The Final part of the innovative ideas competition "Startup-UzhNU: Innovations for the Future!" was held

For the seventh time, Uzhhorod National University has successfully held a startup competition in which the most ambitious and inventive students, postgraduates and young scientists under 35 years of age present their projects and compete for victory. This year, the competition of innovative ideas was held under the title "Startup-UzhNU: Innovations for the Future!". The final stage was reached by 10 projects created by representatives of the Faculties of Dentistry, Medicine, Economics, Physics, Mathematics and Digital Technologies, Health and Physical Education, Tourism and International Communications, Postgraduate Education and Pre-University Training.

Professional representatives of business, government, education, and science gathered to evaluate the projects: Deputy Mayor of Uzhhorod Ivan Zavydniak, Head of the Tourism and Resorts Department of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration Marianna Gotra, Director of the Social Protection Department Olha Travina, Regional Sales Manager for Corporate Solutions at Kyivstar PJSC Mykhailo Malyuk, Director of the Transcarpathian Branch of the Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Andrii Vartsaba, Director of Fresh Plants LLC Artem Bilak, Head of the Department of Fruit and Vegetable Growing and Viticulture, Head of the Training Centre, and Head of the Department of Economics and Business Development.

The event was opened by the Vice-Rector of UzhNU Igor Korol: 

"Since 2016, UzhNU has been holding start-up competitions for talented young people.At the qualifying stage, we reviewed 12 projects and selected the strongest ones to reach the final.The aim of the competition is to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurial activity among students and young scientists. It also aims to introduce information, organisational, educational and technical support for students, postgraduates and young scientists at the university who want to implement their innovative ideas in production with the effective use of modern IT technologies, as well as to implement Beyond 5 networks and programmes in various fields that will contribute to Ukraine's economic development in the future."

Andrii Miliuchenko, a fourth-year student of the Faculty of Mathematics and Digital Technologies, was the first to present his project "RestBook". The idea of his project is to develop an application that will include: up-to-date information about restaurants, table reservations, food ordering, payment, reviews of the restaurant and dishes, and most importantly, reducing the interaction between the client and the waiter. 

Stanislav Skorondiak, also a representative of the Faculty of Mathematics and Digital Technologies, presented HealthPatch: Intelligent Medical Patches. These are smart medical patches designed to improve the quality of treatment and provide convenient health monitoring. They contain sensors for collecting important health indicators, a wireless communication module for data transmission, and a built-in data analysis and monitoring system.

Mykola Bilanchuk, a student of the Faculty of Physics, presented his business project, Gas Logger.  Loggers are devices for automatic data recording at a specified frequency. Loggers are used for household safety - monitoring household fuel and carbon monoxide gases, as well as in the military-industrial complex, in the production of air purifiers, air conditioners, ventilation systems, etc.

Ruslana Kryvenkova, a representative of the Faculty of Tourism and International Communications, introduced the start-up idea "Legendary Trails of Zakarpattia".

The uniqueness of the project lies in the student team, which offers support for tourist routes with translation into different languages (English, Spanish, Slovak), adapted to the individual needs and preferences of tourists and sightseers, which will allow the development of individual routes for Ukrainian and foreign tourists.

Myroslav Honcharuk-Khomin, Assistant Professor of Prosthetic Dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry, presented the startup project "Outsourcing Model for the Production of Navigation Templates for Endodontics".The ultimate goal of the project is to establish a production process for the manufacture of navigation templates for endodontic interventions using three-dimensional printing technology at a competitively low price, while ensuring a similar level of clinical validity of the manufactured structures.

The team from the Faculty of Dentistry: Maria Biley, Mariana Sushkova, Mykhailo Nyorba-Bobikov, informed the jury in detail about the features of their project "Digital Approach to Objectifying the Need for Dental Treatment and Planning Future Interventions".The project aims to develop a digital approach using 3D models of oral cavity structures as the main diagnostic information and registering their structural and colour changes, changes in luminescence as markers of the level of oral hygiene, dental pathologies, followed by real-time visualisation of the diagnostic results for the patient, as well as the possibility of creating a concept of aesthetic patient-coordinated dental rehabilitation.

Taras Hriadil, a representative of the Faculty of Postgraduate Education and Pre-University Training, presented his start-up idea "All IoT".The startup is to create a single application for all Internet of Things (LoT) devices.The All IoT app is a unique solution for integrating a variety of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in one easy-to-use platform. This approach provides extreme flexibility and convenience for users.

Finally, Tetiana Spirin and Anastasiia Topcha, students of the Faculty of Health and Physical Education, presented their project.It is the creation of the Comfort City application to disseminate information about the location of installed ramps. 

The aim of the project is to make it easier for people with disabilities to move around the city, to make it possible to visit various medical, educational, and entertainment institutions, and to spread information about the problem and the possibility of solving it.

After a lively discussion and counting the results, the jury announced the winners. 

1st place - Myroslav Honcharuk-Khomin, project "Outsourcing model for the production of navigation templates for endodontics" and Mykola Bilanchuk, project "Gas logger".

2nd place - Ruslana Kryvenkova, project "Legendary Trails of Transcarpathia" and the team of Maria Biley, Mariana Sushkova, Mykhailo Nyorba-Bobikov, project "Digital approach to objectifying the need for dental treatment and planning future interventions".

3rd place - Taras Hriadil, All IoT project, and Tetiana Spirin, Anastasiia Topcha, Comfort city project.

Congratulations to the winners!

 

 

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