History of technology

June 6 (in the old style - May 25) marks 132 years since the birth of Igor Ivanovych Sikorsky. Today, he does not need additional presentation, it is not necessary to tell the students and staff of Kyiv Polytechnic, which bears his name, who Igor Ivanovych is.

Among the famous graduates, teachers and former students of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, whose memory is immortalized on the territory of the university, there is probably only one, to whom not one, but two monuments have been installed at once.

This fall, our newspaper has already twice (October 15 and November 12) told about the scientific achievements of the Honorary Doctor of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physics Roger Penrose.

Today we want to present you “impossible objects”

The first director of  Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Victor Lvovich Kyrpychov in various directories is briefly described as follows: scientist-mechanic, engineer and teacher, organizer of higher technical education, founder and first director of Kharkiv Technological Institut

Our university carries the name of Igor Sikorsky- the aircraft designer, Ukrainian, well known in the world. Biographers investigated in detail historical facts about his American period of life. But some events in 1889-1918 have free interpretations.

Every year on the third Saturday of September the Ukrainian celebrate the Day of the inventor and innovator. It is greatly connected with our university as ingenuity and innovative activity is an integral part of every engineer's life. It is worth telling that inventions could be different.

The lecture about the history of Kyiv bridges and the role of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in their creation by famous Kyiv historian Valery Lysenko was the ending of December cycle of historical studios ‘Think about it’, organized by NTB of G.

On the 28th of November in Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute a round table, dedicated to the role of Ukrainian enterprises, scientists, engineers of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in space exploration, took place.

On April 25 H. I. Denysenko Scientific and Technical Library held the third meeting within the cycle of historical studies "Think about it", which is devoted to the 120th anniversary of our university. This time it was a question of public transport of Kyiv in XIX - early XX century.