From December 1, 2020, by order of the rector of the university No. 254 of October 30, 2020, the Department of Building Structures was established as part of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Architecture, Construction and Land Management. It included the following departments:
reinforced concrete and masonry structures and strength of materials;
structures made of metal, wood and plastics;
building and theoretical mechanics;
bases and foundations.
In order to solve the urgent problems of flow in building highly qualified specialists in the field of reinforced concrete in many universities in the country the departments of reinforced concrete and masonry structures were created at that time. This department was established on June 25, 1960 in Poltava Institute of Engineers Agricultural.
Since 1960, the newly created Department of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Structures actively involved not only in the educational process, but also weighty declared itself in research and development work.
The first head of the Department of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Structures in 1960 became associate professor Mikhailo Stepanovych Toryanyk.
In this position he has worked until 1975. Having well-adjusted the learning process, he has created a research school on investigation of reinforced concrete structures in complex types of deformations, which now is well-known both in Ukraine and abroad.
The first head of Department of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Structures –
Toryanyk M.S., doctor of technical sciences, professor
After M.S. Toryanyk retired the Department was managed: by Makarenko L.P.,candidate of technical sciences, associate professor – since 1975 to 1978; Vakhnenko P.F., laureate of the State Prize in Science and Technology, doctor of technical sciences, professor – since 1978 to 1985; Rudenko Y.M., candidate of technical sciences, associate professor – in 1985; Pavlikov A.M., doctor of technical sciences, professor – since 1985 to 1990; Mitrofanov V.P., candidate of technical sciences, associate professor – since 1990 to 1997. Since 1997 management of the department was again assigned to doctor of technical sciences, professor Pavlikov A.M.
The Department received its present name on 7 December 2005, when it was joined with Department of Strength of Materials. Until the combining of the two departments the first head of the Department of Strength of Materials (since 1954 to 1975) was Hilobok G.K., candidate of technical sciences, associate professor. Later the Department was headed: by Kurenkov A.F., candidate of technical sciences, associate professor (since 1975 to 1981); Tolstopyatov R.V., candidate of technical sciences, associate professor (since 1981 to 1986); Horyk O.V., doctor of technical sciences, professor (since 1986 to 2004); Muravlov V.V., candidate of technical sciences, associate professor (since 2004 to 2005).
The first head of Department of Strength of Materials – Hilobok G.K.,
candidate of technical sciences, associate professor
In 2003 with the support of the rector of the University, doctor of technical sciences, professor Onishchenko O.G. at the Department a training for specialization "Exploitation, repair and strengthening of buildings and structuress" was organized. This specialization is the only one in Ukraine and it aims to prepare specialists in reliable maintenance service buildings.
More than 50 applicants of the chair defended the dissertations. Directly on the Department 4 doctoral dissertations were defended (M.S. Toryanik, P.F. Vakhnenko, S.I. Rogoviy, A.M. Pavlikov). All members of the Department were offer at postgraduate course.
The first graduate students were L.I. Serdiuk (Professor, Head of the Department of Theoretical Mechanics PoltNTU until June 2009) and YE.M. Babich (now Professor, Head of Department of Engineering Structures of the National University of Water Management and Natural Resources in Rivne).
Now professor A.M. Pavlikov and associate professor O.O. Dovzhenko carry out scientific work of postgraduate students.
Six postgraduate students of the Department – YE.M. Babich, P.F. Vakhnenko, A.M. Pavlikov, YE.V. Climenko, S.I. Rogoviy, O.V. Semko – continued the scientific way by protecting doctoral thesis in "Building Constructions, Buildings and Structures." But many others devoted theirs lifes to the research activities not only in construction but also in other scientific fields. L.I. Serdiuk defended his thesis in two specialties – "Machines and Machine Parts" and "Dynamics, Strength of Machines, Devices and Equipment"; O.V. Gorik defended his thesis in "Solid Mechanics"; M.YE. Rogoza - defended his thesis in "Economy, Organization and Management of Enterprises." Seven postgraduate students of the Department became academics, ten – received the title of professor and many of them are working as Vice-rectors in Universities, deans of faculties and heads of departments, heads of government agencies, construction companies and other industries.