track maintenance system in harsh climatic conditions.
The Department of Engineering Geodesy focused on the training of geodesists with high qualifications. Now the department has created an electronic navigational map of Transsib within the Trans-Siberian Railway and developed the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in educational process and scientific researches.
The Surveys, Design and Construction of Railways and Highways Department became a scientific base for creating Siberian school of engineers-designers and constructors of railways. The scientific direction – designing of an earthen bed of railways and highways in difficult engineering-geological conditions with deep frost penetration of soils and presence of permafrost.
The Department of Foreign Languages continues the tradition of formation and development of scientific base in the sectorial university. The promising direction of research at the department is connected with the professional retraining program Interpreter in the sphere of professional communication.
The faculty sees great potential in improving the quality of training of railway engineers and builders, in developing scientific research, moral and patriotic education of students, in establishing and developing partnerships with secondary schools, vocational schools, universities, research and design institutes. The solution of these problems in modern socio-economic conditions will contribute to a greater focus on scientific and innovative components in the pedagogical activities of the staff of the faculty departments.

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