Welding Equipment and Engineering Department was founded in 1931. It is one of the oldest welding departments in the world. The first head of the department was Ass. Prof. N. A. Balakin. The first 14 welding engineers graduated in 1936.

First graduates of our department.

During 80 years more than 2600 engineers have graduated. And there are many outstanding specialists among them:

• Prof. A.I. Guljaev who founded Welding Dept. at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University.
• Prof. V.V. Stepanov was a head of Welding Dept. at Ural State Technical University in 1963—1982.
• Prof. V.M. Kushnarenko is a head of Applied Mechanic Dept. at Orenburg State University.
• Mr. V.K. Gupalov was the general manager of Krasmash, JSC in 1975-2005.
• Mr. V.Ya. Lorenz is the president of Stroytransgaz, JSC.
• Mr. V.G. Lebedev is the general manager Tomskneftestroy, Ltd. Co.
• Mr. A.V. Strukov is the general welding engineer of Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant, JSC.

Modern equipment is necessary element for engineer training and we always try to renew our laboratories. There are such laboratories covering the key fields of welding:

• metallography of weld joints,
• strength of weld joints and structures,
• advanced welding methods,
• simulation of welding,
• arc welding technologies,
• resistance welding technologies,
• automation of welding,
• non-destructive testing in welding.

Applied science is a great part of the department’s life. We currently advance many R&D directions such as:

• equipment and technology of arc welding with impulse control;
• energy source and technology for thin-plate resistance welding;
• equipment and technology of superplasticity friction welding;
• equipment and technology of pipeline unturning joints;
• developing of compact X-ray units;
• non-destructive imaging and testing;
• modern welding software developing.