Sergey Zavistovsky
Sergey Zavistovsky
PhD in Engineering, Associate Professor at the Departments of Physics

Преподавательская деятельность

In 1978, Sergey Zavistovsky graduated from Novopolotsk Polytechnic Institute specializing in “Machine-building Technology, Metal-cutting Machines and Tools”. In 1981, S. Zavistovsky finished his full-time postgraduate course specializing in “Machine-building Technology”. In 1984, he defended his PhD thesis “Isolation Valve Strengthening by Vibro-Impact Sintering of Powder Coatings” supervised by N. Dorozhkin.
Since 1984, Sergey Zavistovsky has been working at Novopolotsk Polytechnic Institute (now PSU) as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Machine-building Technology (1984-1989), as an Associate Professor at the Department of Machine-building Technology (1989-2001), and as the Head of the Department of Machine-building Technology (1990-1992), and then as the Head of the Department of Technology and Methods of Teaching (2001-2017). Zavistovskiy has a rank of an Associate Professor (1989).
Professional Development: Moscow State Multicorporate Enterprise of Tooling and Machining Industry (1985, Moscow), ITMO University (1990, St. Petersburg), National Institute for Higher Education (2001, 2006, Novopolotsk); practical training at Mozyr State Pedagogical University named After I. P. Shamyakin (1996, Mozyr), practical training at Vitebsk State University named after P. M. Masherov (2011, Vitebsk).
Currently teaches the following disciplines:
  • Specialty Introductory Course
  • Metal Processing Technology
  • Standards of Accuracy and Technical Measurements
  • Equipment for Mechanical Processing of Materials

Scientific interests

  • Technological methods of total running time improvement of machine components and of mechanical systems of plating of metallic strengthening and polymer coatings

Social esteem

  • In 1976, he received a certificate of authorship of the USSR, being a full-time student. (Authors: S. Zavistovsky, A. Alkhovsky).
  • In 2008, he was awarded a silver medal and a certificate of the 2nd degree of International Congress-exhibition “High Technologies. Innovations. Investments” (St. Petersburg) in the nomination “The Best Innovative Project in the Sphere of Advanced Technologies in Machine-building” for the development of his project “Technology and Equipment for Manufacturing of Flexible Grinding Tool with an Aligned Structure of Abrasive Coating”.
  • In 2010, he was awarded a golden medal and a certificate of the 1st degree of St. Petersburg Technical Fair in the competition on the best project and the best scientific and technological research work of the year in the nomination “The Best Innovative Project in the Sphere of Advanced Technologies in Machine-building and Metallurgy” for his project “Technology and Equipment for Pneumodynamic Hardening of Engine Shafts of Internal Combustion”.

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Publications

S. Zavistovsky has more than 140 publications for the period 1979 – 2012. Among them are: 1 manual with a stamp of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, 2 collections of conference materials, 6 instructional materials, 36 articles, more than 50 abstracts of reports, 9 inventions and patents, more than 40 methodological instructive regulations and 3 information leaflets.