Science and technics

Professors Johannes Schenk and Stefan Vöth visited Saint Petersburg Mining University to give lectures to students on ”Kinetics of heterogeneous processes” and ”The use of modern lifting technology in mining transport systems”.

Teachers of the Department of General Electrical Engineering, Department of Electric Power and Electromechanics, Department of Automation of Manufacturing Procedures and Manufactures visited Siemens’ research and development centers as well as production sites in four German cities. Cooperation of the parties was carried out in the frame of International Competence Centre for Mining-Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO.

Technical malfunction on gas distributing station in Austria resulted in gas explosion which caused cessation of gas deliveries to several European countries. Will this be a signal leading to a more active development of renewable sources of power?