Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Automation of Energy Processes and a specialist in data science and applied artificial intelligence. Combines teaching with work at PrivatBank, developing AI-based solutions.
Her practical experience includes building and deploying machine learning models, AI agents and automated workflows using Python and Microsoft Azure. She works on forecasting, data processing and generative AI.
Teaching
Leads laboratory classes in:
- Fundamentals of Automation and Robotics.
- Automatic Control Theory. Part 1: Continuous Control Theory.
Research interests
Studies digital twins and modelling of heating system equipment. Co-author of the 2024 paper “Experimental Mathematical Model of a Condensing Boiler for Digital Twin Development”, which models boiler operation using experimental data.
PhD, Assistant Lecturer.
Studies adaptive control of heat pump systems and energy-efficient building heating. In 2025, he defended his dissertation on automated control of an intermittent heat supply system for a house using a heat pump.
On 22 July 2025, he defended his dissertation, “Automation of the control process for an adaptive intermittent heat supply system for a house based on a heat pump unit”, in specialty 151, Automation and Computer-Integrated Technologies. The diploma issuance order is dated 8 August 2025.
Teaching
Leads practical classes in “Predictive Models in Automation” for groups TA-51f and LK-51f.
Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor.
Specialises in industrial automation, including PLC/PAC programming, SCADA/HMI systems, industrial networks and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Author and co-author of educational resources on controller programming, automation system integration and Node-RED application development.
Position: Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Automation of Energy Processes.
Student projects and RoboHUB
Leads the RoboHUB club for students interested in robotics, automation and programming.
Academic adviser for student group TA-31.
Contact for club participation: @Eiaika.
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Research interests
Her research focuses on digital twins, building automation and model predictive control of heating systems. She co-authored a study of digital twins for intelligent buildings (2023) and a paper on a digital twin-based smart heating system with a condensing boiler (2025).
Volodymyr Voloshchuk is a Professor in the Department of Automation of Energy Processes and holds a Doctor of Technical Sciences degree. His research focuses on mathematical and computational modelling, exergy analysis, digital twins and Smart Energy Systems.
Education and academic career
In 1998, he graduated from the Ukrainian State Academy of Water Management in Rivne with a qualification in hydraulic engineering. In 2005, he graduated from Lviv Polytechnic National University with a qualification in thermal power engineering, specialising in thermal power plants.
In 2001, he defended a Candidate of Technical Sciences dissertation on hydraulic resistance and the calculation of pipelines with discretely varying flow rates. In 2006, he received the academic title of Associate Professor at the Department of Heat and Power Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Water and Environmental Engineering in Rivne. In 2018, he defended his Doctor of Technical Sciences dissertation, Mathematical Modelling of Thermal Power Engineering Systems Based on Thermodynamic Approaches. From 2001 to 2018, he held teaching and academic posts at that university, including trainee lecturer, senior lecturer and associate professor. Since 2018, he has been a Professor at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
Teaching
- Computer Modelling of Processes and Systems (second-year course)
- Renewable Energy Technologies (third-year course)
- Modern Methods and Algorithms for Automatic Control Systems (first-year master’s course)
- Applied Challenges in Smart-City Development and Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (first-year master’s course)
- Mathematical Modelling of Systems and Processes (first-year master’s course)
- Simulation Modelling of Dynamic Systems (doctoral course)
- Control of Energy Processes (doctoral course)
Research and projects
He has authored more than 140 publications, including more than 120 research publications and 22 teaching and methodological works, and has co-authored four monographs.
- 2026–2029: Project lead for the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine state-funded research topic “Sustainable Energy Supply Systems for Territorial Communities Based on the Smart Energy Systems Concept.”
- 2023–2026: Coordinator of the Erasmus+ KA2 project “Unlocking the Transformative Potential of Ukrainian Universities for Climate-Neutral and Sustainable Cities.”
- 2023–2024: Lead researcher for the state-commissioned project “Development of an Intelligent Low-Temperature Building Heat-Supply System Based on a Modular Condensing Boiler.”
- 2021–2023: Participant in the BOWI Widening Call for Developing Hubs subgrant under the Horizon 2020 project Boosting Widening Digital Innovation Hubs, grant agreement 873155 (CORDIS project record).
- 2022–2023: Project lead for the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine state-funded topic “Exergy-Based Justification of Transient Operating Modes and Combined Heating and Cooling for Energy-Efficient Buildings Using Heat-Pump Systems.”
- 2020–2021: Project lead for the state-funded topic “Development of Technical Schemes and Control Systems for Community Heat Supply Based on Thermodynamic Approaches.”
Selected publications
- Voloshchuk, V.; Bilous, I.; Novikov, P.; Stepanets, O.; Zakharchenko, A. “Digital Twin-Based Smart Heating System with a Condensing Boiler.” Smart Energy, 19 (2025), 100198. doi:10.1016/j.segy.2025.100198.
- Voloshchuk, V.; Gullo, P.; Nikiforovich, E. “Advanced Exergy Analysis of Ultra-Low GWP Reversible Heat Pumps for Residential Applications.” Energies, 16 (2023), 703. doi:10.3390/en16020703.
- Voloshchuk, V.; Gullo, P.; Nikiforovich, E.; Buyak, N. “Simulation and Exergy Analysis of a Refrigeration System Using an Open-Source Web-Based Interactive Tool—Comparison of the Conventional Approach and a Novel One for Avoidable Exergy Destruction Estimation.” Applied Sciences, 11 (2021), 11535. doi:10.3390/app112311535.
- Voloshchuk, V.; Gullo, P.; Sereda, V. “Advanced Exergy-Based Performance Enhancement of Heat Pump Space Heating System.” Energy, 205 (2020), 117953. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2020.117953.
- Кучинська, К.А.; Новіков, П.В.; Волощук, В.А.; Степанець, О.В. “Експериментальна математична модель конденсаційного котла для побудови цифрового двійника.” Вчені записки ТНУ імені В.І. Вернадського. Серія: Технічні науки, 35 (74), no. 3 (2024), 117–129. doi:10.32782/2663-5941/2024.3.1/19 (in Ukrainian).
- Зінченко, Д.Д.; Новіков, П.В.; Волощук, В.А.; Штіфзон, О.Й. “Розробка моделі конденсаційного котла на основі методів машинного навчання для побудови цифрового двійника.” Таврійський науковий вісник. Серія: Технічні науки, no. 2 (2024), 28–45. doi:10.32782/tnv-tech.2024.2.3 (in Ukrainian).
- Voloshchuk, V.A.; Nekrashevych, O.V.; Bohza, M.S.; Hikalo, P.V. “Dynamic Characteristics of an Air-Source Heat-Pump System.” Scientific Notes of Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University. Series: Technical Sciences, 2 (2023), 36–44.
Smirnov Volodymyr Serhiiovych holds the position of professor of the department of Automation of Energy Processes of KPI named after Igor Sikorsky. Author of more than 200 scientific papers. Research interests – automation of thermal facilities and systems, improving the efficiency of communication equipment systems of autonomous facilities.
Oleksandr Stepanets is an Associate Professor in the Department of Automation of Energy Processes and holds a PhD in automation of control processes. His work spans industrial automation, PLC and SCADA systems, manufacturing automation, and the digitalisation and intelligent control of technical systems.
Education and academic career
He has worked at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute since 2009, progressing from assistant to associate professor. In 2013, he defended his PhD thesis, Automatic Primary Steam Temperature Control System of the Once-Through Boiler with Variable Modes. As an engineer and researcher, he has advised engineering companies on system design, PLC and SCADA/HMI programming, and commissioning.
Teaching
- Hardware and Software Systems for Automation (third-year course)
- Automation of Building Engineering Systems (fourth-year course)
- Programming Automation Devices (fourth-year course)
- IIoT Technologies in Automation (fourth-year course)
- Industrial Production Automation (first-year master’s course)
- Advanced Process Control Methodology (doctoral course)
Department and professional roles
He coordinates the EduNet educational network at KPI and serves as the department’s ambassador to the Association of Industrial Automation Enterprises of Ukraine (APPAU). He is a technical expert at the Digital Innovation Hub Centre 4.0, responsible for the department’s research activities, and guarantor of its master’s educational programme in Automation and Computer-Integrated Technologies of Cyber-Energy Systems.
Research and projects
His research interests include intelligent industrial automation, digital twins and modern control-system architectures.
- 2026: Responsible researcher for the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine state-funded topic “Sustainable Energy Supply Systems for Territorial Communities Based on the Smart Energy Systems Concept.”
- 2021–2023: Lead of the BOWI Widening Call for Developing Hubs subgrant under the Horizon 2020 project Boosting Widening Digital Innovation Hubs, grant agreement 873155 (CORDIS project record).
- 2022–2023: Research team member on the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine state-funded topic “Exergy-Based Justification of Transient Operating Modes and Combined Heating and Cooling for Energy-Efficient Buildings Using Heat-Pump Systems.”
- 2023: Lead of a contracted research project on tuning server-fan speed under dynamic server load.
- 2022: Lead of a contracted research project analysing operating modes of a cooling-system valve in a data-centre unit.
Applied engineering projects
His applied project work has included automation at a grain-processing factory in Skvyra; HVAC, security, remote monitoring and resource-use systems in an intelligent building; temperature and pressure control at a sunflower-oil extraction plant; combustion and heat-exchange automation in an industrial boiler house; steam and heat-process automation for a papermaking machine; HVAC, lighting, monitoring and energy management at an Orthodox cathedral; automation of industrial heat-use equipment for Artezia Engineering; and HVAC automation and energy management at Amstor supermarkets.
Selected publications
- Voloshchuk, V.; Bilous, I.; Novikov, P.; Stepanets, O.; Zakharchenko, A. “Digital Twin-Based Smart Heating System with a Condensing Boiler.” Smart Energy, 19 (2025), 100198. doi:10.1016/j.segy.2025.100198.
- Mariiash, Y.; Stepanets, O.; Safonyk, A. “Advanced Dynamic Predictive Model for Basic Oxygen Furnace Purging.” Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Information Control Systems & Technologies (ICST 2025), Odesa, Ukraine, 24–26 September 2025. CEUR-WS.org, 2025, vol. 4048, pp. 266–275. Proceedings paper.
- Здольник, М.О.; Степанець, О.В. “Мультиагентний підхід до архітектури локальної системи автоматичного керування об’єктами теплопостачання промислового та житлового призначення.” Вчені записки ТНУ імені В.І. Вернадського. Серія: Технічні науки, 36 (75), no. 4 (2025), 133–141. doi:10.32782/2663-5941/2025.4.2/18 (in Ukrainian).
- Кучинська, К.А.; Новіков, П.В.; Волощук, В.А.; Степанець, О.В. “Експериментальна математична модель конденсаційного котла для побудови цифрового двійника.” Вчені записки ТНУ імені В.І. Вернадського. Серія: Технічні науки, 35 (74), no. 3 (2024), 117–129. doi:10.32782/2663-5941/2024.3.1/19 (in Ukrainian).
- Zakharchenko, Anastasiya; Stepanets, Oleksandr. “Digital Twin Value in Intelligent Building Development.” Advanced Information Systems, 7, no. 2 (2023), 75–86.
Professional and social profiles
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Taras Bahan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Automation of Energy Processes and holds a PhD in automation of control processes. His research focuses on the design of intelligent automatic control systems and the use of machine-learning methods.
Education and academic career
In 1997, he graduated from the Faculty of Heat and Power Engineering at National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” with a degree in automation of heat-and-power processes, then joined the Department of Automation of Energy Processes as an engineer. He began postgraduate study at the university in 1998 and later worked as an assistant and senior lecturer. He became an associate professor in 2017.
In 2016, he defended his PhD dissertation, Robust Control of Inertial Boiler-Unit Loops with Variable Parameters Based on an Internal Model, in the specialty of automation of control processes. In 2019, he received the academic title of Associate Professor.
Teaching
- Computer Graphics
- Design of Automation Systems
Research and supervision
His research addresses the design of intelligent automatic control systems and machine-learning methods. He has authored more than 100 publications, including research articles, textbooks and teaching-methodological materials. He supervises PhD and master’s students.
Awards
- Letter of Appreciation from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2017)
- Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2022)
- Honorary distinction of the Academic Council of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (2023)
Position: Acting Head of the Department of Automation of Energy Processes, Associate Professor
Academic degree: Candidate of Technical Sciences
Academic title: Associate Professor
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Teaches courses
- Control Theory (3rd year)
- Fundamentals of Automation and Robotics (1st year)
Information
In 2009, he graduated from Physics and Mathematics Lyceum No. 142 and entered the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute at the Department of AEP. In 2015, he defended his master’s thesis on the topic “Synthesis of an automatic control system using the dynamic correction method for controlling inertial technological objects”. During his senior years, he participated in the implementation of an automated system for commercial and technical accounting of thermal energy at CHP-5. He is engaged in researching the features of the operation and implementation of algorithms for inertial thermal energy parameter control systems.
In 2019, he defended his PhD thesis on the topic “Automation of inertial channel control processes of a thermal power plant power unit using a two-channel fuzzy controller”. He is also involved in web technologies and the development of Internet resources. He is fond of team and individual sports, in particular swimming, football, and billiards.
Scientific activity
- Executor of the state budget theme of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “Systems of sustainable energy supply of territorial communities based on the concept of Smart Energy Systems”
2026
- Responsible executor of the state budget theme of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “Development of a set of recommendations for the renovation of historical buildings to achieve nZEB indicators based on energy modeling”
2025
- Executor of the state budget theme of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “Decarbonization of the construction sector and energy supply systems using digital twin technology”
2025
- Performer of scientific research commissioned by Huawei “Adjusting fan speed under dynamic server load”
2024
- Responsible executor of the state order of the Ministry of Education and Science “Development of an intelligent low-temperature heating system for buildings based on a condensing modular boiler house”
2023-2024
International activities
- Internship in maintenance of cogeneration plants MWM/Caterpillar (Mannheim, Germany)
2025
- SMART CITY FORUM Business Mission (Prague, Czech Republic)
2023
- Business mission to the industrial forum “MSV” (Brno, Czech Republic)
2023
Professional activity
- Certified Trainer for Schneider Electric Aveva System Platform Software Development Training Courses
2023 – Present
- Contractor of works within the framework of a financial subsidy from the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH, topic: “Increasing the capabilities of the Digital Innovation Hub (National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”)”
2024
- Consultant for the Boiler Digital Twin project of the international Horizon 2020 project “BOWI Widening Call for Developing Hubs”
2022
- Member of the Association of Industrial Automation Enterprises of Ukraine (APPAU)
Achievements
- Young Lecturer-Researcher of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
2024
