Scientific School in Mining Machinery, Mineral Processing Equipment, and Efficient Use of Mineral Resources

Head of the Research School:
Nikolai I. Berezovsky, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Year Established: 1947

Founders:

• Fyodor A. Opeiko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR (1947–1970)

• Nikolai V. Kislov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus (1970–2015)

Primary Research Areas

• Aspiration and dust-control systems in the mining and construction materials industry.

• Development of propulsion and undercarriage systems for mining machines.

• Excavating equipment and mineral-processing machinery.

• Systems and equipment for pneumatic and mechanical transport.

• Interaction of solid bodies with carrier media.

• Physical properties and fracture mechanics of rock materials.

• Import-substitution technologies for producing materials from mineral resources, including local fuels and secondary energy resources.

Research School Team

• Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus: V. Ya. Prushak

• Doctors of Science: N. I. Berezovsky, B. I. Petrovsky, S. G. Onika

• Candidates of Science: E. K. Kostyukevich, A. K. Gets, V. V. Boriseyko, N. P. Voronova, D. P. Plaks, S. A. Fedotova, A. I. Pavlovsky, V. D. Sizov