Shpak Oleg

Hello, dear friends!

My friend from the time of studying at KPI offered to provide feedback on the department of ATEP, where I studied from 1982 to 1988, and for another two years, I worked at this department as an engineer. This request and my consent gave me a reason to find out and answer a very general and very personal question – “What gave me training at KPI at the Department of Automation of Heat and Power Processes?”

The answer was quite simple. Almost eight years of studying and working at the department have been a good school of life. And I got a lot in this school. In my case, simple and specific things are hidden behind the banal-general phrase. They cannot be to range in order of importance and cannot to write “First, second.” My wife and I studied in the same group. My institute friends and friends are still with me today. We communicate and, if necessary, help each other. Strict life skills in the team and as a leader, and as a subordinate, and as a partner – have become and are useful every day.

Of course, this is not the purpose of any KPI department. The task of the department is to educate a specialist, engineer, technical manager. I can confidently say that at the request of a spudey (student) (not even one hundred percent!) ATEP department will release a high-class specialist – heatpower and more! The principles of operation and design of the main (and auxiliary) heating equipment allow you quickly to navigate in almost all technological processes. If “it” is not heated / cooled, then “it” must rotate or flow. Or all together! And if you know where and how to measure and record it – then more than half the work is done. Classical knowledge of the theory of automatic control of technological processes, measurements, modeling make it possible to understand the behavior of complex (and not very complex units!), from the valve in the bath to the powerful power unit of a nuclear power plant. Sometimes, for a person who wants to be an engineer, this comes in handy. Electronics, programming, IT – technology? Yes, where today without it! All this knowledge (and not only this) can to obtain by studying at the Department of ATEP. I know for sure, because I got them there myself. I can’t say that I studied everything. But what the department gave me, professionally, allowed me to build and set up factories and shops, give people in the house heat, water and light, feel confident in the units of thermal power plants and nuclear power plants and not attract outsiders (hello, plumber!) for repairing a float water level regulator in an important part of your home.

Even if you do not become a star of automation, the years of study at the Department of ATEP will still be the best in your life.