Synthesis of Research and Modern Technologies: Innovation Development Center was opened at IFNTUOG

"Register an idea! Come! Create" - the slogan of the Innovation Development Center, which was opened today at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Tecnhical University of Oil and Gas as a part of the project 2SOFT/1.2/86 «Ro-Ua Trans-Border Academic Development for Research and Innovation».

The Innovation Development Center is a modern training and fabrication laboratory, which is created on the principle of Fab Lab, where everyone has the opportunity to implement in material their own developments. The objective of the Center is to develop the competencies of researches and students, unite enterprising and technically creative minds, provide opportunities for developments in teams, promote higher technical education as well as the fabrication of samples and model sets by interested innovative entrepreneurs. The cost of the equipment is over 100 000 €. 

A manager of the project 2SOFT/1.2/86 «Ro-Ua Trans-Border Academic Development for Research and Innovation», head of the Department of Engineering and Computer Graphics, professor Lesia Shkitsa told about the uniqueness of the created structural unit of the university: “This is training and fabrication laboratory, which consists of two zones. The first one is a co-working zone, where we have a training laboratory, modern design tools, 3D scanner, several 3D printers, computer equipment, an interactive board, etc. Another zone is a fabrication with real equipment: small and large mills (gantry, 3 AX), millturn machine (diameter length up to 300-1400mm), laser engravers-cutters (CO2) workbenches, equipped with with manual and electric tools; pneumatic kit (for painting and not only), cutting plotter, etc.. This is the uniqueness of the Center - all the necessary modern equipment for implementation your own ideas and projects is in one place!”.

The establishment of such a Center expands the opportunities especially for engineering students. “Our department trains specialists in the field of mechanical engineering. The opening of this Innovation Center greatly expands our opportunities. Here are all the technologies used in real production”, - told the head of the Department of Computerized Engineering, professor Vitalii Panchuk.

The representatives of the university administration, directors of the institutes, members of the project team 2SOFT/1.2/86 «Ro-Ua Trans-Border Academic Development for Research and Innovation», teachers, students, residents attended the opening ceremony.