HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of «Automation, Telemechanics and Communications» was established in 1977 at the Alma-Ata Institute of Railway Transport Engineers (hereinafter – AIRT). The creation of the department was due to the need for specialists in the field of railway automation and telemechanics. The history of the department is a separate page in the annals of AIRT – KazATK – ALT.

The first head of the department was Ph.D., Associate Professor Glashchenkov G.A., a student of the professor of the Kharkiv Institute of Transport Engineers (KITE) Kotlyarenko N.F. Under his leadership, the department took the first steps in creating a material and technical base, in opening specialized laboratories.

In different years, the department was headed by Ph.D., associate professors Shamanov V.I., Duisembayeva Zh.K., Shensizbayev S.A., Omarov T.F., Ph.D., professors Nietalin Zh.N., Kadyrbekov S.O., Ph.D., professors Imandosova M.B., Bitteev Sh.B., Ph.D., associate Professor Suleimenova G.A., Ph.D., Shultz V.A., PhD, Toigozhinova A.Zh. who made a great contribution to the replenishment of the scientific, technical and pedagogical potential of the department, contributed to its further development and strengthening.

In November 2005, the Department of «Automation, Telemechanics and Communications» was renamed the Department of Automation and Control.

Currently, the department employs highly qualified teaching staff with rich pedagogical experience. Currently, the department is headed by PhD, Associate Professor of ALT Sansyzbay K.M.

Currently, the department trains highly qualified personnel in the following educational programs:

• 6B07120 – Automation and Control (Bachelor’s degree);
• 6B07140 – Cybersecurity of digital systems – innovative educational program (Bachelor’s degree);
• 7M07143 – Management of technological complexes (Master’s degree, profile direction);
• 7M07144 – Automation and Control (Master’s degree, scientific and pedagogical direction);
• 8D07158 – Automation and Control (doctoral studies).

EDUCATIONAL AND METHODICAL WORK

One of the main activities of the department is educational and methodical work, which includes the organization of the educational process, methodological and organizational-methodical work.

1. The educational process involves the following activities: conducting classroom classes, intermediate and final control of knowledge, organization of all professional practices, research and experimental research work of undergraduates and doctoral students, course and diploma design, organization of competitions and various olympiads, etc.

2. The methodical work of the department provides the solution of a number of functional tasks: the development and updating of educational programs, the development of educational and methodological complexes of disciplines, the participation of the department in methodological conferences, conducting methodological seminars, the use of innovative technologies in the educational process, the preparation of methodological developments, the organization of educational exhibitions, advanced training of teachers, etc.

3. Organizational and methodological work includes approaches to calculating the workload, drawing up plans and reports of the department, preparation for certification and accreditation, educational work with students, monitoring their attendance at classes, etc.

SCIENTIFIC WORK

The department has a powerful material and technical and laboratory base, modern innovative infrastructures and the necessary innovative technologies for classes. Lecture halls are equipped with video projection equipment for presentations, sound reproduction facilities, a screen, and Internet access, classrooms for seminars and practical classes, as well as for laboratory classes are equipped with modern laboratory equipment, stands, specialized measuring instruments.

A branch of the department operates on the basis of the Almaty Signaling and Communication Distance (SHCH-33). Moreover, the department has more than 50 signed contracts for the organization of all professional practices of bachelors, experimental, research works of undergraduates and doctoral students with various leading companies, such as – regional signaling and communication distances of the branch of the Joint-Stock Company “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy”, LLP “Stepnogorsk Temir Zholy”, JSC “Transtelecom”, JSC “Sokolovsko-Sarbayskoye Mining and Processing Production Association”, RSE PCV “Zhezkazganredmet”, LLP “Saiman Corporation”, JSC “MangistauMunaiGas”, LLP “Munaytelekom”, “OralMunayProm” LLP, etc.

Within the framework of international cooperation in the training of specialists, students are sent to foreign countries for scientific internships, as well as academic mobility. The Department closely cooperates with Omsk State University of Railways, Riga Technical University, Varna Technical University, Lublin Technical University, etc.

The teaching staff of the department participates in various international and Kazakhstani research conferences and seminars, actively publishes in publications recommended by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Education and Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan and in foreign rating journals with impact factor included in the databases Thomson Reuters, Scopus and Web of Science.

The following scientific works were carried out by the teaching staff:
1. Interstate standard GOST 33064-2014 “Decoders of numerical code automatic blocking”.
2. Interstate standard GOST 33890-2016 “Axle counting system. Safety requirements and control method”.
3. The standard of the number of employees of the signaling and communication distance of JSC “NC “KTZ”.
4. The project “The concept of modernization and production of railway automation and telemechanics systems”.
5. The section of the SCB of the project “32-CRCP. Adjustment of the feasibility study. Construction of the second tracks Shu-Almaty-1”.
6. Section of the project’s SCB “33-CRCP. Reconstruction of Astana station and art. Fortieth.”
7. Section of the SCB and C of the 787-CZHS project. “Overhaul of the metal bridge on 657 km of the Semipalatinsk – Zhana-Semey section of the East Kazakhstan region.”
8. Section of the SCB Feasibility Study “Program for the development and modernization of the railway infrastructure of JSC NC “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy” for 2018-2025″.

In April 2022, under the leadership of the head of the department – Sansyzbay K.M., the department became the owner of grant funding for young scientists on scientific and scientific-technical projects for 2022-2024. Moreover, in September of this year, senior lecturer of the department – Orunbekov M.B. became the owner of grant funding for young scientists under the project “Zhas Galym” for 2022-2024.

EDUCATIIVE WORK

Educative work at the department is inextricably linked with the educational process, with the aim of creating a full-scale socio-pedagogical environment that promotes the upbringing of a highly moral, spiritually and physically healthy personality.

Meetings with outstanding people in various fields of activity are constantly organized, undoubtedly, undergraduate and graduate students take an active part in the public life of the department.

The educational process ensures a close unity of the main directions and factors of education, taking into account the characteristics of each group of students. The teaching staff of the department conducts training and education of students at a high professional level, instill respect for national, spiritual and moral values. Observe the norms of pedagogical ethics.

Much attention is paid to cultural leisure and aesthetic education of students. Students take an active part in various events of the university and the department, in sports competitions, conferences, festivals, participate in the work of circles of the Department of Youth Policy.

Students take an active part in all the solemn events of the Institute and the Academy.