Today, March 20, the closing ceremony of the 15th Republican Scientific and Technical Creativity Competition for Young Students, "TechnoIntellect," took place at the Belarusian National Technical University.
The event was attended by BNTU Rector Sergei Kharitonchik, Georgy Vershina, General Director of the BNTU Polytechnic Science and Technology Park, Natalia Afanasyeva, Director of the Institute for Integrated Forms of Learning and Education Monitoring, Inna Golovach, Head of the Center for Ideological and Educational Work at the Republican Institute of Higher Education, as well as students from schools, gymnasiums, lyceums, colleges, and their chaperones.
This year, students presented their ideas in 12 categories, covering areas such as energy, electronics, ecology, robotics, astronautics, information technology, and others. The projects were defended yesterday, March 19. Innovation, technical literacy, and the ability to defend one's point of view were the main evaluation criteria. And so, when all the points were tallied, the university assembly hall was filled with anticipation for the announcement of the competition results.
Following the results of the national competition, the jury determined the winners and runners-up in the individual competitions. All winners and runners-up were awarded first, second, and third-degree diplomas from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, valuable prizes from the Belarusian National Technical University, and gifts from partners – the Republican Unitary Telecommunications Enterprise Beltelecom, Minsk Automobile Plant, Patio-5th Element, and Slody Confectionery Factory. The competition results are as follows:
Section 1. Technical Design
First-degree diploma – Ekaterina Shapetko (Gomel Region team);
Second-degree diploma – Artemy Karpelenya (Minsk Region team);
Third-degree diploma – Anna Kuznetsova (Grodno Region team);
Section 2. Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Energy-Saving Technologies
First Place Diploma – Maria Tykhnyuk (Brest Region Team);
Second Place Diploma – Nikita Stefanovich (Grodno Region Team);
Third Place Diploma – Maria Nefedova (Vitebsk Region Team);
Section 3. Ecology and Sustainable Nature Management
First Place Diploma – Oleg Oliyarnik (Brest Region Team);
Second Place Diploma – Vitalina Matyushonok (Mogilev Region Team);
Third Place Diploma – Polina Astapenko (Gomel Region Team);
Section 4. Modern and Advanced Materials
First Place Diploma – Nadezhda Bondarenko (Grodno Region Team);
Second Place Diploma – Anastasia Sachishina (Minsk Team);
Third Place Diploma – Alexander Sokolov (Vitebsk Region Team);
Section 5. Robotics, Automation, and Intelligent Systems
First Place Diploma – Artemy Terentyev (Minsk team);
Second Place Diploma – Maksim Ivanchenko (Mogilev Region team);
Third Place Diploma – Maria Burakova (Minsk team);
Section 6. Radio Electronics
First Place Diploma – Yaroslav Moysyuk-Dranko (Brest Region team);
Second Place Diploma – Artem Illarionov (Gomel Region team);
Third Place Diploma – Aleksandr Borovsky (Gomel Region team);
Section 7. Information Systems and Technologies
First Place Diploma – Grigory Kolbanov (Vitebsk Region team);
Second Place Diploma – Viktor Demeshko (Brest Region team);
Third Place Diploma – Daniil Sidorenko (Minsk team);
Section 8. Multimedia Technologies
First Place Diploma – Arseniy Rusetskiy (BNTU Lyceum Team);
Second Place Diploma – Alina Gil (Minsk City Team);
Third Place Diploma – Valentina Pronskaya (Grodno Region Team);
Section 9. Aviation, Astronautics, and Aerospace Engineering
First Place Diploma – Roman Avdeyev (Minsk City Team);
Second Place Diploma – Diana Kabas (Minsk City Team);
Third Place Diploma – Matvey Kubachev (Vitebsk Region Team);
Section 10. Graphics
First Place Diploma – Sofia Lysenok (BNTU Lyceum Team);
Second Place Diploma – Milana Adamovich (Minsk Region Team);
Third Place Diploma – Dmitry Voitovich (Minsk Region Team);
Section 11. Painting
First Place Diploma – Evgeniya Pechenkina (Gomel Region Team);
Second Place Diploma – Karina Zagoryanskaya (Vitebsk Region Team);
Third Place Diploma – Ksenia Sakovich (Brest Region Team);
Section 12. Composition
First Place Diploma – Ulyana Alkhimovich (BNTU Lyceum Team);
Second Place Diploma – Maria Tiunchik (Minsk Region Team);
Third Place Diploma – Polina Novik (Gomel Region Team).
Creative groups from the BNTU Department of Culture also performed for those present during the ceremony. The folk violin ensemble, the "Druzhba" dance ensemble, and soloists from the "Vlyublennaya Dusha" vocal and pop studio added a touch of solemnity to the occasion.
Summing up the competition, Sergey Kharitonchik noted that the participants are at the ideal age for taking their first serious steps in scientific endeavors. According to the rector, supporting talented young people with promising ideas is
