RECTOR
MIKHAIL EVGENIEVICH LUSTENKOV
DOCTOR OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES, PROFESSOR
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- Lustenkov was born in 1974 in Mogilev. After graduating from secondary school No. 22 in 1991, he worked as a trainee operator and then as a CNC lathe operator at the Experimental Plant for Automation and Mechanization Tools. In 1992, he enrolled at the Mogilev Mechanical Engineering Institute. In 1997, he graduated with honors majoring in Mechanical Engineering Technology, Metal-Cutting Machine Tools, and Tools.
Candidate of Technical Sciences (2001), Associate Professor (2003), Doctor of Technical Sciences (2015), Professor (2017). His career progressed from assistant and senior lecturer to associate professor in the Department of Theoretical Mechanics. He subsequently worked as Head of the International Students Sector, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Automotive Engineering, Vice-Rector for Research, and First Vice-Rector of the Belarusian-Russian University. Since January 16, 2019, he has served as Rector of the Belarusian-Russian University and, concurrently, as a professor in the Department of Fundamentals of Machine Design.
His research interests include the theory, calculation, and design of compact energy-efficient drives, including new-type mechanical transmissions (with intermediate rolling elements), spherical mechanisms, and computer modeling of technical systems. He leads the Mechanical Drive Systems Testing Laboratory as Scientific Director and has authored over 300 scientific works, including eight monographs and three study guides. He has received 44 patents for inventions and utility models. M. E. Lustenkov has supervised two Candidate of Technical Sciences researchers.
Member of two dissertation councils of the Republic of Belarus (K.02.18.01 and D.02.18.01). Since 2019 – member of the Higher Attestation Commission under the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.
Awards: Special Prize of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee for high professional achievements in the social sphere (2008); Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus (2011); Honorary Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus (2016); Scholarship of the President of the Republic of Belarus to talented young scientists (2016); Certificate of Merit from the Central Committee of Trade Unions of Education and Science Workers (2021); Certificate of Merit from the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee (2021); “Excellence in Education” badge of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus (Order No. 87-u dated October 25, 2021); “Honored Worker of Education of the Russian Federation” honorary title (Order No. 1675 k/n dated December 30, 2021).
