A new youth design bureau has been established at the Monchegorsk Polytechnic College as part of the two-year Engineering Shift project. The initiative is organized by FabLab Monchegorsk and supported by the Kolsky endowment fund, the Monchegorsk Development Agency, and the SPbPU Digital Engineering Advanced Engineering School.
The bureau currently involves 21 first and second-year students. Participants are focused on digital modeling and prototyping to solve industrial tasks, such as manufacturing cable carrier links and designing equipment for washing automotive radiators and industrial heat exchangers.
Starting in November, students will attend bi-weekly training sessions led by college faculty and experts from the SPbPU Digital Engineering School. Specialists from the Kola MMC will provide mentorship, including site visits to production facilities to help students understand equipment requirements.
The bureau also explores the design of electromechanical and robotic models based on the PowerTech methodology from the National Taiwan Normal University. In December, three students and a teacher are scheduled to travel to Taiwan for international competitions with support from Nornickel.
The project will conclude its first phase in April 2027. In May and June, five top-performing students will participate in an internship at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Registration for the program remains open until the end of November.