Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences—one of the institutes of the Tomsk Research Center of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is located in Tomsk Academic City. The Institute consists of 5 buildings with a total area of 18,487 square meters. The Institute has 15 research laboratories, the center of collective use "Nanotech", the international centre for research on physical mesomechanics, materials, the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Center "Welding", the Testing Laboratory "Metal-Test", and 2 scientific and technological departments.
History
Main building #1 ISPMS SB RAS
1979 – Department of Solid State Physics and Materials under the leadership of Viktor Panin at the Institute of Atmospheric Optics, SD of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
1984 – Is released Institute of Strength Physics and Material Sciences of the SB USSR from the Institute of Atmospheric Optics.
1985 – Is created the Republican Engineering Technical Center (RETC) at IMPA of the SB USSR
1991 – Is established Russian Material Center based on the ISPMS SB RAS
1994 to 1997 – Institute had the status of the State Scientific Center of Russian Federation
1998 – the Institute began to publish an international scientific journal "Russian: Физическая мезомеханика" in Russian and "Physical Mesomechanics" in English.
2007 – English version of the journal Physical Mesomechanics published by international publisher Elsevier
Activities undertaken at the Institute
In 2009. the Institute celebrated the 25th anniversary. In this connection, on September 7–9, 2009, it held an international conference on physical mesomechanics, computer design and development of new materials. Opening the conference was at the Congress Center "Ruby".
Green form—Laboratory of computer designing materials, yellow form — Laboratory of Physics of nanostructured ceramic materials
Institute staff
The Institute has 420 employees (146 researchers, including 1 academician of the Academy of Sciences, 44 PhD (doctors of science) and 90 PhD (candidates of science), the number of graduate students in 10 specialties — 40.
Directorate
Director — Sergey Psakhie, DSc (doctor of science) in physics and mathematics, Professor.
Adviser of the Russian Academy of Sciences—Viktor Panin, DSc in physics and mathematics, Professor, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Deputy Director for Science
Lev Zuev, DSc in physics and mathematics, Professor.
Lotkov Alexander, DSc in physics and mathematics, Professor.
Structure
Building #2 ISPMS SB RAS
Republican Engineering Technical Center (RETC) Buildings #4 и #5 ISPMS SB RAS
Laboratory of Physical mesomechanics and non-destructive methods of control
Laboratory of Mechanics of heterogeneous media
Laboratory of Materials science of shape memory alloys
Laboratory of Physics of structural transformations
Laboratory of Physics of Strength
Laboratory of Physics of surface hardening
Laboratory of Physical materials
Laboratory of Physics of nanostructured biocomposites
Laboratory of Computer design of materials
Laboratory of Physics of nanostructured ceramic materials
Laboratory of Physics of nonlinear media
Laboratory of Physics of surface phenomena
Laboratory of Composite materials
Laboratory of Polymer composite materials
Laboratory of Physical chemistry of powder materials
Laboratory of Materials science and nanotechnology coatings
Laboratory of Methods for coating
Laboratory of Physical chemistry of finely
International Centre for Research on Physical mesomechanics materials
Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Center "Welding"