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The summer season of the International Academy of Power Engineering, an educational project that unites students and young researchers from Russia, Europe and Asia, has ended at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The program is held at the Institute of Power Engineering and annually brings together participants seeking an in-depth study of modern trends in the industry.

The Academy has been held since 2016 and offers educational modules in five areas: "Electric Power Engineering", "Nuclear Power Engineering", "Digital Technologies in Power Engineering", "Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development", "Turbomechanic Engineering".

In 2025, 16 international students participated in the Summer School from July 14 to 25 in person and 89 remotely. Thanks to the hybrid format, first tested during the pandemic, the geography of participants is expanding while maintaining interactivity and quality of education. All classes are held in multimedia classrooms with the ability to connect listeners from all over the world.

Among the participating universities are long-standing partners of SPbPU: Zhejiang University, Harbin Engineering University, Shandong University, Tsinghua University, Beihang University (all in China) and the University of Padua (Italy). Students of the Polytechnic University itself also joined the academy.

Today, an engineer must think globally: understand the international agenda, understand new technologies, and be able to work in multinational teams. That is why we included our students in the program – to give them the opportunity to truly immerse themselves in the global energy dialogue, – said the head of the summer academy program, associate professor of HSE Ekaterina Sokolova.

The students were particularly interested in the master class "Virtual NPP power unit: application of a virtual power unit for modeling NPP operating modes", where the participants modeled the operating modes of a nuclear power plant using digital twins. Practical cases on creating models on MATLAB/Simulink and Comsol Multiphysics allowed them to acquire the skills in demand in the digital transformation of the industry.

Each educational module consists of several lectures and seminars that provide fundamental knowledge in the energy sector and reflect modern challenges: students study the use of AI in nuclear energy, digitalization, sustainability of energy systems and modern equipment, and renewable technologies of the future.

The Academy concluded for the second time with an Energy Forum, where students presented their research on various topics and exchanged ideas that could develop into international research, articles and joint grant initiatives.

The educational part was complemented by a diverse cultural program: excursions to the State Hermitage, the Yusupov Palace, walks along rivers and canals, interactive tasks and master classes in the Russian language. Digital excursions around St. Petersburg were prepared for online participants.

We do not just teach, we create an environment for academic exchange and intercultural dialogue. The program becomes more complex every year, because the requirements grow, and with them our interest in future collaborations. We hope to get in touch with universities that are new to us, which may also be interested in such a program, – shared Ekaterina Sokolova.

In the future, the organizers plan to add more practical laboratory classes, joint project blocks, and expand the range of topics through new partnerships with industrial and research centers.

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July was a busy month for the military-historical club "Nash Polytech", which took part in several significant events. A special place in the series of events was occupied by a unique exhibition at the Concern "Sea Underwater Weapons – Gidropribor" and festivals.

The Marine Underwater Weapons — Gidropribor Concern is hosting the exhibition Torpedo Plant No. 181 in the Blockade and at the Front. The attention of visitors is drawn, among other things, to the exhibit of the Nash Polytech Military Scientific Institution — the legendary PPD-40 submachine gun. The SPbPU search team found the weapon last year at the site of fierce battles of the 3rd Frunze Division. It is noteworthy that the soldier with whom the PPD-40 was found volunteered for the front straight from Torpedo Plant No. 181.

Today, the restored PPD-40 is not just a museum exhibit, but a living testimony to the courage and fortitude of the defenders of the Motherland. During the exhibition, it literally returned to its origins. Thanks to the efforts of enthusiasts and searchers, the weapon that saw the most difficult moments of military history has found a new life and a worthy place in the exhibition dedicated to the feat of the torpedo plant workers during the Great Patriotic War, said Marina Gladkova, Deputy Director of the VIK "Our Polytech".

This month, activists of the VIC "Our Polytech" took part in the festival "Password – Victory", which took place at the Narva Gate. Visitors to the event visited the headquarters of the command of the Great Patriotic War, got acquainted with Soviet weapons, visited a tent camp and a medical exhibition, and tested their accuracy in a pneumatic shooting range.

The main event of July was the club's participation in the large-scale military-historical festival "Ostrovsky Line" in the Pskov Region. It was a real memory marathon, uniting more than a thousand spectators. In one day, the students performed in three reconstructions at once. They recreated the heroic defense of the Ostrovsky fortified area in the summer of 1941, the actions of partisan detachments behind enemy lines, and the breakthrough of the powerful defensive line "Panther" in 1944. The T-40 tank restored by the club activists was very popular. It was here, at the "Ostrovsky Line", that the exhibit debuted a year ago. Since then, the vehicle has become an integral part of large reconstructions.

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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University has won the competitive selection of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for the creation of an engineering center for new materials, welding and additive technologies for low-tonnage production of high-tech products in power engineering.

Funding will be provided from the federal budget of the Russian Federation within the framework of the program to support the renewal of the material and technical base of organizations carrying out scientific research and development.

Polytechnic University is confidently among the top 10 leaders among Russian universities in terms of the volume of applied scientific research and development. Today, the university ecosystem includes more than 70 research and scientific production laboratories and more than 30 scientific and educational centers in cooperation with industrial partners. Among the most important resources, one can highlight the additive technology center, the supercomputer center, academic and commercial licenses for world-class software and modern engineering equipment. The creation of the engineering center will contribute to the consolidation of Polytechnic University's competencies by attracting qualified researchers and engineering and technical personnel, and the combination of existing and purchased scientific and production equipment will allow providing a wide range of engineering services to the real sector of the economy.

The engineering center will be created on the basis of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport of SPbPU. Director of IMMiT and project manager Anatoly Popovich noted that the main tasks of the center will be the provision of engineering and research services, the implementation of experimental design and technological work on orders from industrial partners, as well as the formation of a portfolio of orders in the "single window" mode and their implementation to ensure a full technological chain with the real sector of the economy.

This victory is a recognition of the university's potential and an incentive to implement advanced solutions in the country's priority sectors. We are confident that the project will help bring our research and engineering base to a new level and provide a foundation for further technological achievements, commented Yuri Fomin, Vice-Rector for Research at SPbPU.

The project will be implemented between 2025 and 2028, with total funding amounting to 250 million roubles.

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On July 24, 2025, participants of the Summer Engineering and Economics School 2025 visited the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

Young scientists met with the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education Alexander Mazhuga, who spoke about the work of the Committee, the stages and features of the legislative process in the field of science and higher education, and shared the results of the work during the spring session of 2025. The Committee ensured the adoption of 13 federal laws concerning benefits for admission, changes in the education system, scientific and innovation policy.

The meeting was held in the format of an open dialogue – participants asked questions about the defense of candidate dissertations in graduate school, the logistical support of historical buildings of regional universities, and discussed the program for improving housing conditions for young scientists.

The school participants had an extensive tour of the State Duma. The guests learned about the history of Russian statehood by visiting the exposition of the State Duma museum complex, saw personal belongings of famous politicians, and learned about the daily work of factions and committees.

As part of the lecture program, Acting Rector of the V.G. Shukhov BSTU Sergey Glagolev gave the school participants a lecture "How to Build a Car", in which he told the audience about the history, approaches and principles of creating cars, as well as how the introduction of digital technologies affects the development of the automotive industry in our country and in the world.

The transport theme was continued by Elena Duganova, Associate Professor of the Department of Operation and Organization of Motor Transport at the V.G. Shukhov Belarusian State Technical University. The speaker presented a lecture entitled "Transport Technologies of the Future", where the audience learned about how cities and ground transport infrastructure will change with the development of unmanned aircraft systems.

The day ended with a lecture by Denis Serdechny, Head of the Laboratory of Convergent Expertise and Assessment of Technology Maturity at the Research Institute of Public Policy and Sectoral Economics of the State University of Management. Together with the speaker, the audience discussed the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence in science and education. Participants considered the risks of active development of AI systems, in particular neural networks, and also tried to identify their vulnerabilities.

On the final day of the school, the participants went on an excursion to the Moscow Transport Museum at VDNKh. The young scientists visited the exhibition "You look 100%!", where they learned how transport design in Russia has been formed and changed over the past hundred years. The exhibition told about design solutions in the history of domestic automobile, rail and water transport, the events that influenced it, and the people who designed all this equipment. The excursion participants saw rare domestically produced cars, including the ZiS-Sport, Moskvich-Tourist, GAZ-3105 and VNIITE Maxi, the image of the car of the future "Molniya" and the electric car-gadget "Atom", as well as rare archival photo and video materials of equipment tests, scale models and mock-ups.

At the closing of the "Summer Engineering and Economics School – 2025", the participants shared their impressions of the school program, especially noting the high level of both excursions and lectures. The guests of the State University of Management wished success in the further development and expansion of the project and unanimously admitted that they would be glad to return to the School next season.

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Russian Navy Day is celebrated on the last Sunday of July, and each time these are different dates. But in 2025, we have the opportunity to congratulate the sailors on the day established by the founder of the Russian fleet, Emperor Peter the Great, after whom the Polytechnic University is named. During Peter's reign, it was on July 27 that they honored the sailors in memory of the great victories of the Russian fleet at Cape Gangut in 1714 and Grengam Island in 1720. On this day, ships were decorated with flags, fireworks were fired, and parades were held.

The creation of the fleet was one of Peter's main achievements. The first ships were built in Voronezh. And on December 1, 1699, Peter approved the St. Andrew's naval flag. In 1702, they began building galleys on the Syas, Luga and Svir rivers. In 1704, the tsar founded the Admiralty shipyards in the future capital. Ships were built all over Russia: in Voronezh, Kazan, Pereslavl, Arkhangelsk, Olonets, St. Petersburg and Astrakhan. By 1725, the Russian fleet numbered 130 sailing ships, 253 galleys and 143 brigantines.

Peter not only created the Russian navy, but also laid the foundation for engineering in the country. Years later, the St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute became a prominent representative of engineering education. One of the first departments opened there was shipbuilding. It was headed by a talented engineer Konstantin Boklevsky.

In 1930, the shipbuilding faculty was transformed into the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute, which became the ancestor of the St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University, the famous Korabelka.

Strong ties with the Navy have always been an important part of Polytechnic University's activities – from the creation of the first submarines to marine robotics today. A special place in the life of the university is occupied by friendship with the crew of the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy – the flagship of the Northern Fleet. And the first congratulations on this day are to them, those who serve today, and those who are waiting on the shore. Happy Russian Navy Day!

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On July 25, at 08:54 Moscow time, the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage was launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, which delivered two heliogeophysical spacecraft Ionosfera-M No. 3 and No. 4, as well as a group of 18 small space satellites, to their calculated orbits.

The launch of the Ionosfera-M series satellites completed the formation of a group of four devices of the Ionozond space complex, which will monitor the geophysical environment to conduct fundamental scientific research and solve applied problems.

The complex was created in the interests of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Federal Service of Russia for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring. The Ionosfera-M satellites are designed for a comprehensive study of the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere. They will observe various physical processes in the ionosphere, including natural and man-made impacts, changes in electromagnetic fields, atmospheric composition, and ozone distribution. The data obtained will be used by Roshydromet in combination with ground-based observations. The Russian Academy of Sciences plans to conduct ground-space experiments to study the ionosphere's response to natural phenomena such as hurricanes and volcanic eruptions.

Also, 18 small satellites have been launched into orbit. Nine of them were created by Geoscan and will be engaged in photographing the Earth, tracking the movement of ships and aircraft, exploring near space and much more. Some of the devices are intended for educational purposes.

Ivan Bortnik, Advisor to the General Director of the Foundation for Assistance to Innovations, highly appreciated the significance of today's launch: "This is a great achievement for Roscosmos – the completion of the formation of the Ionosfera-M satellite group for research by our scientists, representatives of fundamental science. Also in this launch are many devices from private satellite-building companies. One of the devices from the Geoscan company is included inSpace Pi project, this is important for the Innovation Promotion Fund and for the Polytechnic University as the founder and leader of the project. This is the first of a series of satellites with which schoolchildren will be able to hunt for supernovae. We, as the Innovation Promotion Fund, held a competition and determined the winners who will begin to manufacture such devices; I hope that they will fly next year."

According to Ivan Bortnik, the nanosatellite "239Alferov" of the Presidential Physics and Mathematics Lyceum No. 239 and the Lyceum "Physics and Technology School named after Zh. I. Alferov" will open a new direction of the Space Pi project – the launch of target devices. This is the first of a series of satellites equipped with X-ray sensors that will hunt for supernovae. This will be possible thanks to the network of ground stations created by the company "Geoscan", covering almost the entire territory of Russia.

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The Polytechnic University received a delegation from the regional branch of the Young Industrialists Club in St. Petersburg. The visit included a rich program aimed at developing sustainable professional ties between the university and representatives of the industrial sphere.

The key event was the signing of a cooperation agreement, which secured the course for long-term cooperation between the Polytechnic University and the club.

"Today, it is especially important not only to maintain ties between the university and industry, but also to translate them into a format of real joint action. Signing an agreement with the Young Industrialists Club is a step towards strengthening mutual understanding, sharing experience and project cooperation. We view this cooperation as long-term and strategically important for both parties," shared SPbPU First Vice-Rector Vitaly Sergeev.

"Cooperation with the Polytechnic University is an important stage in the implementation of our ambitious goals. I am confident that live interaction with the engineering and scientific community of SPbPU will become a solid foundation for further development," said Ilya Vinogradov, head of the regional branch of the Young Industrialists Club in St. Petersburg, co-founder of ZD Vision Distribution, and a Polytechnic University graduate.

The guests visited the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport, including the laboratory of lightweight materials and structures and the laboratory of "Design of materials and additive manufacturing". The delegates also inspected the site of the research laboratory "Laser and additive technologies" (NRL "LiAT" IMMiT).

During the tour, the polytechnicians paid special attention to technological solutions in the field of additive manufacturing and laser welding, which are actively developing at the university.

"We see the club not just as partners, but as allies in the implementation of advanced technological solutions in the real sector of the economy. Such cooperation is a resource that strengthens both sides," emphasized Mikhail Kuznetsov, head of the Research Laboratory "LiAT" of IMMiT.

At the end of the visit, the parties discussed areas of future cooperation, including the implementation of joint projects and the integration of scientific solutions into business practice.

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The third episode of the video digest "Polytech in Priority" is dedicated to the key scientific and technological direction "Artificial Intelligence for Solving Cross-Industry Problems". Its host was the chief designer of KNTN-3, Vice-Rector for Research at SPbPU Yuri Fomin.

In the episode, Yuri Fomin talked about what tasks are solved with the help of AI and in what areas the Polytechnic teams work. Yuri Fomin presented the latest data on the progress of five projects included in the KNTN-3 and shared plans for the future. The projects cover various areas of activity: the transport sector, pharmacology, enterprise management and other areas.

The video digest series was created by the Office of Technology Leadership of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University to provide information on key scientific and technical areas (KNTA) and projects supported by the Priority 2030 program. Thanks to this, employees and interested people receive comprehensive information on the program areas, funded projects and their implementation.

The hosts are the project managers and chief developers. The first episode was hosted by Head of the Office of Technological Leadership Oleg Rozhdestvensky, second – Head of the Project and Research School "Digital Engineering" SPbPU Alexey Borovkov.

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