OREANDA-NEWS. Experts selected 15 semifinalists in the All-Russian Nanotechnology Engineering Competition organized by the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs (FIEP RUSNANO). The jury commended the projects of students and postgraduates in medicine, PV, 3D-printing, thin film technology and composite materials.
Semifinal will take place on October 28 as a part of the Open Innovations Forum.

The nanotechnology engineering competition is held for the first time this year. It is the part of the All-Russian Engineering Competition organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation under the order of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. The acceptance of applications started on September 7. In total, the experts received the applications from students and postgraduates that study at 29 universities and live in 21 regions of the Russian Federation. Members of the expert board selected projects in absentia, talked to the candidates via video conferencing, and then selected 15 semifinalists.

In semifinal that will take place during the Open Innovations Forum, the participants shall make a presentation of their projects before the jury by themselves, and tell about commercialization perspectives of their inventions. In order to prepare the participants for the presentation, the competition management has carried out a series of master classes in praesentia and open webinars for them.

The semifinalists of the All-Russian Nanotechnology Engineering Competition represent 10 cities of Russia: Saransk, Voronezh, Yaroslavl, Dolgoprudny, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Penza, Samara, Saint Petersburg and Moscow.

The potential finalists are

Alyona Bogatyryova, a postgraduate from Saransk (the Ogarev Mordovia State University). Ms. Bogatyryova is developing a technology for industrial production of bacterial cellulose.

Svyatoslav Gusev, a postgraduate from Saint Petersburg (ITMO University). Mr. Gusev introduces a concept of a non-invasive glucose monitor.

Roman Kireyev, a postgraduate from the Voronezh State Technical University. Mr. Kireyev introduces an electro-pulse plaiting technology in 3D-printing.

Sergey Zakharchenko, a postgraduate from MIPT. Mr. Zakharchenko introduces a multipath acousto-optic system for a high-resolution photolithography.

Artur Ishteyev, a postgraduate from MIS&S. Mr. Ishteyev develops hybrid solar systems in order to generate electrical power using perovskite solar cell.

Darya Lizunkova, a postgraduate from the Samara State University. Ms. Lizunkova works on a technology of highly effective photoconverters based on porosilicon.

Mikhail Galkov, a master’s student at the Novosibirsk State University. Mr. Galkov has developed a new method of using carbon nanotubes in production of LCD displays and solar batteries.

Yelena Pavlova, a postgraduate from MEPhI. Ms. Pavlova studies the peculiarities of creation of multulayer heteroepitaxial structures of wide bandgap semiconductor connections employing a method of impulse laser deposition.

Kseniya Kraynova, a master’s student at the Penza State University. Ms. Kraynova studies and develops pressure transducers based on thin film heterogeneous structures of a nanometric size.

Leonid Mazaletsky, a postgraduate from the Demidov Yaroslavl State University. Mr. Mazaletsky studies the development of thin film electrodes that will provide a basis for anodes in the 4th generation accumulators.

Alaudi Denisultanov, a master’s student at Saint Petersburg (ITMO University). Mr. Denisultanov has developed a concept of a graphene terahertz laser for the purposes of diagnostics and therapy of oncology diseases.

Stepan Lisovsky, a postgraduate from MIPT. Mr. Lisovsky introduced a project of a UV antibacterial cathodoluminescent lamp based on nanomaterials.

Nikita Toropkov, a master’s student at the Tomsk Polytechnic University. Mr. Toropkov studies hydroxyapatite synthesis and develops a technology of its application in composite materials creation.

Mariya Bolotova, a postgraduate from the D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (Moscow). Ms. Bolotova introduced a project on the development of nanomodified PAN precursor for carbon fibers.

Andrey Zaglubotsky, a master’s student from Saint Petersburg (ITMO University). Mr. Zaglubotsky is an author of a composite material invention based on silicon oxide nanofibers with metal binding material minimizing friction force that affects elements of gas turbines.

On October 28, the semifinalists will answer the questions of jury and make brief presentations of their inventions on the platform of Open Innovations Forum. Such a format will give them an opportunity to try a role of a technology businessman and introduce their innovative projects to potential investors represented by the directors of FIEP RUSNANO nanocenters.

Six participants will reach the final to be held on November 25 at Troitsk nanocenter. Three winners will be decided during the selection in praesentia. The winners will get a two-week opportunity to do fieldwork at the nanocenters, use the local equipment to check the research results, and consult with leading experts in their area.

The expert board of the All-Russian Nanotechnology Engineering Competition consists of engineers, scientists, heads of hi-tech companies, directors of nanocenters.