Engineering hope: how I made it my mission to help rebuild Ukraine’s critical infrastructure

By Nadiia Kopiika, Research Fellow, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham

The war in Ukraine is often marked by specific dates, like February 24, 2022 – the day of the full-scale invasion. But for many Ukrainians, that February never really ended. For me, then a 22-year-old master’s student in construction engineering, that day shattered everything I understood about my future. I was glued to my phone, refreshing news updates in a frantic attempt to make sense of the chaos.

The distant echoes of explosions rumbled through the city,…

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