A delegation from the Vienna-based World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS) visited the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute on 16 February 2026. The highlight of the visit was the inauguration of the WINS Test Centre at the university’s Institute of Nuclear and Thermal Energy (INTE).
Scientists of the university organize a number of scientific and practical conferences and seminars. Scientific activities are an important part of a comprehensive, systematic approach to creative learning and intensive scientific research.
Yuriy Yavorsky, Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Materials Science and Heat Treatment (FMTO) at the E.O. Paton Institute of Materials Science and Welding (IMZ), received the Ukrainian Parliament Award for Young Scientists, one of the most prestigious state awards for young scientists.
Yuriy Gogotsi, a member of the supervisory board of Igor Sikorsky KPI and a professor at Drexel University, has become a key figure in the creation of a new generation of stretchable OLED displays. He is one of the discoverers of MXenes, the materials that form the basis of this breakthrough technology, and led a research team from Drexel University in the United States and Seoul National University.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky presented diplomas and honorary badges of the Boris Paton National Prize of Ukraine to scientists of the Department of High-Temperature Materials and Powder Metallurgy of the E.O. Paton Institute for Materials Science and Welding.
A modern space for training a new generation of engineers has been opened on the basis of the Instrument Engineering Faculty (PBF).
📌 Every year, the International Competition of Student Research Papers on Artificial Intelligence brings together young researchers who create innovative solutions and develop new ideas, working with the most advanced areas of AI — from Computer Vision to Natural Language Processing.
Andriy Gubsky, director of the KBIS of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, contributed to
Experts from Igor Sikorsky KPI became speakers and participants in the event “Digitization of Industrial SMEs — Hack & Match,” which took place at Kyiv Polytechnic University.
The winners of the innovative projects competition held as part of the Sikorsky Challenge 2025 festival, which recently took place at KPI, have been announced. They will receive funding to implement their ideas. This is the fourth festival held during the war, so its priorities included a defense forum and projects aimed at protecting the civilian population and critical infrastructure. The authors describe one of the developments that addresses an urgent need: the construction of shelters.
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