On 15 March top-managers of "Boeing" corporation and companies group "Progresstech" visited Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute.
Members of delegation were Vice President (compensations and benefits) of «The Boeing Company» John Fliss, Vice President for human resources "Boeing International" Reginald McLennon, director for international awards and M&A Integration «The Boeing Company» Richard Baker, representatives of talent management department «Business Partner – Boeing International & Government Operations» Olivia Hooper, director of «Boeing Ukraine», Oleksii Stepin, president of on panties group "Progresstech", Andrii Sharnin, director of company "Progresstech-Ukraine", Andrii Fialkovsky and others.
Rector of the university, academician of Ukrainian NAS, Mykhailo Zgurovskyi showed quests round the university and told about its history, traditions and its present. Delegation members observed Denysenko Scientific and Technical Library, Foucault pendulum, monuments to prominent engineering and scientists whose lives and work were connected with Kyiv polytechnics, installed in historical part of the university campus as well as expositions of State polytechnic museum and its Igor Sikorsky Aerospace Department. Besides, they also visited Meeting Room of university Academic Board, studying room n.a. Tymoshenko S. P. Where famous Ukrainian and American mechanical scientists worked in the early XX century as head of Mechanical Department of Kyiv polytechnic institute as well as rooms of common scientific training center of National technical university "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute", "Boeing" company and Tymoshenko "Progresstech-Ukraine" created on the basis of Mechanical and Engineering institute. One cannot but mentioning that this Center provides training of mechanical engineers for aerospace industry, further professional training of teaching staff and engineers working in the field of aircraft building. Potential fellow workers of "Boeing" company with part of them being involved into projects of "Boeing" Engineering Center opened the year before last in Kyiv, study here in particular. During the meeting, its participants discussed some cooperation issues and its perspective.
Traditionally, the visit ended up with making photos of guests and university fellow workers near monument to Stepan Tymoshenko erected in front of building №1 of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic institute.
The photo of Mykhailo Zgurovskyi and guests in Igor Sikorsky Aerospace Department of State polytechnic museum.