On the occasion of centenary of the birth of H.I. Denysenko, a biography index "Hryhoriy Ivanovych Denysenko" was published (compiler is the chief bibliographer of the Department of Education and Research Support of the H.I. Denysenko Scientific and Technical Library K.S. Moshynska).
The collection contains sections: "Main dates of the life and activities of H.I. Denysenko'', "Literature on the life and activities of H.I. Denysenko'', chronological indexes of works and inventions of H.I. Denysenko, name index, as well as a number of articles about H.I. Denysenko, written by people who knew him. The rector of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute M.Z. Zgurovsky; Chief Scientific Secretary of the Council of Rectors of the Kyiv University Center, Ph.D. in pedagogical sciences T.V. Devterova; the head of Electrical Circuits and Systems Department in 1975–2011, prof. V.M. Suleymanov, director of H.I. Denysenko Scientific and Technical Library in 1991–2015, Honored Culture Worker of Ukraine V.H. Dryhaylo; the head of the Department of Renewable Energy Sources, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, doctor of technical sciences, prof. Stepan Kudrya, are among the authors.
We present short fragments of some articles.
Zgurovsky, Michael Z.
... H. I. Denysenko was one of the most outstanding organizers of higher education. He was a talented and prominent teacher, an educator of a large galaxy of pedagogical and scientific workers. Rector H. I. Denysenko is responsible for the definition and organizational design of six main areas of activities of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute: socio-political studies, cultivating the skills of future team leaders in students; training in the field of economy, management and organization of production; fostering interest in creative independent research work; design and construction training and mastering the basics of the profession of structural and design engineers; technological and operational training and mastering labor specialties...
The model of managing a large polytechnic higher educational institution introduced by Hryhoriy Ivanovych played a decisive role in the further qualitative development of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. He introduced new methodical and organizational forms of work in the educational process in combination with scientific activity and the development of culture, art and sports as the basis for the harmonious education of future specialists...
The Methodological Council of the institute, faculty and departmental methodical committees coordinated educational and methodological work at the appropriate levels. In 1974, new "Regulations on the Methodical Council of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" were developed. The Methodological Council worked under the leadership of the vice-rector for educational and methodological work and included representatives of various departments, faculties and other structural units. There were 18 permanent committees on the Methodical Council of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, which included experienced methodologists...
Great attention was paid to various forms of teacher training, the use of active learning methods...
Targeted training of engineering personnel under direct agreements with enterprises and ministries was launched...
Creative relations with branch ministries, enterprises, scientific institutions were improved and developed within the framework of the contract-based research, agreements on the transfer of scientific achievements, agreements on scientific and technical cooperation. Specialized scientific laboratories and educational-scientific-production complexes were created, scientific and technical conferences and seminars were held. Employees of enterprises and research institutes were involved in the educational process, improved their qualifications at retraining courses at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and professors and teachers underwent training at advanced industrial enterprises...
T.V. Devterova:
...Under the leadership of Hryhoriy Ivanovych, the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute revived and became a strong scientific complex - educational-scientific-production complexes (NNVK) were created in the leading areas of research; modern educational buildings, a dining hall, a library and other buildings were built and equipped... A completely new system of management of a large polytechnic institute was created, and it received recognition in Ukraine and the USSR. The All-Union Research Institute of Higher Education Problems recommended it for use by all higher education institutions of the country.
Not everyone accepted Hryhoriy Ivanovych's idea of six areas of engineer training (design and construction, technology, scientific research, socio-political studies, cultivating the skills of educators, studying economics and management), but it gave results in its time: high quality training of polytechnicians in Kyiv received international recognition...
V.H. Dryhaylo:
...Hryhoriy Ivanovych as a rector arrived at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute on August 16, 1971. The parts of the library were then located on the second and third floors of the main building, in the building 12, in the building 22, and there were also faculty, departament, office libraries, libraries at the Student Structural Engineering Design and Technology Bureau, and dormitories. The director of the library was Luiza Vasylivna Vorona. On August 17, he went to the director of the library and asked to provide him with information on August 18. He was interested in the area occupied by the library; which area should be according to the norms, how much was required. On August 18, 1971, he received the information that the library occupied 5,000 square meters, there should be 10,000 square meters according to the regulations, and 5,000 square meters more were required. Hryhoriy Ivanovych looked at these figures and said: "... well, I will allocate 500, 600 square meters to you. Will this solve the problem?" And he answered - "...no", and continued: "We will assume that the library does not have an appropriate room. Get down to writing a technical design specification for the construction of a new library building..."
The library was built according to an individual project in the center of the educational zone in Ploshcha Znan’ (Square of Knowledge). The building is surrounded by educational buildings on three sides, and by student dormitories on the fourth one, so that you can reach the library either from the educational building or from the dormitory within five minutes. Together with educational building 7 and the Art and Culture Center, the library forms the basis of the composition of the architectural ensemble of the university, created in 1975–1984...
S.O. Kudrya:
One of the important scientific achievements of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Denysenko is the creation of the foundations of domestic renewable energy. A scientific research department (NDV-5) was established at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute on the initiative and under the scientific guidance of the corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine H.I. Denysenko in 1979. The main tasks of the department included conducting fundamental and applied scientific research with the aim of comprehensive use of solar energy, wind power, biomass energy, geothermal energy and small river energy. Renewable energy was just beginning to develop in the world at that time, and in the former USSR it was the first serious step towards its development.
Looking ahead, it is necessary to note the far-sightedness of Hryhoriy Ivanovych's scientific thought. Almost all selected areas of development of energy from renewable sources have turned out to be the most energy efficient both in the world and in Ukraine today, after 35 years of research; and the complex use of energy from renewable sources with various storage systems contributes to increasing the efficiency of the use of energy equipment...
The team of enthusiasts created by H.I. Denysenko went from theoretical and experimental investigations, scientific and research developments, and engineering developments to the creation of demonstration samples of equipment in the field of windpower engineering, solar thermal power and photovoltaic energetics, water power engineering, bioenergy, energy storage...
During the difficult economic times of the 1990s, H.I. Denysenko managed to preserve a team of scientists who continued the development of renewable energy, which resulted in the establishment of the Institute of Renewable Energy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 2002.
You can get acquainted with the book at the H.I. Denysenko Scientific and Technical Library of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Its electronic version is free to access: http://publish.kpi.ua/catalog/book/38.