The 5th All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference “Adaptation to Global Changes and Challenges: Resource-Efficient Technologies and Environmental Protection”
took place at Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas.
took place at Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas.The conference served as an important platform for discussing contemporary environmental, technological and resource-related challenges facing Ukraine and the world today. The participants focused on resource-efficient technologies, environmental safety, environmental protection, the rational use of natural resources, as well as scientific approaches that may be useful for Ukraine’s post-war recovery.
Representatives of Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University took part in the conference: Professor Volodymyr Kotsiubynskyi, Head of the Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, and Professor Volodymyra Boichuk from the same department. They presented a report on the use of resources in space
and the prospects of In-Situ Resource Utilisation technologies – an approach that involves using local resources from the Moon
, Mars or other celestial bodies to support future missions.
and the prospects of In-Situ Resource Utilisation technologies – an approach that involves using local resources from the Moon, Mars or other celestial bodies to support future missions.The participation of representatives of Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University took place within the framework of the SPACE READY project, particularly with the aim of disseminating information about modern approaches to preparing students and young researchers for participation in analogue space missions
, developing interdisciplinary education in the field of space technologies, and promoting the topic of using local resources in future space missions.
, developing interdisciplinary education in the field of space technologies, and promoting the topic of using local resources in future space missions.
The presentation emphasised that research into space resources is not detached from terrestrial challenges. On the contrary, closed-loop technologies, waste recycling
, and the production of water
, oxygen
, energy
and construction materials from local raw materials are directly linked to the principles of resource efficiency, sustainable development and environmental safety. Such approaches may be useful not only for future lunar or Martian bases, but also for developing solutions relevant to communities, critical infrastructure and the recovery of Ukraine.
, and the production of water, oxygen, energy and construction materials from local raw materials are directly linked to the principles of resource efficiency, sustainable development and environmental safety. Such approaches may be useful not only for future lunar or Martian bases, but also for developing solutions relevant to communities, critical infrastructure and the recovery of Ukraine.Special attention was paid to the interdisciplinary nature of such research: today, space technologies combine materials science, chemistry, energy, ecology, biotechnology, engineering and digital solutions. For students and young researchers, this opens up new opportunities to participate in international educational and research initiatives, particularly in areas related to analogue space missions, the training of future specialists for the space sector, and the development of European
scientific cooperation
.
scientific cooperation.