One of the most meaningful ways a research project can demonstrate its impact is by reaching beyond the university walls: into schools, into classrooms, and into the minds of young people who will one day shape the future of science. The HELIOS project recently did exactly that.
Nataliia Kuzyk, Assistant at the Department of Electronic Engineering (Institute of Computer Technologies, Automation and Metrology, Lviv Polytechnic National University) and Early Stage Researcher within the HELIOS project, was invited as a guest speaker to the natural sciences conference of Lviv Academic Gymnasium (LAG) – one of the oldest and most prestigious gymnasiums in Ukraine, located on the premises of Lviv Polytechnic National University.
About Lviv Academic Gymnasium
Lviv Academic Gymnasium (Львівська академічна гімназія при НУ «Львівська політехніка») was established in 1784 by decree of Emperor Joseph II as part of the Lviv University. It is the oldest gymnasium with Ukrainian as the language of instruction, and one of the oldest educational institutions in all of Ukraine. Situated on Stepana Bandery Street, 14, directly adjacent to the main building of Lviv Polytechnic, it has a long-standing tradition of academic excellence and close ties with the university’s research community. Each year, the gymnasium organises a series of student scientific conferences across various disciplines, where pupils present their research and engage with invited experts.
The Lecture
As part of the gymnasium’s series of natural science conferences, Nataliia Kuzyk delivered an open lecture introducing the participants to the HELIOS project – Research and Innovation Strategy for Lviv Polytechnic National University Dedicated to White-Emitting Organic Lighting Systems, funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme (WIDERA), Grant Agreement No. 101155017.
The lecture introduced the gymnasium students to the key scientific ideas underpinning HELIOS: the physics of organic light-emitting materials, the difference between conventional LEDs and organic alternatives, the concept of white-emitting monomolecular OLEDs, and the potential real-world applications of these technologies in sustainable lighting. Students also learned about the international dimension of the project – the five-country consortium uniting researchers from Ukraine, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, Latvia, and Luxembourg, and about what it means to be a young scientist participating in a Horizon Europe initiative.
For Nataliia, who is herself a PhD student and early-career researcher, the lecture carried a particular resonance: the audience she was addressing today may become the researchers, engineers, and innovators of tomorrow.
Why this matters for HELIOS
Science communication and outreach to younger audiences are not peripheral activities within the HELIOS project, they are part of its core mission. Developing the research culture of Lviv Polytechnic means not only training the scientists who are already here, but inspiring those who have not yet chosen their path.
By bringing the story of HELIOS into one of Lviv’s oldest and most respected educational institutions, the project reinforces the message that Ukrainian science is alive, internationally connected, and working on questions that matter — not somewhere distant, but right here, in the same city, in the same university complex where these students learn every day.
We congratulate Nataliia on this excellent outreach initiative and look forward to more such encounters between the HELIOS project and the wider Lviv community.
One of the most meaningful ways a research project can demonstrate its impact is by reaching beyond the university walls: into schools, into classrooms, and into the minds of young people who will one day shape the future of science. The HELIOS project recently did exactly that.
Nataliia Kuzyk, Assistant at the Department of Electronic Engineering (Institute of Computer Technologies, Automation and Metrology, Lviv Polytechnic National University) and Early Stage Researcher within the HELIOS project, was invited as a guest speaker to the natural sciences conference of Lviv Academic Gymnasium (LAG) – one of the oldest and most prestigious gymnasiums in Ukraine, located on the premises of Lviv Polytechnic National University.
About Lviv Academic Gymnasium
Lviv Academic Gymnasium (Львівська академічна гімназія при НУ «Львівська політехніка») was established in 1784 by decree of Emperor Joseph II as part of the Lviv University. It is the oldest gymnasium with Ukrainian as the language of instruction, and one of the oldest educational institutions in all of Ukraine. Situated on Stepana Bandery Street, 14, directly adjacent to the main building of Lviv Polytechnic, it has a long-standing tradition of academic excellence and close ties with the university’s research community. Each year, the gymnasium organises a series of student scientific conferences across various disciplines, where pupils present their research and engage with invited experts.
The Lecture
As part of the gymnasium’s series of natural science conferences, Nataliia Kuzyk delivered an open lecture introducing the participants to the HELIOS project – Research and Innovation Strategy for Lviv Polytechnic National University Dedicated to White-Emitting Organic Lighting Systems, funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme (WIDERA), Grant Agreement No. 101155017.
The lecture introduced the gymnasium students to the key scientific ideas underpinning HELIOS: the physics of organic light-emitting materials, the difference between conventional LEDs and organic alternatives, the concept of white-emitting monomolecular OLEDs, and the potential real-world applications of these technologies in sustainable lighting. Students also learned about the international dimension of the project – the five-country consortium uniting researchers from Ukraine, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, Latvia, and Luxembourg, and about what it means to be a young scientist participating in a Horizon Europe initiative.
For Nataliia, who is herself a PhD student and early-career researcher, the lecture carried a particular resonance: the audience she was addressing today may become the researchers, engineers, and innovators of tomorrow.
Why this matters for HELIOS
Science communication and outreach to younger audiences are not peripheral activities within the HELIOS project, they are part of its core mission. Developing the research culture of Lviv Polytechnic means not only training the scientists who are already here, but inspiring those who have not yet chosen their path.
By bringing the story of HELIOS into one of Lviv’s oldest and most respected educational institutions, the project reinforces the message that Ukrainian science is alive, internationally connected, and working on questions that matter — not somewhere distant, but right here, in the same city, in the same university complex where these students learn every day.
We congratulate Nataliia on this excellent outreach initiative and look forward to more such encounters between the HELIOS project and the wider Lviv community.
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