About Department
Department was established in 1893 as the Department of Steam Locomotive Engineering, renamed into the Department of Locomotive Engineering in 1956, and since 2000 it has a modern name – Electric Transport and Diesel Locomotive Engineering. The department has completed more than 100 graduates of specialists – locomotive builders. Now the department graduates bachelors and masters in the specialties “Power engineering, electrical engineering and electromechanics” and “Railway transport”.
Scientific fields
1. Electromechanical energy conversion in the traction drive of electric rolling stock
2. Energy saving in traction power supply systems of railways
3. Virtual modeling of energy conversion in the “Electric motor train – traction network” system for electrified railways
4. Future high-speed electric rail transport
5. Dynamics of the rolling stock of railways and its interaction with the rail
Qualifications and Areas of Specialization
141 – Electrical power engineering, electrical engineering and electromechanics; Electromechanics. Selective Unit – Electric Vehicles
273 – Railway transport; Locomotives and locomotive establishment