Training of scientific personnel

The development of scientific personnel at the Department of Marine Electrical Equipment and Automation (MEEA) is built upon high professionalism, beginning with the training of higher education applicants:

  • Under the second (Master’s) level educational and professional program in specialization J5.03 “Operation of Marine Electrical Equipment and Automation”;
  • Under the third (educational and scientific) level educational and scientific program in specialty G7 “Automation and Computer-Integrated Technologies”.

Based on the initiative research projects of the MEEA Department’s faculty, research groups of higher education students are formed, providing them with the opportunity to engage in the most advanced, productive, and relevant studies. The department’s academic staff offers the following key research areas:

  • Development of control systems for local electric power complexes using artificial intelligence technologies (Polyvoda V.V., Simanenkov A.L.);
  • Improvement of technological, informational, and mathematical support for marine automated control systems (Polyvoda V.V., Simanenkov A.L.);
  • Methods and means of improving the operational characteristics of marine electrical equipment and automation tools (Doshchenko H.H., Holoshchapov S.S.);
  • Enhancing the efficiency of electric power conversion control processes in autonomous electrical systems, taking into account competence-based and communicative approaches (Faculty and teaching staff of the Department).

The results of these studies include numerous presentations at student, All-Ukrainian, and international conferences, publication of research papers, and participation in competitions, seminars, and conferences of various levels (see the Scientific Research section).

Leveraging the high caliber of the MEEA Department’s teaching, research, and academic staff, KSMA Master’s graduates are actively involved in further scientific endeavors.

Currently, the following PhD students are conducting their research at the Department of Marine Electrical Equipment and Automation:

  • Artem S. Romancha, dissertation topic: “Automated System for Monitoring the Condition of Marine Technical Complexes Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies”, academic supervisors: PhD in Engineering Sciences Simanenkov A.L., PhD Ivanov A.A.;
  • Kostiantyn O. Tovstokoryi, dissertation topic: “Automation of Ship Control Processes with Auxiliary Wind Propulsion Systems”, academic supervisor: ScD in Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor Zinchenko S.M.;
  • Yurii A. Kozachok, dissertation topic: “Coordination of Collective Behavior of Autonomous Vessels”, academic supervisor: ScD in Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor Zinchenko S.M.;
  • Oleksii O. Samoilov, dissertation topic: “Predicting Technical Inspection of Marine Electrical Equipment Using Artificial Intelligence Technology”, academic supervisor: PhD in Engineering Sciences Doshchenko H.H.;
  • Serhii O. Samoilov, dissertation topic: “Optimization of Marine Automated Electrical Power System Operation Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies”, academic supervisor: PhD in Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor Polyvoda V.V.;
  • Serhii V. Bihun, dissertation topic: “Methods and Means of Increasing the Efficiency of the Cylinder Lubrication Injection System of a Marine Internal Combustion Engine Using Alpha Lubricators”, academic supervisor: PhD in Engineering Sciences Simanenkov A.L.

The collaborative efforts of the research team have culminated in the successful defense of dissertations for the degree of PhD in Engineering Sciences (Specialty 151 – Automation and Computer-Integrated Technologies):

  • Ivanov A.A. – dissertation defense on the topic “Automated System for Monitoring and Control of the Ship’s Electrical Power System” (academic supervisor: ScD in Engineering Sciences, Professor Rozhkov S.O.), 2021;
  • Mamenko P.P. – dissertation defense on the topic “Methods for Automating Route Planning Processes and Optimal Vessel Collision Avoidance Under Uncertainty” (academic supervisor: ScD in Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor Zinchenko S.M.), 2023;
  • Mateichuk V.M. – dissertation defense on the topic “Automation of Ship Motion Control Processes in Heavy Seas” (academic supervisor: ScD in Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor Zinchenko S.M.), 2024;
  • Ponomarova V.P. – dissertation defense on the topic “Methods for Creating Automated Ship Motion Control Systems Based on the Navigator’s Qualification Model” (academic supervisor: PhD in Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor Nosov P.S.), 2025.