Startup School: final presentations of students’ projects
On March 25, the final presentations of projects by students of the Startup School from the Children’s and Youth Scientific University «Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic» took place, which was launched for the first time this year to prepare young businessmen and businesswomen to participate in the traditional competition from our university «STARTUP with Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic».
The finalists were congratulated by Rector Viktor Greshta and Director of DYUNU Olena Nazarova. They wished the students that their ideas would turn into successful startups that would benefit society and bring profit to the owners.
The participants presented their business ideas to the esteemed jury:
- Serhiy Ilchenko — Acting Head of the District Administration of the Zaporizhzhia City Council for the Khortytskyi District, Deputy of the Zaporizhzhia City Council
- Oleh Nalyvaiko — Head of the Youth Affairs Department of JSC Motor Sich
- Valeria Butkevych — Acting Head of the Laboratory of the Center for Testing and Certification of Products of the Zaporizhstal Plant
- Andriy Kuts — Vice President of the Zaporizhzhia Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Anastasiia Zerkal — Director of the Education for Business and Career Training Center of the Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University
- Andriy Karpenko — Director of the Zaporizhzhia cluster «Engineering – Automation – Mechanical Engineering»
- Snizhana Vychuzhanina — Head of the Department of Scientific Work of Students of the National University «Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic University»
Directors and teachers of gymnasiums, lyceums, colleges, extracurricular institutions, student government leaders, parents, and friends came to support the finalists.
All projects were awarded certificates in certain categories, souvenirs from Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic University and JSC Motor Sich.
The jury recommended submitting the best projects to the general competition «STARTUP with Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic University»:
1st place — Tymofii Tatarchuk and Olexandr Abramkin: project «Project ReSource» — computer strategy game — Zaporizhzhia Academic Lyceum «Perspektiva»
2nd place — Mark Kovalenko (Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 89) and Grigoriy Botvinov (Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 71): project «FitHome — AI-platform of personalized training»
3rd place — Zakhar Litvinenko (Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 100): project «AirSunBoost – a device for managing excess energy in solar power plants»; he was also awarded a separate gift from JSC «Motor Sich» for a prototype of the device, which is already operating in test mode at a Ternopil enterprise
4th place — Kira Bezverkha (Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 106) — a project about designer embroidered shirts «Wyshy&Forma»
The winners received their first financial reward from Serhiy Ilchenko.
Also among our participants:
- Mariia Nikolaenkova (Zaporizhzhia Vocational College of Computer Technologies) — project «Innovative Windows»
- Karina Ilyushenko (Zaporizhzhia Academic Lyceum No. 23) — SkillUp AI project
- Stefania Khyzhnyak, Darya Drebuschak, Kyrylo Maryshov, Iryna Zvenyhorodska (Zaporizhzhia Gymnasium No. 107) — project «ECO Delivery — ecological delivery of the future»
- Artem Perederii (Energodar Gymnasium No. 1) — MolodBank project
- Olexandra Shpak (ZPO «Kommunarsky District Center for Youth and Schoolchildren») – project «Coworking MAUB.EDUCATION»
- Olexandr Geyets (ZPO «Kommunarsky District Center for Youth and Schoolchildren») — a project of the telegram store «METROBUS»
- Mykhailo Planteev (ZPO «Kommunarsky District Center for Youth and Schoolchildren») — project «Forgotten Incident: Rework Studio»
- Emma Tiomkina (Zaporizhzhia Electrotechnical Vocational College) — graphic design website project «GraphicEasy»
- Yegor Petrenko (Zaporizhzhia Regional Center for Scientific and Technical Creativity of Student Youth «Grani») — project «Personal Growth on the Example of Yegor Petrenko»
Thank you for your activity to all participants! You are incredible! Follow the announcements and join the new projects of the Children’s and Youth Scientific University!
The winners received their first financial reward from Serhiy Ilchenko.
Thank you for your activity to all participants! You are incredible. Follow the announcements and join the new projects of the Children’s and Youth Scientific University!
