Graduates

Behind are the years of study, ahead is professional everyday life of specialists with higher education. Graduates of the SPbGASU Institute of Part-Time Studies were awarded diplomas in a solemn ceremony. This year, the Institute graduated 392 bachelors, 43 specialists and 140 masters who completed extramural and intra-extramural modes of study. Two bachelors and 44 masters received diplomas with honors.

Elena Aleksandrova, director of the SPbGASU Institute of Part-Time Studies, Ekaterina Enikeeva, deputy director of the IPTS, and Yulia Yakovleva, 1 category specialist, at the graduation ceremony

“The graduates received the document on higher education from one of the oldest technical universities in Russia, which occupies the top lines in a number of rankings. Within the walls of our university you can continue your professional education, improve your qualifications at the Institute for Continuing Education, and undergo retraining. Students of the extramural and intra-extramural modes of study deserve special respect because they have to combine their studies with their main activity. But they are interested in professional development, improving their professional competencies, so I wish them career growth,” said Elena Aleksandrova, director of the Institute of Part-Time Studies.

The IPTS recognized the authors of the best final qualifying works. Among them is the holder of a diploma with honors, a graduate of the Department of Heat, Gas Supply and Ventilation, Aleksey Volchenkov. “Aleksey developed the project “Heating of a residential building in St Petersburg”, using modern calculation programs and presenting a detailed analysis of the parameters of the internal microclimate that correspond to the normal well-being of people,” explained the scientific supervisor, associate professor, PhD of Engineering Sciences Kirill Sukhanov.

The design developed in his FQW  by a graduate of the Department of Transport Maintenance, Marcel Nurtdinov, has already been evaluated in practice. He developed a project for a passenger car tire fitting section as part of the EuroAuto service station, located in St Petersburg. As explained by his scientific supervisor, head of the department, PhD of Engineering Sciences, Igor Chernyaev, the author, completed a project on the basis of the enterprise where he works and solved a specific production problem. “There is data prooving the successful implementation of the results of work in the activities of the enterprise,” Igor Chernyaev specified​.

Among the best is the work by Artyom Prokopenko, a graduate of the Department of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Constructions. He developed a project for a multi-storey residential building made of monolithic reinforced concrete in St Petersburg.

“The author of the project was involved in the development of the architectural part, as well as the calculation and analysis of the results of the calculation of the building model in the SCAD software package. Technological and organizational problems related to calendar planning of the construction process were solved,” explained the scientific supervisor, associate professor, PhD of Engineering Sciences Vladimir Popov.

The subject of the FQW by a graduate of the Department of Roads, Bridges and Tunnels, Elena Andryushchenkova, is “Improving the technology for the production of asphalt concrete mixtures at an asphalt concrete plant.”

Elena's scientific supervisor, senior lecturer, PhD of Engineering Sciences, Nikolai Kozak noted that this topic is relevant and significant both theoretically and practically. According to him, this work covered the research to improve the properties of bitumen by regulating its structural and rheological characteristics through the use of various modifying additives and the introduction of dry additives into the asphalt concrete mixture.

“The author gave recommendations for improving the technology for the production of asphalt concrete mixtures at an asphalt concrete plant using dry input modifiers and identified the prospects for further development of the research topic in the field of modifying asphalt concrete mixtures towards its practical application on roads,” explained Nikolai Kozak.

A graduate of the Department of Construction Technology, Anastasia Utkina (scientific supervisor, Professor Andrey Egorov), in her work “Construction of a residential building using additive technology,” proposed the use of 3D printers for laying concrete mixtures without formwork when constructing the walls of a building.

A graduate of the Department of Land Transport and Technological Machines, Aleksandr Smirnov, in his FQW, developed an engine design with the system for changing the compression ratio to increase the performance and efficiency of its operation.

“The results of this final qualifying work are of practical significance and play an important role in the operation of land transport and technological machines. The results obtained made it possible to increase labor productivity, reduce other costs for both repair and maintenance of LTTM, which is confirmed by calculations of technical and economic indicators and economic efficiency indicators performed in the work. The commission noted the FQW as one of the best and recommended its author to enter graduate school,” said the supervisor, head of the department, DSc in Engineering, Elena Kurakina.