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The 12th Eurasian Student Olympiad in Forecasting and Analytical Economics concluded in Minsk. The team from the Graduate School of Public Administration of the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade at SPbPU represented the university with distinction and won a prize in the special category "Systemic Market Vision."

The university was represented at the event by third-year students majoring in Public and Municipal Administration: Sofia Chirina, Anna Shmeleva, Ekaterina Firsanova, and Yulia Solona. Grigory Kulkaev, assistant professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration, prepared the team.

The Olympiad finals included several stages. Participants solved practical cases on forecasting the socioeconomic development of Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries and applied risk management tools to evaluate forecasts and develop strategic decisions. The second stage was devoted to defending research projects. The Polytechnic University team presented their work, "Forecast Scenarios for the Development of Foreign and Domestic Trade in EAEU Countries through 2027." The presentation sparked a lively discussion with the jury. Following their defense, the students won a special award.

One of the team members, Yulia Solona, shared her impressions: "It was an interesting experience testing my knowledge of statistics at an international level. I thank the university for the opportunity to participate in the Olympiad."

Olga Nadezhda, Acting Director of the Graduate School of Public Administration, congratulated the students and their mentor on their successful performance: "I sincerely congratulate our talented students and their mentor on their well-deserved victory! Winning a prize in the "Systemic Vision of the Market" category is proof that HSPA trains specialists who are capable of strategic thinking, working with big data, and seeing the holistic picture of economic processes. I wish our students continued success!"

At the Olympiad, Polytechnic University students established professional contacts with teams from other leading universities, including the St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, and the Russian-Armenian University.

During the finals, a roundtable discussion on "Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Educational Process" was held for academic supervisors. Grigory Kulkaev, Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration, presented a paper on the use of artificial intelligence as an assistive tool in modern education.

"I'm proud of our students. Winning the "Systemic Market Vision" category is recognition of their ability to think big and outside the box. Not only did the students brilliantly tackle complex forecasting cases, but they also represented our university with distinction in academic discussions, establishing connections with colleagues from leading universities across the country. It's gratifying that the topic of using artificial intelligence in education, which I presented at the roundtable, sparked keen interest among the professional community," emphasized team mentor Grigory Kulkaev.

Vladimir Shchepinin, Director of the Institute of Mechanics and Technology, also noted the team's success: "Our students' victory is a brilliant achievement, confirming their high level of preparation. It's especially valuable that they competed well against teams from leading Russian universities, demonstrating a systematic approach to forecasting and analytics. I am confident that the experience gained and new professional contacts they have made will be an important step in their scientific and career trajectories."

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The second stage of the scholarship competition for student works within the educational project "Materium Education" of the Russian Association of Polymer Energy-Efficient Technologies (RAPET) took place at the Institute of Civil Engineering of SPbPU.

In the first stage of the competition, participants completed the "Modern Polymer Materials in Construction" course and received personalized certificates. The second stage—a BIM design competition—involved team and individual student participation in three categories: "Design of a Single-Family Residential Building," "Design of a Multi-Apartment Residential Building," and "Design of a Public Building." The third stage involved a student record competition, which will determine the finalists based on a combination of successful course completion, project assignment completion, and high academic performance. The top ten participants will receive a stipend for six months.

The jury for the second stage of the competition included: RAPET Chairperson Natalia Pavlenko, Head of the Technical Department of PENOPLEX SPb Yasmin Begich, RAPET Marketing Director Inessa Isaeva, RAPET Technical Specialist Antonina Melnikova, Director of the Institute of Civil Engineering at SPbPU Marina Petrochenko, and Senior Lecturer at the Higher School of Industrial, Civil and Road Construction at ISI Liliya Talipova.

Participants submitted projects utilizing polymer construction materials and technologies, including thermal insulation, waterproofing, profiled drainage membranes, and others. Following the project presentations, an expert committee determined the winners and runners-up in each category. In the "Design of a Private Residential Building" category, the "Building the Future" team, consisting of Oleg Smolkin, Anna Bogdanova, and Nikita Zavertkin, took first place. Alexey Golubev placed second, and Yegor Moiseyev and Nikita Shichenko placed third.

In the "Multi-Apartment Residential Building Design" category, Daniil Dmitriev and Ivan Uglov took first place. Second place went to the "Kirpich" team, consisting of Ilya Paleev, Elizaveta Arbuzova, and Svetlana Sapozhnikova. Andrey Golubev took third place.

In the "Public Building Design" category, first place went to Semyon Ivanov, and second place to Alexander Kudryavtsev.

Participating in the competition allows students to acquire new knowledge, competencies, and practical skills. The experience gained will contribute to their professional development and future projects, says Yasmin Begić.

Polymer materials are rapidly being introduced into the construction industry, finding ever-wider application in modern technologies. Therefore, teaching students design solutions using polymer materials is an important task for instructors. The scholarship competition provides an opportunity to address this issue in practice, as students not only gain up-to-date knowledge of the properties and applications of materials but also acquire skills in using them in developing design documentation, noted Marina Petrochenko.

The winners and runners-up were awarded modern smartphones, tablets, and certificates—the total prize fund for the competition was one million rubles.

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The Institute of Civil Engineering at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University held an Open Day, both in person and online. At the event, applicants and their parents learned about the institute's educational programs, curriculum features, and employment prospects, and interacted with faculty, students, and alumni. Special attention was paid to the 2026 admissions process, a presentation of preparatory courses, and the format of the entrance examinations.

Guests were drawn to the ISI's interactive program, which included an exhibition of student work from the Design and Architectural Environmental Design, Construction, and Construction of Unique Buildings and Structures programs, a construction equipment competition, a Life Safety VR lab, a first aid workshop, and a raffle for the most active participants. A tour of the institute's classrooms and laboratories was also organized.

The event was opened by ISI Director Marina Petrochenko. Then, ISI Admissions Secretary Alexander Doronin briefed guests on the 2026 admissions requirements, and students and graduates presented their programs and areas of study.

Applicants learned about the "Construction" and "Construction of Unique Buildings and Structures" programs from Lyudmila Morshchakova, a 2025 graduate of the Specialist program, Anna Kravtsova and Tatyana Reminnaya, fourth-year undergraduate students, and Anastasia Malykh, second-year master's student. Anna Yakimova, a graduate of the Institute of Social Sciences, presented the "Technosphere Safety" program. Fourth-year undergraduate student Irina Polyakova introduced the "Architectural Environment Design" program. Fourth-year undergraduate students Tatyana Yushchina and Svetlana Zakharova presented the "Design" program.

Admissions Secretary Alexander Doronin spoke about the preparatory courses for applicants to undergraduate, specialist, and master's degree programs. Acting Chair of PROF.ISI and Admissions Officer for the "Construction" and "Construction of Unique Buildings and Structures" programs, Maria Tavrueva, provided guests with detailed information about student life.

Additionally, event guests visited the institute's laboratories, including the "Innovative Road Construction Materials" and "Additive Technologies and 3D Printing" training labs, the "Polytech MetaCampus," and the "Design Lab." Interactive demonstrations allowed participants to gain hands-on experience with modern technologies used in the educational process.

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Engineers from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University are implementing advanced numerical methods and approaches in the design of nuclear power plants. Their use will significantly reduce the cost of constructing new nuclear power plants. The development is being conducted in partnership with JSC NIKIET and JSC Obukhov Plant, with support from the federal program "Priority 2030."

Nuclear power plant design traditionally relies on conservative, simplified mathematical models and approaches developed in the context of underdeveloped numerical methods for describing nonlinear, physically related processes. This necessitated the introduction of significant safety factors, for example, when selecting cladding thicknesses, calculating maximum loads and operating conditions, etc. SPbPU engineers are developing and implementing advanced numerical methods and approaches based on modern finite element analysis programs into the NPP design process, enabling accurate and computationally efficient description of the complex multiphysical processes occurring during NPP operation.

Specifically, Polytechnic researchers are developing methods for assessing the strength of NPP structural elements under seismic and extreme conditions. In such calculations, accurately describing the interaction between the soil foundation and the structure is particularly important. The developers used a dynamic substructure synthesis method, which allows for the condensation of a large-scale computational model consisting of tens and hundreds of thousands of elements down to a single "superelement" that fully describes the behavior of the original computational model. This significantly increases computational efficiency. By using the substructure method, the computational model of the BR-1200 reactor unit vessel (KBR RU BR-1200), consisting of over 600,000 elements, was reduced to less than 10,000, increasing the speed of determining equipment loads under seismic and other external dynamic impacts by more than 80%.

The developed methodology for modeling the "structure-foundation" system takes into account the actual spatial distribution and actual values of the dynamic stiffness and dissipative properties of the soil foundation. The applied approach enables modeling the dynamic two-way interaction of the structure's foundation slab with the soil foundation, ensuring accurate assessment of the amplitudes and spectral composition of seismic movements at the elevations of the reactor vessel base and the internal equipment.

Thanks to detailed modeling of wave processes in the soil, we were able to refine seismic load estimates and determine that the actual loads are more than half those determined using the standards incorporated into the traditional approach to their calculation. Further development and automation of the applied approaches and their integration into industry standards are planned.

"Our developments allow us to reduce the economic costs of nuclear power plant construction by reducing the metal content of structures without compromising strength, as well as identifying structural areas requiring reinforcement without expensive full-scale testing. Ultimately, all of this contributes to Russia's technological leadership in the energy sector in implementing the closed fuel cycle concept," commented Viktor Modestov, Director of the Scientific and Educational Center for Digital Engineering in Nuclear and Thermal Energy at the St. Petersburg Polytechnical School.

Leading researchers, engineers, and teachers from the Scientific and Educational Center for Digital Engineering in Nuclear and Fusion Energy at SPbPU's PISh and the SPbPU Institute of Physics and Mechanics are participating in the work: Alexey Lukin, Roman Fedorenko, Ilnar Murtazin, Alexey Kudryavtsev, Ivan Popov, Alexander Lobachev, Pavel Udalov, and Nadezhda Piskun.

Advanced engineering methods are integrated into the curriculum of the Master's program "Digital Engineering in Nuclear and Fusion Energy" (15.04.03 "Applied Mechanics"). The program is offered at the Advanced Engineering School "Digital Engineering" and was developed jointly with industrial partners: JSC Atomenergoproekt, JSC NIKIET, the A.F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the G.I. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The future plans of the specialists at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University include developing a method for calculating the vibration strength of the reactor block housing, taking into account the two-way hydroelastic interaction of the structural elements with the liquid metal coolant.

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The results of the charity marathon dedicated to the 170th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian scientist and inventor, the first director of the Polytechnic University, Prince Andrei Grigorievich Gagarin, have been announced.

As a result of the campaign, 452,507 rubles were raised from February 19 to March 5, 2026. Of this amount, 126,931 rubles went to the Yubileiny endowment fund.

Income from its management in 2026 will be used to implement a program of events in memory of A. G. Gagarin.

The benefactors include graduates, employees, students, and partners of the Polytechnic University.

The Foundation thanks its donors and announces that special prizes and commemorative gifts will be raffled off among all marathon participants.

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