Alyona Lovska
Position: Professor
Science degree, academic title: Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor
Year of birth: 1985
Education:
In 2007 she graduated from the Ukrainian State Academy of Railway Transport with a degree in Wagons. Candidate of Technical Sciences since 2013. She defended her dissertation in the specialized scientific council K 26.885.01 in the State Enterprise “State Research Center of Railway Transport of Ukraine” of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine in the specialty 05.22.07 – “Rolling stock and train traction”. Theme of dissertation work: Improvement of bearing designs of bodies of gondola cars for maintenance of reliability of their fixing on railway ferries [Text] author’s ref. dis. Cand. tech. Sciences 05.22.07 / AO Lovska: SE “DNDC UZ”. – K., 2013. – 20 p. – ukr.
Alyona O. Lovska is Doctor of Technical Sciences and defended a thesis in Specialty 05.22.07 “Rolling Stock and Train Traction” in the specialized academic council D64.820.04 in 2021.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.
Scientific activity direction:
Investigation into the dynamics and strength of bearing structures of rail cars in operational loading modes.
Author:
Alyona O. Lovska is an 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.
Awards and diplomas:
2009: granted the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Academic Scholarship to graduate and post-graduate students of higher educational establishments.
2021: became a winner in the All-Ukrainian Competition for Young Scientists in the category “Transport and Transport Technologies”.
2021: received acknowledgement from the mayor of Kharkiv of high professionalism and valuable contribution into the development of education and science of Kharkiv, and for the training of highly qualified specialists for Ukrainian economy.
Featured publications:
Монографія
1. Fomin O., Lovska A. (2020). Concept of freight wagons made of round pipes. Tallinn: Scientific Route. 2020. 72. doi: https://doi.org/10.21303/978-9916-9516-3-7.
Статті у періодичних виданнях
2. Alyona Lovska, Oleksij Fomin, Václav Píštěk, Pavel Kučera. (2020). Calculation of loads on carrying structures of articulated circular-tube wagons equipped with new draft gear concepts.Applied Sciences, 10, 7441. Impact Factor: 2,474.
3. Fomin O., Lovska A. (2020). Improvements in passenger car body for higher stability of train ferry. Engineering Science and Technology an International Journal, 23, 6, 1455–1465. ImpactFactor: 3,219.
4. Lovska Alyona, Fomin Oleksij, Píštěk Václav, Kučera Pavel. (2020). Dynamic load modelling within combined transport trains during transportation on a railway ferry. Applied Sciences, 10(16), 5710. Impact Factor: 2,474.
5. Alyona Lovska, Oleksij Fomin, Václav Píštěk, Pavel Kučera. (2020). Dynamic load and strength determination of carrying structure of wagons transported by ferries. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8(11), 902. Impact Factor: 2,033.
6. Oleksij Fomin, Alyona Lovska, Václav Píštek, Pavel Kucera. (2021). Determination of the vertical load on the carrying structure of a flat wagon with the 18–100 and Y25 bogies. Applied Sciences, 11(9), 4130. Impact Factor: 2,474.
7. Fomin O.,Gorbunov M., Lovska A., Gerlici J., Kravchenko K. (2021). Dynamics and strength of circular tube open wagons with aluminum foam filled center sills. Materials, 14(8), 1915. Impact Factor: 3,057.
8. Oleksij Fomin, Juraj Gerlici, Alyona Lovska, Kateryna Kravchenko. (2021). Analysis of the loading on an articulated flat wagon of circular pipes loaded with tank containers. Applied Sciences, 11(12), 5510. Impact Factor: 2,474.
Патенти на винаходи
9. Вагон-платформа зчленованого типу для перевезення контейнерів: пат. 122328 України на винахід, МПК B61D 3/08 (2006.01), B61D 3/10 (2006.01), B61D 3/20 (2006.01), B60P 7/13 (2006.01), B60P 7/08 (2006.01), B61F 1/08 (2006.01), B61F 1/02 (2006.01). a2017 04241. Ловська А. О. заявл. 28.04.17; опубл. 26.10.20, Бюл. № 20.
10. Критий вагон: пат. 111572 України на винахід, МПК (2016.01) B61D 3/00, B61F 1/00, B61F 1/02 (2006.01), B61F 1/08 (2006.01), B61D 17/04 (2006.01), B61D 17/08 (2006.01), B61D 17/12 (2006.01). a2015 09003. Фомін О. В., Ловська А. О. заявл. 18.09.2015; опубл. 10.05.2016. Бюл. №9.
The main subjects that teaches are:
| Number | Discipline | Education Program/Higher Education Level |
| 1 | Modern brake systems of cars | Railcars and Railcar Facilities |
| 2 | Fundamentals of the theory of oscillations and stability of rolling stock | Railcars and Railcar Facilities |