Irkutsk?s multiple-access centers step up RandD and make money

The multiple-access centers of Irkutsk State Technical University in Siberia completed and offered more than $6m worth of RandD and consulting services last year.

The multiple-access centers of Irkutsk State Technical University (ISTU) in Siberia completed and offered more than $6m worth of R&D and consulting services last year, the university announced last week. According to Ivan Sysoyev, the deputy head of ISTU?s scientific activity department, ISTU now runs two multiple-access centers that focus on eco-friendly natural resources development, nanosystems, energy efficiency and energy saving, nuclear energy, and information and telecommunications systems. For example, the East-Siberian center, also known as ?Technosphere Safety,? offers hydrosphere monitoring and forecasting services and helps do engineering work for the drilling of exploratory and monitoring wells. In 2012, Technosphere Safety is said to have accomplished more than a dozen R&D tasks under terms of contracts with local businesses and government bodies, and also as part of broad federal programs...