Employees of the department Wagons

Doctor of Technical Sciences since 2009. He defended his dissertation in the specialized scientific council D 64.820.04 in the specialty 05.22.07 – “Rolling stock of trains and traction of trains”. Thesis: “Development of methods for calculation and testing of axle bearing units of freight cars, taking into account the peculiarities of their operation.”

Scope of scientific interests:  increasing the reliability of axle boxes of rolling stock.

Author of  194 scientific and scientific-methodical works. Among them there are two textbooks, a monograph, 6 patents, 8 scientific manuals and lecture notes. Under the guidance of prof. Martynova I.E. 5 candidate dissertations were defended.

Active member of the Transport Academy of Ukraine.
The member of Scientific and Technical Council State Enterprise” Ukrainian Scientific Railway Car Building Research Institute”.
Expert of National Agency of Higher Education Quality Assurance.
Expert of National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine.

Doctor of Technical Sciences since 1994. She defended her dissertation on the specialty 05.02.01 – Materials Science, and in 2001 was awarded the academic title of professor.

Scope of scientific interests:  development of ecologically clean technologies for increase of operational characteristics of details of cars and mechanisms of transport appointment; improving the regulatory provision of services and products of transport engineering.

Author of more than 472 scientific papers. Published 310 – articles, reports – 89, inventions – 36, patents – 22, more than 75 speeches at conferences.

Doctor of Technical Sciences since 2008. He defended his dissertation in the specialized scientific council D 64.050.03 at the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” in Kharkiv.

Scope of scientific interests:   development of composite materials for industry from powders of refractory compounds and metals, powder metallurgy, materials science

Author of more than 215 scientific papers, 28 patents, 2 international patents.

Doctor of Technical Sciences since 2021. She defended a thesis in Specialty 05.22.07 “Rolling Stock and Train Traction” in the specialized academic council D64.820.04 .The subject of the thesis was “Development of scientific foundations for calculating wagon structures by taking into account the above-norm cases of their operation”. Scientific consultant – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Fomin O. V.

Scope of scientific interests: investigation into the dynamics and strength of bearing structures of rail cars in operational loading modes.

Author of more than 300 scientific papers, over 60 of which are included in Scopus and WoS indexed journals with the Q1 and Q2 ranking, a holder of over 50 patents of Ukraine. One monograph was translated in English and published in Tallinn (Estonia). She is a co-author of a textbook for the discipline “Foundations of Oscillation Theory and Strength of Rolling Stock” and nine teaching and learning guides. She is a member of the editorial board of the Collected Scientific Papers of Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport and a reviewer of Ukrainian specialized and international publications included in Scopus indexed journals.

Doctor of Technical Sciences since 2024. He defended his dissertation in the specialized academic council D 64.820.04 on the specialty 05.22.07 – “Rolling stock of railways and train traction”. Dissertation topic: “Development of scientific foundations for ensuring the movement of trains by increasing the efficiency of operation of brake systems of freight cars.”

Scope of scientific interests:  technical operation and repair of cars, brake systems of rolling stock.

Author of more than 230 scientific works. As part of the educational and methodological work, Associate Professor V. G. Ravlyuk published and prepared for publication 230 scientific and methodological and educational and methodological developments, of which 84 are scientific articles, including 64 that are included in publications indexed in the Index Copernicus scientometric databases. Google Scholar, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), WorldCat, Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) and 20 publications indexed in Scopus scientometric databases; 79 abstracts of reports at international practical and technical conferences; 7 Ukrainian patents for inventions and utility models; 61 educational and methodological developments, including 2 educational manuals with the seal of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Ukraine, 15 lecture notes and 44 methodological instructions (recommendations).

PhD in Engineering Science since 2012 р. Dissertation was defended in the specialized council Д64.820.04  Ukrainian National Academy of Railway Transport  with a degree 05.22.07 – in ” Rolling stock  and special equipment” , number of diploma ДК 009206. The subject of the thesis is “Improvement of methods for assessing the efficiency of axle boxes of freight cars.” Scientific adviser – doctor of technical sciences, prof. I.E. Martinov.

Scope of scientific interests: increase in the activity of axle boxes of rolling stock, increase the strength and exploitation reliability of  carriages.

Author over 50 publications. Within the framework of scientific methodological work  was prepared and issued more than 6 writings educational and methodological biases, 2 patents, 2 scientific manuals with  stamped Ministry of Education and Science of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, 1 monograph.

PhD in Engineering  since 2003. He defended his dissertation in the specialized scientific council D 64.820.04 in the specialty 05.22.07 – “Railway rolling stock and train traction”. Dissertation topic: “Improvement of technology of maintenance and diagnostics of electrical equipment of passenger cars”. Scientific adviser – doctor of technical sciences, prof. V.F. Golovko.

Scope of scientific interests: industrial automation and microprocessor control systems.

Author of more than 60 scientific papers. 32 articles, 7 abstracts of scientific conferences and 13 patents. It also has 6 methodological developments and 3 textbooks, one of which is stamped by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Prepared 1 PhD in 2014.

PhD in Engineering Science since 2006. He defended his PhD thesis at the specialized scientific board D 64.820.04 in specialty 05.22.07– “Railway rolling stock and train traction”. The subject of the thesis was The improvement of maintenance and repair system of freight cars axle-box assembly units. His research advisor was Dr.Sc., Professor V. Golovko.

Scope of scientific interests: reliability of wagons, organization and planning of wagons repair production, production logistics in wagons repair.

Author of 40 scientific publications and teaching materials. Obtained 3 patents.

PhD in Engineering Science since 2003. He defended his dissertation in the specialized scientific council D 64.820.04 in the specialty 05.22.07 – “Railway rolling stock and train traction”. Dissertation topic: “Determination of the strength characteristics of the gondola car body when unloading bulk cargo”. Scientific adviser – doctor of technical sciences, prof. V.F. Head.

Scope of scientific interests:  dynamics and strength of cars, preservation of cars in operation.

Within the framework of scientific and educational-methodical work more than 100 scientific articles, abstracts of reports and materials of scientific and technical conferences, 18 educational and methodical developments, 19 patents of Ukraine for inventions and utility models, 6 research and competitive works were published and prepared for printing. . Prepared1 candidate of technical sciences for Univercity.

PhD in Engineering  since 2014. He defended his thesis at the specialized scientific council K26.885.01 at the State Enterprise “State Research Center of Railway Transport of Ukraine” of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine, specialty 05.22.07 – “Rolling stock of railways and train traction”. The topic of the thesis: “Improving the technology of maintenance and diagnostics of wheelsets of passenger cars based on the method of acoustic control”. Scientific adviser – Ph.D, V. Bondarenko.

Scope of scientific interests: reliability, diagnostics and non-destructive testing of rolling stock and its parts.

Author of over 40 scientific papers: 23 scientific articles, 14 abstracts of reports, 6 educational-methodical developments, 3 patents for utility models and 2 patents for inventions of Ukraine.