27 schoolchildren from 7 cities of Russia became participants of the Summer Project School of the Center for Children's Scientific and Engineering Creativity of the Andrey Melnichenko Foundation "UniqUe". The center, operating at the Kuzbass State Technical University (participant of the REC "Kuzbass"), has become a platform for the final full-time stage of a unique project.
During the month, students of grades 6-10 (pupils of the "UnikUm" centers from diverse regions) each worked in their own city to solve a common technical problem – the creation of a working layout of a thermal power plant. Mentors of young roboticists, programmers, mechanics and physicists were experienced teachers of the Central Research Institute of KuzSTU "UnikUm", specialized departments of leading Russian technical universities. In addition, excursions to the energy facilities of the Siberian Generating Company (industrial partner of the REC "Kuzbass") were conducted for schoolchildren.
Now the young authors of the project met in Kemerovo. They completed the assembly of the current layout and put it into operation, using a specially developed computer program. The digital twin not only fully simulates the working processes of a thermal power plant, calculates the "behavior" of aggregates in the process of converting coal and water into thermal and electrical energy, but also provides an opportunity for making important engineering and technological decisions: introducing innovations, optimizing by adjusting the parameters of equipment operation.
– In the process of solving the engineering problem, the participants of the Summer Design School of the "UniqUe" Centers immersed themselves in scientific research, acquired modern competencies (digitalization of production processes, 3D modeling, printing and processing of 3D models on laser machines and printers, analysis of production processes in order to optimize and introduce innovations), - said Tatiana Mamzina, head of the Center for Children's Scientific and Engineering Creativity at KuzSTU "UniqUe".
At the end of the shift, the project participants will receive certificates of completion of the educational course. The acquired skills will help students to solve new project tasks.
