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Evgeniya Shuvaeva, Associate Professor of the Department of Architectural and Urban Heritage at St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, completed a research project titled "Estates of the High Nobility in Remote Districts of the St. Petersburg Province in the 18th – Early 20th Centuries." The study was conducted as part of a grant competition for research projects by faculty members of the St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering in 2025.

This paper examines the historic estate complexes of the St. Petersburg province to identify their distinctive features, as well as potential for preservation and contemporary use. It analyzes the landscape and geographic aspects of the estate territories' locations, identifies patterns in the formation of the complexes' compositional and planning structure, analyzes functional planning zones, identifies the relative positions of the objects under study, and identifies the main areas of estate settlement.

In addition, general proposals for the preservation and modern use of the type of objects under study were formulated, and specific design solutions were developed.

The research can be continued in the form of a more detailed study of estate complexes of an expanded typological series (imperial, grand ducal, ordinary noble, merchant) for comparison with the estates of the highest nobility and a comprehensive study of the influence of this type of objects on the formation of the historical St. Petersburg province.

As a result of the research work, two articles were published in journals included in the Higher Attestation Commission list.

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Following the visit of Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov to SPbGASU on September 25, a meeting was held today between university leaders and Deputy Minister Dmitry Afanasyev.

The working meeting was attended by Rector Evgeny Rybnov, First Vice-Rector Svetlana Golovina, Vice-Rector for Research Evgeny Korolev, Vice-Rector for Educational Activities Sergey Mikhailov, Vice-Rector for Economics and Finance Elizaveta Druzhinina, and Vice-Rector for Continuing Education Victoria Vinogradova.

Those gathered discussed general issues facing higher education institutions, the university's strategic development plan, and its plan for interaction with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Dates were set for submitting the Strategic Development Program of the St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering to the Ministry.

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Vice-Rector for Youth Policy Marina Malyutina, Valery Falkov, Evgeny Rybnov (foreground) and members of student associations

On September 25, Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov paid a working visit to SPbGASU. The delegation also included Vice Governor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Knyaginin and Chairman of the Committee on Science and Higher Education of the St. Petersburg Administration Andrei Maksimov. The guests were greeted by SPbGASU Rector Evgeny Rybnov.

During the working meeting, Evgeny Rybnov discussed the results of the recent admissions campaign and the university's development priorities. Specifically, they discussed the importance of intensively implementing innovations in the educational process. The minister was briefed on the university's rapidly developing disciplines related to information modeling technologies and their integration into all areas of study.

The minister was informed that SPbGASU operates a project center where student teams work on real projects commissioned by industry partners. This allows students to gain experience in teamwork, become familiar with current industry challenges, and establish connections within the professional community.

Valery Falkov was presented with two exhibitions dedicated to the achievements of SPbGASU. One of them highlights the university's work as a center for training restorers. According to Nadezhda Akulova, Acting Head of the Department of Architectural and Urban Heritage, success in this area is due to a comprehensive approach: not only architectural and artistic aspects but also the technological aspects necessary when working with cultural heritage sites are studied. Students and graduates of the university have participated in the restoration of every second cultural heritage site in St. Petersburg, including such significant projects as the Chinese Palace in Oranienbaum, the Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt, Kazan Cathedral, and St. Michael's Castle, she explained.

The second exhibition is dedicated to a crucial area for our country: the development of Arctic cities and territories, and the creation of a comfortable urban environment and tourism infrastructure in the Arctic zone. The head of the department was able to view over 40 works by architecture students, created as a result of research and expeditions to the Arkhangelsk Region, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, and the Kola Peninsula. According to Alexandra Eremeeva, Associate Professor of the Architectural Design Department, these works were presented to regional administrations, and some were recommended for implementation.

At the "Opportunity Fair" festival, Valery Falkov spoke with students. This event introduces first-year students to the university's extracurricular activities, including student government, sports, creative, and other leisure associations, and the student brigade movement. The students told the minister about the work of the "Kirpich" Student Leisure and Creativity Center, which has for many years housed a media center, the "Est Vkontakte!" discussion project, a photo studio, theater and dance groups, a KVN team, and much more.

In addition, the delegation members visited the scientific and technical library of SPbGASU, where Valery Falkov examined rare editions, in particular, a 16th-century textbook on descriptive geometry, as well as theses of the university's graduates from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Alexandra Glukhova, Associate Professor of the Department of Architectural and Civil Engineering, Marina Egorova, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Construction Management, and Pavel Ivanov, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Structural Mechanics, participated in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education's program "Conductors of Meaning. The DNA of Russia." The program was held at the State University of Management in Moscow.

Over the course of two days, an intensive course on youth policy development at universities was held. Working groups discussed options for addressing the challenges set by the Ministry of Education and Science for educational institutions.

In addition, participants were given lectures by specialists in educational work and youth policy from leading universities.

At the closing of the event, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Olga Petrova delivered a farewell speech.

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Seminar participants solve practical tasks

By early 2026, SPbGASU will launch an endowment fund, which will accumulate extra-budgetary funds for the university's development. This was announced by University Rector Evgeny Rybnov at a training seminar on the fundamentals of endowment and fundraising held at our university. Over the course of two days, employees received basic training on this activity.

"Today, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation has tasked us with more actively engaging both alumni and the professional community in co-financing the university. Such support will be factored into the university's ranking and assessed by the ministry. In line with our university's development vector, at this year's Academic Council meeting, we decided to establish an endowment fund. Currently, SPbGASU receives a significant share of extra-budgetary revenue, yet its enormous potential is largely untapped. Developing fundraising is an important task. To achieve this, we must first analyze potential contacts and opportunities and then create a professional team of fundraisers. We have been working intensively in this direction for the past several months. The fund should be operational by early 2026," said Evgeny Ivanovich.

The rector noted that our university is collaborating with experts from the National Endowment Association and the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP), who are helping establish the fund, optimize its operations, and train the working team. The seminar will help take a significant step in this direction, the rector noted.

Svetlana Lavrova, Advisor to the Rector of the European University at St. Petersburg and Chair of the Board of the National Endowment Association, emphasized that fundraising is a search for extra-budgetary funding, and therefore it is incorrect to understand it as a simple request for money. It is more accurately viewed as an invitation to join in a meaningful endeavor.

The endowment's purpose is to provide long-term financing for projects, spanning 5 to 15 years. It works as follows: A donor makes a contribution to the endowment fund. The funds raised by the fund are transferred to the management of a management company. The management company invests the funds under management to generate income in accordance with an investment strategy agreed upon with the management of SPbGASU. The income generated from investments is used to finance the university's activities in accordance with the endowment's objectives. The endowment itself remains inviolable—the funds transferred to the endowment cannot be withdrawn or spent.

"The sources of funding for any university include the state budget, revenue from paid educational services, the scientific and technical activities of educational institutions, and the commercialization of their results. There is always a risk of underfunding, so we're talking about planning for a maximum of five years. An endowment allows us to think long-term. The analytical data provided by SPbGASU suggests that the university's endowment fund will prove effective," noted Svetlana Lavrova.

Other speakers at the seminar included Alla Samoletova, Chief of Staff to the EUSP Rector and an expert in endowment funds; Yulia Selyukova, Head of the educational and outreach projects "Clover Laboratory" and "Our Children," a practicing fundraiser; Nadezhda Yusupova, an expert in fundraising; and Evgeny Mokhovikov, Executive Director of the Aurora-Ala Foundation and Assistant to the Executive Director of the EUSP Foundation.

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The Department of Ground Transport and Technological Machines (GTM) at SPbGASU is conducting research into improving devices for transporting bulk materials for municipal vehicles.

Federal road construction programs are currently being implemented in Russia, including in Arctic regions. Both existing and under-construction transport infrastructure require systematic maintenance. Technologies that effectively remove deposits (snow and ice, frozen or dried dust, etc.) from surfaces include those using high-speed pneumatic or liquid jets. The introduction of solid abrasive particles into the jet increases the efficiency of the cleaning process.

However, despite the obvious advantages, using this technology also presents a number of challenges, particularly critical in the low temperatures of the Arctic. These include the loss of mobility of bulk materials with high moisture content at low temperatures. This can be avoided by using a pneumatic-mechanical conveyor, which performs both pneumatic transport of the material and mechanical mixing. However, the widespread use of this technology is hampered by the lack of a mathematical framework that would explain the operating mechanism of such a device and allow for the justification of its design parameters, as well as its operating modes that maximize energy efficiency.

As part of a research grant for SPbGASU faculty, a review of the technical state of bulk material handling devices was conducted. It showed that such devices are highly sensitive to the properties of the abrasive used, including its moisture content and particle size distribution, and are also quite large. This significantly complicates their use in municipal vehicles, especially at low temperatures. At the same time, the pneumatic-mechanical conveyor design adopted for the study reduces the overall size while simultaneously improving abrasive pickup and delivery.

During the study, an analytical review of calculation and design methods for similar devices was conducted. This review revealed that existing calculation methods do not account for the combined effects of a mechanical auger and a high-speed airflow on the bulk material being transported. The study proposed a mathematical model for the movement of mechanical particles of bulk material in a pneumatic-mechanical conveyor under the influence of a mechanical auger and a high-speed airflow.

Experimental studies of the pneumatic-mechanical conveyor of a municipal vehicle revealed the key principles of the process. Based on the experimental results presented in Figure 1, the empirical coefficients of the mathematical model were determined and the operating modes of the device were established that maximize transportation energy efficiency.

The developed regression model for calculating the performance of a pneumatic-mechanical conveyor when transporting bulk materials with a specified set of properties—particle size, material density, and mechanical auger speed—allows for an informed choice of conveying equipment for municipal vehicles. A comparison of the performance values obtained by the Prasch calculation with the experimental results of the Pexp is shown in Figure 2.

The substantiation of the design parameters and operating modes of a pneumatic-mechanical conveyor for bulk materials of a municipal vehicle was carried out as part of research work by research and teaching staff of SPbGASU using internal grants in 2025.

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Victoria Vinogradova, Vladislav Etnis and Olga Chernyadyeva

The Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering held a ceremony to present certificates of completion of TIM classes to students from School No. 69 in the Kalininsky District of Saint Petersburg. On the same day, the school, the university, and Renga Software signed a trilateral cooperation agreement for the 2025/2026 academic year.

As a reminder, several years ago, SPbGASU, together with several St. Petersburg schools and Renga Software (a joint venture between 1C and ASCON), launched the TIM classes project. In these classes, students study information modeling (IMT) technologies in construction—a sought-after area of digitalization in the industry.

"Our university is actively developing digital competencies in construction and is working to interest the younger generation through collaboration with schools. The results of the last academic year prove we're moving in the right direction—students are showing great interest and achieving excellent results," noted Denis Nizhegorodtsev, Director of the Digital Competencies Educational Center at SPbGASU. "Next academic year, TIM classes will be transformed into Digital Construction Classes, where students will be taught not only information modeling but also other advanced construction technologies."

Vladislav Etnis, Principal of School No. 69, emphasized that the knowledge gained in such classes is valuable even for students who don't plan to pursue construction careers. "Students are introduced to key developments in the industry, and these skills will be useful in the future, regardless of their chosen specialty," he noted.

Olga Chernyadyeva, head of the ASCON educational program, noted: "Studying in TIM classes gives students access to the professional community of both construction and information modeling specialists. This is an important step in developing and enhancing their competencies."

Boris Lysich, First Deputy General Director of the SRO "Association of Builders of St. Petersburg," added that more than 2,500 partner companies collaborate with schools and universities to train qualified specialists. "Experience shows that over 80 percent of TIM-class graduates enroll at SPbGASU. We have extensive experience in career guidance," he noted, presenting the graduates with certificates for completing the "TIM-class: Creating an Information Model of a Residential Building in Renga Software" program.

Dmitry Ulrikh, Dean of the Faculty of Ecology and Urban Management, presented eleventh-grade graduates with certificates of completion of the "Construction and Housing and Utilities" program at SPbGASU and certificates of qualification as "Draftsman-Designer" from the St. Petersburg Center for Advanced Professional Training. "The students have already acquired important professional competencies while still in school, and I hope they will continue to develop them. The first year of the program's implementation has shown that construction and housing and utilities professions are generating a keen interest among young people, as these are not only in-demand but also creative and well-paid. We look forward to welcoming you as our students," he said.

Particularly inspiring was the story of Olesya Zinovieva, a ninth-grader who dreams of building a large house for her future family. Thanks to her TIM class, she has already created a sketch of a two-story house with a swimming pool. "I'm glad I received a lot of useful and visual information not only about construction but also about business management. I think I'll choose a career in design in the future," Olesya shared.

Anna Pogozina, a graduate of the school who studied in the TIM class for one year, admitted that the program inspired her interest in architecture and plans to pursue it professionally.

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The Department of Transport Systems and Road and Bridge Construction (TSiDMS) continues research into steel-reinforced concrete structures of superstructures under conditions of incomplete compatibility between steel beams and reinforced concrete slabs.

Although composite superstructures are now widely used in medium- and large-scale bridge projects, their calculation methodology has not been fully developed. In particular, one of the remaining open questions is the adequate analysis of connecting elements—one of the most important components of a composite structure that ensures the combined performance of the slab and beam.

The standard engineering approach, enshrined in both Russian and international design codes, assumes the connection between the slab and beam via connecting elements to be absolutely rigid in shear, which is rarely achieved in practice. While such a simplification is acceptable for new bridges, it appears inappropriate for existing structures or for assessing the durability of new bridges.

Nikolai Kozak, Associate Professor of the Department of Structural Engineering and Design, proposes evaluating steel-reinforced concrete structures using a method that takes into account the gradual decrease in shear stiffness of connecting elements, which depends on the process of accumulation of fatigue damage.

The general concept of the methodology includes an iterative calculation of structures with the determination of the level of damage accumulation in the elements of the connection and updating their rigidities (the concept is shown in the figure).

Today, the department's staff, including both faculty and students, is conducting research to develop methods for determining components such as:

models for reducing the rigidity of connecting elements; a model for calculating the load based on data on the actual traffic composition; methods for determining reliability indicators.

The research is being carried out within the framework of research projects by the research and teaching staff of SPbGASU using internal grants in 2025.

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SPbGASU has completed an important stage of research and development work dedicated to the development of a new generation of suspensions for transport and construction equipment.

The study was conducted by Roman Litvin, PhD in Engineering, Associate Professor of the Department of Ground Transport and Technological Machines and Deputy Dean for Research at the Faculty of Automobile and Highway Engineering. The work is being conducted as part of the 2025 grant competition for university academic staff.

Modern transport and construction vehicles operate in conditions that place high demands on suspension reliability. Traditional hydraulic shock absorbers are prone to leaks, are temperature-sensitive, and require low-temperature operation, which is especially critical for operations in the Far North.

As an alternative, a liquid-free magnetic shock absorber (LMA) has been proposed, in which damping is achieved through the interaction of magnetic fields and Eddy currents. This system can combine the functions of a spring and a shock absorber, eliminating the need for liquid working fluids.

"We aimed to create a system that not only solves classic suspension problems but also allows us to move forward—towards compact, reliable, and adaptive solutions. The fluid-free magnetic shock absorber combines the functions of both elastic and damping elements, simplifying the design and opening up opportunities for scalability," noted Roman Litvin.

A nonlinear mathematical model of suspension dynamics was developed, linearized, and a proportional-differential (PD) control law using a Hall effect sensor was proposed. This allowed us to formulate analytical expressions for calculating stiffness, damping, and heat loss.

The key findings of the studies are presented in the table.

Object of study	Equivalent stiffness, N/m	Damping coefficient, N s/m	Heat loss, W
Operator's seat	8883	565	5.7
Passenger car (wheel)	17,913	1451	14.5
KAMAZ-6520 (wheel)	176,409	15,598	156.0

The analysis showed:

As mass and loads increase, requirements for magnetic induction, control current, and heat dissipation increase sharply; for small and medium-sized systems, the parameters are within the range achievable with permanent magnets and compact coils; for heavy equipment, modular multi-channel designs are required to avoid overheating and magnetic circuit saturation.

The development opens up prospects for the implementation of BMA in a wide range of areas:

Light-duty vehicles – to improve comfort and safety; construction and road transport equipment – for reliable operation in harsh conditions; robotics, where lightweight construction and temperature independence are important.

"We're essentially creating a platform technology. If implemented correctly, the BMA can replace two suspension components at once, reducing weight and increasing the design's reliability," emphasizes Roman Litvin.

The study's results are generating interest among industrial partners. Specifically, the possibility of collaboration with the St. Petersburg Tractor Plant (part of the Kirov Plant) and several leading construction and road transport engineering companies is being discussed. Such developments could form the basis for the creation of prototypes of new suspensions, and subsequently, for their introduction into serial production. International cooperation is also a promising area, as adaptive and energy-efficient suspensions are in demand worldwide.

Research conducted at SPbGASU confirms the feasibility of transitioning from traditional hydraulic solutions to new adaptive suspension systems that are resistant to temperature and operational loads.

The project was supported by a grant from SPbGASU and reflects the university's strategic focus on developing innovative technologies in transport engineering, as well as strengthening ties with industrial enterprises and international research centers.

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Students participating in the excursion. On the right are Roman Motylev and Evgeny Muzyka.

Students from the Construction and Automobile and Road Engineering departments of St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPbGASU) attended a field trip to the construction site of an apartment building in the village of Roshchino in the Leningrad Region. The trip was organized by the university's Center for Student Entrepreneurship and Career Development in partnership with LenOblAHML.

The building is being constructed as part of the state program "Resettlement of Dilapidated and Unsafe Housing." It will house 252 apartments. The design takes into account modern requirements: it implements a barrier-free environment, includes playgrounds, sports fields, and landscaped grounds.

"These construction site visits are especially useful for first- and second-year undergraduate students. During a live discussion with Evgeny Vadimovich Muzyka, chief engineer at LenOblAIZHK, the students learned about the technology and organization of construction and installation work, were introduced to the utility equipment and networks that will service the residential building, and also learned about the financing of such projects. The state is constructing residential buildings in the Leningrad Region under a five-year program and relocating residents from dilapidated and decrepit housing," noted Roman Motylev, head of the Construction Management Department at SPbGASU.

During the tour, students witnessed key stages of construction: roof installation, window and door installation, utility equipment installation, and external utility lines.

"The tour was useful and interesting: I learned more about the construction process and the work of the specialists. This was good experience for my future profession," said Stanislav Oborin, a construction student.

"This trip was a valuable experience for future engineers and construction workers: they learned about the implementation of a major social project and saw how modern technologies are applied in practice," emphasized Ekaterina Abolina, Director of the Student Entrepreneurship and Career Center.

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