Department Staff of Department of Building Structures


Olha Harkava

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Acting Head of the Department.

At the university since 2005.

Research interests: Experimental and theoretical research and the development of practical methods for analysing reinforced-concrete elements subjected to complex deformation under short-term and long-term loading.

Publications: More than 150 publications: 1 monograph, 6 teaching manuals, 110 articles (16 indexed in Scopus), and 1 patent.


Andrii Pavlikov

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department; Academician of the Academy of Construction of Ukraine.

At the Department since 1978.

Research interests: Modelling the stress–strain state of reinforced-concrete structures under complex deformation.

Publications: More than 500 publications: 6 monographs, 5 textbooks, 13 teaching manuals, over 400 articles (23 indexed in Scopus; h-index 5), and 30 patents and copyright certificates.


Oksana Dovzhenko

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Department.

At the Department since 1985.

Research interests: Strength theory of concrete and reinforced-concrete structures and their elements based on variational principles and the rigid-plastic body concept.

Publications: More than 300 publications: 5 monographs, 8 teaching manuals, 180 articles (16 indexed in Scopus), and 11 patents.


Serhii Mykytenko

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department.

At the Department since 1986.

Research interests: Rational design of reinforced-concrete structures.

Publications: More than 160 publications: 2 monographs and 130 articles.


Serhii Zhyhylii

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department.

At the university since 1981.

Research interests: Development of theory and research into the dynamics, strength, energy performance and technological capabilities of various vibration machines equipped with controlled mechanical centrifugal eccentric-mass vibration exciters.

Publications: More than 90 publications: 2 lecture courses, 2 teaching manuals, 53 articles (2 indexed in Scopus), and 4 inventor’s certificates and patents.


Oleksii Fenko,

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department.

At the Department since 1989.

Research interests: Influence of residual stresses on material properties.

Publications: More than 140 publications: 3 teaching manuals, 110 articles (4 indexed in Scopus), and 2 patents.


Volodymyr Pents

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department; Corresponding Member of the Academy of Construction of Ukraine.

At the university since 1992.

Research interests: Research into concrete-filled steel tubular structures for industrial buildings.

Publications: More than 120 publications: 1 textbook, 2 teaching manuals, 3 monographs, 4 patents, and 70 articles.


Andrii Dmytrenko

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department.

At the Department since 1996.

Research interests: Research into joints in steel–concrete composite structures; assessment of the technical condition and research of timber structures.

Publications: More than 80 publications: 5 teaching manuals, 50 articles, and 2 patents.


Volodymyr Kyrychenko,

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department.

At the Department since 2001.

Research interests: Refinement of boundary conditions for fixed beams, taking into account the physical and mechanical properties of the clamping medium.

Publications: More than 100 publications: 3 teaching manuals and 90 articles.


Pavlo Mytrofanov,

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department.

At the university since 2010.

Research interests: Development of methods for calculating the strength, stiffness and stability of structures and their elements based on a deformation model with an extremum criterion.

Publications: More than 80 publications: 67 articles (8 indexed in Scopus and Web of Science), 3 lecture notes, and 1 patent.


Olena Mykhailovska,

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Senior Researcher, Associate Professor of the Department.

At the university since 2008.

Research interests: Construction of waste storage facilities using soil-cement.

Publications: More than 120 publications: 1 teaching manual, 5 monographs, 8 utility model patents, and 9 articles indexed in Scopus.