The president of Ukraine (1994 – 2005) Leonid Kuchma awarded the winners of innovative projects «Sikorsky Challenge 2015» festival with the diplomas of laureate of “Ukraine” President Fund and rewards in December, 24.
President Fund of Leonid Kuchma is one of the sponsors of the festival. Thus, among other nominations of this large-scale celebration of science and technology is the nomination “The winner of President Fund of “Ukraine” festival. This year its prize winners were awarded with the diplomas and rewards in amount of 12 thousand UAH.
Rector of NTUU “KPI”, academician of Ukrainian NAS, Mychailo Zgurovskyi; director of Institute of postgraduate education of NTUU “KPI”, Inna Maliukova; the manager of Kalinin Innovation Fund, who is one of the investors of «Sikorsky Challenge» festival, Volodymyr Hnat and others were invited to the awarding ceremony.
But obviously the main people presented at the ceremony were the prize winners of the festival, who Leonid Kuchma awarded diplomas and rewards with. They were:
- student of NTUU “KPI” Mychailo Litovchenko – the author of “Wave desalinization power unit”. This unit may provide residents of islands and coastal regions (almost 70 %) with an access to cheap energy and desalted water due to the application of renewable energy sources. Its payback period is no more than 2 years. The technology allows disusing diesel-generators as well not damaging the environment and even preventing from waves shores destruction;
- student of KPI Oleksandr Mahniov – the author of the “A robot for examination of radiated and polluted water areas” project. His development allows to research potential sources of contaminated water fast, cheaply and precisely. Because of this robot, one may create the maps of water areas contamination, and the research process itself will last a few hundred times faster rather than with the help of traditional way;
- school student of Kyiv school №37 Marta Chychylova and the student of Kyiv college of local economies Tygran Sogoian presented their development under the name Üniversal system for osteosynthesis”. The project idea is to develop and expand «Vosys-Optima» system that allows curing animal fractures. The system is unique; it almost has no drawbacks that its prototypes have.
- student of National aviation university, Anton Holovachenko – the author of “Universal robotic farm” project. Such a farm may be created at any area regardless climate conditions. It may be self-powered and practically doesn’t need human activity, but for the human controller who monitors equipment functioning form special center. Because of this, vegetables, water, power and labour costs will be reduced dramatically;
- school student of Rivne educational complex “Collegium”, Andrii Pylypckuk – the author of “Device for repairing erosive destructions of human’s skin” project. This medical development may make the lives of construction workers easier since one of their occupational diseases is hand skin erosion. Most of these people live at countryside and to get the medical maintenance they need to go to the regional center that creates some inconveniences. The device developed by Andrii is quite easy to use and may be found at reasonable price; it may be also used both at village medical institutions and without any professional help as well.