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At the first meeting of the SPbPU Academic Council this academic year, the final results of the admissions campaign were summed up and a new model for the national education system was presented.

At the beginning of the meeting, members of the Academic Council paid tribute to the memory of Alexander Nikolaevich Kobysheva, which the Polytechnic said goodbye to last week.

The traditional ceremonial part opened with the presentation of a diploma and the badge of Honorary Graduate of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University to Alexander Gorshkov, editor-in-chief of the online publication Fontanka.ru.

In 1987, Alexander Lvovich graduated from the Faculty of Hydrotechnics at the M. I. Kalinin Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, and took his first steps in journalism there as a correspondent for the institute's newspaper, "Politechnic." As a memento of this, SPbPU Rector Andrei Rudskoy presented Alexander Gorshkov with reprints of the student newspaper's pages containing his articles. Furthermore, the honored graduate received a copy of his personal file, pay slip, and a Polytechnic jacket.

The Polytechnic University has only ten honorary alumni. Awarding this title is a significant responsibility for us. Alexander Lvovich kept the Polytechnic University close to his heart and passed on his love for his alma mater to his children, who also studied there. We are pleased that this connection continues," said Andrey Rudskoy.

In his response, Fontanka's editor-in-chief thanked the Academic Council for this highest honor and great award.

"I remember the excitement and trepidation with which I entered the main building 44 or 45 years ago, I think, on Open Day, and it's with the same trepidation that I stand here now," said Alexander Gorshkov. "Wherever I am, I've always remembered that I'm a Polytechnician, and I've always been and still am proud of it. And often, when talking to colleagues, when they ask me what I graduated with, I say that I'm a Polytechnician and an engineer, and the Polytechnic gave me two professions, two specialties. My children became Polytechnicians. And my great-uncle graduated from the Polytechnic and became a renowned scientist. And he would probably be happy for me now. Thank you all so much. And yes, I still remember the bread and mustard in the Polytechnic cafeteria. It's my favorite dish!"

Following this pleasant ceremony, the equally pleasant traditional celebration of the Polytechnic students' achievements in various fields continued. SPbPU Rector Andrei Rudskoy received a commendation from the command of the St. Alexander Nevsky Reconnaissance and Assault Brigade of the Russian Ministry of Defense for his invaluable assistance in facilitating, organizing, and procuring humanitarian aid for volunteers participating in the Special Military Operations. The commendation was presented by Vyacheslav Ivanov, a staff officer of the volunteer unit.

The Polytechnic University's highest award, the "For Merit" badge, was presented to Marina Arkannikova, Director of the Higher School of Media Communications and Public Relations; Anastasia Lemesheva, Head of the Protocol and Organizational Service; and Mikhail Simchuk, Director of the Department of Transport and Mechanization.

Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Civil Engineering Institute, who celebrated her anniversary that day, received not only congratulations but also a university certificate for her effective work, high level of professionalism, and significant personal contribution to the institute's development.

The ceremony then featured the presentation of diplomas conferring academic degrees. Members of the Academic Council congratulated Dmitry Mokhorov, Director of the Higher School of Law and Forensic Science, on being awarded the degree of Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences by the Higher Attestation Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Anton Naumov, associate professor at the Higher School of Materials Physics and Technology (academic supervisor: A. I. Rudskoy), received a Doctor of Technical Sciences diploma.

Vice-Rector for Organizational and Economic Work Stanislav Vladimirov became a candidate of economic sciences (his dissertation defense took place at the Military Order of Lenin Academy of Logistics and Technical Support named after General of the Army A.V. Khrulyov of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation).

Candidate of Technical Sciences diplomas were awarded to: Aleksey Kondrashov (scientific supervisor – A. A. Trinchenko), Andrey Makhonko (scientific supervisor – Yu. G. Lazarev) and Anna Orlova (scientific supervisor – S. V. Zavyalov).

Associate Professor certificates were awarded to Natalia Alekseeva, Ilya Bezprozvanny, Alexander Popov, and Natalia Solodilova.

It's time to honor the winners and prize winners of various competitions and contests.

Vice-Rector for International Affairs Dmitry Arsenyev and his team—Vyacheslav Shkodyrev, Alexander Chusov, Evgenia Satalkina, Alexander Babkin, Marina Gravit, and Natalia Braile—received a letter of gratitude from the Global Universities Association for their contribution to the development of the organization's international Olympiad.

Congratulations were given to the winners of the fifth "Best Teacher as Seen by Students" competition in the "Best of the Best" category: Anton Shaban, Senior Lecturer at the Higher School of Industrial Management at the Institute of Mathematics, Economics, and Telecommunications; Elmira Nazarova, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Mathematics, Economics, and Telecommunications; Sergey Sidorov, Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Fitness and Sports at the Institute of Physical Culture, Sport, and Tourism; Marina Krupina, Associate Professor of the Department of Physics; Alexander Erofeev, Associate Professor of the Higher School of Biomedical Systems and Technologies at the Institute of Cardiology and Biotechnology; Maya Bernavskaya, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages at the Institute of Geology; and Anton Kuznetsov, Associate Professor at the Institute of Energy.

Students also achieved outstanding results. Second place in the Fifth International LOUD Communications Prize Competition went to Irina Frey, Daria Vlasevskaya, and Elina Sharafutdinova, students of the Higher School of Media Communications and Public Relations at the Humanities Institute (mentored by Marina Arkannikova, Director of the Higher School of Media Communications and Public Relations).

Andrey Klekavin, a student at the Higher School of High Voltage Power Engineering, was the winner of the 6th Open Industry Championship of Professional Skills in the "Digital Substation" competency, under the guidance of senior lecturer Alexander Bogdanov.

IPMEiT student Ekaterina Arsenyeva also won gold in the Russian individual and team dressage championship (equestrian sport).

At the conclusion of the ceremony, the SPbPU "For Merit" award was presented to the authors of the creative projects "Russia, Don't Be Afraid, We Are With You" and "Novorossiya": Alexandra Kulikova, actress of the G. A. Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater and artistic director of the "Music and Word" art community, and Valeria Putra, Honored Artist of the DPR and musical director of the "Music and Word" art community.

Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Lyudmila Pankova addressed the first item on the meeting's agenda. She analyzed the organization and implementation 2025 admissions campaign, noted its characteristics, strengths and weaknesses, and thanked all colleagues for their well-coordinated work.

During the admissions campaign, a single space—the front office—was set up in the library's reading room. Although the main workflow was handled through the Gosuslugi portal, a large number of applicants and their parents passed through the reading room. A separate call center was set up, with all conversations recorded. Communication was also facilitated through social media. It was wonderful that the processing office was staffed by advanced information system users, our IT division, and the moderators who handled the documents. The workflow was seamless, Lyudmila Vladimirovna commented.

The Vice-Rector shared statistics on which regions are the most popular applicants to the Polytechnic University. Interestingly, this year's applicants came from all regions except two: the Altai and Ingushetia republics.

Lyudmila Pankova also introduced the Academic Council to the future model of higher education in Russia developed by the Ministry of Education and Science and outlined the key stages of the transition to the new system.

The next issue the Academic Council members approved was Olga Fomina's appointment as head of the Functional Materials and Technologies department at the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center – Prometey Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Transport.

The nomination of staff members for academic titles was also considered. The following were nominated for the title of associate professor: Alexander Breki and Irina Khrustaleva from the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Transport; Maria Drebezgova from the Civil Engineering Institute; Stanislav Punich from the Institute of Physical Culture and Sports; Olga Chemeris from the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade; and Anastasia Bolshakova from the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology.

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On September 29, 2025, a meeting of the University's Scientific and Technical Council was held at SUM, during which research teams reported on the interim results of their projects.

"Today, SUM is implementing a vast number of research projects—from engineering and economics to socio-political ones. R&D volumes have grown over the past four years, from 60 million rubles in 2022 to 350 million rubles as of 2025, a more than fivefold increase. The expansion of the range of fundamental and applied research and work on corporate contracts is being achieved through building competencies in the design of heavy and special-purpose engineering components and assemblies, automation of production processes, the implementation of artificial intelligence, the creation of hardware and software systems and platform solutions for the agro-industrial complex, autonomous unmanned systems, and robotic systems. The university's traditional research areas in socio-economics have significantly strengthened their position. Work is currently ongoing on bidding campaigns to attract funding for contract work from enterprises in the real sector of the economy," noted Vice-Rector Maria Karelina.

Dmitry Nikitin, research fellow at the Engineering Project Management Center, reported on the progress and achievement of planned indicators for the research project "Research, Methodological, and Practical Foundations of Reverse Engineering Process Management in Solving Complex Import Substitution Problems in the Transport Sector of Mechanical Engineering in the Russian Federation."

Sergei Sidorenko, Chief Researcher of the Scientific Activities Department of the Scientific Research Coordination Department, reported on the implementation of the research project "Development of Approaches and Methods for Assessing the Effectiveness of Fundamental and Exploratory Scientific Research, Taking into Account the Labor Costs Required for Its Implementation."

Vladimir Filatov, Leading Researcher at the Reverse Engineering Laboratory, presented a report on the progress and achievement of planned targets for two research projects:

"Development and substantiation of approaches to the planning and implementation of the introduction, deployment, and organization of the use of autonomous unmanned systems, robotic complexes, and infrastructure networks for communication, navigation, surveillance, and control, ensuring the operation of such systems and complexes, with specified regulatory levels of flight and movement safety of the complexes, and the probability of fulfilling functional tasks"; "Development of scientific, methodological, and practical foundations of reverse engineering for solving complex import substitution problems in the agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation."

Denis Serdechny, Associate Professor of the Department of Innovation Management and Senior Research Fellow in the Scientific Activities Department of the Scientific Research Coordination Office, also reported on the progress of two research projects:

A major research project in the agro-industrial complex, "Ensuring the country's food security through the creation of hardware and software systems and intelligent platform digital solutions for the development of agro-industrial technologies across the full life cycle"; "Scientific, methodological, and practical foundations for the development and application of digital and intelligent technologies to ensure sustainable development in the regions of the Russian Federation, including remote and hard-to-reach areas of Siberia, the Far East, and the Arctic zone."

Evgeny Smirnov, Head of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations, shared the results of the research project "Development of a Concept for the Formation of a Digital Innovative Environment in the Context of Solving the Strategic Task of Achieving Technological Leadership in Russia" and the implementation of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) grant "Study of Mechanisms for Improving Foreign Economic Relations of the Russian Federation's Agro-Industrial Complex."

Junior researcher Dmitry Rogov of the Scientific Activities Department of the Scientific Research Coordination Department (project topic: "Historical and political characteristics of Russian civilization as a fundamental basis for the formation of the value sovereignty of Russian youth") and head of the Scientific Research Coordination Department Maxim Pletnev (project topic: "Perception and assessment by young audiences of the representation of the value of patriotism on social networks") reported on the interim results of two projects in the field of socio-political sciences, carried out under the supervision of young scientists.

Svetlana Sazanova, Associate Professor of the Department of Institutional Economics, presented a report on the progress and achievement of the planned indicators for the Russian Science Foundation's research project "Multipolar Strategic Management of Firms in the Context of Structural Transformation, Digitalization, and Intellectualization of the Economy" for 2025.

Sergey Chuev, Head of the Department of Public and Municipal Administration and Advisor to the Rector's Office, reported on the results of another RSF research project, "Socioeconomic and Political-Administrative Transformation of Modern Southern Russia. 'New' and 'Old' Regions: Comparative Historical Analysis and Development Prospects."

Maxim Pletnev, Head of the Scientific Research Coordination Department, presented a report on the fulfillment of planned indicators for the second stage of the Russian Science Foundation's scientific project "Heavyweight Polyfunctional Construction Composites of Various Structures for Earthquake-Resistant Construction Based on Man-Made Raw Materials."

Associate Professor of the Department of Statistics Tatyana Pershina presented the interim results of the second stage of the research project "Creating an Interactive Map of Russia's Geothermal Resources" by the RosGeoTech Advanced Engineering School to the Scientific and Technical Council of the State University of Management.

Dmitry Nikitin, research fellow at the Engineering Project Management Center, presented a report on the achievement of planned indicators for the project "Creation of modern training laboratories for the aircraft manufacturing, shipbuilding, and innovative transport industries. Development of key science-intensive technologies and advanced training and retraining of qualified personnel in the field of transport mobility." Dmitry Vladimirovich also reported on the progress of the research project "Development of a methodological basis for a prototype of the ABRIS software and hardware system for managing technical condition monitoring services for oil and gas facilities," implemented as part of the RosGeoTech research school.

Dmitry Rybakov, a specialist at the Engineering Project Management Center, presented a report on the progress and achievement of planned targets for two research projects:

"Development of a methodology for the application of hardware and software systems for autonomous unmanned aerial photography and automatic vectorization technology for its results for construction supervision purposes"; "Analysis of the production and use of robotic devices and systems in the construction industry and demand forecasting under negative, inertial, and innovative scenarios."

Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology, Psychology of Management, and History Karine Aramyan reported on the results of two research projects:

"Development of recommendations for improving the legislative framework for birth rate support measures in Russia"; "Development of proposals for improving the regulatory framework for the implementation of a system of professional standards and its harmonization with the current system of qualification reference books in the new economic conditions."

At the end of the meeting, the council decided to include the All-Russian scientific and practical conference "Sustainable Management: Projects, People, Research" in the SUM's 2025 scientific and technical events plan.

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The State University of Management and the Moscow City Branch of the All-Russian Student Rescue Corps continue their joint charity campaign, "GUU-SVOim."

The next payload was sent to the special operation area at the end of September. Vladimir Stroyev, Rector of the State University of Management, Vice Rectors Vitaly Lapshenkov and Pavel Pavlovsky, and volunteers from the Moscow Regional Branch of the VSKS participated in the loading.

The cargo was designed to withstand the approaching autumn cold, including warm clothing and underwear, catalytic burners, cooking stoves, trench candles, energy bars, and camouflage and anti-drone nets. The nets and trench candles are traditionally handcrafted by GUU staff and students.

SUM institutes are actively participating in the humanitarian aid collection. Anyone can join the effort, which will continue until October 10th.

The "GUU – SVOim" campaign began in January 2024. The previous shipment was sent to border regions in June. The project aims to collect humanitarian aid for military personnel performing tasks as part of a special military operation and civilians in neighboring regions of the Russian Federation. The project is part of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation's public campaign "Universities for the Front."

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Scientists from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University have registered an interactive simulator of a virtual hot air balloon gondola, developed on the Unity platform.

The program is designed to analyze cockpit design and ergonomics, opening up new possibilities for aircraft manufacturing and related high-tech industries. Designing aircraft cockpits requires attention to every detail. Any error in the arrangement of instruments or controls can impact pilot performance and flight safety. Traditionally, producing physical mockups for testing is time-consuming and expensive. The development by Polytechnic University scientists simplifies and reduces the cost of testing, enabling improvements to aircraft cockpit designs at the digital prototyping stage.

The app clearly demonstrates how virtual reality technology is moving from entertainment to essential tools for industry and science. For example, it was used to precisely digitize a real nacelle and create a virtual prototype, which can be used for interactive testing. The user (engineer, designer, pilot) is immersed in the virtual space, interacts with cockpit elements, and evaluates the convenience and logical layout of instruments and equipment. Any identified deficiencies can be quickly and cost-effectively addressed.

The program was developed to test a specific object—the gondola of Fyodor Konyukhov's hot air balloon. During his visit to the Polytechnic University, the famous explorer was able to Use augmented reality glasses to see the interior space and evaluate the cabin's ergonomics and express your suggestions for improving the design.

"We created a virtual replica of the hot air balloon gondola we designed for Fyodor Konyukhov so he could inspect it in virtual reality, check its ergonomics and usability, and suggest improvements. After receiving feedback, the engineers were able to make changes to the design," said Alexander Kuptsov, a junior research fellow at the Industrial Stream Data Processing Systems Laboratory at the St. Petersburg Polytechnical School of Engineering. "In other words, our program served as a tool for visually demonstrating and then easily communicating all the modifications for incorporation into the design."

The development has a wide range of applications in the engineering field and opens up prospects for further adaptation to specific needs.

"In general, these applications operate on a common principle—you could call it a VR dressing room, where we design an object and, before creating an expensive real-world mockup, add a virtual simulation, a digital twin, eliminate the most obvious errors, and the next prototype is already of higher quality," explained Alexander Kuptsov. "This is applicable, in principle, to any field that has a similar development cycle, and we can additionally integrate this preliminary verification stage."

This development represents a significant step in integrating virtual reality technologies into engineering design. SPbPU researchers have created unique algorithms for user interaction with virtual objects, focusing on precision rather than mere visualization, and have developed methods for using a game engine to solve complex technical problems.

Implementing the program into industrial production will reduce the costs of manufacturing and redesigning physical prototypes, making the process of testing and refining designs faster and more accessible. Ultimately, a thorough and in-depth ergonomic assessment will contribute to the creation of safer and more comfortable cabins.

The program can also be used to train students in aeronautical and mechanical engineering specialties.

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