Chepizhnyi Andrii Volodymyrovych (PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Department) – Faculty of Engineering and Technology SNAU

Candidate of technical sciences, Associate Professor, Head of Department

Date and place of birth – February 17, 1987, Sumy, Sumy Region, Ukraine.

Education:

2004-2007 – Sumy National Agrarian University, specialty «Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture», Bachelor's degree.
2007-2009 – Sumy National Agrarian University, specialty «Mechanization of Agriculture», Master's degree.
2013-2017 – National University of Bioresources and Nature Management of Ukraine, specialty 05.01.01 – Applied Geometry, Engineering Graphics.
2019-2020 – Sumy National Agrarian University, specialty «Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Electromechanics», Master's degree.
2019 – defended dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences. Dissertation topic: «Geometric Methods for Finding Trajectory-Kinematic Characteristics of a Point in Complex Motion». Specialty 05.01.01 – Applied Geometry, Engineering Graphics.
2022 – awarded the academic title of Associate Professor at the Department of Energy and Electrical Systems.

Work Experience:

Since 2009 – Head of the Laboratory of the Department of Mechanization of Production Processes, Engineering and Technology Faculty, Sumy NAU.
2009-2011 – Senior Laboratory Assistant at the Department of Energy in Agriculture, Engineering and Technology Faculty, Sumy NAU.
2011-2015 – Assistant at the Department of Energy in Agriculture, Engineering and Technology Faculty, Sumy NAU.
2015-2017 – Senior Lecturer at the Department of Energy in Agriculture, Engineering and Technology Faculty, Sumy NAU.
2017-2019 – Acting Head of the Department of Energy in Agriculture, Engineering and Technology Faculty, Sumy NAU.
Since 2019 – Head of the Department of Energy and Electrical Systems, Engineering and Technology Faculty, Sumy NAU.

Main Courses: «Engineering Graphics and Basics of Computer Design»; «Fundamentals of Designing Energy Facilities in Agriculture».

Research Work: Author of over 30 publications, including over 10 articles in international journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science.

Links with Business, Grant, State Budget, and Contractual Topics:

Head of the scientific topic «Development of Energy Complexes and Systems for Industrial and Agricultural Production Using Fields of Various Physical Natures». State registration number: 0123U103856.

Professional Development / Academic Mobility:

2020 – Center for Professional Development, Retraining, and Improvement of Managers and Specialists. Short-term professional development course «Ensuring the Quality of Higher Education» from May 14 to May 20, 2020. Certificate No. НПП20120 dated May 20, 2020.
2021 – Scientific internship implemented at the Agricultural University of Hugo Kołłątaj in Kraków together with the International Academic and Scientific Cooperation Institute Foundation. Completed scientific internship titled “Innovations in Higher Agricultural Education and Sustainable Development in the Agricultural Sector in Poland and Ukraine” from November 15, 2021, to December 24, 2021. Duration of the scientific internship was 180 hours/6 ECTS (lectures and independent work). Registration number AG-16122021.
2023 – X International Program for the Professional Development of Education and Science Leaders, as well as Educational and Research-Pedagogical Workers «Together with Nobel Laureates: Values, Experience, Knowledge, Competencies, and Technologies for Shaping a Successful Personality and Transforming the Surrounding World.» (January 13 – March 11, 2023). Scope of training: 180 hours/6 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits, including 15 hours of inclusive education / 0.5 ECTS credits. Certificate No. 10887 dated March 11, 2023.