The Department of Chemical Technology of Inorganic Substances, one of the leading departments of the Tashkent Chemical-Technological Institute, has a very ancient and rich history. In accordance with the decision of the chairman of the All-Union Committee for Higher Education in 1937, the Department of “Technology of Inorganic Substances” was established in 1939 within the chemistry faculty of the Central Asian State University. Associate Professor S.A. Sygov, a student of M.S. Elgort, who at that time was the rector of the Central Asian State University, became its director. In the same year, the department trained 13 chemical engineers specializing in the technology of inorganic substances, who received referrals to various chemical enterprises of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
In the summer of 1940, the departments of the Faculty of Chemistry, including the Department of "Inorganic Materials Technology", were transferred to the Central Asian Industrial Institute at the Central Asian State University. However, the staff and students of the department could not finish the academic year due to the war that began that year. During the Great Patriotic War, the head of the department S.A. Sigov and assistant Z.M. Leykin were mobilized to defend the Motherland, so the department was briefly headed by the candidate of chemical sciences, associate professor A.B. Kuchkarov and the first deputy chairman of the State Planning Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan M.N. Nabiev.
After returning from the war, the head of the department was Assoc. Prof. During the period of S.A. Sigov's leadership, which continued from 1968 to 1990 under the leadership of Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor F.M. Mirzaev, close scientific cooperation was established with the Department of Fertilizer Chemistry and Technology of the Institute of Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, science developed rapidly, and as a result, practical recommendations were given to the chemical enterprises of the Republic based on the results of extensive research work on the chemistry and technology of inorganic substances, including mineral and organomineral fertilizers, and they were implemented at the Kokand and Samarkand superphosphate enterprises, Navoi and Almalyk chemical enterprises, and the Fergana nitrogen fertilizer production enterprise. In 1990-1992, the department was headed by Ph.D., Associate Professor Sh.A. Yakubov, in 1992-1994, Ph.D. P.Kh. Mansurov, in 1994-2000, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor T.A. Atakuziev, in 2000-2001, 2006-2009, Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor Z.K. Toirov, in 2001-2005, 2009-2011, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor A.U. Erkaev, in 2005-2006, Doctor of Philosophy M.I. Iskandarova, in 2011-2015, Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor Iskenderov A.M., in 2016-2018, Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor M.Sh. Adilova, since August 2018, Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor M.S. Djandullaeva has been heading the department.
Currently, the department has 285 undergraduate students in the field of 60710100-Chemical Technology (Inorganic Substances Technology), 10 students in the field of 70710101-Chemical Technology (Chemical Technology of Inorganic Substances), and 5 students in the field of 70710101-Chemical Technology (Chemical Technology of Mineral Fertilizers). To date, the department has graduated more than 20 doctors of science and more than 100 candidates of science.
It is aimed at accelerating the processes of studying and implementing advanced foreign experiences in improving the quality of education, conducting training sessions based on modern information and communication technologies, and improving subject curricula.
Students' free time is spent meaningfully, encouraging students to gain knowledge, work on themselves, use the achievements of modern technologies purposefully, develop research skills, educate the individual, and increase their intellectual potential.
The professors and teachers of the department, along with training qualified engineers and technologists, are conducting extensive scientific research. In particular, the results of the research have been applied to industry at the enterprises of “Farg'onaazot” OJSC, “Navoiazot” OJSC, “Kungirot soda plant” LLC JV, “Dehqonabad potassium plant” OJSC, and “Ammafos-Maksam” OJSC and “Elektrokimyozavod” LLC JV.
The main scientific directions of the department:
1. “Caustic soda production technology”
2. “Research on the production of magnesium sulfate based on natural magnesium raw materials”
3. “Technology for obtaining organomineral fertilizers based on low-grade phosphorites, coal and peat”
4. “Potassium hydroxide production technology”
5. “Burkeit production technology”
6. “Improvement of the technology for enrichment of low-grade sylvinites of the Tyubegatan deposit based on local flotation reagents”
7. “Obtaining aluminum oxide by acid decomposition of local aluminum raw materials”
8. “Technology for complex utilization of chemical industry waste”
9. “Technology for obtaining various fertilizers based on local phosphorites”
Professional competencies:
• have professional training aimed at applying modern achievements of science and economics in the chosen specialty;
• be able to formulate and solve problems on scientific problems of the specialty, create a knowledge base and use it in their professional activities;
• know the methodology of scientific creativity and labor organization;
• develop research methodologies and be able to implement them;
• be able to compile reports and make practical recommendations on the use of scientific research results;
• know automation methods and computer modeling of professional issues;
• be able to organize production and scientific team management on a scientific basis in a market economy;
• have mastered modern pedagogical technologies and teaching methods using information and communication systems.
Educational and methodological work of the department
To date, more than 10 textbooks have been written by the department's staff. Including in 2023 alone Erkaev A.U., Dormeshkin O.B., Reymov A.M., Sharipova Kh.T., Kucharov B.Kh. 70710101- Chemical technology (technology of inorganic substances and mineral fertilizers) Graphical analysis of salt systems. “Faylasuflar” publishing house. ISNB 978-9943-8195-3-5. Tashkent -2023. 573-p.
Erkaev A.U., Adilova M.Sh., Reymov A.M., Ulashova N.A. Theory and technological calculations of the production of potassium salts. “Faylasuflar” publishing house. ISNB 978-9943-5454-8-9. Tashkent -2023-y. -860 p.
Erkayev A.U., Linkevich V.A., Toirov Z.K., Turakulov B.B., Erkayeva N.A. 60710100- Chemical technology (inorganic substances). The textbook “Technology of obtaining calcined soda” has been published.
The staff of the department are the authors of more than 4,000 scientific articles, more than 100 copyright certificates and patents.
International relations of the department
The department is located at the Belarusian State Technological Institute, the Belarusian State University of Food and Chemical Technologies, the St. Petersburg State Technological Institute, the Shymkent State Institute of Kazakhstan, the Tajik National University, the Dushanbe branch of the Moscow State University named after M.Lomonosov, D.I. It has close ties with the Mendeleev Russian University of Chemical Technology, Ivanovo State Chemical and Technological University, Bokhtar National University of the Republic of Tajikistan named after Nasir Khusrav, and the B.I. Nikitin Scientific and Technical Centers of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.
