The monorail road with a linear electric drive was developed in the 1960s and 1970s at the Department of Automation of electromechanical systems and electrical drives (AEMS-ED) with the participation of the Department of Electric Machines at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (now FEA)
Each of us rejoices and proud of Jamala's victory at the competition "Eurovision". But not all of us know that this outstanding and at the same time still very young singer repeatedly acted with the National academic choral chapel of NTUU "KPI" (the artistic director - Ruslan Bondar).
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster the Edition "Kyiv Polytechnic" held a meeting with the first liquidators of the Chernobyl accident in our institute – PhD, associate professors A. D. Krysenko and V. P. Basov.
Long time at the higher technical school of Ukraine in educational process generally used Russian. In Russian printed the majority of textbooks and grants, the main scientific and reference books which we use still.
Last year it passed 80 years from the time of association in the structure of Kiev Industrial Institute engineering, energetic and chemical-technological institutes, which were founded on the basis of KPI.
Ukraine celebrated the Printer’s Day, in the late May and almost at once the Journalist’s Day. Only a few people know that in May students of KPI can celebrate another date, that is, the foundation of KPI publisher.
We walk every day at the monument to the fallen of the polytechnics, which stands near the metro station. On the monument is the inscription: "Courageous. Selfless. Invincible.
1794 in Paris, it was started the first public technical school - Central School of Public Works (later renamed the Ecole polytechnique – Polytechnic School).
In the late November of the last year, NTUU "KPI" held January event: Great physical audience took grand opening presentation of new equipment for video and TV link and distance education.
December 7, 1988 at 11:41 local time in Armenia a devastated earthquake took place. A series of aftershocks in 30 seconds almost destroyed the city of Spitak and inflicted heavy destruction to the city Leninakan (now Gyumri), Kirovakan (now Vanadzor) and Stepanavan.
