Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Khrystych (07/01/1929 - 04/06/2005) - a famous scientist in the field of power engineering and physics of combustion processes, Honored Scientist of Ukraine, member of the Academy of Engineering Sciences of Ukraine, doctor of technical sciences, professor. All labor and creative life of Professor V.O.Hristich was inseparably linked with the KPI. After graduation in 1950, he worked here as an engineer, assistant, associate professor, professor, department chairman and dean of the Faculty of heat and power energy. He was the Vice President for Academic methodological work (1979 -1988 ), scientific director of the research department of Combustion Problems (1988-1998), Professor, Department of thermal power plants thermal and nuclear power FHPE (since 1988 until the last days of life).