ASU engineering center was presented at VuzPromExpo-2015

The center’s director Nadezhda V. Orlova told the audience about its prospects and noted that Prombiotech would become a center of excellence of Altai State University in the framework of forming Living Systems cluster, which included such scientific areas as biotechnology and bioengineering.

Prombiotech presentation was conducted at “Engineering Centers on the Premises of Higher Education Organizations: Getting Acquainted with the Winners of the Third Stage of Competition” round table.

Head of Interdepartmental Analytical Center Vladimir A. Petukhov was speaking on the behalf of event’s organizers and stated that engineering centers, which were being established on the premises of higher vocational education organizations, were the universities’ structural subdivisions and independent corporate entities operating in the area of engineering at the same time. Their work is aimed not only at making high-technology developments in key spheres of economy, but also largely at the integration of such elements into full engineering cycle up to commercialization.
Higher education institutions play a key role as they are the centers of knowledge generation. Their purpose is to create proper competencies and infrastructure with the support of federal budget, and to be able to introduce innovative developments in selected priority directions to the market.