Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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The final round of the All-Russian Student Olympiad in Road Transport Specialties took place in Rostov-on-Don at the Don State Technical University. Students from the Higher School of Transport of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Transport of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University participated. The event brought together the best graduates from the country's leading transport universities.
The jury also included HSE Associate Professor Alexander Kashtalinsky. He presented four final theses by HSE students who demonstrated outstanding results.
The winners and prize-winners were students and graduates of the Higher School of Transport of the Institute of Metallurgical and Nuclear Engineering.
Maria Abdulazyanova (1st year Master's degree student) — 1st place in the nomination "Research Diploma Theses" (supervisor — Associate Professor of the HSE Alexander Kashtalinsky) Kirill Kamaev (1st year Master's degree student) — 1st place in the nomination "Automated Traffic Management Systems" (supervisor — Associate Professor of the HSE Alexander Kashtalinsky) Ekaterina Kozlova (graduate of 2025) — 1st place in the nomination "Organization and Ensuring the Safety of Non-Motorized Road Users" (supervisor — Associate Professor of the HSE Alexander Kashtalinsky) Victoria Afonina (1st year Master's degree student) — 2nd place in the nomination "Traffic Organization with Reconstruction of the Street and Road Network" (supervisor — Professor of the HSE Andrey Gorev)
Alexander Kashtalinsky commented on the Polytechnic students' success: "We are proud to see that our students' final projects demonstrated a high level, confidently competing with projects from graduates of such flagship transport universities as MADI, SibADI, and DSTU. This demonstrates that the quality of training at the IMMiT Higher School of Transport meets the modern requirements of the transport industry."
At the same time, Alexander Sergeevich noted a serious problem: "Unfortunately, we are seeing a steady decline in the number of graduate theses on traffic management nationwide. This is directly related to the merger and closure of specialized departments. Given the acute shortage of qualified design engineers, this situation poses a significant threat to the development of Russia's transport infrastructure."
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