Published on: 2026-04-22
Source: Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering –
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Andrey Zazykin gives a send-off to the participants
On April 21, at the Automobile and Road Faculty of the Saint Petersburg State Architectural and Construction University, a hackathon “Transport and Logistics” was held, uniting schoolchildren from the Northern capital interested in engineering and transport technologies.
The event was aimed at developing and supporting the creative and technical potential of students, popularizing engineering specialties, and expanding interest in technical education.
Seven schools from Petersburg participated in the hackathon, where transport classes were opened: No. 141, No. 160, No. 331, No. 334, No. 496, No. 509, and No. 625.
After the introductory session with safety instructions, the team moved on to collaborative work on the projects. The conclusion consisted of project presentations in front of the expert jury members. When evaluating the work, pre-project analysis, concept development, modeling, prototype creation, and presentation skills were taken into account.
Engineering and transport-logistics tasks relevant to the road industry were developed for the participants, such as the development of unmanned platforms, design of car-sharing fleets, organization of logistics for transportation and servicing of large events, engineering tasks in construction, special equipment, and automobile manufacturing. Working on such serious and complex projects allowed schoolchildren to try themselves as engineers, logisticians, and designers by performing calculations, modeling, and justifying the decisions made.Each team had mentors – instructors from the automobile and road faculty of SPBGASU.
The expert jury included the dean of the automobile and road faculty, an associate professor of the department of ground transport technology machines, and a candidate of technical sciencesAndrey Zazykine,Head of the Department of Ground Transport and Technological Machines, Associate Professor, Doctor of Technical SciencesElena Kurakina,Associate professor of the Department of Transport Systems and Road-Bridge Construction, Candidate of Technical Sciences, director of LLC “SPbGASU – Dorsservice”, Candidate of Technical SciencesEgor Golov.
Hackathon results
Based on the results of the project defense, winners and prize-winners were determined.
Grand Prixconqueredteam of school No. 160With the project “Proper tuning: development of a rear spoiler or rear wing for Lada Vesta”, the mentor –Igor Chernyaev,head of the department of technical operation of vehicles, associate professor, candidate of technical sciences
1st place:
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team of school № 334With the project “Development of the carsharing electric vehicles operator park project”, the mentor –Pavel Razumov,Assistant of the Department of Technical Operation of Vehicles;
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team of school No. 625with the project “The Way to GarageFest: Igor Drive Logistics,” mentor –Vera Davydova,Assistant of the Department of Transport Systems and Road-Bridge Construction.
2nd place:
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Team of School No. 496With the project “Justification of parameters and technology of crushing stone materials for the construction industry”, the mentor –Dmitry Anisimov,assistant of the department of ground transport-technological machines;
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team of school № 509with the project “Development of effective methods for operating earthmoving and transport machines with the working environment,” mentors –Dmitry AnisimovиIgor Vorozheykin,Associate professor of the Department of Ground Transport-Technological Machines, Ph.D.
3rd place:
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team of school No. 141with the project “Designing an unmanned platform for optimizing internal processes of an industrial enterprise”, mentor –Roman Litvin,Deputy Dean for Scientific Work, Associate Professor of the Department of Ground Transport Engineering Machines, etc.
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team of school № 331With the project “Toys on the Way: Delivery Logistics for ‘Detsky Mir'”, the mentor –Vera Davydova.
Representatives of the automobile and road faculty note that the hackathon became an important stage of interaction between SPbGASU and transport classes of St. Petersburg schools, introducing students to real engineering tasks in the transport and construction industries. The young people gained experience in teamwork, project activities, and public defense of their solutions, as well as the opportunity to get acquainted with the educational environment of SPbGASU.
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