As part of professional development under the Erasmus+ (KA171) program, Vita Nehorui, a lecturer of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and a PhD student of the TLPas-23-2 group majoring in Light Industry Technologies, completed an international research internship at the Technical University of Liberec (Czech Republic) from 13 October to 13 December 2025. The visit aimed to implement an individual research trajectory and facilitate professional experience exchange. Cooperation with a leading European technical university contributed to improving the quality of the researcher’s scientific work and to introducing the best European practices into the educational process of the Faculty of Technologies and Design.
The main objective of the internship was to enhance professional training by deepening knowledge and skills in antimicrobial treatment technologies for textile materials used in military and civilian applications. The international internship program focused on developing new professional competencies, familiarising with innovative educational technologies, and adopting modern research methods to optimise the parameters of antimicrobial modification of textile materials.
Implementation of the internship plan included a detailed study of the technological features of finishing processes for materials of military and civilian applications. In particular, the influence of key parameters (pH, temperature, concentration of working solutions, and process duration) on the effectiveness of antimicrobial treatment was investigated. Special attention was paid to methods for assessing the durability of the acquired properties against washing and mechanical impacts.
The results of the international internship were presented to the scientific community at international conferences, including Resource-Saving Technologies of the Apparel, Textile and Food Industry and Innovation and Research in Science and Technology ITMIE 2025.
Based on the systematised experimental data, joint scientific publications co-authored with researchers from the Technical University of Liberec (Czech Republic) are currently being prepared.
We express our sincere gratitude to our partners at the Technical University of Liberec (Czech Republic) for many years of cooperation and joint research, as well as to the International Relations Office of Khmelnytskyi National University for their assistance in preparing documents for participation in the international internship program. Such cooperation contributes to professional development, the integration of international experience into the educational process, the improvement of educational quality, the development of academic mobility, the integration of national education into the European Higher Education Area, and the implementation of joint educational initiatives.