My interlocutor - Irina Dzhigirey, Ph.D., assistant professor The Department of Cybernetics of Chemical-Engineering Processes ).

Valentin P. Glushko was born in Odessa, September 2, 1908. In the 1919-1924 he studied at a vocational technical school. At the same time in 1920-1922 he studied at the Conservatoire to play a violin.

V.P. Glushko - the founder of the Soviet liquid rocket engines. But his first was electro-jet engine (ERE). The power in it arises due to instantaneous evaporation of thin strips of metal by heating them with electric currents.

These thoughts are inspired by the new academic year, which is for all of us - those who are working and studying at the famous KPI - the anniversary. In this year we are meeting with the first generation of students born and raised in the independent Ukraine and came into our home university and dream of becoming a truly modern engineers.

Undoubtedly, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute is considered to be the most magnificent university in Kyiv. On the premises of its buildings, you feel as if you put your hand to the discoveries and studies that were carried out by great scholars.

Finally the time has come, when you are almost graduates, feel that you need to put into practice the knowledge acquired during the years of study. And you still have to spend a lot of effort to search for job vacancies in the specialty.

The history of humanity is comparable to the rapid flow of water, historical materials not stored by society or its individual personalities disappear like a fallen leaf that falls into this stream.

Among the giant aircraft that were built at different times in different countries of the world, a place of honor belongs to structures created in Ukraine.

Now one of the achievements of independent Ukraine - First National Atlas of Ukraine (NAU) is available at NTUU "KPI". This gift on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine made on September 4 Rudenko, corr.

The singer Alexander Fedorenko graduated from Kiev Conservatory with specialization in "the soloist of the operetta" in 1985. He played main roles in performances of the Kiev, Sverdlovsk Theater of musical comedy of Rostov-on-Don, the Sumy drama theater and the musical comedy.