THE IX^th INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF INNOVATION AND CREATIVE EDUCATION FOR YOUTH (ICE-USV)

May 11, 2025 – Deadline for submitting registration forms for inventions and projects.

The IX^th International Fair of Innovation and Creative Education for Youth (ICE-USV), 2025 edition, it will take place on-site.

Participants can register their works in the two main sections of the event:

A. Patented inventions/ innovations, patent applications;

B. High school projects, students and PhD student projects.

The registrations can be presented as products/ prototypes and posters.

Within the ICE-USV event, the inventions/ projects presentations can be made in English or Romanian.

All the inventions and projects details will be published in ICE-USV book (ISSN 2821-7543, ISSN-L 2821-7543).

Each institution can register free of charge a maximum of 3 inventions/ projects. A fee of 20 euros will be charged for each additional invention/project.

For each on-site participant the organizers provide accommodation and meals, free of charge, during the event, for two persons from each participating institution. Starting with the third person, each on-site participant, must pay a fee of 100 Euro.

The participation fee, for one person, includes: exhibition booth, power supply, 1 table, 1 chair, 1 badge, ICE-USV electronic book, assessment of inventions by a jury panel, free access to 10-InSTED presentations, Award Ceremony and Official Dinner. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided during the event (USV Restaurant).

To confirm on-site participation, you must access and complete the following form*:

https://forms.gle/x91UWno1t1iEVFLDA *

* A Gmail Account is required to fill out the form.

The template for the registered invention/ project can be found here. 

Participating inventions/projects are considered registered immediately after sending the registration form and receiving payment confirmation (only for situations where the 3 free participations are exceeded).

All payments should be done to Cygnus Scientific Society.

Details for Payment:

Account owner: Cygnus Scientific Society (Societatea Științifică Cygnus)

Address: Oituz Street, 21, Bl. O2, Sc. A, Ap. 20, Suceava, ROMANIA

Fiscal code: 12653097

Bank: Banca Transilvania

(EUR) Account: RO20BTRLEURCRT0528806701

(RON) Account: RO70BTRLRONCRT0528806701

SWIFT CODE: BTRLRO22

Special Prize for the best invention/ innovation

Special Prize for the best project

Special Prize In Memoriam Dorel Cernomazu

Special Prize of the ICE-USV jury

Prize of FIRESC Student Association

Prize of participating institutions

Gold Medals

Silver Medals

Bronze Medals

Jury:

L. Dan MILICI – Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Suceava

Constantin UNGUREANU – Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Suceava

Adrian GRAUR – Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Suceava

Radu MUNTEANU – Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Cluj

Victor-Andrei SANDU – Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, Iasi

Marian POBORONIUC – Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, Iasi

Gheorghe GUTT – Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Suceava

Adriana SAVIN, National Institute of R&D for Technical Physics, Iasi

Silviu-Mihai PETRIȘOR, “Nicolae Balcescu” Land Forces Academy, Sibiu

Corneliu BIRTOK-BĂNEASĂ, Politehnica University of Timișoara, Timisoara

Traian SEVERIN, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Suceava

Ionuț-Dragoș VICOVEANU, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Suceava

Mihail Aurel ŢÎŢU, Lucian Blaga University of  Sibiu, Sibiu

Dragoș Cristian ACHITEI, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, Iasi

Scientific Committee:

Prof. dr. Mihai DIMIAN – President

Prof. dr. eng. Valentin POPA

Prof. dr. eng. Adrian GRAUR

Prof. dr. eng. DHC Radu MUNTEANU

Prof. dr. eng. Valeriu DULGHERU

Prof. dr. eng. Radu-Dumitru PENTIUC

Prof. dr. eng. & Ec. Mihail Aurel ŢÎŢU

Prof. dr. eng. Gheorghe GUTT

Prof. dr. eng. Ilie MUSCĂ

Prof. dr. eng. Sorin Gheorghe PAVEL

Prof. dr. eng. Radu Dumitru PENTIUC

Prof. dr. eng. Marian POBORONIUC

Prof. dr. eng. Marinel TEMNEANU

Prof. dr. eng. Mircea OROIAN

Prof. dr. Habil. Narcisa MEDRELE

Assoc. prof. dr. Aurora-Adina COLOMEISCHI

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Daniela IRIMIA

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Andrei Victor SANDU

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Andrei CHICIUC

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Ovidiu NEMEŞ

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Ilie NUCĂ

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Silviu Mihai PETRIȘOR

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Mihai RAŢĂ

Assoc. prof.  dr. eng. Constatin UNGUREANU

Dr. Adriana SAVIN

Lect. dr. eng. Corneliu BIRTOK-BĂNEASĂ

 Organizing Committee:

Prof. Mihai DIMIAN, PhD – President of the Organization Committee:

Prof. eng. L. Dan MILICI, PhD

Assoc. prof.  eng. Constantin UNGUREANU, PhD – coordinator, costel@usm.ro

Lect. eng. Mihaela PAVĂL, PhD – Secretary, mpoienar@usm.ro

Eng. Oana Vasilica GROSU, PhD student

Assistant Eng. Ciprian BEJENAR, PhD

Eng. Ionuț CÎMPAN

Eng. Gabriel-Raul STOLER

Eng. Radu-Ștefan MINESCU

Day 1, 23.05.2025

12:00 – 15:00 Participant registration (Hall E)

12:00 – 15:00 Visit the National Olympiad of Scientific Creativity 2025 event (Hall E)

15:00 10-InSTED (10 minutes about Innovation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Design) (Auditorium “Joseph Schmidt”) 

18:00 Dinner (USV Restaurant)  

Day 2, 24.05.2024

08:30 Breakfast (USV Restaurant)

09:30 Arrangement of stands by exhibitors (Hall E)

10:00 Open ceremony (Hall E)

11:00 Evaluation of inventions by the jury. Panel discussions and presentations by exhibitors. Media interviews with official delegates.

13:00 Lunch (USV Restaurant)

14:30 Evaluation of inventions by the jury. Panel discussions and presentations by exhibitors.

18:00 Official Dinner

Day 3, 25.05.2025

08:30 Breakfast (USV Restaurant)

09:30 Award ceremony. Announcement of the results of the ICE-USV 2025 competition (Auditorium “Joseph Schmidt”)

10:30 Participants departure

REGULATION

This regulation establishes the methodology for the progress and the awarding of the International Fair of Invention and Creative Education for Youth, ICE-USV, eight edition, organized by the “Ștefan cel Mare”, University of Suceava.

Article 1. Purpose

The project is dedicated both to promoting and encouraging student inventions and scientific creation and also for disseminating successful examples regarding creative education, raising awareness in society of the importance and the contribution brought by young researchers in technological development.

The exhibition event aims to increase the interest of the young generation for innovation in all fields of knowledge, establishing bridges between young people with common concerns, highlighting the elements of innovation and inventiveness that has as young researchers (students, master students, doctoral students, doctors and researchers with a maximum age of 35).

Article 2. Thematic categories

Works from all fields of applied sciences and engineering are accepted, which can represent solutions or technical achievements in a field of knowledge and which present novelty and progress towards the known stage, but do not affect the moral, the right to life or the security of any kind of persons. The International Fair of Innovation and Creative Education for Youth has two main sections:

1. Patented inventions/innovations, patent applications;

2. High school project, students and PhD student projects.

Article 3. Registration in the competition

Each work must be registered using the Registration form of the inventions/ projects at ICE – USV 2025 at least 15 days before the start of the event (according to the calendar) at the mentioned addresses.

The registration form must contain the purpose, the procedure/ method underlying the work, information regarding the accomplishment of the work, conclusions, other elements that are representative for the work and which highlight the innovative activity of the authors.

Article 4. Acceptance of works

The files of the works proposed and registered according to the calendar at the address above mentioned are automatically accepted at the event. Then they are analysed by the Scientific Committee of the event regarding the creative, deontological, scientific, technological and engineering level.

Article 5. The manifestation

The event will begin with an opening festivity where the organizers and the jury will be presented.

The organizers will provide sufficient time in the program for arranging the stands before judging the works.

The evaluation of the works will consist in presenting the work by the authors and clarifying some aspects at the request of the members of the jury. The time required for the judging will be according to the complexity of the work, the way it was presented by the authors and the clarification of all aspects related to the judging grid.

The event will end with an award ceremony in which the main conclusions of the jury and the organizers of the event will be score.

The event will include a session of workshops and presentations on creative education and the role of creative thinking in the context of sustainable development.

The program will also include social, cultural and sports activities designed to strengthen the links between the participants and allow the generation of an environment conducive to the exchange of ideas and information.

The presentation of the research results within the exhibition, depending on the capacity of the exhibition location, is logistically and financially supported by the organizing institution with the help of the partners and sponsors of the event.

Organizers do not provide funds for moving teams or transporting exhibits.

Article 6. Presentation of the works during the event

The work may be presented as a poster (mandatory) and exhibited (recommended).

The maximum poster size is 80 x 120 cm. The posters will be visible, will strictly refer to the project and will be displayed vertically.

Maximum size of the exhibit (model, layout): depth 50 cm (front to back), width 80 cm (from one side to the other), height 180 cm (bottom to top). The exhibit may contain calculation techniques included in the model or for the presentation of graphic elements related to the project (photos, films, graphics, simulations, modeling, etc.). Files and notation regarding the tests or determinations made in the experiments can be attached to the model.

Article 7. Elements of ethics and deontology

Scientific fraud and immoral behavior are not accepted at any level of the event. This includes: plagiarizing, using or presenting other people’s ideas as their own projects.

The projects that prove fraud will be removed from the competition and the intention will be popularized in the educational and scientific environment.

Article 8. Mandatory requirements

Participants must accept the following rules:

– All projects must respect the ethical elements presented above.

– The introduction of pathogens, toxic chemicals or any dangerous substances in the exhibition area is forbidden.

– The exhibits must comply with the exposure and safety requirements set out in this Regulation.

– It is the responsibility of each participant to check the requirements and restrictions of the competition.

– It is required to respect the calendar, the program of the event as well as the conditions of registration.

Article 9. Judging

The approval of the participation in the competition will be made on the basis of the Registration Form and will be made by the scientific committee of the event.

The jury will be made up of personalities with concerns in the field of invention and innovation at national level, university professors, representatives of companies, organizers and sponsors, science journalists.

The judging will be done through individual discussions of the jury members with the author of the project, the study of the registration form and the exhibits.

The jury criteria will take into account:

– The actual activity of the young participant in the presented project;

– Respecting scientific and / or mathematical rigour;

– The importance and relevance of the project in the field;

– The level of deepening of the theme;

– The novelty level of the presented project;

– Design and activity of the young participant in order to achieve the project objectives.

In the discussions between the jury and the participants will be followed:

– Creativity,

– The scientific approach, the complexity of the study approach that led to the completion of the theme,

– The usefulness of the proposed solution,

– Clarity of project presentation (visual and oral).

The hierarchy of works established by the jury is considered final and no contestations, discussions or completions regarding the judging procedure are accepted.

Article 10. Warnings

It is not allowed to use on the presented stand:

– Living organisms;

– Living or fluid tissue elements of the human or animal body (blood, urine, etc.);

– Dangerous or highly odorous chemical materials;

– Hazardous substances or devices (poison, drugs, weapons, ammunition, sharp devices, with the risk of breakage, flammable substances, unprotected lasers, generators and sources of ionizing radiation, ultraviolet or infrared, open flame);

– Devices at risk in operation for the competitor or for the public (eg damaged batteries, voltage sources or capacitors with dangerous voltage and with uninsulated terminals, etc.)

– Prizes, medals previously obtained by the competitor, bank cards, flags, company logos or institutions (except the represented institution), contracts and / or approvals (graphic or written) unless they are fully included in the project;

– Photographs or visual representations describing animals in surgical techniques, dissections, necropsies or other laboratory procedures, minors (except when the parents’ agreement exists).

Prof. eng. L. Dan MILICI, PhD – dam@usm.ro

Assoc. prof. eng. Constantin Ungureanu, PhD – costel@usm.ro

Lect. eng. Mihaela PAVĂL, PhD – Secretary, mpoienar@usm.ro

The accommodation of the participants will be in the student dormitories (in a room with two separate beds) located on the university campus.

The accommodation is free for the first two persons who physically attend the event. Starting with the third person, each on-site participant, must pay a fee of 100 EUR (for a place in a twin room). The participation fee of 100 EUR, for one person, includes: Official Dinner, breakfast, lunch and dinner in each day of the event (USV Restaurant).