From May 13 to 16, 2026, the Technical University of Moldova hosted the Technical and Scientific Conference of Students, Master’s Students and PhD Candidates. For four days, students shared their research, presented their ideas and discussed their results with professors, researchers and evaluation committees.
For many participants, the conference marked an early step into scientific communication, giving them the chance to take their work beyond the university and make it visible through platforms such as IBN, Google Scholar and the UTM Repository.
When speaking about the role of research in student training, UTM Rector Viorel Bostan remarked:
“For us, it is important not only to train professionals who will later enter the labor market and contribute to the national economy. It is just as important to give opportunities to those who want not only to use existing knowledge and technologies, but also to create new solutions, new knowledge and new technologies.”
This year’s conference covered a wide range of fields:
- Electronics and telecommunications: FTTB networks, Zero Trust systems, 5G, edge computing, smart cities and AI-based monitoring solutions.
- Energy and electrical engineering: Moldova’s energy consumption, renewable sources, heat pumps and low-energy buildings.
- Computers, informatics and microelectronics: cybersecurity, blockchain, machine learning, LLMs, databases, RAG, IoT and cloud technologies.
- Food science: gluten-free products, sea buckthorn pomace, functional foods, wines, nutrition and post-harvest technologies.
- Mechanical engineering and transport: robotic welding, road transport, mechatronics, 3D printing and polymer materials.
Many of the papers were closely connected to Moldova’s current needs. Students explored topics in energy, agriculture, cybersecurity and the economy, areas where practical ideas and well-trained specialists are especially important.
Professor Artur Buzdugan, Doctor Habilitated, said this year’s edition showed clear progress in the quality of student research:
“We see a higher level of research results, both among PhD candidates and students, compared with previous years. The strongest paper was an interdisciplinary one, focused on the study of Europium-III coordination complexes, with potential applications in optoelectronics and theranostics. The paper belongs to first-year PhD candidate Vladislav Ghenea and was developed through interuniversity cooperation with the Institute of Applied Physics of Moldova State University.”
This year’s conference featured around 740 papers presented by undergraduate, master’s and PhD students, with international contributions from Romania and Ukraine also included in the program. At the end of the event, the papers selected by the evaluation committees were recognized with first-, second- and third-degree diplomas.
Through applied education and research, UTM continues to support Moldova’s technological development. This year’s conference showed that student research is not just an academic exercise, but a space where ideas can take shape and respond to real needs in the economy.
The full conference program, including all sections and presented papers, is available on the official CSMD page.
