Visit of PUT delegation to Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute: New agreements, presentation of awards and double diplomas, lectures

The delegation of the Poznan University of Technology (PUT) led by Rector Prof. Tomasz Lodygowski visited the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute on April 15-16. The program of the visit of Polish professors and scientists to Kyiv included several events that were very important to both universities.

The first event was the round table conference entitled “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute – Poznan University of Technology: New Horizons of Cooperation”. The round table concluded with the signing of a quadripartite agreement between the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, PUT, Tucana Engineering Warsaw LLC and Progresstech-Ukraine LLC.

The round table was followed by the grand meeting of the Academic Council at which PUT Rector Prof. Tomasz Lodygowski was awarded the title of Honorary Doctor of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

Mykhailo Zgurovsky, Rector of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, introduced Tomasz Lodygowski to the audience. Prof. Tomasz Lodygowski is an expert in many areas connected with numerical analyses and simulations of complex mechanical processes, using most sophisticated properties of materials and states of loadings. Among other things, scientific attention was focused on: testing materials in different range of strain rates and temperatures (using the Hopkinson bar set installed in own labs), and using these properties in numerical analyses; simulation of biomechanical systems (segments of spine, designing the optimal implants, simulation of angioplasty operations); safety of structures under blast loadings; and optimal design of structures. As the leader of a scientific group, Professor Lodygowski promoted seven Ph.D. students and helped greatly four students achieve habilitation and professorship positions. He was also the supervisor of two honorary degrees offered by Poznan University of Technology to Profs. Piotr Perzyna (IPPT PAN Poland) and George Voyiadjis (LSU USA). From the very beginning of his career Professor Lodygowski has been very sensitive to the promotion of cooperation, mutual understanding and friendship between scientists and students from many countries. He has visited more than 20 countries all over the world, signing many international agreements (today PUT boasts over 200 different international agreements). Rector Lodygowski was the inventor of new directions of studies such as bioengineering, aviation and cosmonautics, as well as 16 directions that are offered to students in English. In recent years Rector Lodygowski has paid a lot of attention to the establishment of cooperation with Ukrainian higher education institutions, particularly universities based in Kyiv (Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute), Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Kharkiv.

Over the years Rector Lodygowski has been making great efforts to expand cooperation with Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. He participated in the launch of a joint double master’s degree program, joint seminars and conferences. Owing to Rector Lodygowski the exchange of students has started, the mobility project within the framework of the Erasmus+ Program is well underway, cooperation between libraries and the editorial boards of scientific journals is expanding, the first steps in joint research on space technologies, biomedical engineering and other areas have been made. In consideration of his outstanding achievements in science and a great personal contribution to the promotion of cooperation between the two universities, the Academic Council of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute awarded Tomasz Lodygowski the above title, as well as a diploma, memorial badge and gown.

After receiving the awards, the new Honorary Doctor of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute delivered a traditional lecture about the books and people, which inspired him to engage in scientific creativity and work hard.

The ceremonies continued. Another highlight was the presentation of master’s degree diplomas in Mechanical Engineering to the first graduates of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and PUT, namely Leonid Yashkin, Mikhailo Yevtushenko and Bohdan Titarenko who studied in accordance with the double master’s degree program. The agreement on this program was signed by the rectors of the two universities in August 2017, and the students of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute began studying at the Polish university at the start of 2018.

After the presentation of the diplomas, the rectors ratified amendments to the Agreement on Double Master’s Degree Program.

In conclusion Teofil Jesionowski, PUT Vice-Rector for Lifelong Learning and International Education, spoke about his university and new horizons of cooperation between PUT and Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

“Cooperation with Poznan University of Technology helps Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute become part of the European Higher Education Area, and fosters our students in becoming the specialists who have the knowledge and competence of European engineers,” Mykhailo Zgurovsky said, concluding the grand meeting of the Academic Council. “For this, tremendous credit goes to the Rector of Poznan University of Technology, Tomasz Lodygowski, and we appreciate deeply his endeavors.”

The visit of the PUT delegation to Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute ended on April 16 with the lecture entitled “Non-Integer Order Calculus for Modeling of Mechanical Processes”, which Prof. Wojciech Sumelka, Deputy Director of the PUT Institute of Structural Engineering, delivered to the students of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, as well as with the lecture “Quantitative Strategies in Poland”, which Prof. Adam Lodygowski, Head of Quant Strats Poland and GM IBCM/CUSO CRO Poland, read to the students of the Faculty of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Informatics and Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Mathematics, and the Institute for Applied System Analysis.

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