Faculty of Engineering and Physics

History of the Faculty of Engineering and Physics

The faculty (former foundry, and since 1966 – mechanical and metallurgical) is the oldest in the university. With its organization, the development and formation of the university began. Initially, the training of engineers for the national economy was conducted by teachers and scientists of the foundry department, which acted as a faculty. After the establishment of the mechanical and metallurgical faculty, the training of engineers of a wide profile began here.

With the creation of the mechanical and metallurgical faculty, it included the following departments: machines and technology of foundry production, equipment and technology of welding production, physical materials science, technology of metals, machines and technology of metal pressure processing, economy and organization of production.

In connection with the needs of the national economy for engineering personnel of this profile both in the USSR and in Ukraine in particular, on June 23, 1980, two faculties were opened: mechanical and metallurgical and mechanical and technological. On May 16, 1994, the mechanical and technological department was disbanded, and on December 14, the mechanical and metallurgical department was renamed to the engineering and physical department. 

A significant part of the historical path of the faculty is connected with the names of famous scientists and pedagogues-leaders, the helmsmen of the faculty:

the deans of the IMF at different times were: V.S. Popov (September 1, 1959–September 1, 1964); R.S. Belyakov (September 3, 1964–September 26, 1969); B.S. Speranskyi (September 30, 1969–May 15, 1974); A.V. Sypko (May 16, 1974–December 29, 1976); B.M. Chumakov (December 30, 1976–November 19, 1980); V.I. Gontarenko (November 20, 1980–August 31, 1982); A.O. Shalomeev (September 1, 1982–December 14, 1989).

the deans of MTF were: B.M. Chumakov (November 20, 1980–December 26, 1981); I.V. Pinkovskii (December 28, 1981–November 16, 1985); M.S. Gamov (November 25, 1985–April 23, 1989); O.F. Bychyvyi (April 24, 1989 – May 16, 1994).

the IFF deans were: A.O. Shalomeev (July 10, 1989–December 9, 1995); V.M. Sazhnev (July 10, 1995–April 1, 1997); A.O. Shumilov (08/03/1997 – 06/19/2012); O.V. Klymov (20.06.2012 and until today).

Now the IFF includes the following profiling departments: machines and technology of foundry production, physical materials science and integrated technologies of welding and modeling of structures. A large number of students master the professions needed in production. They study in well-equipped classrooms and laboratories. More than 50 teachers transfer their rich experience and knowledge to future specialists, including professors: V.G. Ivanov, S.M. Popov, V.L. Greshta, V.Yu. Olshanetskyi, M.M. Brykov, V.V. Netrebko, V.V. Naumyk, S.A. Vodennikov, D.A. Antonyuk The faculty prepares engineering personnel from three specialties and six educational programs.

The dean’s office is a kind of headquarters of the faculty, its analytical and organizational center, where lesson plans are developed, their control is carried out, and the necessary documentation is carried out; current and prospective issues of today are resolved. This huge volume of work is performed by: Dean – Associate Professor O.V. Klymov, his deputy – associate professor E.M. Parakhnevich and employees with higher education, young highly qualified and conscientious specialists in their field – Inna Ponomarenko, Yevheniya Ivanchenko and Viktoriya Parkhomenko.