Department Chair: Svyatoslav I.Volfson

Address: Building "B" – 72 Karl Marx str., Kazan
E-mail: kulikova71@kstu.ru, kulikova71@inbox.ru
Phone: +7 (843) 231-41-74

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

History

In 1960, the rapidly growing rubber processing industry required well-trained specialists. At that time, the training course “Technology of Rubber” was performed under the head of U. O. Averko-Antonovich. Drawing on the best practices of the course the Department of Chemistry and Technology of Oligomers was established in 2006. At KNRTU training in rubber technology has been headed by Svyatoslav I. Volfson since 1988, initially as the course leader, then as the department chair.

Academics

The Department offers the following educational programs:

Bachelor's Degree Program:

• 18.03.01 Chemical Engineering.

Master's Degree Program:

18.04.01 Chemical Engineering in the following directions:

• Elastomeric Composite Materials;
• Thermoelastoplastic Polymer Composite Materials;
• Innovative Entrepreneurship in the field of Processing of Polymer Composite Materials.

Research Activities

• Directed control of molecular, rheological, physical and mechanical characteristics of polymers in order to obtain composite materials with an optimal complex of properties;
• Obtaining, processing and study of properties of modern composite materials, in particular - blended and dynamically vulcanized thermoplastic elastomers, wood-polymer composites;
• Formulation and technological aspects of green tire production;
• Development of elastomeric compositions capable to efficient low-temperature vulcanization;
• Development of rheological methods for the study of polymers and compositions;
• Polymer composite materials based on elastomers, polyolefins, nanofillers;
• Development of polymer composites for medical applications;
• Recycling of polymer composite materials;
• Research in the field of vulcanization, study of structure and properties of sealants based on polysulfide oligomers.
• Development of composite materials based on low-saturated elastomers.

The main disciplines at the Department:

• Chemistry and Physics of Polymers;
• Feedstock and Materials for Rubber Industry;
• Technology of Elastomer Processing;
• Fundamentals of Design and Equipment of Polymer Processing Enterprises;
• Technology of Production and Processing of Polymer Composite Materials;
• Technology of Rubber Products;
• Recycling of Polymer Materials and etc.