Eight students and PhD candidates from NUST MISIS have become winners of the first round of the UMNIK-2026 competition organized by the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE). The participants’ projects cover medicine, advanced materials, additive manufacturing, energy, and intelligent systems. Each winner will receive a
“Applicants’ projects were presented and evaluated at 17 venues, from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Krasnoyarsk and Vladivostok. The winners represent 66 regions — four more than last year. A quarter of them will have the opportunity to implement their developments together with industrial partners, which have prepared technology challenges for competition participants for the first time this year,” Director General of the Foundation Andrey Zhizhin.
NUST MISIS Rector Alevtina Chernikova: “At MISIS University, we create an environment that encourages scientific exploration: from their first years of study, our students become immersed in the fascinating world of research together with leading scientists. The university actively supports student scientific societies, design bureaus, and project offices. We also pay special attention to technology entrepreneurship, helping young people develop the skills and competencies needed to launch their own startups and create high-tech production based on university research. I congratulate the UMNIK grant competition winners and wish them continued success!”
The following projects will receive grant support:
“Development and study of a magnetically controlled antimicrobial system based on hollow iron-nickel-copper microspheres to prevent periprosthetic infections and post-implantation complications.” Author — Irina Rysak, fourth-year student at College of New Materials.
“Development of a search-and-rescue unmanned aerial system for detecting people in hard-to-reach areas using computer vision and autonomous navigation.” Author — Maksim Karpenko, fourth-year student at College of Computer Sciences.
“Development of a technology for producing small-diameter bars from two-phase titanium alloy ingots using radial-shear rolling.” Author — Anna Khakimova, research project engineer at the Department of Metal Forming and master’s student at College of Technologies.
“Development of an additive manufacturing technology for extrusion tooling with integrated cooling channels of complex geometry.” Author — Mikhail Gilvitinov, master’s student at College of Materials Science, Additive and Scalable Technologies.
“Development of high-entropy oxide catalysts for biogas enrichment.” Author — Kseniya Kokina, research laboratory assistant at the “Inorganic Nanomaterials” Research Center and PhD student at College of New Materials.
“Development of a magnetically controlled module for removing kidney stone fragments.” Author — Danil Abramov, master’s student at College of Materials Science, Additive and Scalable Technologies.
“Development of a technology for producing rare-earth-free hard magnetic materials based on the Mn—Al system using additive manufacturing.” Author — Konstantin Nechaev, research project engineer at the Department of Physical Materials Science and PhD student at College of New Materials.
“Development of a non-magnetic corrosion-resistant β-titanium elinvar material for elastic sensing elements of accelerometers operating under extreme conditions.” Author — Alexandra Baranova, PhD student at College of Technologies.
Congratulations to the winners!
