Results of the June meeting of the Academic Council of USUST

On June 25, 2025, at a meeting of the Academic Council of UDUNT, state and departmental awards, certificates of academic titles were presented to scientific and pedagogical workers

Among the issues on the agenda, special attention was paid to solemn moments – awarding state honours, departmental awards, certificates of honour, as well as the conferment of academic titles to the university’s academic staff.

Firstly, the title of Honorary Doctor of USUST was awarded to Andrzej Garbach, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of Warsaw Polytechnic, Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering. The relevant report was presented by Professor Vladyslav Danishevskyi, Director of  SEI ‘Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture’.

For the initiative, professionalism and significant contribution to the development of education and science, a number of USUST employees were awarded state honours by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine:

  • Diplomas of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine were awarded to:
    • Kostiantyn Sukhyi, Professor, Rector of USUST;
    • Bilotserkivets Volodymyr Viktorovych, Professor of the Department of International Economics and Social and Humanitarian     Disciplines, SEI ‘DMI’;
  • ‘Excellence in Education’ badges of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine were awarded to:
    • Vitalii Petrenko, Professor, Head of the Department of Intellectual Property and Project Management, SEI ‘DMI’;
  •  Badges of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine ‘For Educational and Scientific Achievements’ were given to:
    • Kapitsa Mykhailo Ivanovych, Professor, Director of SEI ‘DIIT’;
  •  Acknowledgements of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine wwere given to:
    • Anataychuk Inna Mykolaivna, Senior lecturer of the Department of Philology and Translation, SEI ‘USUCT’;
    • Oleksii Bezshkurenko, Associate Professor of the Department of Theoretical Foundations of Metallurgical Processes, SEI ‘DMI’;
    • Maksym Mykolaiovych Boiko, Associate Professor of the Department of Iron and Steel Metallurgy, SEI ‘DMI’;
    • Radkevych Tetiana Oleksiivna, Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Ukrainian Studies, SEI ‘DIIT’;
    • Sopilniak Artem Mykhailovych, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Descriptive Geometry and Graphics, SEI ‘PSACEA’;
    • Violetta Fedina, Senior lecturer of the Department of Construction Production Technology, SEI ‘PSACEA’;
For active participation in the development of the city and educational initiatives, the Acknowledgements of Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov were awarded to:
    • Beketov Oleksandr Vadymovych, Professor of the Department of Fundamental and Natural Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of IT and Mechanical Engineering, SEI ‘PSACEA’;
    • Svitlana Viktorivna Borycheva, Head of the Education Department of USUST;
    • Roman Vernyhora, Professor of the Department of Transport Hubs, Dean of the Faculty of Transportation Management, SEI ‘DIIT’;
    • Vasyl Hanush, Associate Professor of the Department of Industrial Engineering, SEI ‘DMI’;
    • Dikarev Kostiantyn Borysovych, Associate Professor of the Department of Construction Production Technology, SEI ‘PSACEA’;
    • Mianovska Yana Valeriivna, Professor of the Department of Electrometallurgy named after Academician M.I. Gasyk, SEI ‘DMI’;
    • Nesterenko Mykola Hryhorovych, Associate Professor of the Department of Energy, SEI ‘USUCT’;
    • Ovcharenko Volodymyr Ivanovych, Associate Professor of the Department of Materials Science, SEI ‘USUCT’;
    • Oleh Ihorovych Sablin, Professor of the Department of Environmental and Civil Safety, SEI ‘DIIT’;
    • Solovey Dmytro Oleksandrovych, Associate Professor of the Department of Sports Games, SEI ‘PSAPCS’;
    • Oksana Solodka, Associate Professor of the Department of Boxing, Wrestling and Weightlifting, SEI ‘PSAPCS’;
The academic titles were also awarded at the meeting,
  • Professor’s certificates were awarded to:
    • Valerii Pichurin, Doctor of Science in Physical Education and Sports, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Head of the Department of Physical Education, SEI ‘DIIT’;
    • Kononova Iryna Volodymyrivna, Doctor of Economics, Professor of the Department of Real Estate Development, Finance, Accounting and Marketing, SEI ‘PSACEA’.
  • Associate professor’s certificates were awarded to:
    • Buryak Kateryna Mykhailivna, PhD in Law, Department of Economics and Law, SEI ‘USUCT’;
    • Volnyanska Olena Viktorivna, PhD in Chemistry, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Food Additives and Cosmetics, SEI ‘USUCT’;
    • Myroniak Maria Oleksandrivna, PhD in Chemistry, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Food Additives and Cosmetics, SEI ‘USUCT’;
    • Andrii Yuriiovych Serhiiev, PhD in Physical Education and Sports, Department of Aquatics, SEI ‘PSAPCS’;
    • Shuba Viktoriia Viktorivna, PhD in Pedagogy, Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, SEI ‘PSAPCS’;
Diplomas of the Department of Education and Science of the Dnipro Regional State Administration were given to:
  • Volodymyr S. Andreev, Associate Professor of the Department of Transport Infrastructure, SEI ‘DIIT’;
  • Dmytro Afanasiev, Senior lecturer of the Department of Theory and Methods of Physical Education, SEI ‘PSAPCS’;
  • Baliychuk Oleksii Yuriiovych, Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics, SEI ‘DIIT’;
  • Liliia Volodymyrivna Honchar, Associate Professor of the Department of Gymnastics, SEI ‘PSAPCS’;
  • Goliakova Iryna Vitaliivna, Associate Professor of the Department of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Heat and Gas Supply, SEI ‘PSACEA’;
  • Gorbova Oleksandra Viktorivna, Acting Head of the Department of Electronic Computers, SEI ‘DIIT’;
  • Olena Kysilevska, Chief Economist of the Scientific Centre for Innovative Materials and Technologies, SEI ‘USUCT’;
  • Myslytska Anastasiia Oleksandrivna, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Senior lecturer of the Department of Reinforced Concrete and Stone Structures, SEI ‘PSACEA’;
  • Andrii Okorokov, Head of the Department of Transport Service and Logistics, SEI ‘DIIT’;
  • Ponomariova Olena Anatoliivna, Head of the Department of Computer Science, Information Technology and Applied Mathematics, SEI ‘PSACEA’;
  • Posmitiukha Oleksandr Petrovych, Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Mechanics and Materials Science, SEI ‘DIIT’;
  • Andrii Yuriiovych Serhiiev, Associate Professor of the Department of Water Sports, SEI ‘PSAPCS’;
  • Stupniker Anna Leonidivna, Associate Professor of the Department of Economics, Management and Entrepreneurship, SEI ‘PSACEA’;
  • Usovnychenko Liudmyla Ivanivna, Leading Specialist at the Research Centre for Innovative Materials and Technologies, SEI ‘USUCT’;
  • Maryna Tsarik, Scientific Secretary of the Research Centre for Innovative Materials and Technologies, SEI ‘USUCT’.
The results of the meeting once again demonstrated university’s strong human capital potential, professionalism of the academic staff and recognition at the highest level, both at the state and municipal. We sincerely congratulate our colleagues on their professional achievements!

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