By order of the rector of the Kherson State Marine Academy (KSMA), professor V.F. Khodakovsky №465 dated 02.11.2016 based on the decision of the academic council KSMA from 31.10.2016, in KSMA a “Material knowledge, exploitation and repair of transport” science school was established with the help of professor A.V. Buketov, which is represented by an informal creative team of researches of different generations, united by the common program and research work style.
The scientific school has the following functions:
1) development of scientific knowledge;
2) expanding the knowledge;
3) preparing the talented specialists.
The main feature of scientific school is the effective assimilation and research by its scientists of current problems and scientific directions that are put forward by the principal. The conditions for the functioning of the school are met, since the minimum cycle of its existence is three generations:
1) the founder of the school;
2) followers;
3) students of follower.
Scientific support of experimental and theoretical research is carried out by 5 doctors of sciences (1st generation), 8 candidates of sciences, 2 of which are doctoral students of relevant specialties (2nd generation) and do manage the scientific work of graduate students (3rd generation).
The general science school staff is as follows:
1. Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Engineering Sciences of Ukraine, Academician of the Handling Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine, head of the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Buketov Andrey Viktorovich – Head of Laboratory.
2. Aleksenko Viktor Leonidovych, senior lecturer of the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering, head of the laboratory.
3. Doctor of technical sciences, professor of the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering of KSMA Sapronov O.O.
4. Doctor of technical sciences, professor, professor of the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering of KSMA Sharko O.V.
5. Doctor of technical sciences, professor, professor of the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering of KSMA Klevtsov K.M.
6. Doctor of technical sciences, professor, rofessor of the Department of Computer-Integrated Technologies of Ternopil Ivan Pul’uj National Technical University Stukhlyak P.D.
7. Candidate of technical sciences, Associate Professor, doctoral student, Associate Professor of the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering of KSMA Brailo M.V.
8. Candidate of technical sciences, doctoral student at the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Buketova N.M.
9. Candidate of technical sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering of KSMA Akimov O.V.
10. Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of the Department of Navigation Yakushchenko S.V.
11. Associate Professor of the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Smetankin S.O.
12. Candidate of technical sciences, Associate Professor, researcher of the scientific group at the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Bogdan Y.O.
13. Candidate of technical sciences, researcher of the scientific group at the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Leshchenko O.V.
14. Candidate of technical sciences, researcher of the scientific group at the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Nigalatiy V.D.
15. Candidate of technical sciences, Associate Professor, head of the Maritime College of KSMA V.M. Gusev.
16. Doctor of Philosophy, Senior lecturer of the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Kulinich A.G.
17. Assistant at the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Bogdan A.P.
18. Doctor of Philosophy, researcher of the scientific group at the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Kulinich V.G.
19. Doctor of Philosophy, researcher of the scientific group at the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Zhytnyk D.V.
20. Doctor of Philosophy, researcher of the scientific group at the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Sapronova A.V.
21. Doctor of Philosophy, researcher of the scientific group at the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Chernyavska T.V.
22. Graduate student Yurenin K.Y.
23. Graduate student Sotsenko V.V.
24. Graduate student Babiy K.A.
In order to improve the skills of the scientific and pedagogical staff of the Kherson State Maritime Academy in 2011 in the KSMA opened a permanent graduate school and since 2016 – a doctorate. The main criteria for the effective operation of graduate school and doctoral studies is the number of dissertations defended by applicants during their studies. From 2012 to 2020, 10 graduate students of KSMA defended their dissertations at a meeting of the specialized scientific council K 67.111.01 at the Kherson State Maritime Academy, specialty 05.02.01 – materials science. From 2020 to 2021, 2 graduate students of KSMA defended their dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 132 Materials Science and 5 graduate students in 275 Transport Technology. In 2020, 1 doctoral student defended his doctoral dissertation on the specialty 05.02.01 – materials science.
However, the problem of meeting the needs of the south region and Ukraine at all in highly qualified scientific personnel in the field of technical sciences, first of all – doctors of sciences, is not solved, because conducting the research in the direction of improving the reliability of the functioning of new technological equipment, the operation and repair of maritime and river transport is a key thing for the country and the region.
KSMA team is working on the introduction of promising research work and pays considerable attention to the training of young research and pedagogical staff. Research results conducted at KSMA are regularly reported at reporting conferences, special thematic seminars, and published in the form of scientific articles, theses, textbooks and manuals. Teachers of KSMA departments take an active part in scientific activity of the institution, which is primarily due to the fact that a significant number of them work on dissertation researches and seek to defend candidate and doctoral dissertations.
At the same time, it should be noted that scientific researches and development in priority areas of science and technology are carried out on the basis of KSMA, including specialty 132 – Materials Science and 275- Transport Technologies:
• the influence of energy fields on the properties of composite materials for increasing the reliability of operation and repair of vehicles;
• maintenance and repair of transport equipment;
• development of composite materials of tribological purposes and technology of renovation works;
• increasing the efficiency of the technical condition monitoring of transport equipment.
The priority directions of the scientific school have been created and are developing in KSMA:
1. Composite materials with increased performance for the repair of transportation technologies. It operates at the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering of KSMA under the leadership of doctor of technical sciences, professor A.V. Buketov, who has more than 500 scientific papers in this field. Scientific works are being carried out in this direction, including within the framework of state budget topics: “Development of epoxy nanocomposites to increase the service life of maritime, river transport and military equipment” (state registration number is 0120U101567), scientific supervisor is doctor of technical sciences, prof. Buketov A.V. (period of execution: 01.2020 – 12.2022); “Development of antifriction nanocomposite materials to increase the performance of friction units of land and water transport” (state registration number is 0120U101566), scientific supervisor is candidate of technical sciences, Associate Professor Brailo M.V. (period of execution: 01.2020 – 12.2022); in 2020, representatives of the scientific school won the competition of the National Research Fund of Ukraine “Support of research of leading and young scientists” and received funding from the state budget project 2020.02 / 393 “Development of nanopolymer composites for the restoration of performance characteristics of water and land transport” (state registration number is 0120U104918), scientific supervisor – doctor of technical sciences, prof. Buketov A.V. (research has started in 2020); “Directed control of the formation of nanocarbon-containing polymer composites to increase the performance characteristics of transport” scientific supervisor – doctor of technical sciences., prof. Sapronov O.O. (the study has begun in 2021).
2. Regularities of the efficiency increasing of control of a technical condition of transport equipment. Operates at the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering of KSMA under the leadership of doctor of technical sciences, professor O.V. Sharko, who has more than 250 scientific papers in this field. Scientific works are being carried out in this area, including within the framework of the business contract topic “Development of ultrasonically modified epoxyplasts filled with disperse-fiber additives with increased performance characteristics” (customer – Limited Liability Company “Shipbuilding Company ‘Marina Group’ “) (state registration number is 011U008118). During 2016-2020, more than 40 scientific articles were published in this area, a significant part of which is included in international scientometric databases, 10 patents of Ukraine were obtained, 2 monographs were prepared for publication.
3. Maintenance and repair of transport equipment. Operates at the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering of KSMA under the leadership of doctor of technical sciences, professor of the department Sapronova O.O. and candidate of technical sciences, doctoral student, Associate Professor of the Department of Transport Technologies and Mechanical Engineering Brailo M.V. The Academy has established a research laboratory for the use of tribological materials in engineering, which is equipped with the necessary equipment for scientific research. Scientific works are being carried out in research laboratory, including within the framework of state budget topic “Research and development of new materials and technologies for operation and repair of transportation vehicles” (state registration number is 011U002760), “Development of a decision-making system to manage the ship repair process” (state registration number is 0117U000443).
The latest material and technical base have been created in the KSMA for experimental research, as a result of which the use of known and developed methods of research of structure characteristics and dynamics of properties of systems in critical conditions of their operation is offered, which involves the study of processes of maintenance and repair of transport equipment, the improving of efficiency of control of technical condition of production transport systems of the river and sea fleet.
Creative team, mentioned above, meets all the characteristics of the scientific school, in particular:
Long-term scientific productivity, characterized by quantitative and qualitative indicators.
The breadth of the problem-thematic, geographical and chronological ranges of the scientific school.
Preservation of traditions and values of the scientific school at all stages of its formation and development.
Ensuring continuity in scientific researches (doctoral students, graduate students, students).
Development of an atmosphere of creativity, innovation, openness to discussions.
Association and continuous replenishment of talented scientists in the scientific school.
Active scientific and pedagogical activity.
Official recognition by the state of the importance of scientific research of the scientific school (different awards, scholarships, state grants received by representatives of the school (doctor of technical sciences, prof. A.V. Buketov, doctor of technical sciences Sapronov O.O., candidate of technical sciences Brailo M.V.)).
During the period from 2016 to 2022, representatives of the scientific school published: more than 200 scientific and methodological works, including: 8 monographs; 5 intellectual property certificates; more than 70 articles, of which more than 20 articles are included in the Scopus database and more than 5 in the Web of Science database, more than 100 theses; more than 30 patents of Ukraine.
Since 2012, the KSMA has a specialized science council K 67.111.01 for the defense of candidates of technical sciences in the specialty 05.02.01 – materials science, which includes 8 doctors of technical sciences and 7 candidates of technical sciences. 13 candidate dissertations were defended in the specialized science council K 67.111.01.
In 2015, a permanent doctoral program in Materials Science was opened at KSMA, and in 2020 – in the Transport Technologies specialty.
The fruitful work of the scientific school is provided by the preparation and defense of dissertations by graduate and doctoral students of the Kherson State Maritime Academy. In addition, the expansion of the range of activities of the scientific school is aimed at making the agreements on cooperation and exchange of specialists both within Ukraine and the European Union, the United States, China and others. This provides an exchange of experience both in the scientific field and in educational activities, which is important in the context of competency and communicative approaches to the educational process, which is implemented in KSMA.
During the period from 2012 to 2022, representatives of the scientific school achieved the following:
Buketov A.V.
Academician of the Academy of Engineering of Ukraine (2018) (diploma number: 309);
Academician of the Handling Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2012) (diploma number: 461);
Head of the Specialized Science Council K 67.111.01 at Kherson State Maritime Academy, specialty 05.02.01 – Materials Science.
Expert of the Science Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on the examination of projects of scientific fundamental and applied researches and scientific and technical (experimental) developments;
2012 – Grant of the President of Ukraine to support research for doctors of science;
2013 – Diploma of the Southern Scientific Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for creative activity, development and implementation of innovative ideas in the field of education and science;
2016 – internship at the University of Varna (Bulgaria). According to the internship results, Certificate № 00021 Academic internship “Innovative logistics of transport technology” was obtained (60 hours, 2 credits) September 24 – October 1 2016;
2017 – foreign experts were involved in the Weihai Analytical Center for a period of 2 years (September 2017);
In 2018 and 2019 he completed an internship of 120 hours (4 credits) on the “Operation and repair of transportation technologies, materiel science” topic from Zhejiang ACME Information Technology Co. LTD (Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China) and Bejing Eurasian International Center for Economic and Cultural Exchange (Beijing, People’s Republic of China);
2019 – Grant of the President of Ukraine to support research for doctors of sciences;
Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, 2019;
Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine, 2020 (Decree of the President of Ukraine №4 / 2020).
Participation in the implementation of state budget scientific research projects:
CI 59 / 01-23 “Development of ultrasonically modified epoxyplasts filled with disperse-fiber additives with increased performance characteristics “, state registration number is 0112U001148) – head of the project;
“Development of epoxy nanocomposites to increase the work resource of sea, river transport and military equipment” (state registration number is 0120U101567) – head of the project;
business contract topic “Development of ultrasonically modified epoxyplasts filled with dispersed fiber additives with increased performance characteristics” (customer – LLC “Shipbuilding Company“ Marina Group ”) (state registration number is 6i / 14) – head of the project;
DI 01-31 / 248 “Creation of epoxy nanocomposite materials with increased performance characteristics” (state registration number is 0117U002177) – head of the project;
contract №27g / 18 on the implementation of scientific and technical work with LLC “Scientific and Production Association ‘Optimag’” – head of the project;
Head of the project 2020.02 / 393 “Development of nanopolymer composites for restoration of the main mechanisms and hulls of water and land transport” (state registration number is 0120U104918) of the competition of National Research Fund of Ukraine “Support for research of leading and young scientists” for the costs of state budget.
Hirsch index – h-index (Scopus): 12, total number of citations is 290. (http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9836-3296).
Sapronov O.O.
2013 – a diploma for a significant contribution to the scientific and technical activities of the Kherson State Maritime Academy on the occasion of the All-Ukrainian Day of Science.
2015 – city mayor’s diploma to the day of Science;
2016 – GRAND PRIX in the nomination “Scientific research activity of the educational institution”;
2016 – certificate of honor for active scientific activity, significant personal contribution to scientific research in priority areas of development of Kherson region, Order № 228-K of 28.12.16;
2016-2018 – scholarship holder of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists;
In 2016, selected by an expert to conduct an examination of research projects of young scientists, which are submitted for funding from the state budget costs;
2016 – Laureate of the Prize of the President of Ukraine for young scientists (Decree of the President of Ukraine №509 / 2016);
In 2018 – Laureate of the Prize of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for the most talented young scientists in the field of fundamental and applied researches and scientific and technical developments (Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of July 11, 2018 № 2503-VІІІ);
In 2017 – Grant of the President of Ukraine to support scientific researches of young scientists (Order of the President of Ukraine №78 / 2017-rp);
2018 – commendation for a significant personal contribution to ensuring the quality of expert evaluation of scientific projects of young scientists, high organizational, scientific and methodological level of expert work of the competition of projects (developments) of scientific works of young scientists (order №26-k from 24.01.2018);
2018 – scholarship holder of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists;
In 2019, selected as an expert of the Scientific Council by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for the examination of projects of scientific fundamental and applied research and scientific and technical (experimental) developments;
In 2019, he completed an internship of 120 hours (4 credits) on the “Operation and repair of transportation technologies, materiel science” topic from Bejing Eurasian International Center for Economic and Cultural Exchange. Beijing, People’s Republic of China);
defended his doctoral dissertation on the specialty 05.02.01 – Materials Science (DD № 010233) in July 2, 2020 in the specialized scientific council D26.230.01 of the V. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Participation in the implementation of state budget researches:
DI 59 / 01-23 “Development of ultrasonically modified epoxyplasts filled with disperse-fiber additives with increased performance characteristics”, (state registration number is 0112U001148);
the main executor of the project of young scientists “Development of antifriction nanocomposite materials to increase the performance characteristics of friction units of land and water transport” (0120U101566);
business contract topic “Development of ultrasonically modified epoxyplasts filled with dispersed fiber additives with increased performance characteristics” (customer – LLC “Shipbuilding Company ‘Marina Group’”) (state registration number is 6i / 14);
DI 01-31 / 248 “Creation of epoxy nanocomposite materials with increased performance characteristics” (state registration number is 0117U002177) – head of the project;
“Development of epoxy nanocomposites to increase the performance characteristics of marine and river transport equipment” (state registration number is 0117U003835) – head of the youth project;
contract №27g / 18 on the implementation of scientific and technical work with LLC “Scientific and Production Association ‘Optimag’” – head of the project;
“Directed control of the formation of nanocarbon-containing polymer composites to increase the performance characteristics of transport” scientific supervisor doctor of technical sciences, prof. Sapronov O.O. (research started in 2021) – head of the youth project.
Scientific Secretary of the Specialized Science Council K 67.111.01 at the Kherson State Maritime Academy, specialty 05.02.01 – Materials Science.
Member of the editorial board of a foreign journal and journals that are part of professional publications in Ukraine: “American Journal of Polymer Science and Technology” (New York), “Scientific Bulletin of KSMA” (Kherson State Maritime Academy, Ukraine), “Journal of Hydrocarbon Power Engineering” (Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Ukraine).
Hirsch index – h-index (Scopus): 11, total number of citations is 209. (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-6556).
Brailo M.V.
2015 – city mayor’s diploma to the day of Science;
2016 – GRAND PRIX in the nomination “Research activities of the educational institution”;
2016-2018 – scholarship holder of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists;
2016 – certificate of honor for active scientific activity, significant personal contribution to scientific research in priority areas of development of Kherson region;
In 2016, selected by an expert to conduct an examination of research projects of young scientists, which are submitted for funding from the state budget costs;
2016 – Laureate of the Prize of the President of Ukraine for young scientists (Decree of the President of Ukraine №509 / 2016);
In 2016 – internship at the University of Varna (Bulgaria). According to the internship results, the Certificate № 00020 Academic internship “Innovative logistics of transport technology” was obtained (60 hours, 2 credits) September 24 – October 1 2016;
In 2018 – Laureate of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Prize for the most talented young scientists in the field of fundamental and applied research and scientific and technical developments (Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of July 11, 2018 № 2503-VІІІ);
In 2017 – swimming internship on a container ship “Michigan Trader” with a deadweight of 18,480 tons;
In 2017, received financial support for research of the National Scholarship Program of the Slovak Republic and completed 3 months of international internship at the Technical University of Košice (Slovak Republic). According to the internship results, the Certificate № 00027 Academic internship “Operation and repair of transportation means, material science” (300 hours, 10 credits) was received on December 11, 2017;
In 2018 and 2019 he completed an internship of 120 hours (4 credits) on “Operation and repair of transportation technologies, materiel science” at the Zhuji Lingbei Huafu Line Factory, Zhejiang ACME Information Technology Co. LTD (Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China);
2018 – commendation for a significant personal contribution to ensuring the quality of expert evaluation of scientific projects of young scientists, high organizational, scientific and methodological level of the expert of the competition of projects (developments) of scientific works of young scientists (order №26-k from 24.01.2018);
2018 – scholarship holder of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists;
In 2019, selected as an expert of the Scientific Council by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for the examination of projects of scientific fundamental and applied research and scientific and technical (experimental) developments;
Member of the specialized scientific council K 67.111.01 at the Kherson State Maritime Academy, specialty 05.02.01 – materials science (since 2016);
Member of the editorial board of a foreign journal and journals that are part of professional publications in Ukraine: “American Journal of Polymer Science and Technology” (New York), “Scientific Bulletin of KSMA” (Kherson State Maritime Academy, Ukraine), “Journal of Hydrocarbon Power Engineering” (Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Ukraine).
Participation in the implementation of state budget scientific research projects:
head of the project of young scientists “Development of antifriction nanocomposite materials to increase the performance characteristics of friction units of land and water transport” (state registration number is 0120U101566);
the main executor of the youth project “Development of epoxy nanocomposites to increase the performance characteristics of maritime and river transport” (state registration number is 0117U003835);
DI 59 / 01-23 “Development of ultrasonically modified epoxy plastics filled with disperse-fiber additives with increased performance characteristics” (state registration number is 0112U001148);
business contract topic “Development of ultrasonically modified epoxyplasts filled with disperse-fiber additives with increased performance characteristics” (customer – LLC “Shipbuilding Company” Marina Group “) (state registration number is 6i / 14);
DI 01-31 / 248 “Creation of epoxy nanocomposite materials with increased performance characteristics” (state registration number is 0117U002177);
contract №27g / 18 on the implementation of scientific and technical work with LLC “Scientific and Production Association ‘Optimag’”;
executor of the project of the National Research Fund of Ukraine “Support of research of leading and young scientists” at the expense of the state budget of the project 2020.02 / 393 “Development of nanopolymer composites for the restoration of performance characteristics of water and land transport” (state registration number is 0120U104918).
Hirsch index – h-index (Scopus): 10, total number of citations is 174. (http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8167-9999).
Scientific and scientific-technical cooperation of the scientific school in the scientific direction with foreign organizations:
Republican State Enterprise “Karagandy State University named after E.A. Buketov”(Kazakhstan) (cooperation agreement dated 15.11.17);
Technical University of Košice (Slovakia) (cooperation agreement dated 16.11.17);
State Scientific Institution “Institute of Mechanics of Metal-Polymer Systems named after V.O. Beliy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus” (Belarus) (cooperation agreement dated 03.10.18);
Belarusian National Technical University (Belarus) (cooperation agreement dated 27.11.18);
Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia) (cooperation agreement dated 22.02.19);
V. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine) (cooperation agreement dated 03.10.19);
Zhejiang ACME Information Technology Co. LTD (Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China) (cooperation agreement dated 05.11.19);
Bejing Eurasian International Center for Economic and Cultural Exchange (Beijing, People’s Republic of China) (cooperation agreement of November 8, 19).