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For the student teaching team "Yunost", summer is not just a vacation, but a real rhythm of life, where every day is filled with events, emotions and a sense of responsibility. This year, the polytechnicians worked in children's health camps in the Leningrad Region: "Chaika", "Golubaya Strela" and "Meridian".

During the summer season, Yunost activists do not have lectures or notes on the counselor's business, but real situations arise that require a quick reaction, a creative approach and the ability to work in a team. Every day is a new challenge: from planning events to resolving conflicts, from morning exercises to an evening campfire. And if at the beginning it seems that three weeks is a lot, then by the end of the shift you understand how quickly time has flown and how much has happened.

The guys work not only as counselors, but also as club leaders, inspiring children to be creative, and also hold positions in the press center, preserving the most valuable moments. They even become substitute counselors, who are always ready to help during heavy workloads.

The guys admit that they do all this for the sake of emotions: children's laughter, gratitude from parents, observations of how boys and girls grow and become more self-confident. This is the most valuable feedback that helps to understand that everything is not just like that.

This shift became the best proof for me: there are no bad children – there is unspent energy that can be turned into creativity! I was lucky to work with very active and emotional children – yes, sometimes it was not easy, but this was our main advantage. As soon as we started talking about the upcoming concert, the squad quickly got down to work. As a result, we were repeatedly noted for our unconventional approach. And although we did not always receive awards, the main victories were not them at all, but the happy eyes of the children, their happy smiles and desire to create together, – shared a fighter of the SPO "Yunost" Tatyana Shmeleva.

Organizational issues caused a lot of trouble during the shift. And here the squad friends came to the rescue, who would support and not let you get bored.

The work season for the Yunost squad is not just a summer job, but a whole life. The guys gain experience and create valuable moments of their youth – the very ones that will warm the soul many years later. And all this thanks to working in a large and friendly team – the squad family.

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Rector of SPbPU Andrey Rudskoy took part in a meeting with heads of state authorities and organizations, which was chaired by Assistant to the President of Russia and Head of the Marine Collegium Nikolay Patrushev. The topic of the meeting was the priority tasks for the development of engineering education.

The main focus of the discussion was on the role of the new national higher education system in improving the quality of engineering training. The meeting participants paid special attention to federal educational and methodological associations (FEMA) as an important element of the new nationally oriented higher education system. In his report on this topic, SPbPU Rector Andrey Rudskoy analyzed the key success factors of the domestic FEMA system and emphasized the need to preserve and develop its fundamental principles during the upcoming update.

The history of FUMO began in 1988, when the country began the transition from a planned economy to a market economy. Until that time, the content and methods of education in a specific specialty for all higher education institutions were determined by one of them, appointed by the ministry. But in the conditions of the emerging market economy, this approach ceased to be effective. In order to take into account the diversity of the economy and the requirements of employers and, at the same time, to maintain a single educational space, a system of federal educational and methodological associations was created, in which all universities in the country were represented. At the same time, basic universities ceased to be the only developers of educational programs and methods, turning into coordinators and organizers of educational processes. Thanks to this reform, it was possible to combine the traditions of scientific and methodological schools of basic universities with the intellectual capabilities and interests of all interested universities in Russia and employers without exception.

"Now, when the system is being restarted, there is a good opportunity to use the fundamental principles of FUMO activities that have proven their effectiveness, modernizing them in accordance with modern requirements," Andrey Rudskoy concluded. "It is especially important to preserve and strengthen the potential of engineering FUMOs as highly professional communities based on unique scientific and methodological schools."

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This year's Russian Chessboxing Federation Cup was held at the Polytechnic Sports Complex at SPbPU. From August 21 to 24, the country's strongest athletes competed in the ring and at the chessboards. Among the participants were our students Alexandra Noskova, Konstantin Kotovich, Sofia Argandeykina, Elizaveta Orlova, Margarita Golubova, as well as university lecturer Anatoly Shchukin.

Chessboxing, recognized as an official sport in Russia, continues to gain popularity. The competitions have become an important stage in the development of this unique competition, which combines intellectual confrontation at the chessboard and a duel in the ring.

Winners and prize winners of the competition

1st place — Ekaterina Petruchkova, Elizaveta Orlova, Mikhail Grigoriev. 2nd place — Alexandra Noskova, Sofia Argandeikina, Margarita Golubova, Ekaterina Gorlova, Konstantin Kotovich, Anatoly Shchukin, Arseny Perevalov, Anatoly Kukushkin, Alexander Bestuzhev. 3rd place — Arnold Baklitsky, Vsevolod Karpov, Vladimir Spiridonov, Mikhail Grigoriev.

In the overall team standings, the St. Petersburg team won first place!

We congratulate the guys and the team coach Andrey Skorokhodov on their victory and wish them success in future competitions.

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The permanent exhibition of works by students of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport studying in the direction of "Technology of Artistic Processing of Materials" (THOM) has been updated in the research building of Technopolis Polytech.

The exhibition presents diploma works made using various artistic and technological methods – from casting and laser cutting to etching and enamel. The students used bronze, brass, steel as materials, and forging, lost-wax and burnt-out casting, chasing and polishing as technologies.

This year, special attention is paid to experimental techniques that combine traditional craft approaches and modern digital technologies. The exhibition includes a collection of jewelry, decorative panels created using precision laser cutting with subsequent manual finishing, and table sculptures. This synthesis of technologies and materials gives the authors the opportunity to go beyond the usual solutions and form a new language of artistic metal.

The exhibition shows how an idea arises, how models are created, how the material lends itself to artistic transformation. The head of the TKhOM program, Viktor Shevchuk, believes that the direction is actively developing, and the exhibition will be regularly updated and updated.

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The university newspaper "Polytechnic" will turn 113 years old this November. It is one of the oldest university publications in Russia. Almost all these years, with short breaks, the newspaper came out to its readers in printed form, served as a source of information and a means of communication.

The digital age has arrived, and social communications have moved to the Internet. And every self-respecting publication has a website. Now, too,newspaper "Polytechnic".

Surely, its design will seem familiar to many. We have maintained continuity with the news portal "Polytech MEDIA", which was created in February 2019 as an information platform for covering all aspects of SPbPU's participation in the national projects "Science" and "Education", which operated from 2019 to 2024. The site coped with its task, and now this resource has been transferred to the newspaper "Polytechnik", which has simultaneously reduced its paper publication.

On the newspaper's website you can see:

exclusive interviews with prominent personalities of the Polytechnic University – teachers, students, staff and graduates – in the section "Persona"
video interviews with vice-rectors of Russian universities in a new project "Vice-Rector"
stories polytechnic dynasties
full versions of materials from the Polytechnic news feed electronic issues of the newspaper "Polytechnic" for 14 years in the "Archive" section materials about the Polytechnic published inother media
and much more.

Read the newspaper "Polytechnic" – now on the internet.

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Scientists from the Polytechnic University have developed an innovative hybrid algorithm to improve the operation of power equipment. The new system combines digital twin technologies with dynamic self-parameterization and AI. This allows predicting changes in the operation of complex power equipment, preventing emergency situations, and increasing the marginal income of the generating enterprise.

Reliable monitoring and forecasting of the state of complex power equipment is one of the key tasks for the Russian energy sector. This is directly related to ensuring national energy security and meets the goals Energy Strategy of the Russian Federation until 2050, which involves the implementation of digital twins and predictive analytics systems based on AI. Despite the widespread development of global research in this area, foreign solutions poorly cover the specifics of Russian thermal power plants, which are distinguished by the diversity of equipment, the complexity and variety of modes of combined production of thermal and electrical energy, etc.

Currently, Russian predictive analytics systems are based primarily on the analysis of trends in key parameter changes and use classic neural models built on statistical information from automated process control system (APCS) devices. The widespread implementation of this approach in the domestic energy sector is limited by a number of reasons. These include the low degree of automation of power equipment by APCS devices, the unreliability of some signals, and the introduction of new domestic energy equipment for which a pool of necessary statistical information on operation in various modes has not yet been collected.

The development of the SPbPU research team in the field of predictive analytics is intended to forecast degradation and defects of power equipment. At the first stage, a digital model of the station is created, data on the operation of the thermal power plant from standard devices is loaded into specialized software. Then, information from standard devices of the automated process control system is received in real time. After checking for adequacy, the model issues recommendations on the optimal management of the mode.

Using machine learning methods, our development automatically takes into account changes in the physical characteristics of key equipment units, occurring, for example, due to natural wear. The model is self-parameterized and can fill in gaps in the data obtained, for example, about those station units where it is impossible to install a monitoring sensor, and eliminate inaccuracies in existing measurements. Having received a reliable digital copy of the most complex power equipment, we can conduct an in-depth analysis of the station's operation and predict the occurrence of defects in the future, as well as study data on the complex influence of many factors on technical processes. Until now, it was impossible to obtain such information either theoretically or practically, – noted the project manager, associate professor of the Higher School of Nuclear and Thermal Energy of SPbPU Irina Anikina.

This task is especially relevant for new domestic gas turbine units, for which a large array of statistical information has not yet been collected. A pilot prototype of the system has been tested at some stations in the North-West region. Scientists believe that it will ultimately be possible to increase the marginal income of the thermal power plant by 7-8% by selecting optimal operating modes taking into account the actual state of the equipment.

In addition, new hybrid algorithms will reduce the number of unplanned repairs due to abnormal equipment behavior and optimize the repair schedule. This is important, since losses in case of accidents can vary from several million to billions depending on the capacity, cost of generating equipment and complexity of repairs, features of the sales activities of the thermal power plant, etc.

The team’s plans include further development of the system, its adaptation for other types of generating equipment and scaling to other energy industry enterprises.

The research work is carried out with the support of the SPbPU Development Program for 2025–2036 as part of the implementation of the Priority 2030 program (the national project Youth and Children).

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Dear teachers and staff of the Polytechnic University! We congratulate you on the beginning of the new academic year. The Day of Knowledge at the Polytechnic, as usual, will be solemn and festive. On September 1, the traditional meeting of the rector of SPbPU Andrey Rudskoy with the staff, dedicated to the beginning of the new academic year, will take place in the White Hall.

At the beginning of the celebration, a short film about the highlights of the 2024/2025 academic year will be shown. We will be able to briefly return to this time and remember the most important things.

Then, the rector of the Polytechnic University Andrey Rudskoy will deliver an annual inaugural report on the results of the past academic year and plans for the coming one. The significant indicators of the reporting period in all areas of the university's activities will be highlighted and the tasks for the future will be considered.

A representative of the St. Petersburg administration will give a welcoming speech.

The culmination of the meeting will be the awarding of the best employees of the Polytechnic University for their conscientious work and high achievements.

The meeting starts at 12:00.

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Researchers from the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) have proposed a new strategy to combat Alzheimer's disease. The results of their work were published in the prestigious international journal The Journal of Neuroscience.

Alzheimer's disease remains one of the most common and devastating neurodegenerative diseases in the world.data According to the World Health Organization, 57 million people worldwide suffer from dementia, with 60–70% of cases suffering from its most common form, Alzheimer's disease. As scientists note, this disease is caused by harmful substances accumulating in the brain: β-amyloid, which forms plaques, and tau protein, which curls into balls. This interferes with the normal functioning of nerve cells, disrupts the connection between them, and gradually leads to deterioration of memory and thinking. Modern therapeutic approaches are mainly associated with attempts to remove these plaques from the brain, but in practice they do not show high efficiency.

SPbPU scientists focused on another fundamental problem accompanying Alzheimer's disease — the imbalance of calcium ions inside neurons. As the authors of the study explain, calcium plays the role of a key signaling element in nerve cells. Normally, its concentration inside the cell is strictly controlled. In Alzheimer's disease, toxic β-amyloid disrupts this regulation, causing a massive and uncontrolled flow of calcium into neurons. Calcium overload leads to cell hyperactivity, disruption of neural connections and, ultimately, to their death, which is manifested by loss of memory and cognitive functions. Instead of blocking calcium channels (an approach that often leads to serious side effects), scientists proposed helping the cell cope with the problem itself. Their attention was drawn to the intracellular SERCA pump, which is responsible for pumping excess calcium into special storage facilities. The hypothesis was that enhancing the work of this pump could protect neurons from calcium stress.

In the first stage, the researchers tested six substances that could potentially activate the SERCA pump. Using cell models with a fluorescent calcium sensor, they identified the most effective compound, NDC-9009. Not only did it normalize calcium levels in neurons better than others, but it also protected them from the damaging effects of β-amyloid, preserving the integrity of dendritic spines, structures that are critical for memory formation. Having confirmed its effectiveness in cell models, the scientists moved on to testing on mice with an Alzheimer's disease model. To monitor brain function in real time, they used cutting-edge technology — miniscopeIt is a miniature microscope that is attached to the head of a freely moving rodent and allows the activity of hundreds of neurons to be recorded simultaneously, for example in the hippocampus, the brain's memory center.

Mice with Alzheimer's disease showed chaotic and excessive neuronal activity. After a course of intraperitoneal administration of NDC-9009, the activity of their neural networks normalized, becoming similar to that of healthy animals. More importantly, this restoration of brain function was accompanied by a clear improvement in memory and learning ability in behavioral tests. The analysis of data obtained from the miniscope was carried out using software we developed earlier NeuroactivityToolkit, — explained Evgeny Gerasimov, a research engineer at the Laboratory of Molecular Neurodegeneration and the Laboratory of Biomedical Image and Data Analysis at SPbPU.

These results indicate that SERCA pump modulators, and NDC-9009 in particular, offer a promising new avenue for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. This approach targets a fundamental mechanism of cell death, calcium imbalance, and may have a more favorable safety profile than existing therapies.

The work was completed by a team of authors: Evgeny Gerasimov, Anastasia Rakovskaya, Ekaterina Pchitskaya, Olga Vlasova, Dal Russell and Ilya Bezprozvanny within the framework of project No. 075-15-2024-548 in priority areas of scientific and technological development of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

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Representatives of the Civil Engineering Institute took part in the ArchIng workshop, which traditionally takes place within the framework of the Summer School project. This year, the event brought together more than 50 schoolchildren, students and young professionals from different cities and universities.

The Civil Engineering Institute was represented by Alexandra Zatsepina, senior lecturer at the Higher School of Industrial, Civil and Road Construction, who acted as the scientific director of the architectural and school tracks, as well as ISI graduates Ekaterina Zorina (director of the workshop) and Valeria Kozodaeva (curator of the architectural direction).

The workshop’s partners were the companies Metropolis and Petersburg through the Eyes of an Engineer, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) and the Institute of Applied Urbanism.

The school track participants explored public spaces in Dubna: the Bolshoi Volzhsky Lighthouse, the Family Recreation Park, and the pier near the pedestal of the demolished monument to I. V. Stalin. The children visited the design site, took photographs, interviewed residents, and then created improvement projects and developed new architectural forms that embodied the memory and spirit of the place. For example, near the Bolshoi Volzhsky Lighthouse, the team proposed installing sculptures in memory of the political prisoners who built the lighthouse itself and the Moscow Canal.

On the architectural track, students and young professionals created art objects reflecting the unique identity of Krasnodar, Khabarovsk, Ulan-Ude, Vladivostok, Arkhangelsk and Chelyabinsk, which are currently experiencing population outflow. First, the participants collected associations related to each of the cities in zine albums. Then they rethought the images and embodied them in concepts of art objects that could become symbols of urban life and cultural heritage. For example, for Arkhangelsk, the guys reworked the image of a wooden bird of happiness, which is in every home, and for Vladivostok, they depicted colonies of Idiomarina Martina bacteria for cleaning the Sea of Japan.

Students and engineers of the design track created models of bridges. After a lecture on the development of span structures, which was given by the teacher, writer and head of the design bureau Anton Smirnov, the participants developed calculation schemes in software packages and implemented them using 3D printing. The projects included "Retro Bridge", "Celtic Grasshopper", "Whalebone" and "Arched Bridge". After testing, the winner was "Whalebone", which withstood a load of 29.8 kg with its own weight of only 1.2 kg.

Alexandra Zatsepina noted that the main success of the workshop is the formation of a community that opens up opportunities for joint projects and communication. This also contributed to strengthening cooperation between the university, companies and scientific organizations. In addition, the workshop showed how architects and engineers work and think, thanks to which many were able to decide on their choice of profession.

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On the eve of the new academic year, the rector of SPbPU Andrey Rudskoy held a meeting with the adapters of the Polytechnic University. He encouraged the guys to successfully interact with first-year students.

The public institute "Adapters" plays a significant role in the life of the Polytechnic, providing support to first-year students. These activists help new polytechnics feel part of the student community.

You are called upon to help the beginning polytechnicians to get used to our environment, to understand our principles and rules of life, to become independent at the university and beyond. I wish you good luck in this matter. By joining the adapter community, you get an additional school of life and interaction with society. We believe in you! – Andrey Rudskoy addressed the guys.

In his speech, Andrey Ivanovich particularly emphasized the importance of the work of adapters with SVO participants and their children. Let us recall that Polytechnic University ranks first in St. Petersburg and fifth in Russia by the number of enrolledthis category of applicants.

After this, the rector of SPbPU presented letters of gratitude to the management of the public institute "Adapters", as well as to the leaders and deputies from each institute. The ceremony was accompanied by applause and chanting.

This year, the Adapters Public Institute celebrated its tenth anniversary. Activists prepared and published a book, which the head of the institute, Elizaveta Zhak, solemnly handed over to Andrey Rudskoy. This gift was an expression of gratitude for the support and assistance in the development of the association.

In honor of the momentous event A special project about Polytechnic University adapters was published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Over the past ten years, the movement has gone beyond the university walls and the city. The SPbPU project "Adaptation Trajectory", aimed at training in working with first-year students, today covers over 30 universities in St. Petersburg and other cities. The special project tells about the activities of participants in green sweatshirts with the letter "A" and much more.

The Chairman of the PROF, Maxim Susorov, shared his memories of being an adapter himself and asked to tell first-year students about the many opportunities that membership in the union opens up for them.

The representative of the Center of Youth Trajectories Yegor Bredikhin reported how the holiday for first-year students will be organized this year. He spoke in detail about the planned activities that await new SPbPU students.

The speech by Polytech partner, SBER salary projects manager Victoria Kharitonova, was dedicated to cooperation with the university.

Head of the Department for Ensuring Anti-Terrorist Security and Safety at Facilities Aleksandr Fedorov spoke about the rules of conduct and necessary precautions at the university. Leading Engineer of the Fire Prevention Department Vladimir Vaskin conducted a practical lesson for students on the use of carbon dioxide and powder fire extinguishers, after which several guys demonstrated their skills.

Deputy Director Tatyana Novitskaya reported on the work of the SPbPU History Museum and excursions for first-year students. Assistant Vice-Rector for International Affairs Pavel Nedelko presented information on interaction with foreign students. Head of the Directorate of Cultural Programs and Youth Creativity Boris Kondin spoke about why Polytechnic University is called a territory of culture. He also noted that 14 creative studios are open for Polytechnic students, where everyone can develop their talents and hobbies in various types of art – from a DJ studio to a symphony orchestra.

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