E.O. Paton Education and Research Institute of Materials Science and Welding

Research schools of IMW

Research Schools

Materials Science of Refractory Compounds and Composites

Head Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Petro LOBODA

The object of research is the synthesis of large single crystals, reinforced ceramic and metal-ceramic composites from powders of refractory compounds, which are superior to the classes of tool materials created over the centuries in terms of hardness (40 GPa), strength (5 GPa), wear resistance and operating temperature (2000°C).


Physics and Technology of Metallic Nanomaterials

Head Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor Sergiy SIDORENKO

The object of research is diffusion formation of structure and properties of nanoscale metallic materials under the influence of low- and high-energy impacts of various nature.


Foundry Technologies

Head Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Mykhailo YAMSHYNSKYI

The object of research are advanced resource-saving technologies for producing cast products from various alloys using traditional and special casting methods, theories of casting crystallization, creation of environmentally friendly molding materials and mixtures, modeling of foundry processes, and development of artistic casting technologies.


Physicochemical and Thermo-Deformation Fundamentals of Welding and Related Processes

Head Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Viktor KVASNYTSKYI

The object of research are physicochemical and thermo-deformation processes, their impact on the structure and properties of products and structures during welding, additive technologies of layer-by-layer synthesis of products, sputtering, surfacing and modification of surface layers of materials using arc, highly concentrated and hybrid heating sources.


Processes and Equipment of Physical and Technical Processing of Materials by Highly Concentrated Energy Sources

Head Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor Mykola ANIAKIN

The object of research are high-performance technological processes and equipment for their implementation, which use highly concentrated energy sources such as focused laser radiation, electric discharge, plasma, ultrasonic vibrations and their combinations.

 

Research Groups

ІМЗ-01 Advanced welding, brazing, surface modification, hybrid and additive technologies, supervisor Viktor KVASNYTSKYI

ІМЗ-02 Innovative technologies of fusion welding and development of welding materials for alloy steels and non-ferrous metal alloys, supervisor Vladyslav KOVALENKO

ІМЗ-06 Nanotechnology in welding and related processes, supervisor Valeriy KUZNETSOV

ІМЗ-08 Plasma technologies for utilization/gasification of industrial and domestic waste and coal combustion in boilers of thermal power plants,  supervisor Yurii POPIL

ІМЗ-09 Monitoring and quality improvement based on artificial intelligence, supervisor Igor SKACHKOV

ІМЗ-10 Scientific and methodological principles of training specialists in welding and related processes according to international standards, supervisor Yevgenia CHVERTKO

ІМЗ-13 Improving the efficiency of chemical and thermal treatment by laser modification of surfaces. Highly efficient technologies for the manufacture of bimetals for various functional purposes using laser casting processes and related equipment. Increasing the adhesion strength and expanding the scope of gas-thermal coatings using laser thermal cycling, supervisor Leonid GOLOVKO

ІМЗ-14 Post-processing of products manufactured using additive technologies, supervisor Dmytro LESYK

ІМЗ-15 Laser forming of sheet metal spatial structures of complex configuration, supervisor Oleksii KAGLYAK

ІМЗ-16 Processes of manufacturing abrasive tools from superhard materials using laser thermal deformation sintering, supervisor Oleksii HONCHARUK

ІМЗ-18 Additive laser technologies and precision laser dimensional processing technologies, supervisor Mykola ANIAKIN

ІМЗ-19 High-purity single-crystal, ceramic-reinforced functional materials, supervisor Iurii BOGOMOL

ІМЗ-20 Metal, metal-ceramic and tool (hard alloys) materials, supervisor Anatolii MINITSKYI

ІМЗ-22 Surface states in diffusion technologies of nanoscale metal compositions of the future, supervisor Svitlana VOLOSHKO

ІМЗ-23 Nanoscale materials based on FePt(Pd), NiSi, CoSb3 as functional elements of microdevices with increased recording density and stability of information storage and thermoelectricity, supervisor Yurii MAKOGON

ІМЗ-24 The latest materials in spintronics and nanoelectronics, supervisor Igor VLADYMYRSKYI

ІМЗ-25 Structural-phase transformations in high-entropy materials, supervisor Myroslav KARPETS

ІМЗ-26 Metallic materials, supervisor Mykhailo YAMSHYNSKYI

ІМЗ-27 Theory and technology of injection molds, supervisor Rostyslav LIYTYI

ІМЗ-28 Functional materials and products, supervisor Iryna GURIIA

ІМЗ-29 Protective coatings on metals and alloys and their quality management, supervisor Tetiana LOSKUTOVA