Maria Ovsiannikova

Junior Innovator / Startup & Additive Manufacturing

Trainee engineer at the Science Park of Additive Technologies Sikorsky Challenge, student at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, founder and participant of startup projects created at the Science Park.

Works at the intersection of engineering, entrepreneurship and innovation, turning ideas into prototypes and her own technological solutions.

Expertise

  • developing startup projects in additive technologies
  • 3D modeling and prototyping
  • participation in creating innovative products
  • working in interdisciplinary teams

Practical Role

  • develops her own innovative products and startup solutions
  • participates in prototyping and testing products
  • involved in implementing the Park’s engineering and R&D projects

Impact

  • developing an entrepreneurial culture among students
  • creating startups on the university infrastructure
  • forming new innovative products
  • integrating young people into real technological ecosystems

Approach

  • Works within the logic: idea → prototype → startup → scaling
  • Shapes a new type of engineer that is one, who not only creates solutions but turns them into their own products and businesses.