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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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Yuting Wang, a graduate of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University's Institute of Civil Engineering and Design, majoring in Industrial Design, won the IX National Alexander Yezhevsky Prize competition in the Industrial Design category.
The jury highly praised the original concept, technical sophistication, and practical significance of the thesis, "Design Project for a Beach Cleaning Robot," completed under the supervision of Semyon Shchur, Associate Professor at the ISI Higher School of Design and Architecture.
The project is a concept for an intelligent device designed to autonomously clean coastal areas of household and natural waste. The robot is equipped with sensors, navigation, and waste recognition systems, enabling it to autonomously plan a route, avoid obstacles, and sort and collect waste. The design includes waste collection and compression modules, a highly maneuverable tracked/wheeled chassis, and an autonomous power supply based on solar panels, enabling it to operate on challenging terrain. Its modular architecture allows the device to be adapted for both daily beach maintenance and emergency response.
The A. A. Ezhevsky Prize was established by the Russian Association of Manufacturers of Specialized Machinery and Equipment (Rosspetsmash Association) to support talented young people, strengthen cooperation between universities and enterprises, and develop scientific and engineering potential in the domestic agricultural machinery industry. The Industrial Design category is awarded to full-time undergraduate, specialist, and master's students for outstanding academic achievement and research related to industrial design.
The awards ceremony for the competition winners will be held in December at the ALMAZ plant (Altai Machine-Building Plants) in Barnaul.
Another graduate of the Institute of Civil Engineering contributed to the Polar Explorer Day project's victory in the finals of the 14th International Russian Event Awards 2025 in the category "Best Popular Science Event." Maria Dracheva, a graduate of the Higher School of Design and Architecture of the Institute of Civil Engineering at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, developed the festival's design concept. The project's scientific supervisor is Tatyana Diodorova, Associate Professor at the Institute of Civil Engineering and Design.
Polar Explorer Day was held on May 24, 2025, in the Kalininsky District of St. Petersburg, on the banks of the Murinsky Stream. The event was organized by the Kalininsky District Administration, the Severny Municipal District, the St. Petersburg Project Office "Cultural Capital," and the St. Petersburg Committee for Youth Policy and Interaction with Public Organizations. The event was attended by Mikhail Astashkevich, Head of the Kalininsky District Administration, and the heads of municipal entities.
The Polytechnic University graduate's project was presented by the New Media Workshop and the State Design Workshop and was recognized as one of the best municipal branding cases in a metropolitan city in 2025.
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