OSTU Research Department (RD)

Nikiforov Mikhail Mikhailovich

Director of the Business Project Centre

Ph.D. of Engineering Sciences
Director of the Research Institute for Energy Saving in Railway Transport
Address: 644046, Omsk, 35, Marxa Ave., Main building of OmGUPS, office № 359
Phone: +7 (913) 962-43-68

Work areas

searching for partners and establishing long-term cooperation between the university and the open joint-stock company Russian Railways, branches, subsidiaries and affiliates of Russian Railways, industrial, energy and transport enterprises;
increasing the level of professional competence of students, undergraduates and postgraduates by involving them in the implementation of research works and innovative developments, forming their skills of complex assessment of the innovative potential of scientific ideas and projects in the conditions of market relations;
development of infrastructure ensuring effective interaction of all participants of the innovation process at the university;
establishment of long-term mutually beneficial relations with enterprises and organisations — strategic partners of the University;
execution of research projects and international contracts;
attracting financial resources for the development of innovative activities;
promotion of international co-operation in the scientific sphere, as well as technology transfer to domestic and foreign markets;
activation and stimulation of creative innovative activity of students, undergraduates and postgraduates, contributing to the growth of their knowledge and professional competence in the market economy.