Research work is one of the leading areas of the teaching staff’s activities at the Department. The main scientific direction of the Department was formed in the 70s of the last century and was aimed at developing new types of equipment for light industry and electrical household appliances. It was formed under the influence of research works and the leadership of professors G. A. Piskorsky, O. P. Burmistenkov and I. V. Petko. In 1970–1995, more than 20 postgraduate students and researchers defended their PhD dissertations on this topic.
The research work of the Department of Computer Engineering and Electromechanics is organized in five training and research laboratories of various directions.
The scientific activities of the training and research laboratory of software and hardware tools for energy consumption management (scientific supervisor: Prof. I. O. Shvedchykova) are carried out in the direction of developing intelligent systems for managing electricity consumption of local facilities with renewable energy sources; increasing the energy efficiency of energy saving measures.
The scientific activities of the training and research laboratory of electrical converters and electromechanical systems (scientific supervisor Prof. O. O. Shavyolkin) are carried out in the direction of creating multifunctional converter units for combined power supply systems with renewable sources of electricity; improving semiconductor converters of electrical energy for power engineering and electromechanical systems.
The scientific activities of the training and research laboratory of polymer processing technology (scientific supervisor Prof. B. M. Zlotenko) are carried out in the direction of developing and implementing pilot information and investment projects in the field of polymer materials processing; providing information and advisory support on issues of polymer materials processing and the latest energy-efficient technologies; international cooperation in the field of polymer materials processing and exchange of experience between regions of Ukraine; demonstration of existing samples of energy-efficient equipment for polymer materials processing.
The scientific activities of the training and research laboratory of resource saving and rational environmental management (scientific supervisor Prof. I. V. Panasyuk) are carried out in the direction of conducting research on the complex properties of new materials and developing innovative resource-saving technologies and equipment; developing technologies for the utilization and disposal of household and industrial waste, technologies for rational water use, increasing the efficiency of wastewater treatment and preventing pollution of water bodies.
The scientific activities of the training and research laboratory "Center for Energy Efficiency" (scientific supervisor Prof. I. V. Panasyuk) are carried out in the direction of developing and implementing pilot information and investment projects in the field of energy saving and energy efficiency; providing information and advisory support on energy efficiency, best energy-saving practices and the latest energy-efficient technologies; international cooperation in the field of energy efficiency and ecology and exchange of experience between regions of Ukraine; disseminating knowledge about optimal opportunities for reducing energy supply costs among state and local authorities, municipal and state enterprises, budget institutions responsible for implementing measures of the city energy saving program and the active population; demonstrating operating samples of energy-efficient equipment.
The Department participates in the research work of the University, namely:
- conducts research on the most important theoretical, scientific-technical and socio-economic problems in the Department's profile, problems of higher education pedagogy in close connection with the tasks of improving the quality of specialist training;
- prepares annual reports on the results of research, conducts annual certification of postgraduate students of the Department;
- discusses completed research works and gives recommendations for their publication, participates in the implementation of research results into practice;
- examines dissertations submitted by members of the Department or, on behalf of the university management, by other applicants;
- organizes students' research work.
For over fifteen years, the teaching staff has been continuously fulfilling state research orders financed by budget appropriations. The teachers participate in scientific and practical conferences, including international ones.
In 2017–2023, the following state-funded research projects were carried out at the Department:
- Ukrainian-Slovak research project (2022 - 2023) "Improvement of energy management of hybrid photovoltaic systems of local facilities with energy storage" with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Technical University of Košice - scientific supervisor I. O. Shvedchykova, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
- "Principles of creating energy-efficient conversion units of combined power supply systems with renewable sources", scientific supervisor - O. O. Shavyolkin, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
- "Development of an energy-efficient management system for micro-energy networks of local facilities with traditional and renewable sources", scientific supervisor - I. O. Shvedchykova, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
- "Development of a software and hardware complex for managing electricity consumption in energy management systems of local facilities", scientific supervisor - I. O. Shvedchykova, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor.
Research and applied work was also carried out:
- "Development of algorithms for the application of inductive modeling methods in intelligent dispatching systems of energy islands" (2017 – 2019) – scientific supervisor V. V. Osypenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
- “Development of methods and tools for managing the efficiency of energy systems with distributed generation” (2019 – 2021) – scientific supervisor V. V. Osypenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
- "Development of methods and tools in intelligent information technologies for managing the reliability of complex technical objects" (2022 - 2023) - scientific supervisor V. V. Osypenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor.
Within the framework of scientific and educational activities, direct contacts of the Department of Computer Engineering and Electromechanics are carried out with the cooperative state university of Baden-Württemberg DHBW (Stuttgart, Germany) within the framework of the KNUTD agreement on scientific and educational cooperation.
Students are involved in the research work of the Department. They prepare reports and participate in discussions as opponents. Some of these works are extended into course and diploma projects.

Every year, students participate in university-level Olympiads in the disciplines of the Department, the best works are recommended by the Department for participation in competitions and Olympiads of the all-Ukrainian or international levels. Also, a competition for the best final qualification works is held among master graduates.


In 2018-2021, the most active students of the Department prepared research papers and became winners of the 2nd round of the All-Ukrainian Student Research Papers Competition, which is held annually in various fields of knowledge at leading universities of Ukraine. Thus, in 2021, students of the Department M. Kharchenko and I. Tsyganenko took 2nd place at the All-Ukrainian Student Research Papers Competition in specialty 141 "Electrical Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics" (G3 Electrical Engineering), Kremenchuk city.
One of the types of research work of students at the Department is participation in the organization and holding of the annual exhibition-competition on the development of WEB-pages on the topics of the Department, Faculty and University. Such annual exhibitions-competitions have already become traditional and have received a very high rating. More than 100 students took part in this work, under the guidance of the Department’s teachers. A characteristic feature is that their number increases and is updated every year.
Students of the Department also participate in international competitions of student research papers :
- 2021 – students M. Kharchenko (gr. BEM-18) and V. Ishchuk (University of Žilina, Slovak Republic) with their work “IMPROVEMENT OF THE HYBRID PHOTOELECTRIC SYSTEM WITH A STORAGE BATTERY TO MEET THE OWN NEEDS OF THE LOCAL OBJECT” took 2nd place at the International Competition of Student Scientific Papers in specialty 141 “Electrical Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics” (G3 Electrical Engineering) at Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradsky National University;
- 2022 – student Ya. Maly (gr.MgEM-21) took 1st place with the work “MAGNETIC SEPARATION COMPLEXES FOR SYSTEMS FOR THE PROCESSING OF SOLID SHEETS” in the 2nd round of the International Competition of Student Scientific Papers in the specialty 141 “Electrical Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics” (G3 Electrical Engineering) at Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrogradskyi National University;
- 2022 – students D. Zakharov and M. Latko (gr. BKI-18) took 2nd place with the work “COMMUNICATION MODULE FOR ESTIMATING THE FORECAST OF THE INTENSITY OF GENERATION OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC BATTERY FROM A WEB RESOURCE” in the 2nd round of the International Competition of Student Scientific Papers in the specialty 141 “Electrical Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics” (G3 Electrical Engineering) at Mykhailo Ostrogradskyi Kremenchug National University.
Scientific schools
The Department has established scientific schools, the achievements of which are known not only in Ukraine but also abroad.
- The scientific direction is the study of technological processes, machines and devices used in the production and operation of electrical household appliances. The head of this school is O. P. Burmistenkov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor. In recent years, 5 doctoral theses and 2 candidate theses have been defended in this direction.
- Scientific direction – conditions of equivalence and orthogonality of probability measures corresponding to Gaussian generalized homogeneous random fields. Scientific supervisor S. M. Krasnytsky, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor.
Research training of postgraduate students
The Department runs a postgraduate program for the preparation of Doctors of Philosophy in the educational and scientific program 122 "Computer Science" (F3 Computer Science) and 141 "Electrical Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics" (G3 Electrical Engineering).
Currently, the Department of Computer Engineering and Electromechanics is training 27 postgraduate students.
D. Filimonov – scientific supervisor I. V. Panasyuk, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
S. Orlovsky, B. Mnozhynsky, A. Kayafyuk – scientific supervisor D. V. Stetsenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
V. Bashovy, V. Pylypenko, A. Bondarenko, B. Molchanov, O. Panasyuk – scientific supervisor V. V. Stetsenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
I. Upirov, V. Dromenko – scientific supervisor V. I. Chuprynka, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
S. Shilingov, V. Meteleshko, V. Polishchuk, D. Yegorov, M. Kolva – scientific supervisor S. M. Krasnytsky, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
V. Filipov, V. Yurochkin – scientific supervisor O. Ya. Nikonov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
I. Trishyn – scientific supervisor B. M. Zlotenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor.
R. Kaminsky, Ya. Maly, A. Trykhleb, Ya. Shvets – scientific supervisor I. O. Shvedchykova, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor.
G. Kruglyak, Yu. Gaman, O. Dem'yanchuk, O. Shcherbakov – scientific supervisor O. O. Shavyolkin, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor;
In 2022-2024, postgraduate students participated in the implementation of state-funded research and development projects: "Principles of creating energy-efficient conversion units of combined power supply systems with renewable sources" (0117U000605, 2017-2019); "Development of a software and hardware complex for managing electricity consumption in energy management systems of local facilities" (0119U103640, 2019-2020) ; Ukrainian-Slovak research project (2022-2023) "Improving energy management of hybrid photovoltaic systems of local facilities with energy storage devices" with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Technical University of Košice ; "Computer software complex for determining the intensity of technological processes on textile machines" (State registration number 0122U002571); "Development of software and mathematical software for automating the design of cutting schemes for roll materials into leather goods parts" (State registration number 0122U002596); "Development of software and mathematical software for automating the design of cutting schemes for roll materials into shoe parts" (State registration number 0122U002595); "Mathematical modeling of electricity consumption in buildings of higher education institutions" (State registration number 0122U002578).
With the direct participation of the candidates for the National Research Diploma, an experimental installation was created to study a hybrid photovoltaic system for powering a local facility in the training and research laboratory of software and hardware tools for energy consumption management. Modern equipment is used for work in the NNL.

Meeting of Prof. Shavyolkin O. O. with postgraduate students. Discussion of research issues continues – postgraduate student Yevhen Stanovsky reports.

Academic mobility
In 2020-2022, the Department's staff and higher education students participated in the work of international scientific and scientific-practical conferences abroad:
- *Actual problems of renewable energy, construction and environmental engineering: IV International Scientific-Technical Conference February 6–8, 2020, Kielce University of Technology, Kielce, Poland;.
- Strategy of Quality in Industry and Education: XVI International Conference, June 2–5, 2021, Varna, Bulgaria;
- Advanced Computer Information Technologies (ACIT 2021): 11th International Conference, September 15–17, 2021, Deggendorf, Germany;
- IEEE 2021: 62nd International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of RigaTechnical University (RTUCON), November 15–17, 2021, Technical University, Riga, Latvia;
- **Actual problems of renewable energy, construction and environmental engineering: V International Scientific-Technical ConferenceJune 3–5, 2021. Kielce University of Technology, Kielce, Poland;
- 22nd International Scientific Conference on Electric Power Engineering (EPE), Kouty nad Desnou, Czech Republic, 2022, pp.;
- IEEE 5th International Conference AND workshop in Óbuda on Electrical and Power Engineering (CANDO EPE 2022), Nov. 20-21, 2022, Budapest, Hungary.
- 11th International Scientific Symposium on Electrical Power Engineering - ELEKTROENERGETIKA 2022. Košice: TU, 2022 (12-14 September).
- Multidisciplinary academic notes. Theory, methodology and practice. Proceedings of the XVII International Scientific and Practical Conference. 3-6.05.2022, Tokyo, Japan.
- Current priorities of modern science, education and practice. Proceedings of the XXI International Scientific and Practical Conference. 31.05-3.06.2022, Paris, France.
- Multidisciplinary academic research, innovation and results. Proceedings of the XXII International Scientific and Practical Conference. 07-10.07.2022, Prague, Czech Republic.
* with the participation of graduate students E. Stanovsky and M. Pidhayny.
** with the participation of graduate students R. Marchenko and A. Pisotsky.
Within the framework of the Ukrainian-Slovak research project, I. O. Shvedchykova, Professor, in 2022 visited the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Technical University of Košice to participate in laboratory research ( https://knutd.edu.ua/pod-ta-publkats/news/14823/ ).
The Department's academic staff actively participate in international research and educational activities.
The following projects were submitted in 2022-2024:
- Creative Europe project submission. Title: CREA-CROSS-2024-MEDIALITERACY. Registration number: 101183579. Participants from the department: Rezanova V. G., Krasnytsky S. M.
- Erasmus+ project submission Title: Rethinking Employment of Adult Labourers. Participants from the department: Rezanova V. G., Chuprynka N. V.
- Erasmus+ project submission Title: Ignition Engine. Participants from the department: Rezanova V. G., Shcherban V. Yu.
- Erasmus+ project submission Title: Clean Slate. Participants from the department: Rezanova V. G., Shcherban V. Yu.
- Erasmus Jean Monnet application submission. Title: Business and Education in the EU. Participants from the department: Rezanova V. G., Shcherban V. Yu., Demkivska T. I.
- Project presentation Horizon. Title: Intelligence XXI 2.0. Participants from the department: Rezanova V. G., Shcherban V. Yu.
- Application submission Erasmus Jean Monnet. Title: European studies for Ukrainians. Participants from the department: Rezanova V.G., Shcherban V.Yu., Demkivska T.I.
- Project submission Horizon. Naza: Relationship between Intestinal Microbiota and Psychological State of a Person. Participants from the department: Rezanova V.G., Shcherban V.Yu.