The Department of Mechanics was established in 1920 at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Turkestan University (now the National University of Uzbekistan). Lectures were given in this department on theoretical mechanics, fundamentals of celestial mechanics, theory of elasticity, hydromechanics, field theory, and other subjects. By 1936, the Department of Mechanics had attained the status of a specialist training department and began training specialists in theoretical mechanics, the theory of elasticity and plasticity, and hydromechanics. During this period, the activities of the Department of Mechanics were aimed at providing personnel for the departments of theoretical mechanics, strength of materials, and hydraulics of the new higher educational institutions established on the basis of the university (now the National University of Uzbekistan) and the newly established technical higher educational institutions at that time. As a result,graduates of
M.T. Urozbayev
prof. M.F. Shulgin.He is the author of a new method based on the construction of analytical dynamics in non-homogeneous and redundant coordinates. Currently, this method is successfully used in the study of problems related to the theory of priority.
Among the graduates of the Department of Mechanics, prof. Latipov K.Sh. worked at the Tashkent Institute of Railway Engineers (TIRI) and the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration, academician Bondarenko B.A. (1972-1980) at the TIRI, prof. Abutaliev E.B. and prof. Soatov E.U. at the Tashkent Institute of Mechanical Engineering.
In connection with the significant development of scientific research on the theory of elasticity and hydromechanics at the Department of National Economy and University Mechanics, a new Department of Mechanics of Connected Environments (TMM) was established in 1956. The initiator of the establishment of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the first head of the department was academician M.T. Urozbaev, who is known not only in the republic but also in the former Soviet Union, and is considered one of the great mechanical scientists who made a great contribution to the development of science and higher education in our republic. M.T. Urozbaev’s dynamic theory of seismic stability of hydroelastic systems was of particular importance.
Since the establishment of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, in the activities of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the university, in addition to training teaching staff for higher educational institutions, more attention has been paid to training personnel for the Academy of Sciences of our republic and a number of design institutes (SANIIRI, Hydroingeo, UzGiprovodkhoz, etc.). More than 40 of the personnel trained by the Department of Mechanical Engineering have successfully defended their doctoral dissertations. 8 of them (Abutaliev F.B., Bondarenko B.A., Filatov A.N., Buriev T., Fayzullaev J.F., Buzin E.I., Muborakov Y., Rashidov T.) became academicians of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic.
Graduates of the Department of Mechanics of the University have made a worthy contribution to the achievements in the field of higher education and sciences related to the development of mechanics, applied mathematics and computer technology in general in the republic. In particular, graduates of the Department of Mechanics have made a significant contribution to the development of scientific research at the Institute of Mechanics and Seismic Strength of Structures (ISMS) of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Scientific Production Association “Cybernetics”.
A student of Academician M.T. Urozbayev, a graduate of the Department of TMM, a former graduate student of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics – Acad. T.R. Rashidov created the theory of seismodynamics of underground structures. Acad. Y.N. Muborakov developed the theory created by his teacher and applied it to shell-like underground structures, developed the theory of seismodynamics of underground structures with spatial structures based on the results of experiments conducted in laboratory and field conditions.
Another scientific school was created by a graduate of the Department of Mechanics, Acad. Fayzullaev J.F. He was the first to initiate scientific research on the mechanics of multiphase media in our republic, and many theoretical and practical issues related to the movement of two-phase fluids in pipelines were solved by him and his students.
One of our graduates, who worked in design and project organizations, Bolotin Yu.I., reached the rank of head of a large design bureau of defense importance and became a laureate of the USSR State Prize.
The Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of the University (in 1971-1997, the Faculties of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics) also trained personnel for neighboring Soviet republics, the People’s Republic of China, Vietnam, Laos and Latin American countries. Professors Arutunyan R.A., Andreev A.S., Tolok V., Shulgin D.F., Emikh V.N. and others (in Russia), prof. Bardzokas D. (Athens Polytechnic University), prof. Bykovtsev A.S. (Israel) and many other personnel trained by the Department of Mechanics make a worthy contribution to higher education and the development of science abroad.
The Department of “Mechanics of Condensed Media” was headed by A.D. Bagdasarov, Sh. Mamatkulov, A. Begmatov, and the Department of “General Mechanics” was headed by M.F. Shulgin, A.G. Azizov and A.M. Shulgin.
In 1997, the departments of “General Mechanics” and “Mechanics of Condensed Media” were merged to form the Department of “Theoretical and Applied Mechanics” (head of the department: A. Begmatov, A. Khaldzhigitov, B. Khusanov, M.N. Sidikov). In 2016-2018, the department operated under the name “Theoretical Foundations of Mechanics” (head of the department: Assoc. Prof. Sidikov M.N.).
In 2018, the name of the department was changed to the Department of “Mechanics and Mathematical Modeling” in accordance with the modern requirements of science and technology.
The Department of “Mechanics and Mathematical Modeling” trains specialists in three areas: theoretical mechanics, mechanics of deformable solids, and fluid and gas mechanics. Scientific research is conducted in these areas. Along with traditional areas, the department is developing mathematical and simulation modeling, robotics and mechatronics, orbital mechanics, and aerospace research. The department has been headed by Professor A.B. Akhmedov since 2018.
