ZNU Students of Biology became winners at All-Ukrainian Competition on “Nature. Human. Production. Environment”
After the results of annual “Nature. Human. Production. Environment” All-Ukrainian Young Rationalizers and Inventors Competition, 2nd year students of Biology (ZNU), majoring in Ecology, Environmental Protection and Rational Management of Natural Resources Anastasia Kobyliatska and Anastasia Skokova became 1st and 3rd winners respectively in the selected areas.
The event was held at the National Environment and Naturalist Centre for School Students, supported by State Agency of Intellectual Property and ‘Ukrainian Institute of Industry Property’ (The Institute). Both of ZNU students are supervised by renowned inventor, Department of Physiology and Civil Defense Assoc. Prof. Grygoriy Chausovskyi. ‘Agronomist hygro-ring’ humidity indicator developed by Anastasia Kobyliatska was recognized as the best invention in the field of Agricultural Research and Investigation. It is a small device resembling a ring, with electrode sensors inside. Touching a grain, vegetables, earth etc. the signals are transmitted on to the detector and vibro-tactile indicator – a device that starts vibrating when humidity level exceeds its limit. The device can be programmed in several modes, depending on agricultural and technical assignments, so it can be applied both in agricultural, technical and economic branches, in particular it will lessen expenses for storing grain or other crops. At present the student is preparing to obtain patent for her invention.
Portable device for water quality spot-evaluation by Anastasia Skokova has also drawn attention of scholarly community and taken 3rd place in the field of Physics. Its essence lies in the following: yeast-based, it evaluates drinking water quality.
Olena Khlistun
