Laboratory for Mechanical Research of Advanced Bulk Nanomaterials for
Innovative Engineering Applications
About the laboratory
This laboratory was established as part of a scientific research project supported with a monetary grant awarded by the Government of the Russian Federation under a grant competition designed to provide governmental support to scientific research projects implemented under the supervision of the world's leading scientists at Russian institutions of higher learning (Resolution of the RF Government No.220 of April 9, 2010).
Grant Agreement No.:
14.B25.31.0017
Name of the institution of higher learning:
Saint Petersburg State University
Fields of scientific research:
Mechanics and mechanical engineering
Project:
Mechanics of advanced bulk nanomaterials for innovative engineering applications.
Leading scientist
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Leading scientist's full name: Valiyev, Ruslan Zufarovich |
Academic degree and title:
Doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, professor
Job title:
State educational institution of higher professional education "Ufa State University of Aviation Technologies", Director of the Research Institute of the Physics of Advanced Materials, head of the Department of nanotechnologies
Field of scientific interests:
- Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials;
- Physics of condensed state;
- Metallurgy and material science.
Scientific recognition:
Member of the European Academy of Sciences since 2008; member of the Science Board under the RF Ministry of education and science since 2013.
Honorary scientist of the Russian Federation (2003) and Republic of Bashkortostan (1997). Dr. Valiev's scientific achievements have been recognized with the following: Alexander von Humboldt prize (Germany), 2001; International Academic Publishing Company Prize for the best scientific publication in the physics of metals in 2003; ELSEVIER most cited author of 2005 – 2008, for the article "Principles of equal channel angular pressing as a processing tool for grain refinement", Prog. Mater. Sci., 51, 7 (2006), pp. 881-981; Materials Science & Engineering prize (2010) for outstanding achievements in the research of nanostructured materials, RFRF diploma and Elsevier "Scopus Award Russia 2011" ("Highest ranked Russian author at the international level"); B. Pasqual medal in material science for 2011 (European Academy of Sciences), etc.