868 (Continued) 
The curricula of the University provide for courses in geological 
surveying and prospecting for mineral deposits, geophysical prospecting 
methods, gyroscopic instruments and systems, radiophysics and electronics, 
electronics, history, Russian language and literature, mathematics, mechanics, 
physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, physical geography, and economic geo- 
graphy. 
869 
Name: Scientific-Research and Experimental Institute of Motor-Vehicle 
Electrical Equipment and Instruments 
(Nauchno-issledovatel'skiy i eksperimental'nyy institut avtomobil 'nogo 
elektrooborudovaniya i priborov--NIIAvtopriborov) 
Address: Moscow, Elektrozavodskaya ulitsa, 21 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: State Committee of the Council of Ministers, 
U.S.S.R., on Automation and Machine Building 
(1960) 
Selected Staff Members: 
N. A. Patrina, Candidate 
Ye. A. Shumskaya 
Description: 
The Institute has investigated the mechanical and electrical proper- 
ties of metals and alloys used in electrical contacts. The Laboratory of 
Solid Dielectrics has examined the electrical properties of plastics to 
determine their usefulness as insulators. A method for the economical pro- 
duction of magnetic materials for use in electric-motor stators has also 
been developed. 
The staff has cooperated in the formulation of requirements of 
electrical equipment of automobiles, and has established norms for the 
selection of voltage and current systems. They have also cooperated on 
the development of a non-nickel-bearing chromium-base alloy for spark-plug 
electrodes. 
870 
Name: Scientific-Research and Planning Institute of Plastics 
(Nauchno-issledovatel 'skiy i proyektnyy institut plasticheskikh 
mass--Giproplast ) 
