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Department of Shipbuilding and Ship's RepairHistory |
Starting from 1967 to 2003, the Shipbuilding section of the Kherson Educational and Research Institute of the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding (KhNI NU) trained shipbuilding specialists. At that time, the heads of the section were candidates of technical sciences, associate professors: Mykola Soldatov (1973-1978), Yurii Petropavlov (1978-1988), Oleh Luhinin (1988-1998), and Oleh Dudchenko (1998-2003).
By the order of the Rector of the Ukrainian State Maritime Technical University No. 76, the Department of Shipbuilding was established in 2003 on the basis of the Shipbuilding section and became part of the Shipbuilding Faculty of the Kherson Branch of the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding. The Department of Shipbuilding was headed by Academician of the Academy of Shipbuilding Sciences of Ukraine, Academician of the International Academy of Marine Sciences, Technologies and Innovations, Academician of the International Academy of Standardization, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Oleksandr Viktorovych Shchedrolosiev
According to the Order of the Rector of the National University of Shipbuilding No. 419K dated 19.07.2018, the name of the Department of Shipbuilding was changed to the Department of Shipbuilding and Ship Repair.
The Department of Shipbuilding and Ship Repair provides training for applicants of the first (bachelor's) and second (master's) levels of higher education) in the specialty 135 “Shipbuilding” in the educational programs “Ships and Ocean Engineering”, “Shipbuilding”, “Ship Repair and Fleet Maintenance”, “Yachts and Vessels for Water Tourism”.
In its activities, the Department of Shipbuilding and Ship Repair of KhNSU is focused on specific orders of specialists needed primarily for the shipbuilding industry of the Kherson region. Currently, the department regularly analyzes the required number of shipbuilding specialists. This work is carried out taking into account specific orders of enterprises and institutions of the shipbuilding industry.
There are a number of enterprises and organizations in Ukraine whose work is related to the construction of ships and floating structures, ship repair and renovation, and the development of state policy in the shipbuilding industry is impossible without the effective use of personnel policy and the scientific and technical potential of the university.
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Solving these problems and issues of staffing leading shipyards and maritime infrastructure enterprises whose activities are related to the design, construction, repair of ships and offshore floating structures, technical supervision of shipbuilding facilities and structures technical maintenance of the fleet, port activities reflects the main goal of training bachelors and masters in the specialty 135 “Shipbuilding” at the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding and its Kherson Educational and Research Institute.
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The Department has a positive experience in assigning students to their future jobs after completing internships at shipbuilding enterprises and organizations. During the period of internships, students have a practical opportunity to familiarize themselves with their future work, its content and prospects.
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Graduates of the Department of Shipbuilding and Ship Repair of the KhNI NUK are in demand at shipbuilding enterprises and design organizations in Kyiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Kilia, etc. In recent years, graduates of the department have been working at shipyards in Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, South Korea, and China.
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Over 700 shipbuilding engineers have graduated from the department since its inception.
In accordance with the agreements on bilateral creative cooperation, the department's scientists cooperate with the State Enterprise “Classification Society Register of Shipping of Ukraine”, LLC “Smart Maritame Group”, LLC “Pallada Shipyard”, Administration of River Ports of Ukraine, Kherson Sea Port, Kherson Shipyard, as well as other enterprises and institutions of maritime infrastructure.
Based on the research and design developments carried out jointly with the Pallada Research and Development Center on the topic “Design, technology and organization of construction of composite floating docks” (authors Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Rashkovsky O.S., Candidate of Technical Sciences Slutsky M.G, Kononov V.M., Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor O.V. Shchedrolosiev, Senior Lecturer O.M. Uzlov) created a new generation of modern composite floating docks of high lifting force of domestic design, which are competitive in the world market. The group of scientists, designers and specialists was awarded the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology in 2007 for the creation, mastering of production and widespread implementation of these docks.
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The scientific results of the doctoral dissertation of the Head of the Department of Shipbuilding and Ship Repair, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor O.V. Shchedrolosiev “Fundamentals of Improvement of Energy Use in Special Energy Systems of Universal Liquid Bulk Carriers” became the basis for the development of a number of measures to implement energy plans
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The results of scientific research conducted by the department's academic staff, students of the first (bachelor's), second (master's) and third (educational and scientific) levels of higher education are presented and discussed at international, national and scientific conferences, competitions, seminars, meetings, etc.
In recent years, the department's research and teaching staff has published 4 monographs, more than 200 scientific articles and abstracts, 150 teaching and methodological works, and received 20 patents for inventions. An educational and research laboratory of innovative technologies in shipbuilding and ship repair was established.
The department's academic staff is constantly improving the educational process, actively combining it with scientific work, and engaging gifted students in research, which helps to increase their interest in future professional activities. Graduates and scientists of the Department of Shipbuilding and Ship Repair contribute to the development of the shipbuilding industry and maritime infrastructure enterprises of Ukraine
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Academic staff and employees of the department who provide the educational process in the academic year 2024-2025
1. Shchedrolosiev Oleksandr Viktorovych - Head of the Department, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor
2. Korostylyov Leontyy Ivanovych - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor
3. Konovalova Anna Vasylivna - Candidate of Sciences, Associate Professor
4. Kuznetsov Anatolii Ivanovych - Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor
5. Lytvynenko Dmytro Yuriiovych - Candidate of Technical Sciences, Senior Lecturer
6. Sotsenko Vladyslav Valeriiovych - Senior Lecturer, Head of Laboratory
7. Krasota Halyna Anatoliivna - leading specialist
Gursky Sergiy Vasyliovych - General Director of the State Enterprise “Classification Society Register of Shipping of Ukraine”, stakeholder representative (part-time)