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The awards ceremony, dedicated to Russian Science Day, took place at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The event focused on scientists, graduate students, young researchers, and media representatives who advance the Polytechnic's scientific agenda and strengthen its position as a leading scientific and technological center.

Yuri Fomin, SPbPU Vice-Rector for Research, opened the ceremony. He addressed the university's scientific community, noting the Polytechnic University's contribution to the development of engineering, energy, digital technologies, biomedicine, and humanities research, and emphasized the role of university research in addressing the country's priority issues: "We are proud of our scientists. They are at the forefront of commercializing the results of intellectual activity and publishing. This is important not only for us, but also for our country. I believe scientists are a rather creative profession. And what you create brings us ever closer to the technological leadership we often talk about."

The first category is "SPbPU Scientist 2025 – Leader in Intellectual Activity." It recognizes those whose research leads in patents and electronic certificates and delivers significant results in technology transfer.

Alexander Semencha, Head of the Applied Chemistry Department at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Transport; Viktor Belko, Director of the Institute of Power Engineering's Higher School of High-Voltage Power Engineering; Alexander Timin, Professor at the Higher School of Biomedical Systems and Technologies and Head of the Laboratory of Nano- and Microencapsulation of Biologically Active Substances at the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology; and Irina Anikina, Associate Professor at the Institute of Power Engineering's Higher School of Nuclear and Thermal Energy.

The "SPbPU Scientist 2025 — Leader of the Scientific Competition Movement" nomination recognized young scientists who demonstrated the greatest activity and effectiveness in competitions, grants, and scholarship programs in 2025, submitted a record number of applications, and achieved a significant number of victories.

Natalia Morozova, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Biotechnology and Food Production and Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology at the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology. Kapiton Pospelov, Assistant at the Higher School of Project Activity and Industrial Innovation and Junior Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Digital Modeling of Industrial Systems at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Transport. Ekaterina Mushenko, Senior Lecturer at the Higher School of International Relations at the Humanities Institute. Konstantin Semenov, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Computer Technology and Information Systems at the Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity.

The "SPbPU Scientist 2025 — Scientific Conference Organizer" nomination was presented to the directors of institutes whose scientific events in 2025 were distinguished by their scale, high-quality organization, and contribution to the development of the university's scientific schools.

Vladimir Shchepinin, Director of the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade; Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Civil Engineering Institute; and Dmitry Zegzhda, Director of the Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity.

A special section of the ceremony was dedicated to media science. The "Polytechnic University Scientific Media Leader 2025" category recognized the scientists who provided the most expert commentary to federal media outlets in 2025, representing the academic community and fostering trust in scientific knowledge.

Alexey Fadeyev, Professor at the Graduate School of Industrial Management at the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade; Andrey Dakhnovich, Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Cybersecurity at the Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity; and Ilya Kobykhno, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Advanced Digital Technologies at the Advanced Engineering School "Digital Engineering."

A key part of the program included a presentation on the activities of the SPbPU Student Scientific Society and an announcement of the foresight session "Strategic Development of the SPbPU Student Scientific Society to 2030." The SSS team presented actual performance indicators for the grant from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science. Key KPIs for student engagement in research and the development of student science were significantly higher than the targets set in the application. The SSS serves as a link between recognized scientific schools and student initiatives. It creates a space for young researchers to develop their first projects, collaborate, and contribute to the university's scientific agenda.

The awards ceremony also included the announcement of the results of the "SPbPU Postgraduate Student of the Year" graduate student portfolio competition. The competition aims to support the most active young researchers and promote the results of their research. In 2025, 61 graduate students from nine university institutes participated. Among the winners were representatives from six institutes. Particular attention was paid to the role of academic supervisors: a graduate student's success is seen as the result of collaborative work with their academic school and mentor.

In the field of natural and exact sciences, the following were awarded:

Ksenia Velmozhina, scientific supervisor — Natalia Politaeva; Daniil Provodin, scientific supervisor — Vadim Davydov; Anastasia Rakovskaya, scientific supervisor — Ekaterina Pchitskaya; Polina Shinkevich, scientific supervisor — Natalia Politaeva.

In the field of technical sciences:

Ekaterina Volokitina, scientific supervisor — Nikolai Razumov; Yesenia Elina, scientific supervisor — Dmitry Efanov; Kapiton Pospelov, scientific supervisor — Alexey Gintsyak; Vladislav Chernyavsky, scientific supervisor — Maxim Maksimov.

In the field of humanities and social sciences:

Victor Kukel, scientific supervisor – Grigory Tulchinsky; Alexey Melnik, scientific supervisor – Alexander Babkin; Pavel Mikhailov, scientific supervisor – Alexander Babkin; Arina Polyakova, scientific supervisor – Sergey Kulik.

The final section of the ceremony was dedicated to those who make Polytechnic's scientific achievements visible to a wider audience.

The "Polytechnic University 2025 Scientific Agenda Leader" category recognized university employees developing scientific communications.

Marianna Dyakova, Head of the SPbPU Public Relations Department. Evgeny Pleshachkov, Head of the Media Relations Department. Alina Melnikova, Leading Public Relations Specialist of the Special Projects Department of the SPbPU Public Relations Department.

The "Media Partner of the Scientific Polytechnic University 2025" nomination recognized media representatives who consistently covered the university's scientific and innovative projects throughout the year.

Yulia Strelets, special correspondent for the news department of the St. Petersburg regional information center of TASS. Anna Kazantseva, editorial producer for "MESh na Moika." Daria Pinchuk, strategic producer for the "City Agency for Television and Radio Broadcasting."

Technology transfer leaders, conference organizers, competition winners, graduate students and their supervisors, and teams that translate the language of science into the language of society collectively shape the contours of the Polytechnic University's scientific ecosystem. It's a vibrant environment in which early student projects and postgraduate research develop into major interdisciplinary centers, new opportunities for technological and social development, and long-term partnerships with industry and the media.

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Two SPbPU institutes—the Institute of Civil Engineering and the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade—have launched a joint professional retraining program, "Manager in Strategic and Project Management."

The opening ceremony was attended by Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies; Olga Kalinina, Director of the Higher School of Industrial Management at IPMEiT; Ksenia Strelets, Director of the Center for Continuing Professional Programs at the Institute of Strategic Studies; Maxim Terekh, Deputy Director for Academic and Methodological Work at the Institute of Strategic Studies; Svetlana Pupentsova, Head of the Educational Program and Associate Professor at the Higher School of Management at IPMEiT; Tatyana Kharlamova, Lecturer in the Program and Professor at the Higher School of Management at IPMEiT; and Ekaterina Fedorova, Deputy Director for Continuing Professional Education at the Higher School of Management at IPMEiT and Associate Professor at the Higher School of Management at IPMEiT.

Welcoming remarks were given by the Director of the Institute of Social Sciences, Marina Petrochenko, and the Director of the Higher School of Management, Institute of Mathematics, Economics and Telecommunications, Olga Kalinina.

The modern construction industry needs not just managers, but engineer-managers—specialists who deeply understand construction technologies and simultaneously possess strategic and project management competencies. The professional retraining program "Manager in Strategic and Project Management" combines the solid engineering training of ISI master's students with modern management practices, developing personnel capable of leading investment and construction projects and determining the direction of the industry's development, noted Marina Petrochenko.

By studying this program, students gain comprehensive knowledge of the organizational, economic, and technological issues necessary for effective management in the construction industry. This is a truly excellent opportunity to obtain a second qualification for career development in construction, combining their primary and secondary studies," emphasized Olga Kalinina.

The "Manager in Strategic and Project Management" program is based on the professional standard "Manager of a Construction Organization" and was created specifically for master's students at the Civil Engineering Institute in the following areas: "Information Modeling of Urban Development Projects," "Digital Construction of Buildings and Structures," "Urban Construction and Infrastructure," "Organization and Management of Investment and Construction Projects," and "Roads, Bridges, and Transport Tunnels."

The main goal of the program is to train highly qualified specialists for organizational, managerial, and analytical work in the investment and construction sectors. The duration of study is one year. Upon successful completion of the program, master's students receive a diploma of professional retraining.

For our university, a strategic goal is to design and implement continuing education programs that are in demand in the marketplace and offer real practical value in terms of content and delivery. In this case, we have created an original educational product, created by two institutions, to develop comprehensive competencies in students, says Dmitry Tikhonov, Vice Rector for Continuing and Pre-University Education.

Following the program's grand opening, Tatyana Kharlamova, a professor at the Graduate School of Industrial Management, conducted the first lesson for students in the "Strategic Enterprise Management" module.

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An extraordinary conference of the Russian Student Sports Union was held in Moscow. Fifty-two delegates from 49 regions of the country gathered in the Executive Committee of the Russian Olympic Committee. Officials summarized the organization's work and outlined its future direction.

Andrey Stukalov, President of the NSFL and First Vice President of the RSSS, was elected as the conference chair. Alexey Moiseyev, Advisor to the President of the NSFL, was elected as the chair of the counting commission.

Member of the RSSS Control and Audit Commission Alexey Moiseyev presented a report for 2025.

Key decisions of the conference

The organization's new charter was approved. Sergei Kryukov was unanimously re-elected as the union's leader (the position is now officially called "Chairman of the RSSU"). The union's executive committee bureau was elected, and the new executive committee's 37-member composition was approved.

The approved candidates include the heads of the country's leading sports universities. Among them is Valery Sushchenko, Director of the Institute of Physical Education, Sports, and Tourism at SPbPU.

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The French writer was born in the port city of Nantes on February 8, 1828. From childhood, he dreamed of travel and ships, and at 11, he even landed a job as a cabin boy on a three-deck ship, but never went to sea. He later wrote, "I must have been born a sailor, and now I regret every day that a naval career was not my lot from childhood."

Despite this, his father insisted on a legal career, and in 1848, he sent his son to Paris to study law. Jules rejected his father's entreaties to practice law after completing his studies. He finally decided to devote himself exclusively to writing and frequently attended literary salons, where he once met Alexandre Dumas. Thanks to his friendship with his son, Verne completed his play "Broken Straws," and thanks to Alexandre's intercession, it was staged on June 12, 1850, at the Théâtre Historique.

Verne's passion for adventure continued to live in his heart and found its way into his works. His first wave of popularity came with the novella "Five Weeks in a Balloon." Thanks not only to his personal experience but also to his incredibly rich imagination, he wrote 65 science fiction and adventure novels over the years.

Which ones should everyone read:

Children of Captain Grant The Mysterious Island The Fifteen-Year-Old Captain Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Journey to the Center of the Earth Around the World in 80 Days

Jules Verne's novels are unique works that have become classics of world literature. They have been adapted into films, television series, and animated films (A Trip to the Moon, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, In Search of Captain Grant, The Incredible Journeys of Jules Verne: César Cascabel, and others). Since the mid-19th century, his novels have been continuously translated and are now available in 150 languages. This makes him the second most translated writer in the world, behind only Agatha Christie and ahead of William Shakespeare himself.

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The renowned scientist was born on February 8, 1834, in Tobolsk, the 17th child in his family. After graduating from the city gymnasium, he decided to follow in his father's footsteps and enroll in the Main Pedagogical Institute, in the natural sciences department of the Physics and Mathematics Department, in St. Petersburg. His year of admission was not an acceptable one, so his mother, Maria Dmitrievna, petitioned the ministry to make an exception for her son, and an exception was granted.

The beginning of the scientific path

Studying at the institute was a privilege, which was reflected in the admission requirements, the curriculum, and funding:

Students were recruited every two years in small numbers. They were accepted on state support. The education was strong and focused on the development of individual abilities. A physics lab, a chemistry lab, and a library were located near the classrooms, which saved the students time and energy.

His first major research project was his dissertation, "Isomorphism in Connection with Other Relationships of Crystal Form with Differences in Composition." He wrote it under the supervision of Professor Alexander Voskresensky upon graduation from the institute. Mendeleev graduated in 1855 with a gold medal, defended his master's thesis in 1856, and in 1865, his doctoral dissertation, "On the Combination of Alcohol with Water." At the time, such an academic degree and professorial title were typically awarded to those approaching 40 years of age, after many years of service, but Mendeleev was only 33 at the time. This achievement was a true milestone in the world of science! He also began working as a privatdozent at St. Petersburg University, but also taught at other institutions of higher education.

Discoveries and achievements

Dmitry Ivanovich made his greatest discoveries, which revolutionized science, in the fields of chemistry and physics:

In 1869, he created the periodic table of chemical elements, which became the basis for atomic-molecular theory. In 1861, he published the first Russian textbook on organic chemistry. In the 1870s and 1874s, he studied gas elasticity and proposed a new derivation of the generalized equation of state of an ideal gas (the Clapeyron-Mendeleev equation). In the 1870s and 1880s, he researched metrology and refined the laws of atmospheric pressure dependence on altitude. He developed a precise theory of scales, proposing improved designs for the beam and arrester. Under his leadership, the pound and arshin standards were updated from 1893 to 1898, and Russian measures were compared with English and metric ones.

Mendeleev considered it "harmful" for a professor to simply teach his course. He should not only be actively engaged in scientific work but also be able to apply it. Therefore, he sought to make a practical contribution himself:

In the 1860s, he developed a technology for producing machine oils. In 1888, the scientist inspected coal deposits in the Donets Basin and drew up a plan for clearing the Don. He wrote a major work with an overview of Russian industry, which became an economic encyclopedia of Russia at that time. He worked in the scientific and technical laboratory of the Naval Ministry, developing a technology for the production of smokeless gunpowder. He edited sections of the famous Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary that were close to him, and wrote dozens of articles for it himself. At the age of 65, Mendeleev led an expedition to the Urals, which spent several months studying how to stimulate the industrial development of the region.

Dmitri Mendeleev was one of the most outstanding scientists of his time. This physical chemist's discoveries had a significant impact on the development of science and demonstrated how brilliant ideas can change our understanding of the world. His legacy lives on in every laboratory where research is conducted.

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