Department of Mechatronics and Packaging Technology

Head of the Department
Liudmyla Kryvoplias-Volodina
Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences

 (established in 1932)

The department studies specialists in specialty 131 "Applied Mechanics" - Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the "Applied Mechanics" educational program. The studying takes place in the professional direction of "Packaging machines and technologies", "Recycling engineering", "Mechatronics and robotics of packaging equipment".

In addition to the basic, more than 25 new disciplines were introduced to new training plans, which are mainly aimed at assimilating computer technologies during the calculations, designing and operation of equipment for packaging industry.

The world's packaging industry, like in Ukraine, is changing rapidly. So they requires an influx of highly skilled and flexible professionals.

The rapid development of the packaging industry over the last 50 years has had and continues to be reversed, since packaging, after fulfilling its purpose, are subject to processing and disposal. Important steps have been taken in developed countries to collect, sort and recycle this waste, but in Ukraine these technologies are politically and economically hampered.

The changing of packaging industry has no alternative and requires the training of appropriate technicians to develop technologies and equipment. Moreover, waste packaging is not only a source of additional energy resources, but also a great secondary material. The need for specialists in this industry is constantly studied and predicted its steady growth. This is indicated by the creation of appropriate state and commercial structures in Ukraine and other countries of Europe and the world.

The department has all the necessary conditions for the training of highly qualified specialists of industry and scientific and pedagogical staff.

We use specialized new modern laboratories of "Mechatroniks", "Pneumatics"and " Robotic complexes '' in the educational process. Teachers of the department have developed and implemented in the educational process of the program of general engineering disciplines: "Theory of mechanisms and machines", "Machine parts", "Mechanization of transport systems", "Pneumatics and pneumatic actuators" and also professional disciplines: "Packaging materials", "Fundamentals of design and packaging design", "Packaging equipment", "Packaging technology", "Packaging processing technology", "Packaging processing equipment", "Packaging equipment", "Calculation and design of packaging equipment", "Calculation and design of packing processing equipment" ,"Automated production lines", "Mechatronics", "Robotic complexes in packing processes". A total of 45 disciplines are taught.

The department has a computer class with a network of modern computers. Students have the opportunity to use modern software AutoCAD, MechanicalDesktop, COMPASS-3D, Mathcad, FluidDRAW, FluidSim, APM WinMachine, Photoshop in the educational process and research.

During the years of existence of the graduating department, about 1500 specialists were trained.

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Educational disciplines which are taught at the Department

The basic direction of scientific researches of the department is traditionally concerned with the theory of transport-technological systems of enterprises of food and microbiological industry, features and logistics of interaction of material, energy and information flows of production, dynamics of formation and reformation of continuous and discrete flows of cargo, optimization of constraints on systems of constraints , specific energy and material costs, interaction of material and energy flows of production.

The important scientific interests of the department include physicochemical methods of processing foodstuffs, the task of which is to preserve their quality and energy characteristics with an extended shelf life. In this regard, the creative teams of professors and associate professors of the department published monographs "Physico-chemical methods of processing of raw materials and foodstuffs", "Intensification of mass transfer in the conditions of transitional processes", "Intensification of mass exchange processes in food and microbiological technologies" and more than 70 scientific sciences articles in professional journals.

Vacuum methods of packaging products and in general methods of vacuum treatment of moisture-containing products with achievement of its aseptic state deserve special attention.

According to the results of this part of the department's research, two doctoral theses have been prepared and defended in the last decade (Prof. Shevchenko O.Yu. and Prof. Poddubny VA). Their research was accompanied by the development and proposals for the intensification of heat and mass transfer processes in liquid and gas-liquid food environments in the modes of their preparation for packaging and technological processing.

The scientific developments of the department for the last 5 years have been accompanied by the defenses of 8 PhD theses.

The results of scientific developments have been implemented in the sugar, brewing and microbiological industries. Taking into account scientific achievements the Head of the Department, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Sokolenko AI In 2007, by the decree of the President of Ukraine, he was awarded the title "Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine", and under his leadership for the work "Innovative technologies for improving the efficiency of food production" the creative team in 2012 received the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology.
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