The Faculty of Mechanics and Technology is the main part of Dmytro Motornyi Tavria State Agrotechnological University, which trains bachelors in the field of Processes, Machines and Equipment of Agricultural Production and bachelors in the Specialty 208 “Agroengineering”. It also trains masters in the Specialty 208 “Agroengineering”.
The Faculty of Mechanics and Technology of Dmytro Motornyi Tavria State Agrotechnological University conducts a full-fledged educational process, coordinated with all managers and educational authorities, and purposeful educational, methodological, research and educational work.
The solution of the complex tasks facing the faculty in terms of quality training of specialists is ensured by the high level of qualification of the teaching and support staff, as well as a sufficient level of material and technical support for the educational process.
The Faculty consists of 4 departments: Department of Machine Operation and Technical Service, Department of Mechatronic Systems of Tractors and Agricultural Machines, Professor Fedir Yalpachyk Department of Processing and Food Production Equipment, Department of Engineering Mechanics and Computer-Aided Design, with 60 teachers, including 9 doctors of sciences, 12 professors, more than 40 candidates of sciences, and associate professors. The proportion of teachers with degrees and academic titles is 80%. The staffing program provides for the training of doctors and candidates of sciences through doctoral and postgraduate studies, where 17 employees study.
To ensure high-quality training of specialists for the agro-industrial complex, the faculty departments have a classroom and laboratory base with a total area of 14100 m2, and the area of educational and laboratory premises is approximately 9000 m2. The faculty has a 600-bed dormitory with a dining room, library, and sports rooms.
A specialist in the Bachelor’s degree program in «Processes, Machines and Equipment of Agricultural Production» must have fundamental knowledge in the field, techniques and methods of introducing the latest technologies and equipment in crop production, animal husbandry and processing of agricultural products; processes of machine repair and parts restoration; know the purpose, design, technological processes of work, parameters of machines and mechanisms for their use in agricultural production; methods of planning organizational and technical means for the efficient use of machinery and equipment; procedure for calculating technological processes, designing structural elements of machines to improve their reliability, rational use of fuels and lubricants and reduce harmful effects on the environment; study the achievements of science, advanced domestic and foreign experience in the field of mechanization of technological processes of agricultural production; know the basics of market economy, organization of production, labor and management, labor legislation; rules and regulations on labor protection, occupational health and safety, fire protection and life safety; be able to continuously update and enrich professional knowledge.
An agricultural engineer should:
Know:
- Structure, adjustment of existing agricultural equipment.
- Methods of calculations, possibilities of improving the performance of machinery and equipment of the agro-industrial complex.
- Technological processes of production and processing of agricultural products.
- Technological processes of maintenance of machinery and equipment of the agro-industrial complex.
- Methods of implementation of developed technological processes in production.
Be able to:
- Design new equipment for mechanized technological processes in the agricultural sector. Develop design documentation.
- Design and organize technological processes in the agro-industrial complex.
- Develop technological documentation.
- Implement technological processes in production.
- Manage technological and production processes.
There are three main areas of engineering activity in the AIA where agroengineers are involved:
- 1. design and scientific and information support of production,
- 2. production of agricultural products (production sector),
- 3. production services (repair and maintenance of machinery, transportation and energy supply, logistics, etc.)
Each sphere of production activity has its own defined range of functions and professional tasks of agricultural engineers.
The Faculty provides training in 4 specializations:
Machine use in agriculture
Machine use in irrigated agriculture
Technical service in the AIC.
Transportation technologies in the AIP.
In the aggregate of engineering tasks of Agroengineering, we can distinguish typical classes that are characteristic of each sphere of production activity, namely
– design of production systems and processes,
– work planning,
– organization of systems and production processes,
– production management.
TYPES OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF AN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER
Production and technological
Design and technological
Organizational and managerial
MAIN PLACES OF WORK OF AN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER
Enterprises for the production and processing of agricultural products
Technical service enterprises in the agro-industrial complex
Enterprises of mechanical engineering
INITIAL POSITIONS THAT MAY BE HELD
AGROENGINEER
Engineer
Design engineer
Process engineer
Diagnostic engineer
The main advantage of studying in the chosen field is that the students of the faculty have the largest number of state order places in the university, which indicates the great need of the state for highly qualified personnel trained by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.