Department Chair: Oleg V. Stoyanov

Address: Building "B" – 72 Karl Marx str., Kazan
Phone: +7 (843) 231-43-55, +7 (843) 231-44-75

Working hours:
Mon-Fri: from 8:00 to 17:00

History

The Department of Plastics Technology was established by Professor Evgeny Kuznetsov in 1958. He made a great contribution to the department's research and education process. The Department had become a leader in training specialists in plastics technology and processing by 1986.

The Department of Plastics Processing Technology was separated from the Department of Plastics Technology in 1974 under the leadership of Professor Aleksey Bоgdanov and, as a result, there appeared the Department of Plastics Processing Technology.

In 1975, the Department of Plastics Technology added a new engineering specialization: "Technology of Filming/Photography Materials”.

In 2004, the separate Department “Technology of Printing Processes and Filming/Photography Materials” combined the two majors "Technology of Filming/Photography Materials and Magnetic Carriers" and "Technology of Printing Processes".

The Department trains specialists for chemical industry who successfully apply their knowledge and skills in polymers processing, development of new synthesis processes and polymer materials properties analysis.

Academics

The Department prepares specialists for the chemical industry, who will be responsible for obtaining, processing and application of polymers, development of new processes of synthesis and research of properties of polymer materials.

The Department offers the following educational programs:

Bachelor's Degree Program:

• 550800 Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology.

Specialist Programs:

• 250500 Chemical Technology of High Molecular Compounds;
• 250501 Technology of Plastic Masses;
• 250600 Technology of Polymers and Elastomers Processing;
• 250603 Technology of Polymer Film Materials and Artificial Leather.

Master's Degree Programs:

• Chemical Technology of High Molecular Compounds;
• Technology of Plastic Materials.

Advanced qualification (Candidates and Doctors of Sciences) can be obtained at Postgraduate and Doctoral programs:

• 02.00.06 High Molecular Compounds;
• 05.17.06 Technology and Processing of Polymers and Composites;
• 02.00.11 Colloid Chemistry;
• 02.00.04 Physical Chemistry and other specialties.

The Department offers individual courses for specialists who work at particular companies and plants or develop advanced technologies of polymers production and processing.

The Department provides courses in the following disciplines:

• Monomer Chemistry;
• Chemistry and Physics of Polymers;
• Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry of Polymers;
• Utilities, Infrastructure and Offsites of Enterprises;
• General Chemical Technology of Polymers;
• Research Methods of Polymers Structure and Properties;
• Fundamentals of Polymer Technology, and etc.

Research Activities

Scientific areas of the Department include:

• Studying the patterns of structure and properties modification of high-tonnage polyolefins (polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers), and development of composite materials for specific purposes based on them (Professor V.P. Arkhireev);
• Studying the mechanisms of anionic (co)polymerization of heterocyclic compounds (oxiranes, cyclocarbonates, lactams, lactones) with isocyanates of different structure; developing technology of new polyamides for various purposes (Professor V.P. Arkhireev);
• Investigating the fundamentals of radical (co)polymerization of water-soluble monomers (unsaturated acrylic acids, acrylamide); synthesis of new water-soluble polymers with a complex of valuable properties (Professor V.F. Kurenkov);
• Researching the structure and properties modification of polyolefins with acrylic compounds, polymers and blocked isocyanates to form a strong adhesive bond between polyolefins and metal; developing effective methods of metals protection from corrosion by applying polyolefin coatings (Associate Professor A.N. Sadova);
• Studying the structure and properties of filled heterogeneous polymer mixtures, influence of interphase filler distribution on the properties of polyolefin-elastomer mixtures; creating polymer composite materials on their basis with valuable applied properties (Professor A.E. Zaikin);
• Studying the synthesis, structure and properties of acrylic copolymers and their modifications; creating new acrylate copolymers with a complex of valuable applied properties (Professor V.P. Arkhireev);
• Studying polycondensation, structure and properties of formaldehyde, phenol and urea polymers; developing composite materials on their basis (Associate Professor O.N. Kuznetsova).