Сколтех — новый технологический университет, созданный в 2011 году в Москве командой российских и зарубежных профессоров с мировым именем. Здесь преподают действующие ученые, студентам дана свобода в выборе дисциплин, обучение включает работу над собственным исследовательским проектом, стажировку в индустрии, предпринимательскую подготовку и постоянное нахождение в международной среде.

Архив метки: University of California

Skoltech’s Academic Year Opening Ceremony

Когда: 01-09-2014 09:00

Где: Hypercube building, Skolkovo Innovation Center

Edward Crawley, Skoltech’s president (right), Mats Hanson, Skoltech’s dean of education and students attend the Academic Year Opening Ceremony in 2013

On September 1, Skoltech opens its doors for the new batch of Russian and international students.

The official opening ceremony of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) new academic year will be held on September 1, 2014 at 9 am at the Hypercube building. The university invites all to join us at the ‘Ringing the Bell’ event, which is by now a tradition (after being held for the first time last year).

More than 150 students from around the world will begin their studies at the university – or return to school. This year five educational programs of the University are officially open. Students will be studying in the following “tracks”: Energy, Space, IT, Biomedicine and Manufacturing.

As always, the institute will focus on world class education. Professors from MIT (USA), University of Cambridge (UK), University of Illinois (USA), University of California, Los Angeles (USA) and other leading institutions will teach at Skoltech As for the students, they all hold bachelor and specialist degrees from leading Russian universities such as MIPT, MSU, Bauman MSTU, St. Petersburg State University, and others. A number of students are graduates of foreign universities with an outstanding reputation – University of Pennsylvania (USA), Vienna University of Technology (Austria) and others.

Currently, the total number of Skoltech master and PhD graduates is 176. More than a third of the students are women, and 18% are international students hailing from 15 countries: Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, Vietnam, Latvia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Thailand, India and Kazakhstan. In total, more than 100 new students join Skoltech this year.

As part of the program, a special award ceremony will take place at Hypercube on September 1 to mark the achievements by outstanding students. The opening ceremony will start at 9 am at the Hypercube (Skolkovo Innovation Center).

* The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. Established in 2011 in collaboration with MIT, Skoltech educates global leaders in innovation, advance scientific knowledge, and foster new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation.

Colloquium June 30: Graphene and Thermal Management – New Applications

Когда: 30-06-2014 16:00

Где: Technopark Skolkovo. Business center «Ural» 100 Novaya str., Skolkovo village. Russian Quantum Center. 3d floor. Room 3.28

Graphene. Image courtesy of Hinkle Group, Flickr

The Skoltech Colloquium is back after a short pause. If you need a break from the summer break – feel free to join us for a lecture titled “Phonon Transport in Graphene: Applications in Thermal Management”

When: June 30; 4:00pm.

Where: Technopark Skolkovo. Business center «Ural» 100 Novaya str., Skolkovo village. Russian Quantum Center. 3d floor. Room 3.28

If you’d like to participate and for further information or questions, please e-mail –

Please confirm your attendance. A pass is needed so do make sure to drop us a line and ask for one. We are looking forward to seeing you.

Abstract by guest speaker Prof. Alexander A. Balandin:

Unique electronic properties of two-dimensional (2D) graphene originate from its unusual linear Dirac-cone dispersion. Phonons – quanta of lattice vibrations – reveal features in 2D crystals, which are also substantially different from those in bulk materials. In 2008, we discovered that the phonon thermal conductivity of suspended graphene can be exceptionally high – above ~2000 W/mK at room temperature – exceeding that of the basal graphite planes [1].

We explained it by quenching of the Umklapp processes in 2D systems and resulting anomalously long mean free path (MFP) of the low-frequency acoustic phonons in graphene [2-4]. In the first part of my talk, I will review the results of our optothermal Raman measurements of thermal conductivity of graphene and explain the basic theory of heat conduction in 2D crystals [4].

In the second part of my talk, I will describe practical applications of graphene in thermal management of electronics. Specific examples of applications include graphene enhanced thermal interface materials (TIMs) [5], thermal phase change materials (PCMs) for Li-ion battery packs [6] and few-layer graphene heat spreaders [7]. I will also outline our most recent results that show a possibility of increasing the thermal conductivity of copper films via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of graphene [8].

[1] A.A. Balandin, et al., Nano Lett., 8, 902 (2008); [2] D.L. Nika, et al., Phys. Rev. B, 79, 155413 (2009); [3] S. Ghosh, et al., Nature Mat., 9, 555 (2010); [4] A.A. Balandin, Nature Mat., 10, 569 (2011); [5] K.F. Shahil and A.A. Balandin, Nano Lett., 12, 861 (2012); [6] P. Goli, et al., J. Power Sources, 248, 37 (2014); [7] Z. Yan, et al., Nature Comm., 3, 827 (2012); [8] P. Goli et al., Nano Lett., 14, 1497 (2014).

Prof. Alexander A. Balandin

Guest Speaker Introduction:

ALEXANDER A. BALANDIN is the University of California Presidential Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering and Founding Chair of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California – Riverside (UCR).

He received his MS (1991) degree Summa Cum Laude in Applied Physics and Mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Russia, and PhD (1997) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, USA. Prior to joining UCR, he worked as a Research Engineer at UCLA. In 2005, he spent his sabbatical as a Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge, U.K. His research interests are in the area of advanced materials, nanostructures and devices for electronic and energy applications. He conducts both experimental and theoretical research. His work resulted in over 200 journal publications, which were cited ~17,000 times (h index >60).

Professor Balandin is a recipient of the MRS Medal for 2013 and IEEE Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology for 2011. He was recognized by the NSF CAREER Award, ONR Young Investigator Award and Merrill Lynch Innovation Award. He is a Fellow of APS, MRS, IEEE, SPIE, OSA, IOP and AAAS. He is an Associate Editor of Applied Physics Letters. He supervised more than 25 PhD students who presently carry out R&D work in industry, government laboratories and academia. The work of his Nano-Device Laboratory (NDL) has been supported by NSF, DARPA, ONR, AFOSR, SRC, NASA and semiconductor industry.

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Past schedule and video: https://www.skoltech.ru/en/colloquium/past-schedule/

* The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. Established in 2011 in collaboration with MIT, Skoltech educates global leaders in innovation, advances scientific knowledge, and fosters new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation.

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