From 23 to 26 September 2024, the Ukrainian delegation from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute took part in the Advanced Research Workshop «Energy infrastructure resilience in response to war and other hazards» within the framework of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, which took place at the Ignacy Łukasiewicz Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland. The main goal of the Workshop is to unite international efforts to develop effective approaches to protecting and restoring energy infrastructure, especially in emergency situations caused by war, terrorist attacks, natural disasters or cyber threats. The Ukrainian delegation consisted of scientists from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (Oksana Vovk, Natalia Zuievska, Liubov Shaidetska, Olena Borychenko, Anatolii Cherniavskyi, Olena Yarmoliuk, Vitalii Opryshko, Viktor Gurieiev, Olga Demydenko), NTU Dnipro Polytechnic (Yurii Papaika), and representatives of the State Labour Service of Ukraine.

On March 15, 2024, the general director of Schneider Electric Ukraine, Mykhailo Bubnov, held an open meeting and talked with students of KPI on topics related not only to specialization and industry, but also to issues of concern to young people in general:
• How can a student start his professional career?
• Can a senior student work in our company?
• What salary can a beginner expect?
• What skills and what approach will help to achieve success?

According to Mykhailo, the main factor of a successful start is interest in work. If there is interest, then there will be development, professional and financial growth. Every year, 10 students from various educational institutions and specialties undergo internships at Schneider Electric Ukraine. Such cooperation is mutually beneficial, as the students get practical knowledge, and we get a fresh perspective and ideas.

Students of our department at both the bachelor's and master's level, including under the educational and scientific program "Energy management, power supply and engineering of electrotechnical complexes" took part in this meeting.

We would like to note the feedback from the participant "It is very nice that in such difficult times for our country, such companies as Schneider Eclectic help our students become qualified specialists in their field. At the meeting with the general director Mykhailo Bubnov, a lot was discussed: cooperation with students and the department, the realized future after our Victory, as well as technical issues related to green energy, which are more relevant than ever. "I hope that this is not the last, but the first meeting for a new step in Ukrainian energy. Sincerely, Polina Pugach", a student of the OH-11 group.

DiXi Group invites students to a unique educational workshop:

- how the electricity market functions in Ukraine;

- the role of state authorities in the energy sector;

- which data are available and which are "closed" due to the war;

- how to get data from managers that are not published;

- the difference between machine-readable and non-machine-readable data;

- life hacks for working with data in Excel

Date: February 21, 2024

Time: 16:00 Workshop information and registration https://dixigroup.org/announcement/21-lyutogo-energy-map-workshop-dlya-studentiv/

An open lecture will be held on January 4, 2024 at 10:25 a.m.:

"The UN Global Compact in Ukraine: promoting sustainable development and responsible business".

Lecturer: Vitalii OPRYSHKO, Ph.D., Head of the Ukrainian Energy Initiative of the UN General Assembly in Ukraine.

 
 The lecture will be held online

Participation in the lecture via the link:

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5269826625?pwd=T21UeTRsL3h0OHI1Zmx5bG4rZVdBQT09

Conference ID: 526 982 6625

Access code: 0NUvBv

As part of the Energy Efficiency Week 2023, on December 13, the Forum of Energy Managers was held, which was attended by the winners of the "Energy Management and Energy-Efficient Technologies" educational program.
Applicants had the opportunity to hear a discussion of the current state of implementation of energy management and energy monitoring at the level of communities and government organizations, as well as consider the experience of implementing energy management and energy monitoring on the example of three communities and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

The applicants managed to join a professional platform where energy managers exchanged information, experience and best practices in the field of energy management.
At the forum, there was an interesting survey "Energy management in communities: what hinders and what is missing?" and 45% of respondents noted that there is a lack of specialists. Therefore, we actively continue to train the professional community of future energy managers together with SE IEE - Department of Power Supply.

On December 8, 2023, students of the 3rd and 4th years of the SE IEE studying under the SPP "Energy Management and Energy Efficient Technologies" visited the laboratory of the Department of Building Physics and Energy Efficiency of the State Enterprise "Research Institute of Building Structures", with which KPI has a cooperation agreement. SE NDIBK not only has modern equipment for researching the properties of building materials and structures, but also takes a leading role in Ukraine in creating national standards, implementing energy efficiency programs in the building stock, and applying energy efficient technologies in construction. In addition, SE NDIBK develops typical projects of thermal modernization of mass-produced buildings in Ukraine, as well as executed unique projects for the restoration of buildings damaged as a result of the military aggression of the Russian Federation.
The class on the topic "Investigation of thermophysical and acoustic properties of enclosing structures" for students of groups ОН-01 and ОНп11 was held as part of the study of the discipline "Energy efficiency and energy certification of buildings". Such classes have been held for energy management students on a regular basis for many years in a row. Acting Head of the Department of Building Physics and Energy Efficiency Andrii Mykhailovych Postolenko and junior researcher of the department Dmytro Vyacheslavovich Bida conducted the classes.
A. M. Postolenko introduced modern technologies in construction and research methods of building and thermal insulation materials. The specialist explained how for standard structural elements (a wall with a balcony block) studies of resistance to climatic influences and deformations are carried out, resistance to wind load is determined and other thermal characteristics are determined. He showed laboratory stands where such characteristics of materials as heat transfer resistance, frost resistance, steam, water, air permeability, etc. are determined. The students were particularly interested in a special chamber where efficient operation is predicted: the structure or material is exposed to radiation as an imitation of solar insolation, humidification as an imitation of rain, freezing to -30°C and heating to +60°C as an imitation of the external environment for 60 cycles.
D.V. Bida talked about special cameras for studying the acoustic properties of structures and assessing the influence of external and internal noise sources. The students got acquainted with the means of soundproofing, sound absorption, and also visited an anechoic chamber, where there is practically no sound reflection.
Such classes improve the interest of students, the perception of the material and the level of future specialists. Such scientific experiments can also be carried out within the framework of master's theses, which increases the level of research works of the university.
 
Figure 1 – Students-energy managers of SE IEE on an excursion
 
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Figure 2 – Study of the properties of building materials
a) a chamber for testing materials for the period of effective operation
b) installation for testing enclosing structures for air and water permeability, wind and static loads