Youth, inspiration, aspiration: Kyiv Polytechnic hosts international conference on innovations in mechanical engineering
The 16th International Scientific and Technical Conference of Young Scientists and Students, Innovations of Youth in Mechanical Engineering, was held in a hybrid format – both in person and online – in the State Polytechnic Museum at the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The event featured a wide range of reports.
The organisers of this forum, the staff of the Kyiv Polytechnic’s Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IME), believe that this conference has established itself as a platform for communication among young scientists. It provided space for discussing topical issues in the area of mechanical engineering and supported participants in developing and applying innovative technologies in the manufacture and operation of modern machinery.
The scientific and technical tasks currently tackled by young mechanical engineers include design, technical calculations, technologies for manufacturing engineering products, testing and operation of parts, and units. Young scientists from Kyiv Polytechnic, Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, Sweden’s Karlstad University, the Kyiv Junior Academy of Sciences, and the Polytechnic and Technical Lyceums affiliated to Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute took part in the sessions. The themes of the sessions speak for themselves: “Dynamics and Strength of Machines,” “Mechanical Engineering Technologies,” “Processes and Equipment for Plastic Forming of Structures in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,” “Machine Design,” and “Engineering of Welding, Laser and Related Technologies.” These themes reflect the broad spectrum of research areas engaging young scientists, students, and high school students alike.
At the plenary session, Prof Vitalii Pasichnyk, Chairman of the IME Academic Council, said: “Kyiv Polytechnic is an institution where education, science and innovation are directed toward the further development of Ukraine as a state. I would like to thank the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the opportunity to host such events at our university, where education and science serve the future – for the sake of our Victory over the enemy.”
IME’s business partners also participated in the conference. These included representatives from such companies as Boeing Ukraine LLC, Progresstech Ukraine LLC, Bureau of Special Technical Engineering Standard.T LLC, 3D Metal Tech, SkyFall, Ukrop, and Zbroyar Group. In their addresses, representatives of machine-building and tech implementation companies encouraged young scientists and students to join them in advancing promising areas within their engineering specialisations.
Among schoolchildren participating in the event were pupils from the Kyiv Junior Academy of Sciences: Oleksandr Bihun, Bohdan Koval, Oleksandr Polinchyk, Maksym Prykhodko, Danylo Shtovbonko, and Yehor Matveiev. The scientific interests of the high school students, who gave presentations at the sessions and received relevant certificates, ranged from the modernisation of a mobile depot, research on the friction properties of ball and roller bearings, a train on magnetic cushions, to a system of adaptive spikes for car wheels, and an advance on a technology for building Metro tunnels.
“This event will contribute to the restoration and revival of engineering education,” stated Ihor Hryshko, Chairman of the Conference Organising Committee and IME Director. “In the presentations delivered by young scientists and schoolchildren, I observed many personalities who will lead Ukrainian engineering to new technological heights.”
Viktor Zadvornov, photograph by the author
