Research

Scientific Research Areas:

• Ensuring the quality of technological operations in crop production

• Energy-saving technologies in the agro-industrial complex; Precision agriculture systems

• Determining optimal structural and technological parameters of agricultural crop shredders

• Modeling of transport processes and evaluation of the quality of transport operations

• Methods to reduce the negative impact of mobile technological aggregates (MTA) on soil

• Increasing the durability of tillage machine working tools

• Research of agricultural machinery used in crop cultivation and substantiation of operational parameters and modes

• Improvement of micro-dosing technology for poorly flowing materials and the development of micro-doser designs

• Modernization of tractor and agricultural machinery structures

• Seed inoculation systems during sowing

• Development of a climate chamber with adaptive lighting for growing crops

Departmental State-Funded and Contract Research Topics:

• Research topic: Improvement of processes and technical means for agricultural production and processing.
  Reg. No.: 0119U103235 (Duration: 01.12.2019 – 01.12.2023)
  Stage 3: Development, implementation, and study of a machine component for organic fertilizer application; kinematics, dynamics, and its impact on soil compaction.
  Scientific supervisor: PhD Vladyslav Zubko

• Contract research (GDT-15-11-2): Development of scientific-practical recommendations to improve the efficiency of seed material separation processes
  Participants: S.O. Kharchenko, F.M. Kharchenko, V.O. Herasymenko, D.O. Kharchenko, K.H. Syrovitskyi, M.L. Shuliak
  Partner: “Konotop Elevator” branch of LLC “Agro-Polis”
  Budget: 12,000 UAH | 2022–2023

• Contract research (GDT 6-11): Study of the influence of sprayer hydraulic nozzle technical conditions on the spraying quality
  Duration: 06.11.2023 – 30.04.2024
  Total budget: 50,000 UAH | First stage: 06.11.2023 – 31.12.2023 | Stage budget: 5,000 UAH

• Contract research (GDT 27-11-1): Improvement of sunflower cultivation technology elements
  (Innovative components for standard technology developed)
  Budget: 50,000 UAH | 2023–2024
  Researcher: M.O. Mikulina

• Contract research (GDT 29-8): Development of recommendations on matching agricultural production volumes with technical capabilities
  Section: Calculation of annual load on agro-machinery depending on crop types
  Duration: 01.10.2023 – 31.10.2023
  Researchers: S.P. Sokolik, B.O. Sarzhanov

• Scientific & Technical Research (NTR):
  Formation of functional stability and energy-saving operating modes of transport and technological units in agriculture under variable load conditions
  Reg. No.: 0124U001115 | 2024–2028
  Scientific Supervisor: Prof. M.L. Shuliak

• Scientific & Technical Research (NTR):
  Justification of the methodology for synthesizing technology, machinery fleet composition, and optimal land use for maximum crop yield
  Reg. No.: 0124U001116 | 2024–2028
  Scientific Supervisor: Prof. V.M. Zubko

Grant Activities:

• 2015–2016: Support for Harmonization of the Bologna Higher Education System in Agricultural Universities of Ukraine (Czech Republic Development Cooperation Project)
  Coordinator: Prof. V.M. Zubko

• 2019–2021 (Interuniversity Cooperation Project):

  • Climate Chamber with Lighting Adapted for Growing Crops (Zubko V.M., Shelest M.S.)

  • Seeder System Enabling Inoculant Treatment During Sowing (Zubko V.M., Shelest M.S.)

  • Mobile Information and Technical System for Determining the Depth of the Plow Sole
    Main Coordinator: Sergii Sokolik | Co-researcher: V.M. Zubko

Additional Activities

• The department’s lecturers supervise student scientific projects that have won prizes at national and international competitions.

• The department offers doctoral studies (PhD, level III) in the specialty 133 – Industrial Engineering.