Rate My Professor Mikhail Lustenkov

Mikhail Evgenievich Lustenkov is the Rector of the Belarusian-Russian University, where he also serves as Professor in the Department of Fundamentals of Machine Design. Born in 1974 in Mogilev, he graduated with honors in 1997 from the Mogilev Mechanical Engineering Institute, majoring in Mechanical Engineering Technology, Metal-Cutting Machine Tools, and Tools. He earned his Candidate of Technical Sciences degree in 2001, was appointed Associate Professor in 2003, received his Doctor of Technical Sciences degree in 2015, and was promoted to Professor in 2017.

His career at the Belarusian-Russian University includes roles as assistant and senior lecturer, associate professor in the Department of Theoretical Mechanics, Head of the International Students Sector, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Automotive Engineering, Vice-Rector for Research, and First Vice-Rector before becoming Rector on January 16, 2019. Lustenkov’s research focuses on the theory, calculation, and design of compact energy-efficient drives, including new-type mechanical transmissions with intermediate rolling elements, spherical mechanisms, and computer modeling of technical systems. He directs the Mechanical Drive Systems Testing Laboratory and has authored over 300 scientific works, including eight monographs and three study guides, along with 44 patents for inventions and utility models. He has supervised two Candidate of Technical Sciences researchers and serves on two dissertation councils in Belarus as well as the Higher Attestation Commission under the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. His honors include the Special Prize of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee (2008), certificates of merit from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus (2011, 2016), the Scholarship of the President of the Republic of Belarus for talented young scientists (2016), additional certificates of merit (2021), the “Excellence in Education” badge (2021), and the honorary title “Honored Worker of Education of the Russian Federation” (2021).