COIMBATORE: Indian students aspiring to pursue medical education can now look to Russia as an option. The county has about 48 medical universities and has over 12,000 Indian students studying in it.

All the universities in the country come under the Ministry of Education of Russia and it offers 3,000 scholarships to foreign students every year.

“Last year, at least 50 of the scholarships went to Indian students,” said Sergeyev Alexey Nickolaevich, senior teacher of the department of general surgery of Tver State Medical Academy.

Dr. Nickolaevich was in Coimbatore to recruit students to the university. He said 86 of Indian students who graduated from university passed the Medical Council of India (MCI) test.

MCI test is mandatory for a candidate to be able to practice medicine in India. Education in Russia is comparatively cheaper.

Though the medium of instruction is English, the students will be given parallel training in Russian.

“It is important to learn the language as the students will have to interact with the patients and hospital staff,” Dr. Nickolaevich said.

Though opportunities to work were plenty in Russia, most of the Indian students preferred to come back to India to work, he observed.

Dr. Nickolaevich said Tver State Medical Academy was attached to the World Health Organization and students could also continue their medical studies or work in any part of the world after qualifying for the relevant examinations in the countries.

Students who have scored 60 per cent marks in physics, chemistry and biology in the Plus Two examinations are eligible to apply.

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If you want to be a good and old pilot, you’ve got to know your limits. Push forward when necessary and back off as required. (Captain Savas Uskent)

In the worst case scenario that might happen, either fly the crippled bird or fly to Heaven. (Captain Savas  Uskent)

Minimum Required Abilities for keen airmanship include some “sense of humor” …
Let me start with some humorous but true stuff:

If you’re ever faced with a forced landing at night, turn on the landing lights to see the landing area, if you don’t like what you see,  turn them back off.

Don’t crash your aircraft in order to fly microphone. An airplane flies by the principle of Bernoulli, not Marconi.

The only time you have too much fuel is when you’re on fire.

You know you’ve landed with the wheels up when it takes full power to taxi.

Pilots believe in clean living. They never drink scotch from a dirty glass.

Things which are no good in aviation: Altitude above,  Runway behind ,  Fuel in truck,  Half a second ago, Flashlight left in car,  Airspeed you don’t have.

If God meant men to fly, He’d have given them more money.

The difference between God and a fighter pilot is that God doesn’t think he’s a fighter pilot.
Flying is not dangerous unless it is unsafe…

A good simulator check ride is like successful surgery on a cadaver.  It doesn’t prove anything…

Trust your captain, keep your seats belt fastened.

Aviation is not so much a profession as it is a disease.

Passengers prefer old captains and young flight attendants.

The only thing worse than a captain who never flew as copilot is a copilot who once was a captain.

A thunderstorm is never as bad on the inside as it appears from the outside. Its worse…

It’s easy to make a small fortune in aviation.  You simply start with a large fortune.

Keep your landings equal to the number of takeoffs. Takeoffs are optional but landings are mandatory.

No airplane could have remained airborne forever so far…

Murphy’s law and Standard lapse rate is science-fiction.

Time for some serious great quotes on aviation:

What is chiefly needed is skill rather than machinery.( Wilbur Wright, 1902)

From a safety standpoint, in my view one of the things that must be kept in mind in the basic design of commercial aircraft is that, a pilot must always have the ultimate control authority. There must be no computer on any commercial airplane that a pilot cannot override or turn off if necessity arises. (Captain Savas Uskent)

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill. (Wilbur Wright)

Greater prudence is needed rather than greater skill.( Wilbur Wright, 1901)

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.( African proverb)

Any idiot can get an airplane off the ground, but an aviator earns his keep by bringing it back anytime, anywhere, under any circumstances that man and God can dream up.           ( Walter Cunningham)

In soloing, as in other activities, it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.           (Amelia Earhart, 1928)

It’s all right if your automobile goes wrong while you are driving it. You can get out in the road and tinker with it. But if your airplane breaks down, you can’t sit on a convenient cloud and tinker with that! (Katherine Stinson, American Magazine, 1917)

You’ll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, and snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before you, and say to yourself, ‘What they could do, I can do.’  (Antoine de Saint Exupery, ‘Wind, Sand, and Stars,’ 1939)

The way I see it, you can either work for a living or you can fly airplanes. Me, I’d rather fly.  (Len Morgan)

He moves not through distance, but through the ranges of satisfaction that come from hauling himself up into the air with complete and utter control; from knowing himself and knowing his airplane so well, that he can come somewhere close to touching perfection, in his own special and solitary way. (Richard Bach, ‘A Gift of Wings’)

A pilot lives in a world of perfection, or not at all. (Richard S. Drury, ‘My Secret War’)

Accuracy means something to me. It’s vital to my sense of values. I’ve learned not to trust people who are inaccurate. Every aviator knows that if mechanics are inaccurate, they get lost — sometimes killed. In my profession life itself depends on accuracy. (Charles A. Lindbergh)

An airplane might disappoint any pilot but it’ll never surprise a good one. (Len Morgan)

Do not spin this aircraft. If the aircraft does enter a spin it will return to earth without further attention on the part of the aeronaut. (first handbook issued with the Curtis-Wright flyer)

Rule books are paper. They will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal.
(Ernest K. Gann, ‘Fate is the Hunter.’)

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them. (Antoine de Saint Exupery, ‘Wind, Sand, and Stars,’ 1939)

I’ve never seen an airplane yet that can read the type ratings on your pilot’s license.
(Chuck Boedecker)

No matter how important a man at sea may consider himself, unless he is fundamentally worthy the sea will some day find him out. (Felix Riesenberg)

Do not let yourself be forced into doing anything before you are ready. (Wilbur Wright)

Hours and hours passed, with nothing to do but keep the compass on its course and the plane on a level keel. This sounds easy enough, but its very simplicity becomes a danger when your head keeps nodding with weariness and utter boredom and your eyes everlastingly try to shut out the confusing rows of figures in front of you, which will insist on getting jumbled together. Tired of trying to sort them out, you relax for a second, then your head drops and you sit up with a jerk, Where are you? What are you doing here? Oh yes, of course, you are somewhere in the middle of the North Atlantic, with hungry waves below you like vultures impatiently waiting for the end. (Amy Johnson)

To be alone in the air at night is to be very much alone indeed. . . cut off from everything and everyone . . . nothing is ‘familiar’ any longer . . . . I think that unfamiliarity is the most difficult thing to face; one feels rather like Alice in Wonderland after she has nibbled the toadstool that made her grow smaller — and like Alice, one hopes that the process will stop while there is still something left!  (Pauline Gower)

A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I’m afraid, lying.
(Louise Thaden)

When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experiences of nearly forty years at sea, I merely say uneventful.  I have never been in an accident of any sort worth speaking about….I never saw a wreck and have never been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort. (Captain Edward J. Smith, R.M.S. Titanic, an experienced 62 year old captain, this was to be his last voyage prior to retirement, 1912)

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others. (Publilius Syrus)

Mistakes are inevitable for human. In aviation, the trick is not to make a single vital mistake that would jeopardize your own life or other’s. (Captain Savas Uskent)

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. (Franklin P. Jones)

There’s no such thing as a natural-born pilot. (Chuck Yeager)

Now listen, buddy, there are a few corny ideas you got to get out of your head if you’re going to fly an airplane. Most things are just the reverse from what people think. The higher you are the safer you are. The Earth down there, that, that’s your enemy because once you hit that, boy, you splatter. (Dalton Trumbo screenwriter. 1943)

Get rid at the outset of the idea that the airplane is only an air-going sort of automobile. It isn’t. It may sound like one and smell like one and it may have been interior decorated to look like one; but the difference is — it goes on wings. (Wolfgang Langewiesche, first words of ‘Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying, 1944)

A pilot must have a memory developed to absolute perfection. But there are two higher qualities which he also must have. He must have good and quick judgment and decision, and a cool, calm courage that no peril can shake. (Mark Twain, speaking about Mississippi River pilots)

I think there is something exhilarating in flying amongst clouds, and always get a feeling of wanting to pit my aeroplane against them, charge at them, climb over them to show them you have them beat, circle round them, and generally play with them; but clouds can on occasion hold their own against the aviator, and many a pilot has found himself emerging from a cloud not on a level keel. Cloud-flying requires practice, even if you have every modern instrument, and unless you keep calm and collected you will get into trouble after you have been inside a really thick one for a few minutes. In the very early days of aviation, 1912 to be correct, I emerged from a cloud upside down, much to my discomfort, as I didn’t know how to get right way up again. I found out somehow, or I wouldn’t be writing this. (Charles Rumney Samson, “A Flight from Cairo to Cape Town and Back”, 1931)

The only time an aircraft has too much fuel on board is when it is on fire.
(Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, sometime before his death in the 1920′s)

Flexible is much too rigid, in aviation you have to be fluid. (Verne Jobst)

If you can’t afford to do something right, then be darn sure you can afford to do it wrong.(Charlie Nelson)

Learning the secret of flight from a bird was a good deal like learning the secret of magic from a magician. After you know what to look for you see things that you did not notice when you did not know exactly what to look for. (Orville Wright)

It is not easy to be the best. You must have the courage to bear pain, disappointment, and heartbreak. You must learn how to face danger and understand fear, yet not be afraid. You establish your goal, and no matter what deters you along the way, in your every waking moment you must say to yourself, “I could do it.” (Betty Skelton, first lady of aerobatics)

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. (Publius Syrus)

I hope you either take up parachute jumping or stay out of single motored airplanes at night. (Charles A. Lindbergh).

Never fly anything that doesn’t have the paint worn off the rudder Pedals. (Harry Bill)

What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don’t believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all. (Charles A. Lindbergh)

Keep thy airspeed up, less the earth come from below and smite thee. (William Kershner)

Don’t ever let an airplane take you someplace where your brain hasn’t arrived earlier. (Anon)

Instrument flying is when your mind gets a grip on the fact that there is vision beyond sight. (U.S. Navy ‘Approach’ magazine circa W.W.II)

Flying is done largely with the imagination. (Wolfgang Langewiesch, Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying, 1944)

If you don’t think you’re the best pilot in the business, MAYBE you’re in the wrong business. If you think you could never make a mistake, you are REALLY in the wrong business. (Randy Sohn)

There are two kinds of airplanes — those you fly and those that fly you . . . You must have a distinct understanding at the very start as to who is the boss. (Ernest K. Gann)

And let’s get one thing straight. There’s a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight.( E. B. Jeppesen)

I don’t want monitors here. I want pilots. . . . Our whole philosophy is that the pilot is in charge of the airplane. We’re very anti automation here at this airline. (Greg Crum, System Chief Pilot Southwest Airlines, 1996)

Electronics were rascals, and they lay awake nights trying to find some way to screw you during the day. You could not reason with them. They had a brain and intestines, but no heart. ( Ernest K. Gann, ‘The Black Watch,’ 1989)

The successful pilot must have a quick eye and steady nerves. (W. J. Abbot)

The airman must possess absolutely untroubled nerves. (Fancis Collins)

There’s a lot of Hollywood bullshit about flying. I mean, look at the movies about test pilots or fighter pilots who face imminent death. The controls are jammed or something really important has fallen off the plane, and these guys are talking like magpies; their lives are flashing past their eyes, and they’re flailing around in the cockpit. It just doesn’t happen. You don’t have time to talk. You’re too damn busy trying to get out of the problem you’re in to talk or ricochet around the cockpit. Or think about what happened the night after your senior prom. (Robin Olds)

I enjoyed my service flying very much. That is where I learned the discipline of flying In order to have the freedom of flight you must have the discipline. Discipline prevents crashes. (Captain John Cook)

Chi Vola Vale,  Chi Non Vola non Vale,  Chi Vale e Non Vola e un Vile (whoever flies is worthy, whoever doesn’t fly is unworthy, whoever is worthy and doesn’t fly is a coward)

It occurred to me that if I did not handle the crash correctly, there would be no survivors. (Richard Leakey)

If an airplane is still in one piece, don’t cheat on it. Ride the bastard down. (Ernest K. Gann, advice from the ‘old pelican,’ ‘The Black Watch,’ 1989)

Remember, you fly an airplane with your head, not your hands and feet. (Bevo Howard)

This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it’s your awareness of everything that is going on around you, it’s how well you know and understand your airplane and your own limitations. Luck is the sum total of your of abilities as an aviator. If you think your luck is running low, you’d better get busy and make some more. Work harder, Pay more attention. Study your NATOPS more. Do better preflights. (Stephen Coonts, ‘The Intruders.’)

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. (Epictetus)

The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. (Edward Gibbon)

Map reading was not required. There were no maps. I got from place to place with the help of three things. One was the seat of my pants. If it left that of the plane, when the visibility was at a minimum, I was in trouble and could even be upside down. Another was the ability to recognize every town, river, railroad, farm, and, yes, outhouse along the route. The third? I had a few drops of homing pigeon in my veins. (Ken McGregor, Early U.S. Air Mail pilot)

Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death I Shall Fear No Evil For I am 80,000 feet and Climbing. (Sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location on Kadena AB Okinawa)

You’ve never been lost until you’ve been lost at Mach 3.  (Paul F. Crickmore, ‘Lockheed SR-71: The Secret Missions Exposed,’ 1993)

I sometimes still go out hunting for bad weather, flying low in simple airplanes to explore the inner reaches of the clouds. Less experienced pilots occasionally join me, not to learn formal lessons about weather flying, but with a more advanced purpose in mind — to accompany me in the slow accumulation of experience through circumstances that never repeat in a place that defies mastery. (William Langeweische, ‘Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight)

And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected to squat on the ground like a frightened canary every time there was a cloud in the sky. If a pilot showed an obvious preference for flying only in the best conditions he soon found himself looking for work. This was the way of his life and he had always ascended when others had found excuse to keep their feet on the ground. (Ernest K. Gann, ‘Fate is the Hunter.’)

Oh, pilot! ‘Tis a fearful night,  There’s danger on the deep. (Thomas Haynes Bayly, ‘The Pilot.’)

I suddenly get a feeling — perhaps only a hint — of the ALONENESS of a 1930s transport pilot way up on the beak of this ancient pelican. This tiny cupola was not a “flight deck,” all indirect lighting and softly chiming “systems,” triply redundant captains murmuring their checklist incantations. This was one man stuck about as far out on the bowsprit of his ark as he could be without having his toes in the wind.
(Stephan Wilkinson, ‘Flying’ magazine, 50th Anniversary Issue, September 1977)

There is only one rule – Rule One – TNB – Trust No Bastard – they are all trying to kill you. (Captain Rick Davies, advice to new captains)

It’s when things are going just right that you’d better be suspicious. There you are, fat as can be. The whole world is yours and you’re the answer to the Wright brothers’ prayers. You say to yourself, nothing can go wrong … all my trespasses are forgiven. Best you not believe it. (Ernest K. Gann)

The emergencies you train for almost never happen. It’s the one you can’t train for that kills you. (Ernest K. Gann)

If you want to be a good and old pilot, you’ve got to know your limits. Push forward when necessary and back off as required. Captain Savas  Uskent (Flying Thru Nature).

There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots.
(Attributed to W. W. Windstaff, an alleged pseudonym of an American pilot flying with the British RFC)

Navigating by the compass in a sea of clouds over Spain is all very well, it is very dashing, but — you want to remember that below the sea of clouds lies eternity.
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery, ‘Wind, Sand, and Stars,’ 1939)

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Civil engineering is an international profession that involves the design, construction,operation and improvement of the built environment. Civil engineers provide the technical expertise and management skills to plan, design, construct, maintain and rehabilitation such facilities as buildings, bridges, dams, water supply systems, waste treatment systems, road and rail networks, air and sea ports in a sustainable manner to reduce the impact on the environment.It is traditionally broken into several sub-disciplines including municipal engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, transportation engineering, water resources engineering, materials engineering, coastal engineering,surveying, and construction engineering.

Civil Engineering has been an aspect of life since the beginnings of human existence. Civil engineering might be considered properly commencing between 4000 and 2000 BC in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia when humans started to abandon a nomadic existence, thus causing a need for the construction of shelter. During this time, transportation became increasingly important leading to the development of the wheel and sailing. The construction of Pyramids in Egypt (circa 2700-2500 BC) might be considered the first instances of large structure constructions. Other ancient historic civil engineering constructions include the Parthenon by Iktinos in Ancient Greece (447-438 BC), the Appian Way by Roman engineers (c. 312 BC), and the Great Wall of China by General Meng T’ien under orders from Ch’in Emperor Shih Huang Ti (c. 220 BC).Until modern times there was no clear distinction between civil engineering and architecture, and the term engineer and architect were mainly geographical variations referring to the same person, often used interchangeably.In the 18th century, the term civil engineering began to be used to distinguish it from military engineering.

Civil engineering offers a creative and rewarding career for men and women in many different areas, which are essential to modern life. Currently career prospects for civil engineers are excellent, both in Russia and overseas with near 100% employment. Because Civil Engineers are responsible for many of Russian’s essential services and infrastructure they will provide a vital role in the nation’s future. The development and management of large infrastructure systems in a sustainable manner is emerging as a new challenge for Civil Engineering graduates.

Civil engineers typically possess an academic degree with a major in civil engineering. The length of study for such a degree is usually four or five years and the completed degree is usually designated as a Bachelor of Engineering,

Bachelor and Master Training Programmes:

Business administration (B.Sc. and M.Sc.)
Civil engineering (B.Sc. and M.Sc)
Automated control systems (M.Sc)
Production machines and facilities (B.Sc.)
Computer and Information Sciences (B.Sc. and M.Sc)
Applied mechanics (B.Sc.)

though some universities designate the degree as a Bachelor of Science. The degree generally includes units covering physics, mathematics, project management, design and specific topics in civil engineering. Initially such topics cover most, if not all, of the sub-disciplines of civil engineering. Students then choose to specialize

Specialist (Engineer) Training Programmes:
Contract economics and management.
Business management.
Load-and-carry, construction, road-building machinery and equipment.
Standardization and certification.
Technological-process and manufacturing automation.
Automated information processing and control systems.
CAD (computer-aided design systems).
Information systems and technologies.
Applied mathematics.
Chemical industry machinery and equipment.
Mechanical equipment and processing facilities of enterprises of construction materials, building products and constructions.
Industrial and civil engineering.
Water engineering.
Urban development and municipal services.
Production of construction materials, building products and constructions.
Heat and gas supply and ventilation.
Water supply and water discharge.
Mechanization and automation of construction engineering.
Building design.
Expertise and property management.
Fire safety.
engineer protection of environment.
Multiple use and protection of water resources.

in one or more sub-disciplines towards the end of the degree.
About one-third of civil engineers also choose to pursue a postgraduate degree such as a Master of Engineering, Master of Science, or a Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering. The Master of Engineering degree may consist of either research, coursework or a mixture of the two.

Construction engineering
Construction engineering involves planning and execution of the designs from transportation, site development, hydraulic, environmental, structural and geotechnical engineers. As construction firms tend to have higher business risk than other types of civil engineering firms, many construction engineers tend to take on a role that is more business-like in nature: drafting and reviewing contracts, evaluating logistical operations, and closely- monitoring prices of necessary supplies.

Environmental engineering
Environmental engineering deals with the treatment of chemical, biological, and/or thermal waste, the purification of water and air, and the remediation of contaminated sites, due to prior waste disposal or accidental contamination. Among the topics covered by environmental engineering are pollutant transport, water purification, sewage treatment, and hazardous waste management. Environmental engineers can be involved with pollution reduction, green engineering, and industrial ecology. Environmental engineering also deals with the gathering of information on the environmental consequences of proposed actions and the assessment of effects of proposed actions for the purpose of assisting society and policy makers in the decision making process.

Environmental engineering is the contemporary term for sanitary engineering, though sanitary engineering traditionally had not included much of the hazardous waste management and environmental remediation work covered by the term environmental engineering. Some other terms in use are public health engineering and environmental health engineering.

Geotechnical engineering

Geotechnical engineering is an area of civil engineering concerned with the rock and soil that civil engineering systems are supported by. Knowledge from the fields of geology, material science and testing, mechanics, and hydraulics are applied by geotechnical engineers to safely and economically design foundations, retaining walls, and similar structures. Environmental concerns in relation to groundwater and waste disposal have spawned a new area of study called geoenvironmental engineering where biology and chemistry are important.

Some of the unique difficulties of geotechnical engineering are the result of the variability and properties of soil. Boundary conditions are often well defined in other branches of civil engineering, but with soil, clearly defining these conditions can be impossible. The material properties and behavior of soil are also difficult to predict due to the variability of soil and limited investigation. This contrasts with the relatively well defined material properties of steel and concrete used in other areas of civil engineering. Soil mechanics, which define the behavior of soil, is complex due to stress-dependent material properties such as volume change, stress–strain relationship, and strength.

Hydraulic engineering
Hydraulic engineering is concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water. This area of civil engineering is intimately related to the design of pipelines,water distribution systems, drainage facilities (including bridges, dams, channels,culverts, levees, storm sewers), and canals. Hydraulic engineers design these facilities using the concepts of fluid pressure, fluid statics, fluid dynamics, and hydraulics, among others. Water resources engineering is concerned with the collection and management of water (as a natural resource). As a discipline it therefore combines hydrology, environmental  science, meteorology, geology, conservation, and resource management. This area of civil engineering relates to the prediction and management of both the quality and the  quantity of water in both underground (aquifers) and above ground (lakes, rivers, and streams) resources. Water resource engineers analyze and model very small to very large areas of the earth to predict the amount and content of water as it flows into, through, or out of a facility. Although the actual design of the facility may be left to other engineers.

Materials science
Civil engineering also includes elements of materials science. Construction materials with broad applications in civil engineering include ceramics such as Portland cement concrete (PCC) and hot mix asphalt concrete, metals such as aluminum and steel, and polymers such as polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and carbon fibers. Current research in these areas focus around increased strength, durability, workability, and reduced cost.

Structural engineering
Structural engineering is concerned with the structural design and structural analysis of buildings, bridges, and other structures. This involves calculating the stresses and forces that act upon or arise within a structure, and designing the structure to successfully resist those forces and stresses. Resistance to wind and seismic loadings, especially performance near resonant frequencies, which affect the overall stability of a structure, are major design concerns. Other factors such as durability and cost are also considered. In addition to design of new buildings, structural engineers may design a seismic retrofit for an existing structure to mitigate undesirable performance during earthquakes.

Surveying
Surveying is the process by which a surveyor measures certain dimensions that generally occur on the surface of the Earth. Modern surveying equipment, such as electronic  distance measurement (EDM), total stations, GPS surveying and laser scanning, allow for accurate measurement of angular deviation, horizontal, vertical and slope distances. This information is crucial to convert the data into a graphical representation of the Earth’s surface, in the form of a map. This information is then used by civil engineers, contractors and even realtors to design from, build on, and trade, respectively. Elements of a building or structure must be correctly sized and positioned in relation to each other and to site boundaries and adjacent structures. Civil engineers are trained in the basics of surveying.

Transportation engineering
Transportation engineering is concerned with moving people and goods efficiently, safely, and in a manner conducive to a vibrant community. This involves specifying, designing, constructing, and maintaining transportation infrastructure which includes streets,   canals, highways, rail systems, airports, ports, and mass transit. It includes areas such as transportation design, transportation planning, traffic engineering, urban engineering, queueing theory, pavement engineering, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), and infrastructure management.

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Do you like the sound of the waves? Would you like to tame the rough seas? Do you like to watch the flora and fauna from close quarters? Do you like the challenges of managing a metal monster? If yes, then Marine Engineering is the field for you. Marine Engineers are the members of a ship’s crew that operate and maintain the propulsion and other systems on board the vessel. Marine Engineering staff also deal with the “Hotel” facilities on board, notably the sewage, lighting, air conditioning and water systems. They deal with bulk fuel transfers, and require training in firefighting and first aid, as well as in dealing with the ship’s boats and other nautical tasks- especially with cargo loading/discharging gear and safety systems, though the specific cargo discharge function remains the responsibility of deck officers and deck workers. Marine Engineer Officers are recruited for their aptitude in both practical and academic areas, their ability to solve problems and good leadership potential.Electronic Technicians are the ship’s experts on electronics and, given the importance of electronic technology, they make a vital contribution towards ensuring a ship is ready to respond to any orders 24/7. Once you complete your academic qualification in the Russia,any where you can find a job.

A common Engineering crew for a ship is:

* Chief Engineer
* Second Engineer / First Assistant Engineer
* Third Engineer / Second Assistant Engineer
* Fourth Engineer / Third Assistant Engineer
* Fifth Engineer / Junior Engineer
* Oiler (unlicenced qualified rating)
* Greaser/s (unlicensed qualified rating)
* Entry-level rating (such as Wiper (occupation), Utilityman, etc)

Marine engineering comes in two families
o- Sea Going Marine Engineering- These are the people this sight is specifically aimed at although there are some parts equally of interest to both
o- Shore Based Marine Engineering – These are people who do not study for certificate of competencies but instead follow an academic route which leads them to the research and development side .

Sea Going Marine Engineering
Entry qualifications are very much dependent on the root you follow. This can range from none to a degree. No qualifications are required when you first start as a member of the crew gaining experience and knowledge whilst working on a vessel. An increasing level of qualification is required as the curse which leads to the first certificate of competency is condensed.Traditionally you will start as a cadet having 5 or more high school qualifications. Hopefully this will be under sponsorship from an employer. Completion of the cadet ship should give a qualification of a higher diploma or Degree. These qualifications are very important as they contin units which do not have to be retaken when you try for the higher levels of certificates in later years.Having obtained your first certificate you will now be qualified to sail as a watch keeping engineer on a variety of vessels. You will be expected to have at least a rudimentary knowledge of large diesel engines, air compressors, fridge systems, pumps, boilers and many other ancillary equipment. You will also have some knowledge on electrical, electronic and control engineering. You will have some ability in the workshop including machining and welding. In future years you can chose to move into the many shore based industries that are currently crying out for experienced engineers such as technical superintendency, Accident investigations, damage assessor and surveying.

Shore Based Marine Engineering
There are degree and above qualifications in marine engineering and naval architecture which allow entry into the various design and development side of vessels. There are in  addition qualifications specifically for sea going personnel that are looking to come ashore .The specialist degrees are a Masters level degree. Along with this degree student are issued an internationally recognized license (Issued under the provisions of the international convention on standards of training, certification and watch keeping for seafarers, 1978 as amended 1995) which allows them to serve on board ships and in ports. Students, who follow the courses where merchant naval officers are prepared, are provided with additional training on ships of the Russian merchant navy. 

The following specialties are available for Undergraduate Studies in the field of Marine Engineering and related studies.

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Goose-stepping guards and medal-bedecked space veterans laid flowers at the Kremlin wall tomb of the father of the Soviet space program Thursday as Russia celebrated the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite.The name of Sergei Korolyov, the visionary rocket scientist whose brains and determination made it possible for the Soviet Union to thrust open the door to the Space Age.

The Sputnik satellite, on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path.

Fifty years after Sputnik’s launch, more than 800 satellites now orbit the Earth, used for communications, surveillance and navigation.

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The Russian Aviation universities are a leading higher education establishment of Russia which trains Civil Aviation specialists, the centre of science and culture where training and retraining specialists and fundamental scientific research on a wide range of scientific, technical, humanities and economic directions are carried out.

The graduates can work not only in Civil Aviation but in any industry and transport. The Russian Universities have creative links with many foreign educational establishments and trains foreign students from 30 countries.

The University chairs are headed by experienced scientists – educators, many of them being widely known both in Russia and abroad. Training and research laboratories are equipped with modern computers, instruments and devices, stands, models, simulators, working models of aviation equipment, technical training and knowledge test aids. This makes it possible to conduct classes and carry out scientific work at the up-to-date level of science and technology.

Students can be trained in the following specialities:

· maintenance of aircraft and engines;

· maintenance of aircraft electric systems and flight-navigation complexes (aircraft avionics);

· maintenance of transport radio equipment;

· management;

· applied mathematics;

· computers, computing complexes, systems and networks;

· technological processes and productions safety (on air transport).

· Training is conducted on a multi-level basis which enables to obtain the following:

· a diploma on incomplete higher education (2 years of training);

· a “bachelor’s” diploma (4 years of training);

· an “engineer’s” diploma (5-5,5 years of training);

· a “master’s” diploma (6 years of training). 

The following specialties are available for Undergraduate Studies in the field of Aviation and related studies. 

The students who showed aptitude to research work can be recommended to take post-graduate courses. The post- graduate and doctors courses train specialists of higher qualification in the following fields:

· maintenance of air transport;

· automation of technological;

· processes and productions;

· computers, computing complexes and networks;

· radiolocation and radionavigation;

· radiotechnical and TV systems and devices;

· radiophysics;

· economics and management of national economy;

· economic-mathematical methods;

· computing mathematics.

The Aviation University has a training airfield and radiofield equipped with modern aircraft and radar equipment where classes are conducted under conditions close to real ones.

University arranges production practice for students at base enterprises of Civil Aviation – plants, airports, scientific-research institutions of Civil Aviation.

The University computer network includes display class-rooms for group and individual classes of students, the library information system, automated work places of scientific-research and managerial subdivisions, a software-hardware complex enabling the users to use external computer networks.

The University library is provided with text-books for specialities of all the departments, on crucial problems of science and techno­logy, social sciences.

Comfortable reading-halls with an electronic catalogue and xerox are available to readers.

Aviation uviversity is having research center. Here fundamental research and design work on the problems of safety of flights, maintenance and repair of aviation equipment, radiolocation and air traffic control, commercial operation of air transport, management of aviatransport enterprises, methodology of higher education is carried out to the benefit of Civil Aviation and other industries.

There students improve their theoretical knowledge, acquire practical skills by engaging in the designing and construction of aircraft, in the develop­ment and updating of aviation equipment and radioelectronic systems. Contests and scientific-technical conferences of students are held on a regular basis at the University. The best works are recom­mended for Russian and international contests of students’ scientific works. The students of the University very often are prize-winners and laureates of such contests.

The University has a sport complex and many sport clubs.

The sport complex includes a track-and field stadium and a football field, special gyms for sporting games, tennis courts, a skiing base and functional rehabilitation complex. The University teams and athletes have repeatedly become champions and prize-winners of Russia and Moscow.

The spacious movie-concert hall equipped with modern cinema and video projection equipment, acoustic and illuminating systems, rehearsal premises provide good conditions for amateur activities, movie-lectures, concerts of masters of art and popular musical groups.

The students live in rooms for 1 or 2 persons. There are good conditions for studies. On winter and summer vacations the students of the University can have a rest at boarding-houses and rest-homes.

Russian is a World Language
Russian is one of the 5 official languages of the United Nations. It is spoken by 150 million people who live in the Russian Federation, which is still the largest country in the world. Russia is almost twice the size of the United States. It spans eleven time zones and covers about 1/8th of the world’s land surface. It is also spoken in other countries of the world including USA.

There are about 20 thousand émigrés from Russia living in Saint Louis who will be thrilled to speak with you in their language! Russian is not an easy language to learn, but it.s an intellectual challenge worth taking. Mastering this major Slavic language is invaluable for students. personal development. No wonder that the graduates who have Russian as their major have such high rate of admission to prestigious graduate and professional schools and hold a great number of government and business jobs.

Russian Language is the Gateway to Russian Culture

Students who study Russian have special access to an understanding of Russian culture, the culture that has always been prominent on the world stage: the literature of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, the poetry of Pushkin and Yevtushenko, the music of Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, the fine art of Repin and Chagal, the films of Eisenstein and Mikhalkov.

Students of Russian who join the study abroad program will get the first hand knowledge of the Russian people who place high value on friendships and interpersonal communication and are famous for their hospitality and generosity.