Sergey V. Reznik, Dr. Sc. (Engineering), Professor, Head of Dpt. SM-13, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, e-mail: sreznik@bmstu.ru

Victoriya V. Moiseenko, Graduate student of Dpt. SM-13, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Chair of the Board of the Student Scientific and Technical Society n.a. N. E. Zhukovsky, e-mail: mvvmoiseenko@yandex.ru

 

In the light of the urgency of achieving national technological sovereignty, the issues of organizing the work of Student Design Bureaus (SDB) are considered. In previous years, these student associations have shown their effectiveness in training creative professionals with higher technical education. A comparison of the SDB with other traditional forms of ‘student science’ is presented. The article presents a retrospective of the organization of student scientific associations of the SDB type (this concept came into use only in the middle of the last century) in one of the leading technical universities of the country — Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Probably, the aeronautical circle, organized in 1909 at the Imperial Moscow Technical School, can be considered one of the first such associations. As aviation developed, and then rocket and space technology, many student teams operated in the country's institutions, developing initiative projects for airplanes, balloons, airships, rockets and spacecraft. Since this broad subject area is still of interest to students and is classified as a priority area of national scientific and technological development, this article focuses on the description and analysis of the work of the Design Bureau performed at MHTS/MSTU n.a. Bauman team projects in the field of aviation and rocket and space technology. As part of the analysis, important components of success in the organization of the SDB were identified: the initiative of students in determining the topics of projects, active student self-government, support from the administration and public organizations, the presence of scientific and technical leadership, close connection with the educational process, relevant departments and established scientific schools in the departments. One of the problematic issues that deserve additional analysis is the sustainability of the SDB, which is affected by a change in staff every 2–3 years, when students who initiate or are enthusiastic about certain projects graduate and leave the university. It follows from the history of SDB that the process of this kind of ‘growing up’ may have several evolution options.

Keywords: higher technical education, technological sovereignty, student design bureaus, sustainability, work efficiency

 

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