Best Graduate of the Year
At the awards ceremony honouring this year’s best graduates of St. Petersburg universities, held on June 30 at the Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering was represented by Ilya Gilyov, a graduate of the Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Municipal Services.
SPbGASU best graduate 2021
“Despite the pandemic, a holiday is a holiday. You are great, you are wonderful, you are the pride of our big city! Out of so many graduates, only 60 are here today. I have three wishes for you: take care of yourself and your loved ones; do not be afraid of anything, because everything belongs to the young, they turn the wheels of this world. And the third thing: we will be glad if you decide to stay and work in St. Petersburg. But if you move and get employed in other places, you will be ambassadors of our city and your universities,” said Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Knyaginin, PhD.
“You will remember this day for the rest of your life. Wherever you work in the future, you will remember in what setting, in what historical place you received your diplomas. Almost all rectors of St. Petersburg universities are present here today. And, of course, each of us would like to be in your place, to remember the time when we ourselves just graduated and had everything ahead of us. I wish you good luck, we are sincerely happy for you!" Chairman of the University Rectors’ Council of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Rector of Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design Aleksey Demidov, DSc, greeted the graduates.
It took a lot of hard work for Ilya to earn the honorary title of the SPbGASU best graduate. As a second-year student, he took part in the university competition in building physics and became its winner. Afterwards, he won bronze at the All-Russian Olympiad in the same subject. The next year, Ilya again won the University Olympiad.
During his studies, Ilya Gilyov showed great interest in studying BIM technologies. He was one of the participants in the BIM on Ice championship, after which he was invited to work at ‘Bureau ESG’, where he created information models for polyclinic buildings. Ilya acquired additional competencies after completing advanced training courses in BIM Management and Autodesk.
“I work as a design engineer at ‘TSN Project’, which designs and installs electrical and mechanical systems in public, industrial and residential buildings. My responsibilities include designing heating systems. SPbGASU gave me a lot, having taught me how to search for the necessary information and instilling confidence that I can complete a project of any complexity on time. I would like to thank my teachers, especially Viktor Yakovlev, Elena Biryuzova, Inna Sukhanova and Yuri Polnikov. They provided me with the necessary knowledge and competencies,” Ilya said.
✔ The best graduates received letters of thanks from the Governor of St. Petersburg and bronze statuettes of the Sphinx symbolizing wisdom, intelligence and strength of character. The ceremony ended with a midday cannon shot from the Naryshkin bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Text: Tatyana Petrova
Photo: Sergey Klishis
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