Youth Science Project Contest at SUITT: New Horizons for Innovation
On the occasion of World Science Day, the State University of Intellectual Technologies and Communications (SUITT) held the second Science Skills Booster SUITT - 2025 contest for youth scientific and technical creativity.
The event featured individual participants as well as teams, conducted in a mixed format — both in-person and online. The preliminary stage took place throughout May, with the finals on May 17.
The best projects were presented by students from Odesa Lyceums No. 49, 62, 72, 121, 122, "Marinsky", and students from the Vocational College of Communication and Informatization at SUITT.
Participants showcased a variety of projects, including computer games, alternative messengers, innovative devices, and technical solutions for education. Among the standout projects was the «Safe Home» system, an intelligent solar panel with automatic orientation, and a power supply made from household items capable of functioning during blackouts.
The winners of the Science Skills Booster SUITT - 2025 contest are:
Grand Prix of the contest (a prize of 8,000 UAH from the general sponsor - the Ukrainian ISOC branch) was awarded to the «LUX» team from Odesa Lyceum No. 62 for their innovative smart solar panel project.
1st place went to the project «ProtoFlex – a utility for assigning individual VPN connections to specific applications» (author - Anatoliy Lakarenko, 11th-grade student of Odesa Lyceum "Marinsky", scientific supervisors - informatics teachers Iryna Buz and Olena Lohina).
2nd place was shared by the project «Pinger – a messenger for secure communication and data transfer» (author - Mikhail Fasolya, 8th-grade student of Odesa Lyceum “Marinsky”, scientific supervisors - informatics teachers Iryna Buz and Olena Lohina) and the development of an «Interactive platform for programming education using docker containerization» (author - Bohdan Popravka, 9th-grade student of Odesa Lyceum No. 72, scientific supervisor - informatics teacher Olena Kravchuk). The winners received monetary prizes from SUITT.
«Today we have once again confirmed that our youth have a clear vision for the future, are ready to work for the prosperity of the country, and amaze us with innovative ideas,» summed up Yuri Kargapolov, chairman of the Ukrainian ISOC branch.
