Department of Industrial Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics

The history of the department is closely connected with the history of the university. After renaming the Institute of Agricultural Construction into Poltava Civil Engineering Institute (Order of the USSR Ministry of Civil Engineering and Construction No. 627 of 14.02.1960 and the corresponding Order of the USSR Ministry of Civil Engineering and Construction No. 12 of 09.01.1961), it was decided to divide the Department of Construction Production into the Department of Organisation, Economics and Technology of Construction and the Department of Construction Machinery and Equipment from 01 October 1961. the Department of Construction Production into the Department of Organisation, Economics and Technology of Construction Production and the Department of Construction Machinery and Equipment (Order of the Ministry of Education of the USSR No. 510 of 08.09.1961 and the corresponding Order of the Rector of the Institute No. 132 of 06.10.1961).

The Department of Construction Machinery and Equipment was intended at that time to teach the following disciplines to future civil engineers: "Machine Parts", "Metal Technology and Welding", "Theory of Mechanisms and Machines", "Construction Machines".

The staff of scientific and pedagogical workers for the academic year 1961-1962 was as follows: the head of the department (associate professor), four associate professors, one senior lecturer, two assistants (8 people in total).

In different years, the department was headed by different people: Kazimir Oleksandrovych Olekhnovych, Valerian Belyanin, Vitalii Mykhailovych Pomazan.

The Department of Industrial Engineering and Mechatronics trains specialists in three specialities:

Industrial engineering (bachelor, master, Doctor of Philosophy)

Motor transport (bachelor, master)

Applied mechanics (bachelor)

The main directions of scientific activity of the Department are theoretical substantiation and creation of means of mechanization of manual labor in construction, namely, plastering stations, small-sized plastering units, vertical-plunger mortar pumps with mechanical and hydraulic drive; development and implementation of vibration forming machines for precast concrete enterprises; mathematical modelling, dynamics of lifting and transport, construction, earthmoving and road machinery and equipment.

The department independently trains highly qualified personnel. Thus, since 1985, there has been a postgraduate course in the specialty 05.05.02 "Machines for the production of building materials and structures", and since 1995, under the leadership of Honored Worker of Higher Education of Ukraine, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Onyshchenko O. G., a specialized academic council for the defense of PhD theses in this and in the specialty 05.05.04 "Machines for earthmoving and road works" has been operating. During the period of the council's activity, about 20 PhD theses were defended here, including the works of specialists who are currently working as teachers of various departments

The department has two research units: the Branch Research Laboratory for Mechanization of Manual Labour in Construction (abbreviated as SRLMLC) founded by Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor O.Onyshchenko and the Design Bureau "Vibrotechnics" founded by Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor K. Olekhnovych. The existence of these subdivisions is due to the fruitful work of the two respective scientific schools.

Scientific school "Creation of theoretical bases for calculation, design and implementation of effective means of complex mechanisation of finishing works in construction" was founded by Honoured Worker of Higher Education of Ukraine, Honoured Worker of the University, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology for 2012, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Oleksandr Hryhorovych Onyshchenko.

National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic" admits citizens of Ukraine, foreigners and stateless persons who have a complete secondary education.

Applicants wishing to enter the specialities 133 "Industrial Engineering" and 274 "Motor Transport" must submit an application for admission to the university, indicating the desired speciality and form of study.

The details of the admission conditions and the list of required documents can be found at the Admission Committee of National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic" or on the page "Admission" of the university's official website, available at https://nupp.edu.ua/page/vstup.html

The topic of the internship abroad is chosen in such a way that it is relevant to the improvement of teaching activities.

Internships usually last from a few weeks to six months or a year, which allows to gain good practical experience both in a foreign university and in companies or international organisations.

The value of such internships abroad also lies in the fact that the work experience gained there will be a very strong argument for improving and updating the educational programme, curricula, and work programmes of academic disciplines.

In 2022, Anatolii Kryvorot successfully completed the training course "Mechanical Engineering for the Educational Process" organized by ISMA University (Latvia, Riga) from 27 June 2022 to 25 July 2022. The internship program consisted of 6 ECTS credits (180 hours), and he defended his work on the topic "Modern electronic control systems for cars and power plants and methods of their diagnostics".

In 2021, Yevhen Vasyliev and Oleksii Vasyliev completed an internship abroad on the topic "SOFT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN TEACHING PROFESSIONAL TRAINING", organised by the IIASC Foundation and West Finland College, Huittinen (01.10.2021 - 12.11.2021) in the amount of 180 hours (6 ECTS credits).

In 2019, Oleksandr Orysenko and Mykola Nesterenko underwent an international internship in Poland (Wyższa Szkoła Społeczno-Gospodarcza, Przeworsk.

In March 2020, Mykola Nesterenko also visited Tallinn University of Technology to get acquainted with the research of the Faculty of Energy.

In accordance with the order of the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine No. 755 of 27.06.2012 on sending for study and internship in leading foreign higher education institutions within the framework of the state program of undergraduate and postgraduate education and internships for researchers and scientific and pedagogical staff in leading higher education institutions and research institutions abroad, postgraduate students A. I. and V. A. Kolienko were sent to study at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

International relations of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Mechatronics with educational institutions and organizations.

Implementing the long-term development programme of the university, international activity is one of the priority directions of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Mechatronics and National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic" in general. Every year, the university expands its partnerships with foreign partner institutions, implements the principles of academic mobility of students and academic staff, participates in international projects and programmes.

Training of specialists for foreign countries

National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic" trains specialists for such countries as Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and jointly trains specialists with Poland, Czech Republic, Germany.

The university cooperates in the field of advanced training of teachers and student education with leading universities in Europe, China and others.

Interuniversity cooperation with foreign partner universities

National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic" has long-term agreements on scientific cooperation with 64 foreign universities and institutions:

Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden);

University of Applied Sciences, Leipzig, Germany; Higher School of Technology, Economics and Culture;

Issykkul State University named after K. Tynystanov (Kyrgyz Republic);

Tashkent State Technical University (Uzbekistan);

Institute of Oil and Gas (Krakow, Poland);

Tshawane University of Technology (China);

Glyndŵr University (UK);

Qiongzhou University (China);

Beijing institute of technology (China);

T. Kosciuszko University of Technology in Krakow (Poland).

These agreements are aimed at carrying out joint activities to improve the educational process and mutual exchange of scientific research in the field of education, science and culture.

Main areas of cooperation:

exchange of experience in the field of educational process;

exchange of teachers;

exchange of groups of students within the framework of student practices;

joint research in the field of education, science and culture;

exchange of scientific documentation and information;

cooperation in the field of training of scientific and pedagogical staff (scientific internships);

organization of joint seminars and scientific conferences;

joint publications of scientific research;

implementation of the academic mobility program for students;

implementation of the pedagogical experiment "Double Diploma Program".

In 2013, the university was selected by the European Investment Bank to participate in the EU project "Higher Education of Ukraine", which will modernize and reconstruct the university's buildings using energy-efficient technologies.

Participants of the Government Budget Program of Ukraine have studied at universities in the People's Republic of China, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. It is worth noting that Oleksandr Goryun, a participant of the Budget Program who successfully completed his studies at Glyndŵr University, won the Delcam plc International Student Project Competition for the fourth year in a row and received a scholarship to study at the University of Massachusetts (USA) as a winner of the Fulbright program.

The fruitful cooperation with Delcam continues, in particular, university students and teachers together with the Ukrainian Medical Dental Academy are working on the development of unique prostheses for facial surgery. After studying a course of disciplines related to Delcam software, graduates of the Educational and Research Institute of Information Technologies and Robotics become design engineers and apply the knowledge gained while working at the enterprises of Poltava and the region on the latest CNC machines. The university is a five-time winner of this competition.

Oleksandr Laktionov, a graduate of the Educational and Research Institute of Information Technologies and Robotics, won the international competition "Future Aces of 3D Computer Modelling 2014" and was awarded the title of the best research project in the field of agricultural construction. Oleksandr Karpenko, a graduate of the Educational and Research Institute of Information Technology and Robotics, continued his studies at the Master's degree programme at Beijing University of Technology under the Chinese Government Scholarship Programme.

The University is a participant in the British Council's English in Universities project, and has won an application to participate in the Ukraine Higher Education Leadership Development Programme.

An agreement was signed with the Peace Corps on cooperation, under which a volunteer Larry Rafety, a native English speaker, was invited to the university to teach English to improve the level of foreign language proficiency of university students and increase their competitiveness in the international labour market.

In order to ensure the integration of the research sector into the European Research Area and to support the implementation of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation "Horizon 2020", National Contact Point "Safe, Clean and Efficient Energy" continued its activity at National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic".

In May, 2017, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Mechatronics Department Viktor Virchenko took part in the Erasmus+ International Training Week held at Bialystok University of Technology (Bialystok, Poland), where the issues of improving the quality of the work of the International Relations Department with the deans' offices, providing legal support to foreign students at the university at the highest level, strengthening the prestige of the university at the national and international level, achieving a high level of interaction between the university and its students were discussed.

Students at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Mechatronics are actively involved in scientific activities. Areas of research: improvement of design, maintenance and technical diagnostics of road transport, theoretical justification and development of manual labor mechanization in construction, theoretical justification and development of vibration forming machines for precast concrete enterprises, improvement of working bodies of construction, earthmoving and road machines, etc. In the course of research, students decide on the topics of their master's theses. Students present the results of their research at scientific and technical conferences at the university and beyond.

Every year, students work on the topics of economic contractual works with labor remuneration from customers, make presentations at scientific conferences of the university and beyond, publish abstracts and scientific articles in student and professional collections of scientific works, apply for inventions and utility models and receive patents, submit scientific works to competitions and receive prizes and diplomas, participate in All-Ukrainian Olympiads and receive prizes.

With the support of the university administration and the trade union committee, the student government was provided with a room and office equipment, and appropriate conditions were created for the active participation of all socially active students in the educational and extracurricular educational process.

The activity of the student self-government of National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic" is carried out by the collegial elective body, the student parliament of the University, which acts on the basis of the Regulations on Student Self-Government. In accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Higher Education", this Regulation was updated and approved by the General Meeting of Student Self-Government of the University.

Address: 24 Pershotravnevyi Avenue, Poltava, 36011.

Building L, room. 102Л

E-mail: kaf.bmo@nupp.edu.ua