SPbGASU contest
On 20 March, as part of the SPbGASU Career Day, the Nanosoft company held a contest on mastering practical skills in the nanoCAD platform. The prize fund of the contest was 120,000 rubles: 70,000 for first place, 30,000 for second, 20,000 for third. Specialists from the Center for Student Entrepreneurship and Career participated in organizing the competition.
The nanoCAD platform is a set of solutions with a wide range of applications: from developing a simple drawing to industrial use in a large design organization. The contestants had to create a drawing of a building floor in 45 minutes.
As Marina Malyutina, the SPbGASU Vice-Rector for Youth Policy, reported, the competition was held for the second time. Students used the knowledge they had gained at the university in real cases.
Oleg Egorychev, the director of programs for the development of interaction with educational organizations "Nanosoft Development", is sure: this is not so much a test of knowledge as training in solving real problems. In life, everything is much faster than during studies. The places were distributed as follows:
- 10th place – Karina Voronina (third-year bachelor's student, Faculty of Civil Engineering);
- 9th place – Kamala Nazruloeva (third-year bachcelor's student, Faculty of Civil Engineering);
- 8th place – Dmitry Boretsky (fourth-year bachelor's student, Faculty of Civil Engineering);
- 7th place – Diana Ershova (third-year bachelor's student, Faculty of Civil Engineering);
- 6th place – Daria Kuznetsova (second-year bachelor's student, Faculty of Civil Engineering);
- 5th place – Alena Belkova (third-year specialist's student, Faculty of Civil Engineering);
- 4th place – Timur Mistryukov (second-year bachelor's student, Faculty of Civil Engineering).
3rd place was awarded to Polina Oblitseva (fourth year bachelor's student, Faculty of Civil Engineering).
"It was an interesting experience, I would like to participate in something like this again and again. I liked the task from the speakers and the limited time, which showed how well the participant knew the program. The skills of working in AutoCad came in handy. I run my own business in the Kaliningrad region. I am an individual entrepreneur and have my own architectural studio. I opened my small business with the regional grants for business development received. Thanks to the organizers for the competition and for the opportunity to try something new!" - said Polina.
2nd place went to Sofia Filchenko (third year bachelor's student in the Faculty of Architecture). "The competition is a great opportunity to demonstrate your nanoCAD skills and gain new experience. This year, we had to draw a building plan using the most basic tools. Speed was the deciding factor. I am very happy that I was able to take second place. As for the internship, I am open to new opportunities and am considering different options. I am sure that this could be a great step for my professional growth," Sofia noted.
1st place was taken by Nina Gagulina (third-year bachelor's student in the Faculty of Civil Engineering). Nina took part in the Career Day competition last year and took the third prize. In addition, she took part in another Nanosoft competition - "CAD-perspective 2024", where she took first place in the nomination "Internal water supply and sewerage of public and industrial buildings and structures". This year she decided to take part because for three years of study, all coursework for the entire period of study was done in nanoCAD programs.
Oleg Egorychev, Nina Gagulina, Marina Malyutina "I was confident about myself, as I had studied the platform's functionality in detail and understood how to speed up work in it. This year, the task was to transfer a large-scale civil building plan in 45 minutes. It was possible to use the Wall, Window, Door and Column tools. The tight deadlines simulated a standard situation in life, when you are working under a deadline, and customers are nervous and demand that the project be sent as soon as possible," Nina shared.
In the future, Nina plans to do an internship at the company. "Many students are skeptical about domestically produced programs, although I believe that nanoCAD is more than suitable for Russian engineering standards. The platform has all the necessary functions for the fast and high-quality implementation of goals in construction and architectural companies. I would like Russian companies to switch to domestic software not only because of the measures taken by the government to strengthen cybersecurity, but also because the functionality of the platform from Nanosoft is really very extensive and continues to actively develop every year," she believes.
"The practice of holding the competition will be continued, we are waiting for you at this competition in a year. Nanosoft will improve its software products, make them even more convenient, comfortable and capacious in terms of the tasks to be solved," said Oleg Egorychev.
