More than 50 student projects on engineering and IT topics, as well as the development of youth laboratories created under the Priority 2030 program, were presented at Novosibirsk State Technical University on March 6 as part of the annual Start to Success exhibition.
The event, designed to promote engineering and IT creativity among young people, is dedicated to the results of the project activities of university students over the previous year within the framework of the discipline "Fundamentals of Design Activity", the university’s acceleration program, and the work of members of the design bureau. In 2025, the youth laboratories of NSTU-NETI, created within the framework of the "Priority 2030" program of the national project "Youth and Children", joined the exhibitors.
"One of the key components of engineering education at NSTU-NETI is the close relationship between fundamental university education and the early involvement of students in project activities. We increase the motivation of students to perform real project tasks, the quality of the product result of project activities and its implementation in the real sector of the economy. The project activity was introduced at our university in 2019, and today we have managed to create an optimal scientific and educational ecosystem. Its effectiveness is confirmed both by the growing number of participants in the exhibition of student projects every year and by the quality of the works presented," said Vasily Yanpolsky, the first projector of NSTU-NETI, during the opening of the exhibition.
The traditional leaders in the number of submitted projects are engineering developments. Among them is a solar lamp with a wind generator: students of NSTU-NETI combined a solar—powered street lamp with a wind generator, resulting in a design that will be equally useful in urban conditions and in suburban areas.
The development at the junction of engineering and IT is a unique sports cardiograph by Yaroslav Skorobogatov, a second—year student at the Faculty of Aircraft. The sports cardiograph differs from numerous analogs in the presence of three contacts and a Bluetooth 4.0 module, which allows you to transmit a signal from the heart in real time, which means it provides accurate monitoring of the body's work during training.
The teams of the youth laboratories of the Priority 2030 program showed their developments. The laboratory of Modular Biopolymer Production Technologies presented samples demonstrating the stages of chitosan production from "local" raw materials—crustaceans living in the Siberian Federal District. several developments were presented by the Reverse Engineering Laboratory in Mechanical Engineering: from an ultralight anatomical eyeglass frame to a vibrating platform for polishing biological bodies. The Youth Laboratory of Unmanned Aircraft Systems presented an aircraft-type UAV for vertical takeoff and landing.
Students can implement projects with the potential for commercialization as startups by participating in national competitions, as well as defend their final qualifying work in the "Startup as Diploma" format. In addition, students have the opportunity to implement projects as part of student design bureaus, as well as youth laboratories of the Priority 2030 program.
Representatives of the Government of the Novosibirsk Region, Vadim Vasiliev, Minister of Science and Innovation Policy of the Novosibirsk Region, and Elena Proforuk, Head of the Cluster Development Center of the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications of the Novosibirsk Region, got acquainted with the inventions of the students of NSTU-NETI.
Vadim Vasiliev highly appreciated the importance of the initiatives of the engineering university in training personnel for the technological sovereignty of the country.
"NSTU-NETI demonstrates a good example of the integration of education, science and the real sector of the economy. The projects that we have seen today are not just student works, but ready—made solutions for industry, construction, agricultural technologies, and other fields. We have a system of support for student startups in our region: technology transfer centers at universities, accelerators, an Academic Park business incubator,and grants for the creation of youth laboratories. The Novosibirsk Regional Innovation Foundation coordinates, among other things, youth innovations in the region, where you can always turn for help," the minister noted.
According to Sergey Tsukar, Minister of Digital Development and Communications of the Novosibirsk Region, the training of IT specialists is one of the priorities of the national project "Data Economics and Digital Transformation of the State". NSTU-NETI is one of the key regional universities that train personnel for the information technology industry. Together with IT companies, the university has opened digital departments and laboratories where novice specialists gain practical skills, engage in project activities and create ready-made solutions for market demand.
With the help of another engineering development, the terminal created at the Center for Student Project Activities, the visitors of the exhibition were able to vote for the projects they liked for their ingenuity, novelty of approach and non—standard solutions.
According to the voting results, the winners of the third annual exhibition of student projects of NSTU-NETI "Start to Success" were:
In the "Engineering Projects nomination"
1st place—SMART lantern (Vladislav Vashchenko, MTF, Vladimir Evstratov, FLA, Vitaly Lamshina, MTF)
2nd place—videonavigator (Alexander Avramenko, Vladimir Narytnev, Ivan Khomyakov, REF)
3rd place—voting terminal (Dmitry Shelepov, CSPD)
In the "IT projects" nomination:
1st place—NETI FOOD (Alisa Plotnikova, Nikita Ermakov, Alexandra Kunichan, Anastasia Myshkina, Vladislav Sizikov, Dmitry Shirinov, AUTF)
2nd place—Home NETI extension for Your NETI (Ivan Lysov, Andrey Zolotukhin, Alexandra Sibert, Vitaly Sukhomlinov, Dorzhi Dorzhiev, Sofya Buki, AUTF)
3rd place—7th building quest (Andrey Goncharov, MTF, Ksenia Niklyaeva, AUTF, Artem Nikolaev, FENG, Laima Novikova, FGO, Nikita Porokh, FB, Alexander Kravtsov, AUTF, Alexey Chekannikov, REF)
In the nomination "Youth Laboratories":
1st place — "Neuropsychological developments"
2nd place — "Technologies of modular production of biopolymers"
3rd place — "Reverse Engineering and Prototyping"