History of the department
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics was established on August 26, 2015, by Order of the Rector of Tavria State Agrotechnological University No. 374-OD in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education” to optimize the educational process on the basis of the reorganized Departments of Theoretical and General Electrical Engineering and Automated Electric Drive. At Dmytro Motornyi Tavria State Agrotechnological University, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics plays an important role in training specialists in the design, application, and operation of electromechanical complexes and systems.
Since 2017, the department has proudly borne the name of Professor V.V.Ovcharov. Today, it is difficult to overestimate Volodymyr Ovcharov’s personal contribution to the development and construction of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics, significant achievements in the training of highly qualified specialists and research and teaching staff, personal achievements in scientific and technical activities and significant contribution to the development of education.
It is impossible to imagine the formation of a young, ambitious, efficient staff of the department without a solid foundation of educational traditions laid by previous generations of teachers. At the origins of the department was Candidate of Technical Sciences Sukhotskyi, the first Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electric Drive, one of the first to be organized at the Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, starting in 1932. The first graduates of 1937 began studying electrical engineering in 1934.
In 1941, the institute was evacuated to Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR. On October 2, 1944, the re-evacuation of the equipment of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electric Drive was entrusted to the Head, Candidate of Technical Sciences Arkhanhelskyi and Senior Laboratory Assistant of this department A. Yeryn (according to the protocol No.73 of 1944).
Over the years, the department has changed its name and Heads:
1947 – Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor H.A. Fridberh was appointed Head of the Department;
1949 – the Department of Electrical Engineering, Physics and Electric Drive, Head of the Department – Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor H.A. Fridberh;
1951 – in connection with the reorganization of the Taganrog Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, the Faculty of Electrification was transferred to the MIAM, the director of the institute, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor D.V. Abramchev was appointed Head of the Department;
1953 – Department of Electrical Engineering and Electrical Machines, Head of the Department, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor D.V. Abramchev;
1961-1967 – Department of Electrical Engineering, Head of the Department, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor H.A. Fridberh;
1967-1971 – Department of Theoretical and General Electrical Engineering, Head of the Department, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor H.A. Fridberh;
1971-1981 – Department of Theoretical and General Electrical Engineering, Head of the Department, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor M.I. Vereskun;
1981-1985 – Department of Theoretical and General Electrical Engineering, Head of the Department, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor V.V. Ovcharov;
1986-1992 – Department of Theoretical and General Electrical Engineering, Head of the Department, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor A.Y. Churakov;
1992-2015 – Department of Theoretical and General Electrical Engineering, Head of the Department, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor V.V. Ovcharov;
2015-2016 – Department of Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics, Head of the Department, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor V.V. Ovcharov.
Over the years, the department has taught such disciplines as electrical engineering, electric drive, physics, electrical machines, radio electronics, electrical measurements, theoretical foundations of electrical engineering, electronics, etc.
Many generations of graduates of the Faculty of Energy remember with warmth and respect the teachers of the department: Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professors I.I. Martynenko, V.V. Ovcharov, V.I. Prosvirnin, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professors D.V. Abramchev, M.I. Vereskun, O.K. Hryshchenko, O.S. Zakharov, O.P. Pasichna, A.I. Starshov, H.A. Fridberh, A.Y. Churakov, L.M. Bezmennikova, Senior Lecturers P.S. Olenych, A.L. Skrypko, L.F. Shamarova, Assistants V.O. Pavlenko, V.D. Svetlychna, V.F. Sorokin, and others.
The department has always kept up with the times, introducing new and progressive things into the educational process. In recent years, the work of the department’s staff has been aimed at creating and implementing a universal computerized, adapted to the Bologna process, fundamental-theoretical, practically oriented system of developmental teaching of disciplines.
The second ancestor of the Professor Volodymyr Ovcharov Department of Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics was the Department of Automated Electric Drive, established on January 22, 1979, by order of the Rector of the Melitopol Institute of Agricultural Mechanization No. 62-U by dividing the Department of Electric Power Application in Agriculture into two separate scientific and pedagogical units – the Department of Automated Electric Drive (AED) and the Department of Electric Power Application in Agriculture (EPAA). Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor H.N. Nazarian was appointed Head of the Department AED, who worked in this position until 1999. The staff of the department was determined in the amount of ten teachers, among whom H.N. Nazarian and B.V. Zaitsev had a degree Candidate of Technical Sciences and held the positions of Associate Professors. This team took on the entire burden of preparing the relevant lecture courses and creating a laboratory base to support the educational process. The first enrollment of students in this specialization was carried out in the 1979-1980 academic year. The hard work of the team was crowned with success and the first graduation of 25 electrical engineers took place in 1984.
During the time of H.N. Nazarian’s leadership, the qualitative composition of the department changed. The new staff was replenished by the graduates of the department – R.V. Kushlyk (1987), Ye.P. Masiutkin (1988), A.V. Pyrozhok (1993), S.V. Halko (1994), V.I. Hanaba (1995). The material base was growing – special attention was paid to the creation of modern laboratories of electric machines and electric drive. The laboratories of the department allowed to conduct classes in many courses and perform research work. At that time, the laboratories of the department were among the best in the Soviet Union in terms of their equipment, versatility and operational capabilities. H.N. Nazarian, B.V. Zaitsev, P.V. Kovalenko, V.T. Diordiiev, A.A. Katiukha and others made a lot of efforts to build and install the equipment of the laboratories.
In 1996, the department founded a full-time postgraduate program in the scientific specialty 05.09.16 – Application of electrical technologies in agricultural production.
Since 1999, the department has been headed by Associate Professor Katyukha A.A. (a graduate of the Department AED of MIAM. The prerogative of the department in these years was the development of the methodological, material and technical base of the department, the introduction of new disciplines in the educational process, in particular, “Energy Saving and Energy Management in the Agroindustrial Complex”. In September 2008, under the leadership of A.A. Katiukha, the department started teaching disciplines in the credit-module system in accordance with the Bologna Agreement.
During 2009-2015, the department was headed by Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor Yurii Kutsenko.
The main directions of Yu.М. Kutsenko work were the introduction of innovative technologies in the educational process on the basis of the credit-module system, the transition to a cumulative system of diagnostics of students’ knowledge; auditing the quality of methodological support of disciplines, their compliance with the requirements of the credit-modular system. Also, a lot of efforts were directed to re-equipping the laboratories of the department with modern equipment, microelectronic and microprocessor devices.
The department trained students in the following disciplines: electrical machines, basics of electric drive, control and protection devices, repair of electrical equipment, automated electric drive, energy saving and energy management, and research technology.
Over the years, the department has been dedicated to the following people: Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Yu.M. Kutsenko, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professors H.N. Nazarian, B.V. Zaitsev, A.A. A.A. Katiukha, O.P. Karpova, V.Y. Zharkov, Ye.P. Masiutkin, Senior Lecturers V.M. Smuryhin, S.D. Myronets, Assistant Professor A.V. Vuzhytskyi and others.
In 2015-2016, the department was headed by Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor V.V. Ovcharov
Today, the department is headed by Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor Serhii Oleksiiovych Kvitka.
Teachers of the department conduct classes for full-time and part-time students in the specialties 141 “Electrisity, Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics”, 208 “Agroengineering”, 133 “Industry Engineering”.
Specialists are trained at the «Bachelor’s» and «Мaster’s» degrees. On the basis of the educational qualification level “Master” at the Professor Volodymyr Ovcharov Department of Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics, postgraduate students are trained for the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences.
Teachers of the department within the framework of the national program on the design, application and operation of electromechanical complexes and systems, taking into account modern international educational standards, ensure high quality training of specialists of a new formation by synthesizing deep theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
In accordance with the concept of graduate education, the discipline programs have been completely updated, the department’s specialists have prepared teaching and methodological support, and created teams of authors to prepare textbooks and manuals.
The department has a powerful material and technical base, experienced teaching staff, a developed computer network, and many years of experience in educational, scientific and pedagogical work. This leads to the training of specialists at the highest professional and qualification level and ensures their competitiveness in the labor market, activates creative, professional and social activities to enrich the intellectual potential of the nation.
Almost all graduates of the University are employed and work at various enterprises and organizations regardless of their industry, ownership and management. The feedback received from the heads of enterprises and organizations notes their high qualification level, responsible attitude to their duties, emphasizes that they make extensive use of the knowledge gained at TSATU, show initiative and interest, and skillfully apply knowledge in practice.