On April 1, the staff of the Department of Machines and Apparatus of Chemical and Oil Refining Production congratulated their outstanding colleague, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor Viktor Marchevsky. This year's date is special because he turned 90 years old! This remarkable event is celebrated not only by colleagues but also by everyone who has ever had the opportunity to study with him or to jointly implement engineering and scientific projects.
From a young age, Viktor Mykolaiovych showed a deep interest in technology and sought to turn ideas into real practical solutions. So after high school, he entered the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and successfully graduated in 1959. He majored in Chemical Production Machines and Apparatus. His first professional steps as a specialist in the nitrogen industry confirmed his ability to quickly comprehend complex technological problems and offer original and effective solutions.
In 1967, Viktor Mykolayovych returned to our university. He entered the postgraduate program and began active research at the Department of Chemical Engineering Machines and Apparatus under the guidance of a well-known expert in heat and mass transfer processes, Professor Iosif Ilyich Chernobylsky. After completing his postgraduate studies, he successfully defended his dissertation and received a PhD in engineering.
All his subsequent projects were driven by the idea of creating science for people: from rationalization proposals in production to large-scale technical developments that influenced the development of chemical engineering. Among them are high-performance fluidized bed dryers, pelletizing plants, and innovative solutions for the production of mineral fertilizers, casein, pectin, and other thermolabile materials.
Recognition of Viktor Mykolayovych's contribution was not long in coming: in 1983, the Industry Research Laboratory for Intensification and Automation of Drying Processes was established under the ministerial authority, which he headed. Here, large-scale technical innovations were born and implemented, eleven of which were put into mass production and awarded gold and silver awards at VDNKh of the USSR. The results of his work have been embodied in more than a thousand pieces of equipment, which are successfully used at enterprises both in Ukraine and abroad. The scientist has more than 250 scientific publications and more than 100 inventions and patents registered in Ukraine and other countries, including the UK, Germany, and Denmark.
An equally bright page of his biography is his work with students and young engineers. Since 1971 and to this day, he has been an attentive, friendly mentor. Students recall with particular gratitude the lectures where complex theoretical issues were explained using examples from real production, as well as the meetings during which the professor shared stories of his own developments and demonstrated how a deep understanding of physical processes leads to safe and effective solutions. On his initiative, a student design bureau was launched: here, talented students were involved in the implementation of real business projects, gaining experience that is unattainable with the classical approach to the educational process. Thanks to this approach, many of Professor Marchevsky's students became candidates and doctors of sciences, headed leading departments and powerful enterprises.
Today, at the age of 90, he retains the same spirit of innovation. Among his recent achievements are the launch of a unique bischofite production facility in Ukraine and the creation of energy-efficient heat recovery milk cooling plants that are superior in terms of their parameters to a number of modern analogues. Professor Marchevsky never stops searching for new ideas and believes that science develops most successfully when it is inextricably linked to the needs of society and industry.
The staff of the Department of Machines and Apparatus of Chemical and Oil Refining Production is proud to have a scientist of such a scale.
In addition to his outstanding achievements, his colleagues also note his humanity: Viktor Mykolayovych is always open to constructive discussions, listens attentively to young professionals and generously shares his experience gained over the years. For everyone who embarks on the path of chemical engineering, he serves as a model of a professional who combines theoretical training with a deep understanding of the real challenges of production.
On the occasion of your 90th birthday, we sincerely wish you, dear Viktor Mykolayovych, to keep your inexhaustible enthusiasm for new discoveries and the joy of creative work in a well-coordinated team. May health and inspiration always be your faithful companions, and may the talented engineers you have trained continue to multiply the glorious traditions of the national scientific school!
Many years and deep gratitude for your dedication to science and the education of the next generation of engineers.