July, 2011

Editing of the "Basic" training course materils are completed, they are transferred for printing in English and Russian.

May, 2011

In the first half year of project implementation training program and training materials (synopsis and presentation) where prepared as the base course for electrical specialities doctoral candidates in Russian universities. Project participants from our laboratory was prepared chapters on heat flow and process modelling.

The course approbation in the St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University for 20 doctoral students from the four Russian partner institutions was successfully passed from 16th to 28th May.

March, 2011

In implementing the TEMPUS project "PhD Education in Energy Efficient Electrotechnologies at Russian Universities" trainees from Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk visited the Institute of Physics in Salaspils and there became acquainted with the studies carried out in the field of MHD. It is expected that the practice will promote not only the quality of the training project partner university in Krasnoyarsk, but will also stimulate new research contacts and cooperation in industrial technology

February, 2011

The scientific seminar "Experience and Projects in MHD Research and Production Centre" took place in our Laboratory on February 17, where E. Pavlov, V. Goremikin and M. Katcajuk presented the work done in the field of development of MHD metallurgical devices in Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk headed by prof. V. Timofeyev. Presentations has taked a great interest of audience, especially of Physics Institute researchers. These professionals are trained for a month in our laboratory in the frame of TEMPUS project.

January, 2011

During the period from November 2010 to October 2012 our laboratory participating in the TEMPUS project "PhD Education in Energy Efficient Electrotechnologies at Russian Universities" (projectno.511086-TEMPUS-1-2010-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPCR). The project coordinator is our perennial partner - Instituteof Electrotechnology of Leibniz Universität Hannover (leader prof. B. Nacke). Partners in the project implementation together with the Latvian University are Padua University in Italy and the Technical University of Silesiain Poland. The project partners in Russiaare St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University, Samara State Technical University, Novosibirsk State Technical University and the Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk. The project provides the following: Developing a series of courses,lectures and a summary of the training materials (in English and Russian), including heat and mass exchange in electronic technological devices, MHD methods and applications in metallurgy as well as mathematical modelling of multi-physical processes; Approbation of developed courses for doctoral students and new teachers in the mentioned Russian universities; Setting-up hardware and computer equipmentneeded for the training, as well as provide the necessary support to Russia´s partners; To provide the possibility for doctoral students and young teachers from Russian universities to practice an energy efficient technologies in the European Union´s universities.

Researchers from our laboratory (A. Jakovics, S. Pavlovs and others) participate in the project. Theoretical section of the base course for thermal and hydrodynamicis already commenced. Two doctoral students and a teacher of Siberian Federal University will start practice in the laboratory in February. 6 representatives of the partner universities will practice each year at the Universityof Latvia. The first two-week training cycle at Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University is scheduled in May. Similar training cycles are planned every two years. The project implementation will contribute important modernization of doctoral studies in the field of energy efficient electrical technologies at Russianun iversities and will promote contacts with appropriate professionals in Russia.

Project management board discussion at the University of Padua