According to Colonel, Dr. Le Hai Nam, Deputy Head of the Faculty of Telecommunications, the technical facilities directly managed by the Faculty include 9 laboratories serving basic subjects of the industry and 15 laboratories and classrooms equipped to serve specialized subjects.

In addition, the laboratories also ensure service for scientific research, trial production of scientific and technical products and military technology, and technology transfer consulting in the field of telecommunications engineering.

Over the years, the Faculty's laboratories have served to implement 14 national-level projects, 4 ministerial-level projects, and 53 academy-level projects. The projects have effectively used laboratory equipment with many highly appreciated products when put into practical applications, such as: Parol system interrogator, flycam suppression device, tank turret stabilization device...

Visiting the laboratories of the Faculty, we saw that at the Department of Radio Engineering, although there was no practice time that day, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thi Mai Huong was still working hard on the equipment in the laboratory.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thi Mai Huong guides students in practice at the laboratory of the Radio Electronics Department, Military Technical Academy.

As a technician, to ensure the best machines for students to practice, Ms. Huong is always on duty here. Her daily work process is to arrive early before students enter class to check the machine's functions, guide each operation while students practice; when students finish class, she checks again.

According to Ms. Huong, the lab is often overloaded due to the large number of students, so the responsibility of the equipment manager is very high, having to regularly check and maintain the equipment, if there is a small problem, they will fix it themselves, and if there is a big problem, they will report it to their superiors for timely repair. The job seems simple but it makes her feel like she is “raising a baby”. On Saturdays and Sundays, she also takes the time to go to the work unit to check the machines and manage the books.

"With hundreds of devices, we must use management software to closely monitor and have a plan to handle immediately when there is damage or change" - Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thi Mai Huong confided. This is the "secret" for Ms. Huong to win the first prize in the 2023 Competition for Management, Exploitation of Technical Facilities and Good Technical Equipment at the Academy recently.

The large student flow and the nature of the major require a high number of practice hours, so ensuring good equipment for students to study is always a top priority for the leaders and commanders of the Faculty. Over the years, the Faculty of Information Technology has always proactively advised and proposed to the Academy to invest in facilities and effectively exploit technical equipment.

All units in the Faculty establish procedures for exploiting and using laboratory equipment, managing technical facilities using software; fully updating the activities of technical facilities, having plans for maintenance and inspection of measuring equipment according to the prescribed deadline.

The process of exploiting technical facilities is carried out according to the planned regulations, ensuring savings and avoiding waste. Finding solutions to reuse circuit boards, components, and combining them to restore damaged equipment. Every week, the units strictly maintain technical days and guide students to clean equipment and laboratory rooms.

In addition to the school's investment in equipment, the Faculty of Information Technology requires departments to proactively research, invent, and manufacture useful equipment for teaching and learning. The invention of panels in the laboratory is a typical example.

Colonel, Dr. Le Hai Nam said that previously electronic circuit boards and specialized measuring equipment had to be purchased from abroad, which were very expensive and difficult to repair if damaged due to the technology held by the manufacturer. Since 2019, 6 departments in the Faculty of Telecommunications have proactively designed and manufactured experimental panels to replace electronic circuit boards and experimental panels imported from abroad.

Self-manufacturing of experimental equipment allows units to be proactive in technical assurance, convenient for upgrading and adjusting to changes in training content and programs. The Faculty has gradually mastered the design, manufacturing, management and use of practical equipment.

This is a step in the right direction because it not only ensures direct service, closely follows the training program, saves investment costs but also contributes to improving the qualifications of the Faculty's staff and lecturers and the quality of teaching.

Article and photos: PHAM THU THUY

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