udc 62(09) (5+1.15)+378.662(09)(571.15) 70-YEAR HISTOrY OF ENGINEErING EDUCaTION IN aLTaI I.I. Polzunov Altai State Technical University V.D. Goncharov, A.A. Sitnikov, O.Yu. Sartakova Key words: Engineering Education, Altai, I.I. Polzunov AltSTU The article presents the historical view of engineering education development in altai. 70-year history of I. I. Polzunov altai State Technical University is described. it was severe december,1941 when of the third institute department the whole country lived under the slogan –department of automobiles and of the famous soviet song “sacred War”: tractors. By May 1942,12 departments, with total number of faculty members «rise up, tremendous country! reaching 27, had been established rise up for the mortal fight (department of Mechanical Engineering against the dark fascist forces, technology, Metal technology and against the cursed hordes! Metallurgy department, department V.D. Goncharov May the noble fury of strength of Materials and Machine boil over like a wave. Elements, Mechanics department, the people’s war is on its way Power Engineering and automotive the sacred war!...» industry department, department of Mathematics, chemistry department, and it was at this time when 12 Physics department, department of faculty members and 20 students of Marxism-leninism, department of Zaporozhskiy Engineering institute foreign languages, department of together with their director, leonid g. Military training and department of isakov [1, P. 16-22], arrived in Barnaul Physical training). in two carriages of special evacuation certainly, the most difficult task, train. on february23, 1942 the director i.e. to solve the problems in student A.A. Sitnikov issued an order that resumed the classes and faculty housing, as well as setting despite the fact that the premises which up of institute studies, fell on the were provided by local authorities for director and academic staff evacuated teaching accommodation were still from Zaporozhye. associate professor being renovated. under such heavy n.a. govorov, a full brother of a conditions, the studies were started. a legendary Marshal of the soviet union month later, in March 1942, the first l.a. govorov, was appointed as dean 77 students, evacuated from Moscow of Mechanical Engineering faculty. auto Mechanical institute along with associate professor V.P. ilyachenko their instructors, were enrolled in became a Head of Metal technology and the first/second and third year of the Metallurgy department, while associate O.Yu. Sartakova institute programs. it was Moscow professor a.E. gurvich accepted the call students who became the first enrollment to become a Head of the department of JuBILEEs ENGINEERING EDUCATION 12’2013 strength of Materials and structures and the “alma mater of engineers” in altai agreed to manage scientific research and [1, P. 32, 62]. university facilities were development in the institute. assistant also expanding. in 1943, the second Professor l.P. leonov became a Head of housing area optimized for 100 students Mathematics and Physics department. was constructed (the construction was then, the department of Mathematics completed by its own efforts next year, became a separate academic unit and in January), the third housing area for was headed by doctor of Physics and students, instructors and institute staff Mathematics, Professor i.P. natanson. was constructed in 1944. Besides, a He occupied this position up to 1944. number of laboratories and classrooms When the soviet troops fully lifted the were built. the fund of the library siege of leningrad, he returned to the numbered about 8 thousand volumes. institute where he worked before. for construction and renovation were made a great number of soviet students, his without any assistance. the Komsomol High Mathematics book became an committee formed groups of carpenters, indispensable guide for many years. the plasterers and house-painters, which total number of students enrolled in fall were comprised mainly of students and 1942 was 484, in 1943 -389 students faculty members. and in1944- 326 students. at war-time, the year of 1947 saw a number of the number of students varied as a result significant happenings. on september of academic failure, however, it was not 4, in accordance with the order of the 107 the only reason, for example, in 1943 Minister of Higher Professional and approximately 200 students went off to Vocational secondary Education of the war as they had no any occupational ussr, altai Engineering institute was determent. during the 1944-45 academic reorganized into agricultural Engineering year, many students returned to their institute. at this time, there were 47 home towns and regions which were full-time instructors and 9 part-time released from occupation by soviet instructors (only one professor, P.V. soldiers. at this time, enrollment at the Melentiev, and 4 associate professors) university swelled from the influx of who worked at 12 departments. leonid young veterans, wounded men, as well isakov, director of the institute, was as former students and instructors who conscious of the fact that to enhance survived and returned home. during the prestige of the institute and to improve toughest and the most difficult years of educational quality, it was required to World War ii, from 1942 to 1945, leonid increase the number of highly qualified g. isakov, director of the institute, and staff. therefore, he and deans of the faculty members ensured by the support faculties were actively involved in solving of local authorities, managed to provide staffing problems. at this time, a number training of qualified engineers with the of engineers with candidate degree requirements of altai defense industry. and vast industrial experience were there were only 43 faculty members at employed in the institute: i.V. Burgsdorf all. in december 1943, the university was became a Head of Metal technology renamed as altai Engineering institute and Metallurgy department and (aEi) in accordance with government worked as Vice-rector for research and order. on June 16, 1943, the regional development from 1949 to 1965. a.d. newspaper “altaiskaya Pravda” published Vorobieva and a.V. gandler became the an article about the first 13 graduates heads of the departments of chemistry of altai Engineering institute, where it and Mechanical Engineering technology, was stated that “Barnaul Mechanical respectively. Honors students graduated Engineering institute can become from the institute in post-war years were and will become a real talent foundry invited to stay involved in the life of the which can prepare qualified industrial university and to remain engaged with leaders for the country”. twenty years their faculty. later, those proved to be fatidic words during these ten years (from when Vasily g. radchenko became the 1942 to 1952), agricultural Engineering Head of the institute and turned it to institute prepared 536 qualified JuBILEEs ENGINEERING EDUCATION 12’2013 specialists with high professional (aPi) in accordance with the order education to meet the needs of defense of the Minister of Higher Professional industry and national economy not only and Vocational secondary Education of of altai, but the whole soviet union. the ussr. 500 thousand roubles were the credit of this noble deed was due granted to purchase teaching laboratory to leonid g. isakov, director of the resources and classroom equipment. at institute. that time, this sum of money was rather В эти годы начато строительс- immense as, for example, a turning lathe тво учебon May 20, 1952 associate cost 2 thousand roubles, while the prices Professor, candidate of technical for drills, cutters and millers varied from science, Konstantin d. shabanov was 10 kopecks to several roubles. appointed to the position of the director during the period from 1959 of the institute (1910-1963) [1, P.23,31]. to 1960 there were also a number of the task that faced him was not only to significant events. on June 22, 1959, two push the matter through but also provide new faculties were established: faculty sustainable development of the institute. of construction and faculty of chemical the main problems that the institute Engineering. four degree Programs were had to solve were as follows: lack of developed and introduced: “industrial possibility to improve poor educational and civil construction”, “Engineering and operational support facilities, construction Manufacture”, “Welding 108 shortage of enrollees and as a result non- Equipment and technology”, “Machinery competitive admission to the institute, for and Metal Processing methods’. in example, the enrollment plan for 1952- June, the construction of educational 1953 academic year was 200 students, building and two dormitories for 500 however, only 170 entrance applicants and 516 students was started. in august were submitted. in 1952, the institute 1959, in accordance with the decree celebrated its 10th anniversary. By this of regional Executive committee of time 13 departments and 2 faculties communist Party of the soviet union, a (faculty of tractor industry located new four-storeyed building intended for in Barnaul and faculty of agricultural regional Party school was granted to the Engineering located in rubtsovsk) had institute. in september 1959, there were been established. there were 6 buildings, 2500 students studying at four faculties 5 of which were heated with furnaces, 18 which offered 11 degree programs. laboratories and offices. the academic staff numbered 147 the institute staff and students were full-time instructors, 18 of whom were engaged into different kinds of re-search candidate’s degree holders. However, and development work. for example, the there was no faculty member who held first collection of aEi scientific papers a doctor’s degree. Enrollment in the was published in1952, the second one fall of 1959 totaled 650 students, with – in 1957. full-time enrollment being 525 students due to the fact that industrial and evening tuition – 125 students. on plants and agricultural industry were oc-tober 12, the number of academic rapidly developing after breaking staff members elected to the academic new ground and fallow lands in altai, council was approved.