The Youth Climate Innovation Hackathon was held in Kyiv on August 28–29. Representatives of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic were invited to participate by the Kyiv School of Energy Policy (KSEP).

At the initiative of the head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Devices Petr Andrienko and the assistant professor of this department, Olga Nemykina, two teams were organized to participate in the Hackathon.

The first team is master’s students of electrical engineering faculties of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University and National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”. Team composition: Artem Anulich (E-414m), Nikita Shevchenko (E-414m), Ihor Beznoshchenko (E-414ma), Ilya Babanin (E-815m), Anton Pankov (NTU “KhPI”). Young researchers took the 3rd prize place.

The second team is undergraduate students of the Faculty of Information Security and Electronic Communications of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University and the Institute of Computer Modeling of Applied Physics and Mathematics of Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute of NTU. Team composition: Vyacheslav Trokhymenko (BK-313sp), Danylo Pletin (BK-913), Iryna Kulyk (SN-114), Oleksandra Nemykina (NTU “KhPI”). The team took 4th place and won the Audience Award.

Participants spent two rich days with benefit: researching the challenges associated with climate change: the processes of Ukraine’s decarbonization and its sustainable reconstruction. They worked out practical ways to solve them using renewable and alternative energy sources. The teams represented various regions of Ukraine, so they were able to explore as many problematic aspects as possible by applying interdisciplinary approaches.

Coordinated work, support from mentors, openness to new ideas are the main sources of inspiration for young researchers, and networking with young leaders, the opportunity to present work to a professional jury and quality feedback from experts are just the beginning, because thanks to a comprehensive approach, participants will be able to further develop their projects and ideas.

Thank you for the excellent organization: provided comfortable living conditions, delicious food, and also created a comfortable atmosphere for productive work.

Organizers: Youth Climate Innovation Hackathon — German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) with the support of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH within the framework of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) and co-financed by the European Union.

And already on September 2, the rector of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University Victor Greshta met with the students who participated in the Hackathon. They presented their work and took part in the discussion of its individual aspects, which can potentially be implemented on the basis of the university. The rector supported the participants in their endeavors and emphasized the need for further expansion of participation in research work, in particular, invited to continue developing the topic of research in graduate school.

We congratulate the teams on their achievements and wish them new achievements! We are proud of you!