Engineering Festival at Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 59
On June 15, the Children’s and Youth Scientific University of NU «Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic» took part in the Engineering Festival – 2026, which took place at Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 59 and brought together students, teachers, scientists and partners to popularize engineering education, develop technical creativity of youth and form interest in modern technologies and scientific research.
Our university presented two interactive locations — «3D Workshop» and «Science or Magic.»
The location «3D Workshop» was prepared by Serhiy Tanchenko, senior lecturer of the Department of Metal-Cutting Machine Tools and Tools, Mykhailo Frolov, head of the same department, and Dmytro Kozak, senior lecturer of the Department of Machine Parts and Lifting and Transport Mechanisms. The location «3D Workshop» was a workshop of modern technologies, where festival participants made an exciting journey into the world of three-dimensional modeling. Students got acquainted with the principles of operation of a 3D scanner, learned how digital 3D models are created and how they are embodied in physical objects using a 3D printer. Schoolchildren worked with elements of a specialized designer, developed by teachers themselves using 3D modeling and printing technologies. Thus, they developed spatial thinking, engineering imagination, and design skills.
At the «Science or Magic» location, senior laboratory assistant of the Industry 4.0 center Denys Kalinichenko, dean of the electrical engineering faculty Mykola Antonov, and associate professor of the department of electric drive and automation of industrial installations Olena Nazarova opened up the fascinating world of physics to schoolchildren through interactive demonstrations and experiments. Schoolchildren immersed themselves in the world of physics, electricity, and electrical engineering through vivid interactive experiments and practical experiments. They observed amazing manifestations of electrical and magnetic phenomena, investigated the properties of light and electromagnetic waves, and also learned how the principles of information transmission using electrical signals and Morse code work. Demonstrations of the conversion of electrical energy into mechanical, light, and heat energy helped them understand the operation of many modern devices. Through practical tasks and logic games, students were convinced that physics and electricity are the basis of most of the technologies that surround us in everyday life, and that complex scientific laws can be fascinating, understandable, and extremely interesting.
At the festival’s interactive locations, participants learned about electrical engineering, robotics, computer technology, and STEM fields, participated in creative locations, created airplane models, 3D pen crafts, and participated in scientific experiments.
Thank you to the organizers, partners and all participants of the festival for their cooperation and support!
