The basic Department of Agrophysical Engineering has been opened at St. Petersburg State University

On October 16, the solemn signing of the agreement on the establishment of the basic Department of Agrophysical Engineering at the Institute of Civil Engineering on the basis of the Federal State Budgetary Budgetary Institution "Agrophysical Research Institute" (API) took place. Rector Andrey Rudskoy and Director of the Institute of Civil Engineering Marina Petrochenko attended the event from SPbPU. AFI was represented by Director Yuri Chesnokov and leading researcher Tatyana Danilova.



The purpose of the creation of the basic department is the integration of educational and research activities in priority areas of science and technology: "Rational nature management", "Technologies for monitoring and forecasting the state of the environment, prevention and elimination of its pollution", "Technologies for the prevention and elimination of natural and man—made emergencies". Including in-depth training of students in the following areas of training: "Construction", "Technosphere safety", "Urban Planning", "Geoecology". The development of the main research areas of activity is determined by the "Doctrine of Food Security of the Russian Federation", "Climate Doctrine of the Russian Federation", "Environmental Doctrine of the Russian Federation", as well as the provisions of the "Doctrine of the Development of Russian Science".



In the near future, the main activities of the basic department of Agrophysical Engineering will be the following scientific and educational projects:

  • development and launch of an open online course "Engineering Land Reclamation" within the framework of the National Open Education Platform project;
  • implementation of additional professional education programs in the field of agrophysical engineering and hydraulic reclamation;
  • development of methods for cleaning, restoration and restoration of the functionality of tubular subsurface drainage;
  • the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to restore drainage schemes;
  • assessment of the quality of drainage systems using remote methods;
  • the use of digital technologies in mathematical modeling and computer calculations in land reclamation in hydraulic reclamation;
  • improving the quality and fertility of agricultural land through hydro-reclamation measures.

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