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Department of Aircraft and Rocket Engineering
The Department of Aircraft and Rocket Engineering is a structural subdivision of the Education and Research Institute of Aerospace Technologies of the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute". The Department of Aircraft and Rocket Engineering trains bachelors and masters in the field "134 Aircraft, and rocket and space engineering". Within this field, you can study in one of two specialties: "Airplanes and helicopters" and "Rocket technology". It is possible to enter with a junior specialist in "Airplanes and Helicopters" diploma. The department conducts recruitment for postgraduate and doctoral studies.
In 1993, the Faculty of Aircraft and Space Systems was established as part of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, which included the Department of Aircraft Control Devices and Systems.
The department trained students in two specialties: "Aircraft, and rocket and space engineering", "Aircraft and instrument control systems".
In 2018, according to the rector's order No. 7/9 “On making changes to the organizational structure of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (reorganization of the Faculty of Aircraft and Space Systems, Departments of MMI, FEA, and scientific units) dated February 8, 2018 the Faculty of Aircraft and Space Systems was transformed into the Center of Aircraft and Space Systems, which was included in the Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute". The department was named "Aerospace and Robotic Systems".
According to the rector's order No. 7/49 "On making changes to the organizational structure of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (reorganization of the Department of Aerospace and Robotic Systems)" dated June 13, 2018, the department was divided into two departments: "Aircraft and Rocket Engineering" and " Aircraft control systems". Since July 1, 2019, the department has been included in the Education and Research Institute of Aerospace Technologies.
From the moment of its creation up to day, The Department of Aircraft and Rocket Engineering is headed by Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences Vitaliy Viktorovych Sukhov.
Teachers and students of the department have developed projects of light multi-purpose aircraft, mathematical support and packages of product programs and calculation of structural parameters of the aircraft. The department has the Student's Design Bureau of Small Aviation and Onboard Equipment.
The department classrooms meet all the requirements for conducting classes using modern multimedia technologies. There are three computer classrooms; laboratory and practical classes are conducted in the laboratories complete with elements and systems of existing aircraft, and technological equipment. Laboratory equipment allows carry out research of manufacturing and operation technological processes in the field of aircraft and rocket engineering.
Two student scientific clubs - the "Aircraft and Rocket Engineering" and "Robotics" – successfully work at the department, and provide students with the opportunity to carry out innovative projects related to the department's scientific fields.
The Department of Aircraft and Rocket Engineering of the Education and Research Institute of Aerospace Technologies carry out work according to research priorities:
- Methodology of integrated design of aircraft structures (including the methodology of estimation of aircraft power elements).
- Exploring problems of flight dynamics and technical objects control (including simulation of the acceleration effects and moving-base simulators).
- Research of new aircraft aerodynamic schemes and methods of their calculation (including investigation of composite materials properties and methods of forming structures of them).