The Sikorsky Challenge Additive Technologies Science Park is an integral part of the Sikorsky Challenge innovation ecosystem, which brings together the resources of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, the Sikorsky Challenge Innovation Holding, and the research, engineering, and business communities.
Among the remarkable achievements of Ukrainian researchers, scientists, and engineers working in collaboration with their European colleagues is the recreation of the bell of the Church of the Tithes. Researchers from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute also took part in this project, specifically at a key stage of this international initiative: Serhii Naida, Dean of the Faculty of Electronics, and Mykyta Naida, Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Acoustic and Multimedia Electronic Systems.
♻️ PolyFuel, a project developed at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, took first place among 11 teams participating in the GreenChem Accelerator 2026. The project is a modular automated technology that converts mixed plastic waste into components for aviation and automotive gasoline, produces technical carbon, and can generate additional electricity.
Artem Yushchuk, a graduate of the Educational and Scientific Mechanical Engineering Institute, co-founded a successful Ukrainian manufacturing company with like-minded partners. He is an alumnus of the Formula Student KPI student club, where, under the guidance of Professor Vitalii Pasichnyk, then Head of the Department of Integrated Manufacturing Engineering, students designed and built formula racing cars and competed several times in Formula Student engineering competitions alongside teams from renowned European universities.
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has launched the development of a unique research infrastructure for Ukraine called TRIUMPH (Ukrainian Translational Research Infrastructure for Medicine, Public Health and Innovations). The initiative was launched by the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, which has joined forces with leading research institutions, clinical centers, a pharmaceutical company, and a civil society organization.
📃 Igor Sikorsky Polytechnic Institute presented five startups at INSCIENCE Conference — the largest deep tech popular science conference in Ukraine — in the fields of medtech, digital modeling, and rehabilitation. These are projects where university research is transformed into solutions that work for people.
Kyiv Polytechnic has previously published articles about the technology for treating water contaminated with radionuclides that was developed by a team of researchers from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute during the first weeks following the Chornobyl disaster.
For more than 30 years, the Research and Testing Center "Reliability" has been making a significant contribution to Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute as an important part of the university's research infrastructure. The Center serves as the university's testing and research unit, specializing in the evaluation of the physical and mechanical properties of materials and products, with particular emphasis on their strength and reliability under load.
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.
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.
