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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University received a representative delegation from Indonesia headed by Professor Mohammad Nuh, former Minister of Education and Culture of the country and now Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Tenth of November Technological Institute. The visit was an important step in strengthening academic ties between our countries following the recent visit of the President of Indonesia to Russia.

The delegation included the heads of three prestigious Indonesian universities: Ainun Naim (Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Terbuka – Open University of Indonesia), Syafsir Ahlus (Chairman of the Academic Council of the Tenth of November Institute of Technology), Canif Nurcholis (Chairman of the Academic Council of the University of Terbuka), Muhammad Faishol Aminuddin (lecturer at the University of Brawijaya).

The negotiations, led by SPbPU Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs Lyudmila Pankova, focused on five key areas of cooperation. The parties discussed the launch of academic mobility programs for students and teachers, including the "1 1" (Master's) and "2 2" (Bachelor's) models, with special attention to teaching in English. Negotiations are underway to create joint double degree programs in engineering and IT specialties that correspond to the Polytechnic University's priorities: systems digital engineering, automation of production and new materials, artificial intelligence.

"Partnership with leading universities in Indonesia is extremely important to us," emphasized Lyudmila Pankova. "Of the 33,000 students at the Polytechnic, more than 5,000 are foreigners, but only 16 are Indonesians so far. We see huge potential for growth and integration of our educational models, especially in engineering and online learning. This visit sets the vector of interaction with several leading universities at once."

The topic of online education occupied a special place in the negotiations. Here, the key role was played by the exchange of experience between Terbuka University, a recognized leader in the field of open distance learning, holding prestigious accreditations from the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU), and St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, awarded 5 QS stars for online education.

Director of the SPbPU Open Education Center Svetlana Kalmykova and the Indonesians agreed to cooperate in several strategic areas: joint development of methodologies for creating and analyzing the “digital footprint” of students, mutual placement of courses on leading international (Coursera, Open Education) and national platforms, pilot projects to create joint online courses in English on engineering disciplines.

This cooperation will allow SPbPU to integrate Terbook's unique experience in working with a mass audience (more than 500,000 students), and Indonesian partners will adopt Russian developments in the field of integrating online courses into formal educational programs and advanced EdTech solutions developed at the Polytechnic University's Open Education Center.

The guests visited the leading laboratories of SPbPU: the Robotics Center, the Additive Technologies Laboratory, the Lightweight Materials and Structures Laboratory. All Indonesian universities expressed interest in the earliest possible signing of framework agreements (memorandums of understanding) and individual mobility agreements with SPbPU.

"We are grateful for the hospitality," said Mohammad Nuh. "We are acting in line with the strategic course set by the recent visit of the President of Indonesia to Russia, and we see academic partnership as one of the key drivers of development of our countries. The technological power of the Polytechnic University, its advanced engineering schools and unique experience in digitalization of education are exactly the competencies that the Indonesian economy and higher education system urgently need."

The delegation also visited the Main Building of SPbPU and talked with Indonesian students of the university.

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SPbPU Rector Andrey Rudskoy took part in a press conference at TASS dedicated to summing up the results of the 2025 admissions campaign. The press conference was also attended by MGIMO Rector Anatoly Torkunov, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Rector Dmitry Livanov, Bauman Moscow State Technical University Rector Mikhail Gordin, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Acting Rector Alexey Nikulin, ITMO National Research University Rector Vladimir Vasiliev, and Yeltsin Ural Federal University Acting Rector Ilya Obabkov.

Andrey Rudskoy joined the press conference at TASS online. He said that this year, Polytechnic University received 6,595 budget places — the most in the Northwestern Federal District. More than 145 thousand applications were submitted for the budget for bachelor's and specialist's degrees. As in the previous year, applicants sent 99% of documents through the State Services portal, including for master's and postgraduate studies.

The most popular areas of study this year were nuclear power engineering and thermal physics – 59 applications per place, thermal power engineering and thermal engineering – 44 applications, automation of technological processes and production – 36 applications. Demand for IT specialties remains at the level of 60 applications. In general, the competition for the budget was 33 applications per place.

252 students were enrolled under a separate quota for participants and children of participants of the SVO – 1.7 times more than last year. In this indicator, Polytechnic University ranks fifth among Russian universities.

The number of winners and prize winners of Olympiads among Polytechnic University applicants has increased by one and a half times this year. Probably, the fact that the university revised its support measures for talented students played a role in this.

In his speech, Andrey Rudskoy touched upon the specifics of targeted admission: Unfortunately, as in the previous year, the customers of targeted training posted their proposals on the portal “Work in Russia”, but did not participate in the approval of candidates, or even, perhaps, meetings with them. This affected the number of students accepted. By the way, most of them responded to the proposals of those industrial partners who worked with applicants – Rosatom and the Petersburg Tractor Plant.

The average USE score for the general competition has increased this year and is 84.2. The passing score for all areas of training has exceeded 200. Andrey Rudskoy noted an increase in the passing score for engineering areas such as technosphere safety, technical physics, metallurgy, mechatronics and robotics.

A major role was played by the “Petrovskaya Wave” system, introduced for the first time in the Polytechnic’s admissions campaign, which guarantees admission to applicants who have achieved the passing score set by the admissions committee.

Speaking about the admission campaign for foreign students, the rector of SPbPU specified that more than 2,000 applications for training in the main programs and another 650 for the preparatory faculty were received. Of these, 430 applications from foreign citizens were selected under the quota of the Government of the Russian Federation, the rest will study under a contract. Among the foreign applicants, there are 240 winners of the Open Doors Olympiad. It is planned to enroll about 1,600 foreign students from 70 countries in the first year.

"The work of the Polytechnic representative office in Shanghai and our two joint institutes with Xi'an Technological University and Jiangsu Normal University help attract applicants from China," says Andrey Rudskoy. "And cooperation with Slavic universities in Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and coordination of the work of the Russian-African Network University consortium allow us to cover these countries as well. Therefore, the Polytechnic expects to maintain the share of foreign students at 18%, which is equal to five thousand people."

Admission to fee-based education continues until August 15, with 47,000 applications already received (13,000 more than a year ago). At the same time, as Andrey Rudskoy said, the Polytechnic University has reduced admission to fee-based education in the humanities and closed distance learning, meaning that the increase is due to engineering areas of training.

Admission to the Master's program also continues until August 11; 25 thousand applications have now been submitted by 5 thousand applicants.

And on September 1, the Polytechnic expects an increase of 12,000 students.

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This summer, Polytechnic University celebrates the anniversary of one of the most beautiful buildings on campus — the famous Hydrotower, or simply the Tower, as it is now called. The ancient engineering structure, which supplied the institute with water until the mid-1950s, turned 120 years old.

There are many water towers in the world that are true architectural masterpieces. Our Hydrotower can easily be considered one of them. Its silhouette resembles either a medieval donjon or a 46-meter eastern pagoda. Despite the obvious stylistic difference from the surrounding buildings in the spirit of neoclassicism, the tower fits organically into the architectural ensemble. And everyone sees something of their own in it (that's why it is modern). Someone will think that this is a high tower in which "my joy" lives, and, for example, the guys from the student association "Engineering Alliance" are inspired by the polytechnic high-riseknightly tournaments, it looks very much like a watchtower of a medieval castle.

The night illumination of the top of the tower gives it a special charm, turning it into something like a wizard's cell.

During the Industrial Revolution, water towers became an integral part of urban infrastructure. They supplied water to factories, plants, and homes. The Polytechnic Institute, which had a vast territory with educational and residential buildings, needed a reliable water supply system. The uniqueness of the Polytechnic Tower was its dual purpose: in addition to its direct functionality, it served as a place for scientific research and hydraulic testing.

Like most of the Polytechnic buildings, the tower was designed by architects Ernst Wirrich and Iosif Padlevsky. In his memoirs, SPbPI professor Boris Menshutkin specified that the construction of the water tower and the hydraulic laboratory at it began in August 1902 and was completed three years later, in the summer of 1905.

The hydraulic laboratory was opened in an extension at the foot of the tower. Its first director was hydraulics teacher Iosif Esman. Here, students from the electromechanical, metallurgical, and shipbuilding departments tested water turbines and pumps.

In 1931, construction of a new extension to the Hydrotower was completed, housing the institute's hydraulic engineering laboratory, one of the first in the country. It was designed by employees of the hydraulics department under the supervision of Professor Nikolai Pavlovsky.

During the Great Patriotic War and the siege of Leningrad, since the tower was the dominant feature of the area, its observation deck housed a local air defense observation post. It also served as a kind of beacon, as Valery Klimov, director of the SPbPU History Museum, told the Politekhnik newspaper: In probably the year 1990, a conference dedicated to Victory Day was held at the Polytech. A participant in the Great Patriotic War spoke at it. He had never been to the Polytech before. But he said that he dreams of the hydro-tower at night, and when he wakes up, he sees it before his eyes. Why, you might ask? Because during the war he was a pilot, and there was a military airfield nearby in Sosnovka. And when he returned from battle, the main task was to see the hydro-tower. If he saw it, it meant he had crossed the front line, survived, and was landing. For him, our hydro tower became a symbol of life.

After the war, the tower returned to its original purpose – supplying water to the institute. It served this purpose until 1953.

Memorial plaques installed on the tower's façade in 1967 and 1987 serve as a reminder that outstanding Soviet scientists Academician Nikolai Nikolaevich Pavlovsky and the founder of the Department of Hydromechanical Engineering Ivan Nikolaevich Voznesensky worked here.

In many countries, water towers that have lost their original functions are recognized as architectural monuments and have found a second life, turning into museums, restaurants, hotels, business and cultural centers, and popular tourist attractions. At the Polytechnic, the tower has become the center of student life and youth technical creativity.

In 2003–2005, the Polytech Hydrotower was restored. In 2013, FabLab Polytech, a member of the global network of high-tech digital laboratories Fab Lab, opened in one of the extensions. Now it has been transformed into a student association of makers of the same name, where, as before, novice engineers learn to work on 3D printers, laser and milling machines. In another wing of the building, the Center for Patriotic Education of Youth "Rodina" appeared in December 2016. The guys, who are passionate about history, actually created an interactive museum there, a room of military glory with an exhibition of household items and equipment found in battle sites by searchers of the "Volunteer-Polytech" detachment. Activists of the military-historical club "Our Polytech" gather there today.

On October 19, 2019, the Boiling Point – Polytech was opened in the Tower – a space where lectures, trainings, strategic sessions and master classes are held.

There are so many ideas floating around in the Tower, so many interests and hobbies intersect, that in the end it became clear that it should be the location of the Center for Youth Trajectories, a structural subdivision of the SPbPU Youth Policy Department.

"We would like the Tower to be associated with creative youth work," says Andrey Dolgirev, Director of the Center for Youth Trajectories. "Our goal is to increase the number of participants in student associations and get kids involved in this environment. Many of them first come here to relax — to play table tennis or a computer console. Here they meet their peers who are involved in project activities, and they understand that they too can implement their ideas, participate in competitions, win a grant, maybe even create a startup. And we will advise them on how best to do this, and help them fill out applications."

Polytech offers many opportunities to those who want to make their dreams come true, and a significant part of these opportunities is concentrated in the Tower. Today, it is one of the most popular places in Polytech, it attracts young inventors, gathers creative and passionate people around itself. There is a fab lab and a robotics workshop, where Team Omnivores modifies combat robots, and the student design bureau "System Engineering". There is a real industrial robot – a gift from a Polytechnic graduate. The plans include creating a student media lab with photo and video equipment in the "trunk" of the Tower. And on the second floor there is a Center for Psychological Support of Students – also an important service.

The Tower is popular not only with those who are currently studying, but also with those who have already graduated from the university but remain in touch with it. Thus, twice a year there are meetings of graduates – ambassadors of the Polytechnic University. There is a special atmosphere of talent, imagination and creativity concentrated around the Tower, which is probably why university open-air celebrations such as "Beauty Day".

For all 120 years of its existence, the Tower served people, was a source and symbol of life, inspiration, scientific thought. In the anniversary year, I would like to wish this symbol and soul of the Polytechnic that people love and cherish it, and preserve it for many centuries to come.

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The SPbPU project “Development of a decision-making model for the optimal functioning of the electric power system under conditions of extreme weather events” under the supervision of Professor Vyacheslav Burlov of the Higher School of Technosphere Safety of the Civil Engineering Institute received a grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation to conduct scientific research with partners from Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Polytechnic will work on the project together withTechnological University of Havana José Antonio Echeverría (CUJAE) and the Russian industrial partner, the RIO design bureau.

Scientists will analyze the scientific and technical state of the energy security system of the Republic of Cuba in order to establish a connection between power supply interruptions and the technical condition of equipment and weather conditions. Based on the results of the analysis, a list of threats to the region's power supply will be compiled, and on its basis, models of security processes and the target process of power supply will be developed. On their basis, scientists will develop an innovative intelligent decision-making model that ensures reliable and sustainable operation of electric power systems in extreme climatic conditions: during hurricanes and typhoons, in severe frost and heat.

In contrast to the existing practice of developing energy security models based on an analysis built on the assessment of accidents that have occurred, comparison of objects and forecasting possible problems in the process of their operation, a natural-scientific approach to managing the regional power supply system will allow the formation of processes with predetermined properties.

The feasibility of conducting applied research together with the Technological University of Havana is due to the fact that the task of ensuring energy security is one of the primary ones for Cuba today. In February, March, October and December 2024, the country experienced a series of power outages. This problem is also relevant for the Russian Federation. For example, on July 16, 2024, a large-scale power outage occurred in the south of Russia and the North Caucasus, caused by increased loads on the power system due to heat and a failure of generating equipment at the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant.

The joint development will be a step towards the development of "smart" energy grids capable of maintaining stable power supply and increasing consumer safety. The project emphasizes the importance of transitioning to advanced technologies for designing and creating high-tech products based on the use of intelligent manufacturing solutions, robotic and high-performance computing systems, new materials and chemical compounds, results of processing large volumes of data, machine learning technologies and artificial intelligence.

This project is a vivid example of how modern science and advanced technologies, in particular artificial intelligence, can solve global challenges. Our collaboration with CUJAE highlights the importance of international cooperation in creating innovative solutions that can change the future of energy in Russia, Cuba and beyond, – said Yuri Fomin, Vice-Rector for Research at SPbPU.

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The priority stage of enrollment for bachelor's and specialist's programs has passed at the Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University. 852 first-year students can already proudly call themselves polytechnics and find themselves in the lists of those enrolled using a unique code or personal account ID. The lists are available on the website "Admission 2025".

The first main heroes of the 2025 admission campaign were the winners and prize winners of the All-Russian School Olympiad and Olympiads from the list of the Russian Council of School Olympiads, as well as applicants admitted under quotas. A record number of people have already been enrolled in the Polytechnic University and its branch based on the results of the Olympiads – 185 applicants. In addition, 292 people were enrolled under targeted admission and 375 under a special and separate quota.

I decided to apply to Polytechnic University back in the 9th grade — after participating in the Engineering League and joint programs with the Academy of Talents of St. Petersburg. This helped me understand what I wanted to do. I had no doubts when choosing a university, and the support of talented applicants this year only strengthened my choice! Taking a prize place in the Olympiad, of course, was not easy, but I prepared hard: I attended clubs, solved Olympiad tasks from previous years, participated in various hackathons and real-time programming competitions, and also completed a two-year course from Yandex Lyceum. And it was worth it — it gives confidence when applying. Even guys with high scores were not competitors for me. I am looking forward to an intense study, a sought-after profession, and a cool student community. Polytechnic University is a place where the best gather! — shared his impressions a first-year student of the Computer Security program, winner of the Gazprom industry Olympiad for schoolchildren in computer science Savva Lastochkin.

Among those admitted without exams is a graduate of the Natural Science Lyceum of SPbPU Andrey Kapustyanik. He became a prize winner of the final stage of the All-Russian School Olympiad in Technology and was among the few applicants admitted to the Polytechnic University without entrance examinations.

The admissions campaign continues – on August 7, the lists of those admitted through the main competition for the main budget places will be published.

We congratulate the newly minted polytechnicians and wish them a vibrant student life, scientific discoveries and professional victories!

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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University was visited by a group of veterans of the special military operation, undergoing rehabilitation and mastering new professions at the State Autonomous Non-Standard Professional Educational Institution of the Leningrad Region "Multi-Center for Social and Labor Integration".

The visit was organized by the Directorate of Continuing Education and Industry Partnership of SPbPU together with the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport for the social and labor integration of veterans of the SVO, the development of partnership and the formation of a system of continuous education aimed at solving the problems of technological leadership of the country. This work is carried out by the university, including within the framework of the federal program "Priority-2030" at the expense of internal resources allocated for the implementation of the projects "Development and implementation of additional professional education programs for participants and veterans of the SVO taking into account the regional needs of the economy" and "Organization of a system of professional counseling and individual educational trajectories for veterans of the SVO, as well as training teachers and mentors to work with the target audience."

Already during the pilot implementation, IMMiT teachers will take part in training veterans of the SVO according to an adapted advanced training program based at the Multicenter.

The guests got acquainted with the laboratories, educational and production complexes and engineering sites. The prospects for launching adapted educational programs, forming a mentoring system and professional consulting were discussed. The visit was a continuation of the university's systematic work on creating applied programs for target categories of students.

The visit also acquired special significance in the context of preparations for the conclusion of a strategic partnership agreement between Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and the Multicenter for Social and Labor Integration. The document has been developed and agreed upon by the parties and will be signed in the near future. The agreement will form the basis for systematic joint work. Work is already underway to create a joint educational space on the basis of the Multicenter for the implementation of training programs in the management and maintenance of numerically controlled machines.

The Polytechnic University consistently develops areas related to the training and retraining of participants and veterans of the SVO, including the launch of new programs for advanced training and professional retraining focused on the real needs of regional economies. One of the key partners in this process is the Multicenter, an institution that applies comprehensive approaches to labor rehabilitation and social support. The Multicenter provides professional training, giving veterans of the SVO the opportunity to obtain applied technical competencies and master a new profession, and the Polytechnic offers paths for further development – completing programs of secondary vocational and higher education, advanced training and professional retraining.

Such interaction between the Multicenter and SPbPU is especially significant in the field of engineering education: it allows for the development of end-to-end training trajectories – from mastering blue-collar jobs to obtaining engineering qualifications, which corresponds to the tasks of the country’s technological development.

The meeting discussed mechanisms for long-term cooperation: launching adapted programs, organizing mentoring, training teachers and tutors to work with the target audience.

Deputy Director for Educational and Industrial Work at the Multicenter for Social and Labor Integration Ekaterina Stepanova emphasized: We are grateful to the Polytechnic University for its high level of openness and attention to those who are returning to civilian life. The University demonstrates not only technological readiness, but also humanitarian involvement, which makes our partnership truly valuable. We share a systemic approach, which creates not individual courses, but an entire adapted educational space that meets the capabilities of specific people and the needs of the economy.

Cooperation with the Multicenter allows us to build practice-oriented trajectories – from professional consulting to qualification training. The first courses, developed specifically taking into account the conditions of returning to peaceful professional activity, will start in the near future. We see that the demand for such programs will only grow, especially in the context of technological leadership tasks. The enormous practical experience that the Multicenter has accumulated over the years of its activity is certainly very important and valuable for the Polytechnic University – both in methodological and organizational terms, – noted Dmitry Tikhonov, Vice-Rector for Continuing and Pre-University Education at SPbPU.

The participants of the visit – students of the Multicenter, undergoing training in a number of in-demand technical areas – highly appreciated the educational and technological base of the Polytechnic University, showed a keen interest in the engineering infrastructure of the university and the possibilities of further education.

One of the participants of the visit noted: Everything is thought out to the smallest detail: modern equipment and an attentive approach to students. It is especially valuable that here they do not just meet, but teach in-demand professions that are important for the country. We came not just to look, but for the opportunity to develop in the profession and build our future.

The visit of the representatives of the Multicenter and veterans of the SVO became an important stage in the development of an integrated model of interaction – from social support and mentoring to engineering training and employment in industrial enterprises.

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Assistant of the Higher School of Sports Education of the Institute of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism Kirill Prigoda together with Miron Lifintsev, Andrey Minakov and Egor Kornev won gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore in the 4x100m medley relay. The swimmers covered the distance in 3 minutes 26.93 seconds.

The guys not only won the first Russian gold in the history of the World Championships in this type of program, but also set a new record for the European and World Championships.

Let us recall that Kirill Prigoda also won this championship gold in the 4x100m medley relay and silver in the individual 50m breaststroke.

Fortune smiled on another swimmer from the Polytechnic, a student of the Civil Engineering Institute, Alexander Shchegolev – he became a prize winner of the 32nd World Universiade, which took place in Germany. Russian athletes competed under the flag of the International University Sports Federation (FISU).

Alexander won silver in the 4x200m relay as part of the team (7:08.33) and bronze in the 100m freestyle (48.34 sec).

The World Universiade was the final start of this season. Of course, not everything worked out, but it was very nice that I managed to take prize places and then see the name of my university at the awards ceremony, – the athlete shared.

Alexander Shchegolev is a two-time world and European champion, a prize winner of major competitions, a participant in the Tokyo Olympics and an Honored Master of Sports of Russia.

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Scientists from the Civil Engineering Institute are conducting a study aimed at studying the characteristics of water from the Neva River that are important for online monitoring of its quality. Work on the project is being conducted under the supervision of Maria Andrianova, Associate Professor of the Higher School of Hydraulic Engineering and Power Engineering of the Civil Engineering Institute. The research group also includes Ekaterina Chabina, Senior Lecturer at the ISI HSGEES, and Benjami Ishtvakh, Postgraduate Student.

The aim of the study is to analyze the variability of the optical density of water in drinking water sources, which is key to improving automatic monitoring systems (CAM) of pollutants. Modern online monitoring technologies can significantly speed up the process of water quality analysis, although their accuracy may be lower than laboratory methods. However, prompt data acquisition is critical for the effective management of water purification processes. In 2021, a GOST was adopted regulating the use of CAM, which emphasizes the need to take into account seasonal and weather phenomena when monitoring water bodies.

According to project manager Maria Andrianova, preliminary data demonstrate significant seasonal variability of optical coefficients in the ultraviolet range, exceeding the possible measurement error. This confirms the relevance of the study aimed at assessing the scale of this variability and determining the factors influencing its dynamics. Given the changes in climatic conditions and the transformation of the city's sewage system over the past decades, the project is of particular importance for modern ecology and water treatment.

The Higher School of Hydraulic and Power Engineering of the Civil Engineering Institute has a modern instrumental base for analyzing the main characteristics of water, including determining total organic carbon, individual ions, optical density spectra and fluorescence in the ultraviolet and visible ranges. Scientists plan to conduct a detailed analysis of water samples taken from the Neva and its tributaries under various weather conditions: in summer and winter, during the spring flood and autumn showers. The main objective of the study is to create a database of spectral and chemical indicators of water for the subsequent identification of patterns.

To ensure the successful implementation of the project, the participation of master's students is required. In this regard, we invite students of the Civil Engineering Institute to take an active part in the work on the project, as well as to complete final qualifying works on the research topic, – shared senior lecturer of the Higher School of Civil Engineering and Economics Ekaterina Chabina.

We hope that the research results will find application at the enterprises of the Vodokanal of St. Petersburg, noted the project manager Maria Andrianova.

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On August 4, a representative delegation headed by Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Mikhail Ivanov, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Dmitry Afanasyev and Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Sergey Kuchushev visited Polytechnic University on a working visit.

The delegation also included Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Competition Protection Valery Gartung, Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Knyaginin, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg Alexander Sitov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg Alexey Yakovlev, and heads of departments of ministries.

The guests were met by the rector of SPbPU Andrey Rudskoy, vice-rectors Vitaly Sergeev, Lyudmila Pankova, Yuri Fomin, Dmitry Tikhonov, director of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport Anatoly Popovich, scientific secretary Dmitry Karpov, heads and employees of scientific centers and laboratories.

It is a great honor for us to receive such a representative delegation interested in getting acquainted with the advanced developments of our scientists, – noted the rector of SPbPU Andrey Rudskoy. – Today, our university is one of the leading scientific and educational centers, where innovative ideas are born and the most daring engineering projects are implemented. We are proud of the achievements of our researchers and are happy to share our accumulated experience. I am sure that your visit will open up new prospects for our scientists, for the interaction of the university with the industrial sector and various branches of the economy. We are ready to share our developments and are open to dialogue, which will undoubtedly contribute to the development of science and technological leadership of our country.

During the visit, government officials learned about the latest achievements of the Polytechnic’s research teams, saw the unique equipment developed at the university and the products manufactured on it, including those ordered by industrial partners.

The acquaintance began with a visit to laboratories and centers engaged in additive manufacturing. In the Laboratory of Lightweight Materials and Structures, the delegation members were told about additive electric arc growing (WAAM), and were shown the first robotic WAAM printer in the Russian Federation and other installations. They were also presented with the technology for manufacturing parts using friction stir welding on a robotic complex of their own production.

The staff of the Research Laboratory "Laser and Additive Technologies" of the Institute of Metallurgical Engineering and Technology presented the mobile laser cladding complex "Nomad". This is a unique development for Russia, created on a single platform using a robot, a powder feeder and a high-precision laser. The complex is compact and mobile: it can be easily transported for on-site work on the restoration of large-sized and specialized products. With its help, key elements of gas turbine engines of both Russian and foreign manufacture have already been restored.

Another development that has attracted interest is the laser welding complex for hydrogen energy source fuel cells. This is the only equipment in the country that has produced more than 700 hydrogen energy source fuel cells, 350 of which are undergoing sea trials on board the Ecobalt vessel.

The guests were also shown hip joint cups created by a combined method, using the technology of applying a porous coating to the blank. Now the laboratory is creating a production complex that will allow serial production of up to 40 thousand such products per year.

It is important for us to show developments live – not on slides, but in action. This is the only way to truly convey the scale and potential of these technologies, – said the director of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport Anatoly Popovich. – When guests see examples of work created by the hands of engineers and scientists, this turns from an abstract innovation into a subject of real interest and further support.

The guests also learned that the Polytechnic University became the first university to have a section for serial production of gas turbine engine parts: nozzle assemblies and injectors. In addition, SPbPU has the first domestically produced high-temperature 3D printing equipment in Russia and Western Europe, which allows for the growth of products with a directional structure.

In the lobby of the Technopolis Polytech Research Building, delegations presented scientific and technical developments by young scientists and engineers, including university students.

The achievements of the Advanced Engineering School of SPbPU "Digital Engineering" were presented by the Deputy Head of the Engineering Center (CompMechLab®) of SPbPU Nikolay Efimov-Soini. He spoke about a unique Russian development focused on ensuring the design and production of globally competitive high-tech products in various industries and in new markets in the shortest possible time — the CML-Bench® Digital Platform. Nikolay Konstantinovich emphasized that dozens of breakthrough projects have been implemented on the CML-Bench® Digital Platform to develop digital twins of products for high-tech industries, including engine building, aircraft manufacturing, nuclear energy, oil and gas, automotive manufacturing, shipbuilding, shipbuilding and medicine, in accordance with the national standard of the Russian Federation — GOST R 57700.37–2021 "Computer models and modeling. DIGITAL DOUBLES OF PRODUCTS. General Provisions".

In accordance with the current needs of industrial enterprises and the unmanned aircraft systems sector, SPbPU Advanced Engineering School is adapting the Digital Platform for the Development and Application of Digital Twins CML-Bench® to the UAS industry. The digital platform CML-Bench.BASTM has been supplemented with a system for constructing virtual test benches and testing grounds for conducting digital tests of both individual UAS elements and the aircraft as a whole. In addition, the platform includes a Digital Certification module, which allows for full-scale certification tests to be passed the first time by conducting a large number of preliminary digital tests. This reduces the cost of development, the timing and cost of certification work, and also accelerates the launch of products to the market, – noted Alexander Gordeev, Deputy Head of the Experimental Design Bureau of the Advanced Engineering School of SPbPU "Digital Engineering".

At the stand, guests saw a prototype of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "Snegir-1.5", created in 2024 on the basis of the CML-Bench® Digital Platform for flight tests, control system development, validation and verification of calculation models. And Nikolay Efimov-Soini presented innovative solutions of particular interest for the development of UAVs that are competitive in terms of technical characteristics – demonstrators of overprinting technologies, induction welding of thermoplastic composite materials and automated laying of thermoplastic unidirectional prepregs.

Among the developments of the SPbPU PISh "Digital Engineering" there was also a full-scale sample of an anti-debris filter – a high-tech solution created in the interests of JSC TVEL (part of the Fuel Division of the Rosatom State Corporation) and ensuring the uninterrupted operation of equipment in extreme operating conditions.

Optimization technologies made it possible to generate a design with a large number of "needles" that form the optimal internal microstructure of the channels to intensify heat exchange. At the same time, the design provides rigidity and dynamic strength under the impact of foreign objects weighing up to 200 grams, flying at a speed of up to 6 meters per second, – emphasized Nikolay Efimov-Soini. – As a result, due to the use of digital design and additive manufacturing methods, the filtration efficiency has increased by 10 times.

Let us recall that at the International Industrial Exhibition INNOPROM-2025 specialists from the Advanced Engineering School of SPbPU "Digital Engineering" presented a model of the UAV "Snegir-2", a prototype of which will be created in August 2025.

The Center for Technology Projects demonstrated the Morena unmanned boat for hydrographic and search operations and the Octopus-M remotely controlled unmanned underwater vehicle.

The students' developments aroused keen interest among the guests. Thus, the Polytech Voltage Machine student association presented a firefighting robot on a caterpillar track called "Freze" and an unmanned truck.

And the guys from the Student Design Bureau showed the first modification of the combat robot Honey Badger and shared that in its third version it won bronze atInternational Championship "Battle of Robots" in 2024.

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Gazprom held the 10th International Scientific and Technical Conference "Gas Transportation Systems: Present and Future" (GTS-2025) for the first time in St. Petersburg at Gazprom VNIIGAZ. The conference was attended by over three hundred representatives of PJSC Gazprom and its subsidiaries, leading companies in the oil and gas sector, research institutes, centers and universities of the Russian Federation, as well as suppliers of products and services, industrial groups working in the field of gas transportation. The venues were Gazprom's flagship universities: the Empress Catherine II St. Petersburg Mining University and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

The conference program included a plenary session, technical sections and round tables, an exhibition “Gas Transport Systems: Present and Future,” and technical excursions.

The second and third days of the conference were held at the Polytechnic University. Scientists and engineers from SPbPU took part in the work of technical sections and round tables, where promising developments and technologies for gas transportation facilities were discussed.

Thus, at the section "Pipe Products and New Materials for PAO Gazprom Facilities", Director of the Scientific and Technical Complex "New Technologies and Materials" Alexey Alkhimenko presented a report on the research of the metal of steel pipes for transporting hydrogen-containing gas. He covered the methods of transporting hydrogen, the prospects for the development of the global hydrogen fuel market, the problems and mechanisms of hydrogen impact on materials and their compatibility. The speaker presented various testing methods that are carried out at the Polytechnic University.

The tasks of the Polytechnic University were to create an experimental base that would allow us to study the effect of hydrogen on materials, as well as to develop methods for this and a knowledge base that could then serve as the basis for creating domestic regulatory documentation. Accordingly, with VNIIGAZ and with the participation of companies that are our partners, we have created and are developing a laboratory complex, – said Alexey Alkhimenko.

Leading researcher of the Scientific and Technical Complex "New Technologies and Materials" Ivan Golubev took part in the work of the section "Design and Construction of GTS". He gave a report "Predictive Analytics of the Corrosion State of Field Pipelines for Transporting Untreated Gas".

Ivan Andreevich presented the research of the team of the Scientific and Technical Complex "New Technologies and Materials", which developed its own system of mathematical models for predicting the development of corrosion-erosion wear based on laboratory tests conducted at the Polytechnic University. The project was implemented as part of the R&D for PJSC Gazprom and includes the development of a software product that allows issuing recommendations on the selection of methods for ensuring the reliability of field pipelines. In the future, it is planned to develop the topic using both the experience gained during the implementation of the project and the accumulated over the years of research into the behavior of the material under specified operating conditions.

The combined use of mathematical modeling, experimental data and ML algorithms makes it possible to identify local areas with intense corrosion, predict the development of defects depending on changes in transportation modes, optimize the diagnostics and repair strategy, reducing operational risks, noted Ivan Golubev.

The program of the section "Operation, reconstruction and new technologies for GTS facilities" included reports by Professor of the Institute of Energy Alexander Drozdov "Experience of development and application of virtual simulators with PJSC Gazprom", engineers of the Higher School of Power Engineering Anton Pulin "Prospects for optimization of the gas transportation process due to complex digital twins of the gas transportation system and compressor stations" and Kirill Alisov "Application of modern additive technologies in the modernization of the internal cooling system of turbine blades".

At the section "Power Systems of PJSC Gazprom", representatives of the Higher School of Power Engineering covered the following topics: "Development of a Low-Capacity Microturbo-Expander Unit" (engineer Anton Balakin), "Criterial Optimization Using Regression Analysis" (assistant Mikhail Laptev), "Application of Modern Additive Technologies for Unscheduled Repairs of Gas Turbine Elements" (engineer Ivan Talabira), and "Development of an Automated Complex for Designing and Optimizing Radial-Axial Turbines" (engineer Ivan Nurkov).

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