23 November 2021

PhD Dissertation Defense Announcement

The Dissertation Council D003.025.01 at MPI authorized by the Russian Ministry of Higher Education and Science's Attestation Committee to award degrees in geography, geology & mineralogy, and engineering in the fields of engineering geology, geocryology, and geotechnical engineering will hold its meetings on November 24 to 26, 2021 for public defense of five doctoral dissertations. The defenses will be conducted online over Zoom and can be viewed live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHFqU0efDHF1OGnJhcA7qwg

Schedule

November
24, 2021

09:00 Tatiana Vinokurova, Melnikov Permafrost Institute “Numerical modeling of anthropogenic changes to the permafrost thermal regime using inverse problem methods
14:30 Dinara Davletshina, Moscow State University “Formation and decomposition of gas hydrates in permafrost”


November 25, 2021

09:00 Ivan Vakhrin, Melnikov Permafrost Institute “Thaw strain of frozen soils and changes in their physical properties in one-dimensional consolidation tests”
14:30 Sergei Grebenkin, Moscow State University “Changes in the gas permeability of sediments associated with ice and hydrate formation”


November 26

14:30 Aleksei Gunar, Moscow State University “Selecting optimal solutions to ensure integrity of oil pipelines on permafrost”