Graduates from the Power Engineering Department ranked among the best in the Generation of the Future – 2026 competition

Five graduates from the Power Engineering Department reached the final of the All-Russian competition for final-year projects and diploma research, Generation of the Future – 2026. At the end of the competition, P. Rakhvalova, a master's graduate from KSTU, took third place.

Generation of the Future is a competition aimed at identifying and supporting talented graduates from energy and technical universities. The Inter RAO Group, Kazan State Power Engineering University and the Reliable Shift Charitable Foundation organise it. The competition offers young professionals the opportunity to present the results of their research to leading experts in the energy sector, receive professional feedback on their work and establish contacts with potential employers.

In 2026, the competition attracted around 300 final-year projects from 46 specialist universities across Russia. Following several stages of expert selection, the authors of the 20 best projects – 10 undergraduate and 10 postgraduate students – received the right to present their research at the in-person final.

The university was represented in the finals by bachelor's graduates V. Luchkin, A. Surnin, and K. Pshenichny—now master's students at the Power Engineering Department—as well as master's graduates P. Rakhvalova and A. Lyashenko.

The in-person final took place in Moscow as part of Youth Day at the Russian Energy Week – 2026 International Forum. The participants presented their projects to a panel of experts, comprising representatives of the academic community and specialists from energy companies. The assessments focused on the relevance of the research, the technical soundness of the proposed solutions, the depth of analysis, and the potential for practical application of the results.

Following the final round, P. Rakhvalova took third place in the Master’s Students category. She submitted her Master’s thesis, Justification of the Method for Integrating Electric Vehicle Charging Stations into Existing Power Grids, which was completed under the academic supervision of M.S. Kharitonov, Candidate of Engineering Sciences and Associate Professor of the Power Engineering Department. The work aims to justify technical solutions for connecting electric vehicle charging stations to existing electricity grids, taking into account their specific characteristics and the additional grid loads that arise.

We congratulate P. Rakhvalova, her supervisor M.S. Kharitonov and all the competition finalists on representing KSTU so well at this event!