Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science SB RAS

History

• 1979 – Department of Solid State Physics and Materials under the leadership of Viktor Panin at the Institute of Atmospheric Optics, SD of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
• 1984 – Is released Institute of Strength Physics and Material Sciences of the SB USSR from the Institute of Atmospheric Optics. It was headed by Viktor Panin
• 1985 – Is created the Republican Engineering Technical Center at IMPA of the SB USSR
• 1991 – Is established Russian Material Center based on the ISPMS SB RAS
• 1994 to 1997 – Institute had the status of the State Scientific Center of Russian Federation
• 1998 – the Institute began to publish an international scientific journal "Физическая мезомеханика" in Russian and "Physical Mesomechanics" in English.
• 2002 – Director of the Institute elected a PhD in Physics and Mathematics Professor Sergey Psakhie. Decree of the Presidium of the RAS Academician Viktor Panin was appointed scientific director of the Institute
• 2007 – English version of the journal Physical Mesomechanics published by international publisher Elsevier

  Activities undertaken at the Institute

• In 2009. the Institute celebrated the 25th anniversary. In this connection, on September 7–9, 2009, it held an international conference on physical mesomechanics, computer design and development of new materials. Opening the conference was at the Congress Center "Ruby".
• The Council of Young Scientists and Specialists of the ISPMS SD RAS holds an annual competition of research papers in two categories: the work presented in Russian and the work presented in English.
• Graduate students and staff of the Institute weekly in the evenings go play volleyball and basketball in the gym of the Tomsk Research Center.
• Annually, the Institute carries out a corporate new year in the House of Scientists, which is located in the Tomsk Akademgorodok.
• The Council of Young Scientists and Specialists if the ISPMS SD RAS participates annually in celebration of the foundation of the TomskAkademgorodok. Preparing a cultural program and art.

  Institute staff

Directorate

• Director — Sergey Psakhie, DSc in physics and mathematics, Professor.
• Adviser of the Russian Academy of Sciences—Viktor Panin, DSc in physics and mathematics, Professor, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• Deputy Director for Science
• * Lev Zuev, DSc in physics and mathematics, Professor.
• * Lotkov Alexander, DSc in physics and mathematics, Professor.
• Scientific Secretary — Vasiliy Pleshanov, DSc in technology, Associate Professor.

  Structure

• Laboratory of Physical mesomechanics and non-destructive methods of control
• Laboratory of Mechanics of heterogeneous media
• Laboratory of Materials science of shape memory alloys
• Laboratory of Physics of structural transformations
• Laboratory of Physics of Strength
• Laboratory of Physics of surface hardening
• Laboratory of Physical materials
• Laboratory of Physics of nanostructured biocomposites
• Laboratory of Computer design of materials
• Laboratory of Physics of nanostructured ceramic materials
• Laboratory of Physics of nonlinear media
• Laboratory of Physics of surface phenomena
• Laboratory of Composite materials
• Laboratory of Polymer composite materials
• Laboratory of Physical chemistry of powder materials
• Laboratory of Materials science and nanotechnology coatings
• Laboratory of Methods for coating
• Laboratory of Physical chemistry of finely
• International Centre for Research on Physical mesomechanics materials
• Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Center "Welding"