Engineering education is aimed at human well-being

Zaporizhzhia National Technical University is the coordinator in Ukraine of international Erasmus+ project 586114-EPP-1-2017-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP «Innovative multidisciplinary educational program for training bachelors and masters in artificial implants for bioengineering» (BIOART), one of the 8 projects in Ukraine that received funding under the Erasmus + KA2 program (development of higher education potential) in 2017.

The delegation from ZNTU at the kick-off meeting in Madrid (Spain) on February 7-9, 2018 was led by the Rector of the Faculty of Science, Prof. S.B. Belikov. The participants were welcomed by the director of the Institute of Telecommunications of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Professor Amador Miguel, and the project coordinator, Professor David Luengo. Representatives of the Technical University of Krakow (Krakow, Poland), Thomas More University College (St. Kateryna-Waver, Belgium), University of Continuing Education-Danube University (Kremz, Austria), representatives of four Ukrainian universities (Zaporizi National Technical University, Priazov State Technical University, Vinnytsia National Technical University, Donbas State Machine-Building Academy), three universities in Israel (Engineering College Samy Shamona, Bar Ilan University, Holon Technical University), representative of the Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology named after Sytenko (Kharkiv, Ukraine) and the Institute of Continuous Education (Israel) presented the existing training programs and their own scientific developments in the field of modern artificial implants and developed an action plan for the implementation of project tasks (agenda.pdf).

At ZNTU, a new innovative multidisciplinary educational program will be implemented at the Department of Radio Engineering and Telecommunications (headed by S.V. Morschavka). The working group also includes employees of the Department of Software Tools (Head of the Faculty of Science, Prof. S.O. Subbotin; Prof., Ph.D. G.V. Tabunshchik; Associate Professor, Ph.D. A.V. Parkhomenko) and the Department of Sketch Geometry, Engineering and Computer Graphics (Head of the Faculty of Ph.D., Prof. V.A. Shalomeev).

Rector of Zaporizhzhia National Technical University S.B. Belikov and vice-rector of Priazov Technical University O.P. Cheylyach, on February 8, 2018, a meeting was held with the vice-rector for academic strategy and internationalization of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, prof. Jose M. Antinza regarding the development of strategic partnerships between universities. It was emphasized the importance of deepening cooperation in technical sciences and the importance of the BIOART project as a starting point. Support for the Erasmus+KA1 individual mobility project for teachers and students between ZNTU and the Polytechnic of Madrid was confirmed. Leading internationalization consultant prof. A. Alvarez presented the existing opportunities for Ukrainian scientists and students financed by the national institutions of Spain. Information technologies, new materials, aviation engines and telecommunications were identified as the main directions for further scientific cooperation.

Performance period of the BIOART project: November 15, 2017 – November 14, 2020. More detailed information about the goals and objectives of the project can be obtained from the link: https://zp.edu.ua/?q=node/6985

Project coordinator from Ukraine,
prof. Department of Software Tools, Ph.D., Associate Professor G.V. Herdsman