Tag: National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”

Andrii Shysholin, Vice-Rector for International Relations, (pictured left) represented the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute at the meeting of CESAER’s Task Force Sustainable Funding, hosted by the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) on March 26-27.

It is with great enthusiasm that he contributed to activities of this international association of leading specialised and comprehensive universities with a strong science and technology profile. Engaging in meaningful discussions about securing sustainable funding for higher education, and innovative financial strategies for universities is crucial to ensuring higher education’s resilience and global competitiveness.

Kyiv Polytechnic is committed to enhancing international collaboration, optimising funding mechanisms, and driving impactful projects. The insightful discussions at the meeting will undoubtedly strengthen university’s strategic international initiatives.

Special thanks are due to the CESAER team and WUT hosts for their warm hospitality and excellent organisation. The Kyiv Polytechnic’s International Collaboration Department eagerly anticipates further dialogue and the formation of new partnerships.

During his time in Poland, Andrii Shysholin also met with Ukrainian students studying at Polish universities, who have undertaken the “European Ukraine” initiative. This organisation works flat out to support, unite, and facilitate the social integration of Ukrainian students in Poland.

This meeting addressed key challenges faced by Ukrainian students abroad, including adaptation to the academic environment, career opportunities, preserving national identity, and fostering cooperation between universities in Ukraine and Poland. Participants in the meeting also outlined prospects for collaboration between “European Ukraine” and Kyiv Polytechnic’s student organisations. The Vice-Rector strongly believes that joining efforts will improve communication, advance new joint initiatives, and expand opportunities for students both in Ukraine and abroad.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute remains open to cooperation and is committed to supporting initiatives that contribute to the international development of Ukrainian youth.

With rating points of 49,000, the dcua team of the Technical Information Security educational and research laboratory at Ukraine’s Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) took first place in the Space Heroes CTF competition. Led by Mykola Ilyin, an Associate Professor at the KPI Department of Information Security, who serves as both the head of the laboratory and the team’s coach, dcua comprises 10 adept members.

Space Heroes CTF was hosted by the Florida Institute of Technology in conjunction with Hack Space Con 2024, a cybersecurity conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A total of 614 teams from around the globe entered the competition, which unfolded in mid April.

During this annual online cybersecurity competition, challenges included all levels of difficulty, ranging from beginner to expert, for pwn, re, crypto, web, and forensics. This year’s event also included prizes for the top in-person competitors, as the organizers held it in coordination with Hack Space Con 2024.

More information:

https://ctftime.org/event/2254/

The International Festival of Engineering Science and Technology, I-FEST² 2024, took place in Mahdia, Tunisia, on March 22-28. This year the event featured more than 500 scientific and engineering projects hailing from nearly 40 countries, competing across eight categories.

Notably, Anhelina Dromova, a student at the Faculty of Radio Engineering of Ukraine’s Igor Sikorksy Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI), won a silver award for her research on satellite television signals and ways of improving the quality of the received signal. Danyil Dorosh, student at the KPI Institute of Physics and Technology, received a bronze award.

I-FEST² is a nine-day festival organized by ATAST, the Tunisian Association for the future of Science and Technology, open to all students between the ages of 14 and 24.

It is worth noting too that Anastasiia Kurulenko, a student at the KPI Polytechnic Lyceum, earned a bronze award at last year’s I-FEST². Kurulenko’s scientific project is a program developed to identify risk groups for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Specifically, the software system is based on 10 most important cardiovascular risk factors. Patients undergoing testing are divided into high, medium, and low risk groups. The user who conducts the survey gets the pie chart automatically generated by the Kurulenko’s program, which shows the percentage of people in three risk groups.

For the KPI, knowledge epitomizes power. It is the university of innovative ideas and promising projects. KPI students’ achievements continue to infuse zest and optimism in spite of Russia’s heinous aggression against Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Peace Council and the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) are expanding their horizons and starting to cooperate in a prosthetics and rehabilitation project with Northwell Health, the U.S. largest healthcare provider within New York state. The meeting, which took place at KPI on the initiative of Volodymyr Yurchenko, head of the Ukrainian Peace Council’s youth wing, was also attended by representatives from several NGOs that constantly support Ukraine.

Mykhailo Zgurovsky, Head of the Ukrainian Peace Council and KPI Rector, thanked the guests for their invaluable assistance extended to Ukraine, which is estimated at dozens of ambulances for our army and millions of dollars.

Briefly highlighting KPI’s achievements over its 125-year history, he pointed out that the University, the Ukrainian Peace Council, and the Environmental Safety Council also provide comprehensive assistance to the Ukrainian army.

During the meeting, special attention was paid to the Center for Prosthetics and Rehabilitation, which is being established at KPI. Vitaliy Pasichnyk, KPI Vice-Rector for Science, presented the concept of this project, which is carried out in cooperation with several partners, including KPI, the Sikorsky Challenge Innovation Holding, Kolo Charitable Foundation, Bez Obmenzhen (No Limits) Center, and the U+ Center. The project’s mission is to improve the quality of life of people affected by war and other events that led to amputations.

Vitaliy Pasichnyk outlined five main tasks: first, scaling up the range of cutting-edge prosthetic technologies to meet the needs of more people; second, creating a new Ukrainian product in the field of biotechnology that will be competitive on the global market; third, physical and psychological rehabilitation of persons injured in the war; fourth, developing and adopting best practices and standards of training prosthetists and rehabilitators; fifth, creating and developing a system of acquiring new professions and skills for people with disabilities.

The presentation was followed by a discussion about potential areas of cooperation. Todd Goldstein, who is in charge of 3D design and innovation at Northwell Health, promised to share his experience of using digital technologies and crafting new, biocompatible materials for prostheses. In addition, he proposed to involve research teams from Northwell Health’s partner universities in cooperation with the Ukrainian Center for Prosthetics and Rehabilitation.

Eric Cioe-Pena, Vice President of the Center for Global Health at Northwell Health, emphasized their organization’s principle of cooperation and partnership. He commended the well-thought-out concept of the Ukrainian center, especially in terms of the partnership between science and industry. Mr. Cioe-Pena assured that Northwell Health would share its experience of making prostheses. The participants in the meeting concurred that exchanging ideas and information on a professional level would benefit everyone. In particular, Mykhailo Zgurovsky proposed sending detailed information on the solutions and approaches applied at the Center for Prosthetics and Rehabilitation to the American colleagues, who, in turn, would provide their vision and proposals for further cooperation.

The meeting participants also agreed to cooperate in future humanitarian projects initiated by the Ukrainian Peace Council and the Environmental Safety Council.