Dates and facts

History

The Department of Thermal Physics was organized and established in 1980 under the leadership, while dean and later rector of the university, the doctor of technical sciences, professor, academician of IHEAS Akylbayev Zh.S.

Associate Professor, Full Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Turmuhambetov A.Zh was appointed the first head of department, whose employment is inextricably linked with both the faculty of Physics and the department of Thermal Physics.

During these years, the department was headed by professors: Akylbayev Zh.S, DzhaychibekovN.Zh., Kusaiynov K.K., AntipovYu.N., Kurmanov M.K., and Associate Professor ShcherbakovYu.N.

The name of Professor Zh.S.Akylbaev was given to the Department in 2008. Training of thermal engineers for thermal power plants has been carried out since 1992.

Infrastructure:

Training work of the department is provided by 10 training laboratories, 2 scientific laboratories, 8 research laboratories, which use laboratory facilities and equipment: the wind tunnel with a diameter of 500 mm working part and air velocity of ~ 30 m/s, an electro-hydraulic installation “Iskra-N” aerodynamic setup for the study of flows in streams, pipes and channels, laboratory complex “Automated heating station ATP-01” for the study of thermal processes.

Scientific tradition:

The department and Faculty hosted 11 international conferences of "Chaos and structures in nonlinear systems. Theory and experiment", with the participation of leading scientists of research institutes and universities in Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Yekaterinburg etc.This conference, held every 2 years, makes a significant contribution to the development of the science of nonlinear phenomena.

Students:

Today, the number of students is 289, including citizens of Ukraine and Mongolia.

Employment:

The figure for the last three years has increased from 87 to 100%.

Teachers:

The department employs 18 teachers, including doctors, candidates, masters, holders of the republican title "Best University Teacher": K. Kusainov, S.E. Sakipova, B.R. Nusupbekov, A.K. Khasenov, K.M. Shaimerdenova, D. Zh. Karabekova, N.K. Tanasheva.

Innovative programmes:

8D05309002- Thermophysics and theoretical heat engineering

Leadership:

Position in the national rankings:6В07103-Heat Power Engineering/IQAA - 2019 – 5th place;«Atameken» – 2020 – 5th place; 6B11201-«Life safety and environmental protection/IQAA - 2019 – 6th place.

Accreditation: All programs have national accreditation.

Partners:

• Institute of Engineering Thermophysics NAS of Ukraine
• Research Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Novosibirsk
• Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS, Tomsk
• Tomsk State University
• University of  Latvia
• National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
• Bielsko-Byala University

South-Western University “Neofit Rilski”