Investigations of foundry processes in the cast parts manufacture by lost-foam castings, including the use of computer simulations. Development of methods for intensification of heat exchange in the molds in order to improve the properties of castings, study of the laws of aerodynamic displacement on the formation of the structure and mechanical properties of castings of aluminum alloys, steel and cast iron. Development of technologies for obtaining cast reinforced special products from cast iron and steel with predicted fracture parameters. Processes of interaction of ceramic molds with liquid titanium, methods of increasing the inertness of ceramic molds. Development of technological schemes for obtaining complex-profile castings from titanium alloys in ceramic molds in the conditions of electron-beam installation.