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The Belarusian-Russian University hosted a scientific and practical conference with international participation, "II BRU-SPbPU Ecological Week." Representing St. Petersburg Polytechnic University were Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Institute of Civil Engineering; Associate Professor Mikhail Romanov, responsible for the institute's international activities; and three graduate students and one master's student from the Institute of Civil Engineering.

The conference opening was addressed by Viktor Pashkevich, Vice-Rector for Research at BRU, and Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Institute of Social Studies at SPbPU.

"Cooperation between Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and the Belarusian-Russian University extends beyond this international conference. It encompasses joint research, academic mobility for students and faculty, and the development of educational programs," noted Viktor Pashkevich.

Marina Petrochenko welcomed all conference participants and emphasized the importance of the event for developing environmental awareness and promoting sustainable solutions in environmental engineering: "The development of engineering technologies must be closely linked to ensuring the environmental safety of cities and populations. Trends such as green design and construction, the circular economy, intelligent environmental technologies, and social and environmental entrepreneurship must become a central part of our professional and educational agenda. We are especially pleased that young people—the specialists who will implement innovative solutions—are actively participating in this process."

The opening ceremony also featured welcoming remarks from BRU Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Natalia Vologina, Dean of the BRU Faculty of Civil Engineering Olga Golushkova, Head of the BRU Department of Technosphere Safety Alexander Shchur, International Affairs Director Mikhail Romanov, and Rossotrudnichestvo Representative in the Republic of Belarus Yuri Makushin.

The conference featured plenary and breakout sessions, where participants presented over 40 papers across six thematic areas, both online and offline. The conference brought together over 150 specialists, representatives of universities, research institutes, and undergraduate and graduate students from six countries.

Under the leadership of Rossotrudnichestvo, a Rosatom State Corporation exhibition was organized, showcasing cutting-edge technologies and environmentally responsible solutions in the nuclear industry. Guests were also treated to a tour of the BRU laboratories, the University Museum, and a sightseeing tour of Mogilev. A collection of papers will be published based on the conference results, indexed by the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI).

"Holding such events is an important area of our joint work, contributing to the strengthening of scientific and educational ties within the Union State, the development of international academic cooperation, and practice-oriented collaboration in the ESG and environmental fields. We are convinced that the Ecological Week events have made a significant contribution to the development of scientific dialogue, strengthened mutual understanding and friendship between our countries, and inspired participants to pursue new achievements and projects," noted Yuri Makushin, representative of Rossotrudnichestvo in the Republic of Belarus.

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A two-day meeting of the Consortium of Aerospace Universities of Russia has begun at the Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev (KAI). Rectors of relevant universities, scientists, and representatives of the public sector will discuss strategic issues of personnel training and technology development.

Opening the meeting, Mikhail Pogosyan, Rector of the Moscow Aviation Institute, emphasized the importance of working together in the context of education reform and preparations for the results of the Priority 2030 program. Kirill Okhotkin, Rector of KNITU-KAI, announced the meeting's program, which included a tour of the university's scientific facilities, and expressed hope for expanded cooperation between the universities.

Yuri Fomin, Vice Rector for Research at SPbPU, presented the university's promising research. The Polytechnic University is developing research areas in the field of trusted AI systems and platform solutions for developing industry-standard AI models. Particular attention is paid to developing domestic technologies capable of replacing imported equivalents.

"Our projects under the Priority 2030 program demonstrate how fundamental research in artificial intelligence is becoming the foundation for practical solutions," noted Yuri Vladimirovich. "The POLANIS multimodal data analysis platform we developed is cross-industry and promising for solving problems in the aircraft industry and space technology."

Consortium participants will visit KNITU-KAI laboratories, including the Intelligent Radioelectronics, Microelectronics Process Diagnostics, Electromagnetic Compatibility, and the Kazan Quantum Center "KAI-Quantum" to assess the university's competencies in aeronautical engineering, radiophotonics, and additive manufacturing.

The meeting will identify new areas for joint research between leading industry universities, aimed at implementing scientific developments and strengthening the human resources potential of the Russian aerospace industry.

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The Polytechnic University hosted the international conference "Problems of Applied Spectrometry and Radiometry named after V.N. Danilenko" (PPSR), organized by a group of companies working in the field of recording and measuring ionizing radiation.

The main objective of the meeting was to exchange experiences and become familiar with the current state and development trends of nuclear instrumentation, metrology and methodology, software, and the regulatory framework in the field of practical spectrometry, radiometry, and dosimetry.

The topics discussed by experts throughout the week included: the development and application of equipment, software, methodological, and metrological support for ionizing radiation measurements; certification of radiation monitoring devices; accounting and control of nuclear materials; methods for characterizing radioactive waste of various morphologies for categorization during the decommissioning of nuclear and radiation hazardous facilities; process control at nuclear power plants and enterprises; radiation monitoring and environmental protection; scientific research using nuclear physics methods; legal aspects of radiation safety, etc.

The event program included oral and poster presentations, discussions, and an exhibition of equipment, software, and methodological products. Participants were able to share their latest achievements and practical experience, learn about the current state of spectrometry, radiometry, dosimetry, and nuclear instrumentation, and discuss future developments.

Several SPbPU representatives participated in the meeting. Nikolai Bukharin, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering and Production Competencies of the Directorate for Continuing Education and Industry Partnerships, presented a paper entitled "Advanced Training in Radiation Safety in Modern Conditions: New Challenges and Adaptive Approaches." He discussed the history of ionizing radiation sources (IRS) from the USSR to the present day and noted that their expanding use (science, industry, energy, and medicine) requires specialists to possess deeper and more comprehensive knowledge. Nikolai Bukharin emphasized that international and national radiation safety standards developed by the IAEA, Rospotrebnadzor, and Rostekhnadzor are constantly being updated, making regular training mandatory.

The speaker emphasized that most incidents and serious accidents involving radiation sources occur not due to equipment failure, but rather due to human error, underscoring the importance of quality training. Modern programs, in addition to knowledge of regulations, emphasize the development of practical skills: risk assessment, decision-making in non-standard situations, and the use of personal and collective protective equipment. Particular attention is paid to the biological effects of radiation sources, safe and hazardous doses, and the deterministic and stochastic consequences of their effects, including during medical procedures involving radiation sources.

Nikolai Bukharin presented modern educational technologies, specifically the combination of online modules for theoretical training and in-person practical classes, the introduction of business games and group discussions, and emphasized that the key role remains with the instructor. They must be experts in radiation safety and proficient in modern teaching methods.

Continuing education is not a one-time event, but part of a system of continuous professional development, the speaker concludes.

The presentation by Daria Akhmetova, assistant professor at the Graduate School of Biomedical Systems and Technologies at the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology and junior research fellow at the Laboratory of Nano- and Microencapsulation of Biologically Active Substances, focused on the study "Automated radiolabeling of zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks with radium-223 for locoregional therapy of breast cancer."

The development of automated radiolabeling methods for promising new materials is highly sought after for the transition to domestic small-scale production of radiopharmaceuticals with unique properties in accordance with good manufacturing practice requirements. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), due to their high sorption capacity, stability, and compositional variability, are considered promising sorbents and radionuclide carriers for cancer therapy. However, this area of research remains poorly understood. The development of next-generation radiopharmaceuticals faces two key challenges requiring effective approaches. First, the use of promising radium isotopes (e.g., radium-223) is limited by the difficulty of chelation due to their cationic nature and large ionic radius. Second, most laboratory-tested radiolabeling methods are not optimal for automated synthesis and widespread clinical application. The research described by Daria Akhmetova involved the development of an automated method for radiolabeling micro- and nanosized MOFs using UiO-66-NH2 and the isotope radium-223 for use in locoregional tumor therapy.

The resulting 223Ra@MOF complexes are highly stable in vitro and exhibit pronounced antitumor activity against a breast cancer model. The nanoscale form demonstrated a slight advantage in therapeutic efficacy due to enhanced cellular uptake and more uniform distribution upon administration into the tumor. These studies suggest that the developed radiopharmaceuticals based on UiO-66-NH2 MOFs may be highly promising candidates for locoregional radionuclide therapy of oncological diseases, particularly breast cancer.

The work was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation No. 25-73-10091 “Design and synthesis of new biocompatible nanostructured metal-organic frameworks containing ROS-producing agents for combined radionuclide therapy of malignant neoplasms.”

Vladislava Rusakova, a research assistant at the Laboratory of Nano- and Microencapsulation of Biologically Active Substances at the IBSiB Research Center for Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, also presented a report on the development of a calcium carbonate-based platform for combinatorial radiochemotherapy of melanoma, which focused on the fight against cancer.

One of the key areas of research in the development of diagnostic and therapeutic agents for the treatment of malignant tumors is the creation of particle-based delivery systems with encapsulated anticancer drugs. A key feature of these systems is the reduced toxicity to healthy tissue. When developing drug delivery systems, factors such as the encapsulation rate of the active substance, its release kinetics from the particles, and toxicity must be considered. Calcium carbonate is a popular material for creating microparticles due to its ease of production, cost-effectiveness, biocompatibility, high porosity, and surface reactivity.

Researchers studied the controlled loading of substituted 2-aminothiophene (2-AT) derivatives into calcium carbonate microparticles, drug release in normal and acidic environments, and radiolabeling of the resulting delivery system. They also assessed the toxicity of the microparticles using melanoma cells. The results demonstrated that the microparticles can effectively retain the radium-223 isotope for therapeutic use. These findings support the use of radium-223-labeled calcium carbonate microparticles encapsulated with 2-AT in in vivo studies for the treatment of malignant tumors.

The work was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation No. 25-25-00229 “Development of a new method of brachytherapy for breast cancer using calcium-containing nano- and microcarriers.”

The best papers prepared for the meeting will be published in the journal "ANRI," which is included in the List of Leading Scientific Journals and Publications Published in the Russian Federation. Since 2015, the journal has been included in the Chemical Abstracts international abstract database and citation system.

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The Polytechnic University hosted the 2nd All-Russian Conference "Development of the Technical Customer Institute. Exchange of Best Practices and Technologies in Construction Project Management," organized by the National Association of Technical Customers and Other Organizations in Engineering and Construction Management (NOTEKH). The event was supported by the Ministry of Construction, Housing, and Utilities of the Russian Federation, the Main Directorate of State Expertise, and the public-law company "Single Customer in Construction." The SPbPU Institute of Civil Engineering served as a business partner for the conference. The event brought together representatives of investors, customers, and other key participants in investment and construction projects from across Russia.

The official portion of the first day of the conference began with the 2nd All-Russian Meeting of the NOTECH Association, "Development of the Technical Contractor Institute." The meeting focused on the development of the construction management market in Russia, the activities of the NOTECH Association, the regulatory framework for contracting, and the digitalization of investment and construction project management. Special attention was paid to best practices in training specialists, current professional standards, and tools for developing human resources in the construction industry. Alexey Nikitin, President of the NOTECH Association, moderated the session.

Alexander Lomakin, First Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the NOTECH Association, addressed the meeting participants with a welcoming speech.

The construction community currently faces important challenges stemming from the adoption of the Strategy for the Development of the Construction Industry of the Russian Federation until 2030 with an outlook to 2035. The Russian Ministry of Construction consistently continues to improve the construction industry, including in the areas of regulatory and technical regulation, streamlining administrative procedures, and creating transparent conditions for the implementation of investment projects in the regions. The conference is a platform for professional networking, developing new solutions, and sharing best practices. I expect that the event will result in the proposal of systemic measures to strengthen the role of technical clients, which will be reflected in regulations and practices for technical clients in both commercial and government agencies, noted Alexander Lomakin.

At the meeting, Marina Petrochenko, Director of the SPbPU Institute of Civil Engineering, presented a paper entitled "A New Model for Training Technical Customer Specialists: SPbPU—NOTEKH Association." She discussed changes in higher education—the transition from a two-tier training system to a comprehensive, single-cycle model within a 4-6-year specialist degree program. Particular attention was paid to the joint corporate master's program "Organization and Management of Investment and Construction Projects" between SPbPU Institute of Civil Engineering and the NOTEKH Association. This program aims to train a new generation of specialists—technical customers 4.0—proficient in digital engineering technologies, lifecycle management, and AI/TIM tools, as well as the scaling of the advanced training program "Technical Customer: From Strategy to Practice."

Today, it is especially important to unite the efforts of educational and professional communities to develop a new model for training construction engineers and managers. St. Petersburg Polytechnic University is ready to serve as a platform for combining competencies and resources to create a relevant, practice-oriented training program for construction technical customer specialists, noted Marina Petrochenko.

At the conclusion of the plenary session, the President of the NOTECH Association, Alexey Nikitin, presented a letter of gratitude to Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Civil Engineering Institute, for her cooperation and active participation in organizing the conference.

The first day of the conference also featured a project-based interactive session dedicated to the practical aspects of technical customer operations, a roundtable discussion titled "Under the Auspices of Olympus. Organizing Interaction with Banks, Solving Financial and Technical Control Issues," a panel discussion, and a practical conference titled "Team in the Picture. Traditions and Innovations in Training Engineering and Management Specialists." A special event at the conference was the student track. Polytechnic students participated in an interactive business game titled "Field Construction Management" hosted by IRBIS Engineering Corporation and Gazprom TsPS.

The second day of the conference began with a signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between the NOTEX Association and the NAVIBRIS Engineering Knowledge Platform. This was followed by a panel discussion, where participants discussed digitalization in practice, digital documentation, and the maturity of technical clients. Other topics included a roundtable discussion, "Risk Management in Construction Today: Myths and Reality," a visionary discussion, "Infrastructure Breakthrough: Implementing Russia's National Urban Development Projects," and a joint roundtable discussion between the NOTEX Association and RBC, "Customer Service in Engineering and Construction Management."

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The all-Russian conference with international participation, "The XLI Siberian Thermophysical Seminar," was held at the Novosibirsk Akademgorodok technology park. Staff from the SPbPU PhysMech Institute participated.

The seminar has traditionally been held at the S. S. Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1960. It is dedicated to discussing current research results in the fields of thermal physics, energy, energy conservation, power engineering, and other related topics. This year, the seminar was timed to coincide with the 75th birthday of RAS Academician Sergei Alekseenko, Scientific Director of the SB RAS Institute of Thermophysics.

Over 250 scientists representing leading Russian thermophysical research schools gathered to discuss contemporary issues in the physical and numerical modeling of heat and mass transfer processes. A collection of abstracts will be published following the seminar. At the authors' request, the results presented at the seminar will also be published as full-text articles in a specialized journal collection indexed in international databases.

On the opening day of the seminar, conference guests and participants congratulated Sergey Alekseenko on his anniversary at the plenary session. Nikolai Ivanov, Director of the SPbPU Institute of Physics and Mechanics, read a congratulatory address from Andrey Rudskoy, Rector of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and Chairman of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The address acknowledged the anniversary's contribution to ensuring our country's energy and environmental security and expressed gratitude for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of science.

Nikolai Ivanov presented an oral presentation at the conference, "A Numerical Study of the Conditions for the Formation of Self-Oscillations During the Propagation of Multiple Supply Jets in a Room," in the section "Convective Flows in Single-Phase Media: Intensification of Heat and Mass Transfer." The presentation presented the results of research supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation.

At the "Vortices, Waves, and Turbulence" section, Alexey Abramov, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Applied Mathematics and Computational Physics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Mechanics, presented an oral presentation entitled "Application of Machine Learning Methods to Predict Integral Heat Transfer Characteristics in Single-Row Air-Cooled Finned Tube Bundles." The work was also supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation.

In addition to plenary and breakout sessions, the seminar included a tour of the IT SB RAS laboratories and a musical evening in the institute's conference hall. These fruitful discussions strengthened ties between the scientific schools of St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk and laid the foundation for further joint research.

You can read more about the conference on the PhysMech website.

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The Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University successfully held the "REcathon: Clean Code" engineering and robotics hackathon, bringing together 10 student teams. The hackathon was the second stage of the REcathon series. which began in May with the "Draft Code" event, where participants and organizers tested the tasks and made the necessary improvements to the work with robotic systems.

The event was organized by the Higher School of Automation and Robotics of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport with the support of partner companies Altetech LLC and Ingriatech LLC, as well as with the active participation of PROF.IMMiT and the student engineering association PoliRoboTech.

At the hackathon's opening, Pavel Kovalev, Deputy Director for Educational Activities at the Institute of Mathematics and Information Technologies, and Olga Matsko, Director of the Higher School of Architecture and R&D, delivered welcoming remarks. They wished the participants success, a creative approach to problem solving, and productive teamwork, noting the importance of continuity between the two hackathons.

Participants solved advanced complex problems, united by the legend of a robot courier who must deliver a hot pizza while simultaneously monitoring road conditions and ensuring pedestrian safety. The competition was held in a hybrid format, combining theoretical development and practical implementation.

During the practical phase, teams programmed autonomous robots for movement in urban-like conditions: autonomous line navigation using an array of IR sensors, reading road markings, and adhering to traffic regulations. In the theoretical assignment, students were required to develop a concept for a swarm control system for unmanned boats, operating solely on visual information in radio silence.

The teams' results were assessed by a jury consisting of teachers from the Higher School of Automation and Robotics.

The team Error404: Bots Not Found, consisting of Egor Meshkov, Vladimir Yulik, Sofia Sokolova, Amir Sharif'yanov, and Elizaveta Skornyakova, won the hackathon. All winners are fourth-year students at the HSE. The results of the hackathon confirmed the excellent preparation of IMMiT students for solving complex engineering problems in robotics and automation.

"The competition was very intense and presented us with a challenge on two fronts," shared team captain Yegor Meshkov. "In the practical round, we programmed autonomous robot movement in an urban environment, and in the theoretical round, we developed a swarm control system for boats. Both stages were an excellent test of our knowledge, and we're pleased to have achieved a solid result."

"Registration has closed very quickly since we launched it several times, as the maximum number of teams has been recruited well before the announced closing date. "This means the event is very popular among our students; they're interested in this format, which means it makes sense to continue and develop this program. This is very encouraging," said Vladislav Krokhmal, responsible for youth policy and alumni relations at IMMiT.

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We continue reporting on Polytechnic University's participation in the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum. The second day proved to be very eventful: SPbPU Rector Andrey Rudskoy held several business meetings and signed new cooperation agreements, while the strategic lecture series continued, attracting even more attendees.

Polytechnic University Rector Andrey Rudskoy signed several cooperation agreements on joint projects and developments, as well as training personnel to meet the needs of industrial partners at SPIGF-2025.

A strategic partnership agreement was signed with AIROS-SYSTEM LLC. The company develops and manufactures metal structures for fastening utility systems on oil and gas platforms in the Arctic.

The collaboration aims to ensure high-quality professional training for Polytechnic University graduates and to create a talent pool of young professionals with relevant competencies in high-tech manufacturing. The company is keen to train personnel in the "Unique Buildings and Structures" program at the Civil Engineering Institute.

It is planned to jointly conduct scientific, educational, research, development and other work in priority and promising areas of development of science, technology and engineering.

Polytechnic University, ENTE LLC, and DST-Ural LLC have signed a trilateral agreement to establish a Robotics and Mechatronics Research Center at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Transport at SPbPU. The center will conduct research and development to address the partners' applied needs, develop new competitive technologies and products, commercialize them, and train highly qualified personnel in robotics and mechatronics.

An agreement was signed between the Polytechnic University and its industrial partner, Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Engineering, at the "Gas for Russia" stand. The document was signed by SPbPU Rector Andrey Rudskoy and Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Engineering CEO Pavel Ostroushko, in the presence of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz CEO Sergey Gustov.

The partners agreed to long-term, mutually beneficial cooperation in science and education. Plans include developing and promoting continuing professional education programs for company employees, conducting expert evaluations of educational programs, organizing internships for Polytechnic students at the company's production facilities, and holding themed competitions among talented students and faculty.

Our goal is twofold. The first is to produce world-class specialists, the engineering "special forces" of the gas industry. The second is to conduct research specifically in this area," noted Andrey Rudskoy.

In addition, SPbPU Rector Andrei Rudskoy took part in a business meeting with Sergey Kogogin, General Director of PAO KAMAZ, Rustam Minnikhanov, Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan, and Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Board of PAO Gazprom.

A working meeting was also held with Sergey Aksenin, General Director of the INKOMSYSTEM Scientific and Engineering Center, where we discussed the possibility of implementing joint projects within the framework of our collaboration. Earlier, a new educational laboratory was opened at the Polytechnic University with the support of the Research Center.

Representatives of the International Shukhov Foundation and the Russian Creative Union of Cultural Workers donated to the university a unique two-volume gift edition, "The Genius of Lightweight Construction," dedicated to the life and work of engineer, architect, and scientist Vladimir Shukhov.

A meeting was also held with Sergei Korotkov, General Designer of the United Aircraft Corporation, to discuss potential partnerships in training personnel for the aircraft industry.

The Polytechnic University's strategic lecture program also continued its work at the forum. Polytechnic students delivered eight presentations to forum participants in various formats: lectures, master classes, open dialogues and discussions, and an opportunity to share experiences with the audience.

Vasily Semenovsky, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Power Engineering, shared his experience developing and using virtual simulators for Gazprom. Yuri Aristovich, an expert at the Digital Engineering of Primary Equipment for Chemical-Engineering Systems Research and Education Center, gave a lecture on "Digital Engineering in the Oil and Gas Industry." Anton Sotov, Leading Researcher at the Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Laboratory, presented a discussion on "Additive Manufacturing of Polymer Composite Materials."

Professor Alexey Fadeev of the Higher School of Industrial Management delivered an open lecture entitled "Characteristics of Hydrocarbon Exploration, Production, and Processing in the Arctic and the Far East."

Olga Novikova, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Nuclear and Thermal Energy and the Higher School of Engineering and Economics, discussed the specifics of engineering and economics education at SPbPU. Olga Kalinina, Director of the Higher School of Industrial Management, shared her experience creating and implementing a master's program in "Human Resource Management and Organizational Development" with industrial partner Gazprom Gazifikatsiya LLC, commissioned by the ANO "Russia – Land of Opportunities."

Elvira Tuktamysheva, Head of the SPbPU Employment Support Sector, and Yulia Chizhevskaya, Head of the SPbPU Student Internship Organization Sector, held a master class on "How an Employer Can Integrate into the Educational Environment and Find the Best Specialists." For the younger audience, Daniil Guryev, Marketing Specialist at Gazpromneft-SM, and Anna Timofeeva, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Industrial Management, presented a master class on "Scientific Track: A Strategy for Launching a Career in the Fuel and Energy Sector Through Research and Case Studies."

The Polytechnic University's successful performance at the gas forum was also confirmed by the announcement of the results of the "Course for Success" educational program competition, organized by Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Engineering. Faculty and students from the Polytechnic University were among the winners and runners-up. The excellent results of the Polytechnic University students not only earned them prizes but also highlighted the high level of faculty training in developing educational programs aimed at implementing the concept of practice-oriented education and strengthening ties between the university community and the oil and gas industry.

It's also worth noting that the Polytechnic's stand featured exhibits from the SPbPU History Museum. One of the first buildings on the grounds of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute was the gas plant. It was a one-story brick building, set apart from the other buildings of the institute.

The exhibits included gas burners designed by N. Teklu and R. Bunsen, as well as the Auer gas burner, which was used as an alternative to incandescent lamps in the late 19th century. Manufacturers came from a wide range of countries, including Russia, Germany, and France.

The Polytechnic Institute's gas plant produced lighting gas, which was distributed among the laboratories. Experiments using gas burners were largely made possible thanks to this resource.

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A team from the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University's Civil Engineering Institute, led by Viktor Elistratov, a professor at the Higher School of Hydraulic and Power Engineering, conducted the first full-scale dynamic studies of a 120 kW wind turbine at the Zapadno-Khosedayu oil field in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, north of the Arctic Circle.

The field tests were carried out by Ivan Rigel, a postgraduate student at the Institute of Scientific Research and Development and a leading engineer at the Scientific and Educational Center for Renewable Energy and Installations Based on Them, with the support of VTR Engineering, using a grant from the Russian Science Foundation.

The studies were conducted using a specialized measuring system for monitoring dynamic loads and vibrations of building structures. This system included a digital accelerometer (at the top of the tower), a strain gauge station with four external strain gauge half-bridges (at the base of the tower), and a controller for recording the results in computer memory. To measure the temperature at depth in the permafrost, a temperature measurement system was lowered into a borehole near the pile cap. This system utilized high-precision temperature sensors and an Arduino Uno controller. The results were synchronized to UTC with the wind turbine's SCADA system using a GPS module.

Using the obtained data, we measured the acceleration of the tower's top and dynamic stresses at the tower's base over time under various wind turbine operating conditions. Furthermore, an important result of the study was the temperature distribution at the base and the depth of frozen ground. The frequencies and amplitudes of the predominant dynamic responses of the supporting structural system were identified depending on the operating conditions.

The obtained vibration characteristics of the wind turbine supporting structures, taking into account the influence of its operating modes, wind characteristics and the flexibility of the permafrost base, were used to validate the computational methods of aeroservoelastic and thermophysical modeling used for the dynamic calculation of supporting structures.

The design and operation of wind turbines in Arctic conditions are complicated by extreme wind loads, permafrost, and other climatic conditions. The dynamic characteristics of wind turbines are crucial and often a determining factor in the design justification of their supporting structures. Critically important for the reliability of calculations is the availability of actual data on operating modes and the correlation between these modes and the dynamic loads acting on wind turbines in Arctic conditions, which can only be obtained through full-scale testing.

This in-kind study of the dynamic characteristics of a wind turbine operating on permafrost in the Arctic was the first in Russia. A postgraduate student also conducted the first actual measurement of the foundation temperature, revealing that the seasonal thaw depth (transition through 0°C) is 2.25 meters. "These data are unique and of particular interest for the operation of wind turbines on permafrost in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, as well as for the development of reliable methods and models for designing and improving the operational reliability of Arctic wind energy facilities," Professor Viktor Elistratov concluded Ivan Rigel's mission.

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From October 7 to 10, Polytechnic University is participating in the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum. This is Russia's key platform for showcasing solutions in energy, oil and gas production, and high technology. The forum will discuss issues of import independence, digitalization, and environmental safety.

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University traditionally takes an active part in the forum. As Gazprom's flagship university, the Polytechnic University has extensive experience developing and implementing high-tech technologies in various sectors of the gas industry and is an implementer of key federal technological development programs. The developments presented at our stand will be of interest to industry specialists, our current and potential partners. The doors of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University are always open to colleagues, like-minded individuals, and friends. "Synergetic efforts in science, education, and industry, active and effective collaboration in the joint search for answers to today's challenges are the key to success in solving the most complex strategic problems and ensuring our country's true technological leadership," notes Polytechnic University Rector Andrey Rudskoy.

The Polytechnic University is presenting more than 20 of its cutting-edge developments at the forum.

The Laser and Additive Technologies Research Laboratory at IMMiT is demonstrating laser systems for foil welding, repair, and manufacturing of power engineering components, and more. The LIAT Research Laboratory's arsenal includes robotic laser cladding systems, mobile units, robotic laser systems, and systems for direct laser deposition using powder and wire. The LIAT Research Laboratory's systems are used to repair imported and domestically produced power engineering equipment components.

At the forum, the laboratory's staff presented a robotic complex for direct laser deposition, a mobile robotic complex for laser cladding, robotic technological complexes for laser and hybrid laser-arc welding, a robotic complex for laser welding of thin metals (up to 100 microns), a complex for direct laser deposition on linear guides, and a robotic complex for GLDS of large-sized metal structures.

The Lightweight Materials and Structures Laboratory also demonstrated its latest developments to forum guests and participants. They focused on friction stir welding technology, applicable to non-ferrous metals and dissimilar joints in industries such as aviation, shipbuilding, and energy. This technology is also effective for welding aluminum armor up to 50 mm thick.

Tour participants were shown a wheel rim printed using WAAM technology for the Research and Production Unit of Magnetohydrodynamics. It boasts increased strength and reduced weight. It is made from 5556 aluminum wire with a diameter of 1.2 mm.

A gas turbine impeller for a gas turbine unit, manufactured using the WAAM method for PAO Gazprom under the Priority 2030 federal program, also attracted attention. Creating an impeller using electric arc growth reduces production costs and allows for quick configuration changes.

For the first time, a Strategic Lecture Series was held at the Polytechnic University stand. The opening speakers were Dmitry Tikhonov, Vice-Rector for Continuing and Pre-University Education at SPbPU, and Leonid Potapov, Head of the ITAT Training System Development Program at Gazprom Neft. They discussed the first St. Petersburg Continuing Education Forum: engineering education and industrial partnerships.

An open discussion was also held there, dedicated to the achievements and development prospects of the key scientific and technical area of "Artificial Intelligence for Cross-Industry Problem Solving" (headed by Yuri Fomin, SPbPU Vice-Rector for Research) as part of the strategic partnership between Gazprom Neft and SPbPU. Speakers at the event included Natalia Leontyeva, Head of the Scientific Projects and Programs Support Department at SPbPU; Mars Khasanov, Director of Science at Gazprom Neft; Maxim Simonov, Head of the Competence Center for Integrated Asset Modeling Development at Gazprom Neft; Pavel Kalashnikov, Vice-Rector for Research at Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University); and Dmitry Kaplun, Deputy Head of the Department of Automation and Control Processes for Research at ETU "LETI."

Dmitry Bogdanov, Director of the Gazpromneft-Polytech Scientific and Educational Center, moderated the discussion. Participants discussed the practical aspects of technology transfer from academia to industry, analyzed successes and challenges using specific case studies, including a project on AI-based seismic data processing supported by the Priority 2030 program, and outlined a roadmap for further collaboration.

Ivan Karpov, research engineer and manager of the project office at the IMMiT Scientific and Technical Complex "New Technologies and Materials," also spoke at the lecture hall. He presented a paper entitled "Experience with an Innovative Project for the Introduction of Composite Materials in the Oil and Gas Industry: From Concept to Pilot Project." He presented SPbPU's developments in improving the quality and reliability of foundation construction on permafrost soils using computer modeling of bored pile stability. This work was carried out within the framework of the "System Digital Engineering" key scientific and technical area of the "Priority 2030" program. Varvara Sotova, Director of the Polytechnic University's Student Contingent Development Center, also presented a paper entitled "Investing in the Future: How to Transform Targeted Training into an Effective System for the Early Attraction of Promising Specialists."

Stay tuned for more details on Polytechnic's participation in the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum.

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At the end of September, a delegation from SPbPU visited Blagoveshchensk, Russia's Far East. Polytechnic University representatives—professors Alexey Filimonov, Vladimir Zaborovsky, and Vadim Korablyov, and associate professor Vyacheslav Bondarenko of the Higher School of Engineering Physics—participated in several scientific events.

The visit began with a working meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The delegation toured the technical and refueling complexes, the Soyuz-2 launch pad, and the newly constructed launch pad for the Angara heavy-lift rocket.

The following day, the 23rd scientific conference "Physics: Fundamental and Applied Research, Education" opened. This year, it was held at Amur State University, which celebrated its 50th anniversary. Participants presented key results of experimental and theoretical research in the fields of semiconductor physics, condensed matter, and nanotechnology to the scientific community. Over 50 papers were presented at the conference, including the usual 50 poster presentations.

The Polytechnic University team presented three papers. The first, "Dynamics and Kinetics of Lead Magnoniobat Relaxor," was devoted to the study of ferroelectric relaxor materials with potential for practical application.

Relaxors represent one of the most interesting groups of disordered compounds. In this study, we analyzed structural relaxation in the lead magnoniobate relaxor PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 (PMN). X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) was employed as the primary method for studying slow dynamic processes. Using experimental data, we traced the temperature evolution of both single-time and dual-time correlation functions. Ultra-broadband dielectric spectroscopy was also used to track the kinetics of the dielectric response of lead magnoniobate during aging in the region of a diffuse phase transition. It was found that aging is accompanied by a hardening and narrowing of the dielectric loss spectra and a decrease in the dielectric strength. An explanation is proposed based on the concept of creating degenerate polar nanoregions spanning several chemically ordered regions.

The second report was titled "Physical Aspects of Machine Learning Processes." It discussed, from the perspective of modern computer science and theoretical physics, the evolution of digital implementations of deep artificial neural networks toward the creation of multimodal transformers of large language models—the foundation of intelligent technologies for modeling complex physical processes and "learning" computer systems.

Pythagoras developed the theory of the harmonic series, which explains why music, like geometry, is a form of reflection of the objective properties of physical reality. A theory capable of guiding the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems based on fundamental physical concepts has not yet been created. This paper presents an exo-intelligence extension of the architecture of modern computer-based software automata, which it proposes to consider as information-open physical systems capable not only of inductive learning based on explicitly specified digital data but also of conceptual learning. This allows us to solve the problem of regularizing the generative hallucinations of large linguistic models by exploiting fundamental physical laws.

The third report, "Chaotic Potential on the Surface of Doped III-Nitrides," focused on obtaining information about the nature of the electronic properties of semiconductor surfaces and contact structures. SPbPU scientists presented the results of a study of the size effect in semiconductor heterojunctions during space charge distribution across point and extended linear defects, which is relevant for fine-tuning the manufacturing technology of modern electronic devices based on heterojunctions.

This paper discusses the screening of electroactive defects (point and linear) and the structure of the chaotic potential on the GaN surface under self-compensation conditions. Using a statistical analysis of a Poisson ensemble of charged defects, the amplitude and scale of the chaotic potential are determined. It is shown that at high degrees of self-compensation, inhomogeneities in the fields of charged dislocations dominate the surface.

The conference featured an informal scientific discussion with colleagues from Moscow State University, TUSUR, Kabardino-Balkarian State University, Novosibirsk State University, and many other educational and scientific centers in Russia, as well as with representatives from Heihe University in China.

Professor Zaborovsky also delivered a lecture entitled "Information Intervention in Physics: Computer Science and the Problem of Machine Learning" to third- and fourth-year students at the Institute of Computer Science and Engineering at Amur State University as part of an exchange program.

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