Department : Geodesy and aerospace geotechnologies

In accordance with the content of the scientific, educational and methodological work of the department, as well as the content of the training of engineers and masters, the department was renamed by the decision of the Academic Council of the Belarusian National Technical University on November 25, 2016 into the department "Geodesy and aerospace geotechnologies".

The Department of Engineering Geodesy was founded in 1945 by the decision of the Council of the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute (BPI). From the moment of its creation until 1969, it was headed by M.V. Doroshevich, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the BSSR, Professor, Rector of the BPI, Minister of Higher Education of the BSSR. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor V.V. Popov. From 1969 to 1975 the department was headed by Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor R.M. Rondel. From 1975 to 1976, the duties of the head of the department were performed by associate professor V.N. Ryabtsev. From 1977 to 2007 the department was headed by Professor M.S. Nesterenok. From 2007 to June 2009, the duties of the head of the department were performed by candidate of geographical sciences, associate professor V.I. Mikhailov.From 2009 to 2019, the department was headed by a full member of the RAVN, a full member of the BGA, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor V.P. Podshivalov.

Since July 2019, the department has been headed by Associate Professor, Candidate of Technical Sciences Rak Irina Evgenievna.

Since 1986, the staff of the department A.A. Astrovskiy, E.I. Dombrovsky, O.I. Kirichok, V.G. Marhvida, S.I. Matiek, V.I. Mikhailov, P.V. Nikolsky, A.S. Poznyak, N.I. Saraikin, P.M. Levdansky, Rak I. E. defended their Ph.D. dissertations.

Currently, 17 teachers work at the department, one of them is a doctor of technical sciences, professor; 3 - with scientific degrees of candidates of sciences and academic titles of associate professor.

In 2010, the first enrollment was made, in 2015 - the first graduation in the specialty 1-56 02 01 "Geodesy". The department is graduating in this specialty.

The educational and methodological work of the department is focused on the study by students of both traditional methods of geodetic work and innovative technologies used in geodetic support for the sustainable development of various sectors of the country's economic activity. Geodetic students master methods for solving geodetic problems using satellite positioning and Earth remote sensing methods, highly automated measurement instruments, computer methods for processing and presenting cartographic and geodetic databases. For this purpose, professional software products used in production are used in the laboratories of the department.

Main taught disciplines:

- Engineering geodesy
- Higher geodesy
- Theory of mathematical processing of geodetic information
- Applied photogrammetry
- Fundamentals of geodynamics
- Gravimetry
- Topographic drawing and computer graphics
- Fundamentals of land relations and land law
- Geodetic instrumentation
- Engineering and geodetic support of automated design systems
- Satellite methods for creating high-precision engineering -geodetic constructions
– Geodetic astronomy
– Informatics
– Geoinformation systems in geodesy

Every year, more than 900 students of the first (FTK, SF, FES specialty TGV, FGDE) and second (FES, ATF) courses in the amount of more than 900 people undergo educational geodetic practice.

On the territory of Belarus, out of 31 points of the Struve Arc, only 19 points have been preserved. These items are included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values ​​of Belarus and are protected by the state. Interview with the newspaper Kultura Mkrtychyan Vladimir Vaganovich, associate professor of the department "Geodesy and aerospace geotechnologies" - one of the initiators of the search for points and their restoration, the author of books about the Struve Arc and the Belarusian geodesist - Khodko I.I .:

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