On 29 May 1914 (all dates are old style), the second prototype of the Ilya Muromets aircraft, piloted by its chief designer Igor Sikorsky, who recently turned 25 on 25 May, took off for the first time from the Korpusnyi Aerodrom of St. Petersburg. It was much lighter than its predecessor and had more powerful engines.
Our university has also launched educational and awareness-raising events to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the women's movement in Ukraine, with a focus on technology and the scientific achievements of our compatriots.
On 18 October, Professor Yuri Mikhailovich Poplavko turned 90! He was born in Saratov to a civil servant's family, but lost his father early in life, who died in 1939. So in the same year, Yurii and his mother were forced to move to relatives in Leningrad.
In 2023, a comprehensive monitoring of drinking water quality across Ukraine, was conducted at the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, supported by WaterNet, the first All-Ukrainian professional public organization of specialists on water treatment.
In the future, joint actions of the parties will help reduce the shortage of qualified personnel at thermal power plants in the design, automation of processes, and maintenance of uninterrupted heat and power supply to various types of facilities in our country.
Students, teachers, and staff of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute - about eighty people in total - joined the 25th All-Ukrainian radio dictation, which traditionally took place in the KPI library on the eve of the Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language.
Valentyn Anatoliyovych Svidersky was born on October 10, 1949. His childhood and youth passed in the village of Rokytne, Rivne region, where his grandfather and father worked at the local glass factory. So,from childhood he knew about the work of glass workers.
The university will have a comfortable integration environment for various groups and communities, where they can work on the psychological recovery of Ukrainians affected by the war, discuss sensitive topics related to mental health, learn to cope with trauma, and hold educational events.
One of the main issues on the agenda of the meeting of the Academic Council of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, which took place on October 7, was the consideration of the results of this year's admission campaign. The first vice-rector of the university Mykhailo Bezuhlyi made a report on its features and results. We publish the main points of his speech.
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the final of the V All-Ukrainian competition of scientific works with international participation ‘Youth Intellect. Rational Nature Management and Modern Energy Efficient Technologies’, which brings together talented young people around issues of energy efficiency, environmental safety, biosecurity of society and efficient use of energy of the future, sustainable development technologies in general.
