Associate Professor, Department of Transport Technologies
PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor
E-mail: solarov.oleksandr@snau.edu.ua
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Date and Place of Birth – February 16, 1989, Sumy, Ukraine.
Education:
- 2006–2012 – studied at Sumy National Agrarian University, majoring in “Agricultural Mechanization”; graduated with honors.
- 2012–2015 – postgraduate studies at Sumy National Agrarian University, specialty “Machines and Means of Agricultural Mechanization.”
- 2016 – defended a dissertation for the degree of PhD in Technical Sciences, specialty 05.05.11 “Machines and Means of Agricultural Mechanization,” on the topic: “Substantiation of the Soil Compaction Process by the Wheels of Machine-and-Tractor Units.”
- 2020–2021 – studied at the State Biotechnological University, majoring in “Transport Technologies”; graduated with honors.
Professional Experience:
- 2012 – “Agrosoiuz-Sumy” LLC – Spare Parts Sales Manager.
- 2012 – “Sumy-Avto” LLC – Spare Parts Sales Manager.
- 2013–2014 – “AGROSIS” – Regional Sales Representative.
- 2015–2023 – held positions of Assistant, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology.
- Since 2023 – Associate Professor, Department of Transport Technologies; Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport.
Main Courses Taught: “Information Technologies and Navigation Systems for Transport and Warehouse Management,” “Use of Machinery in the Agro-Industrial Complex,” “Modeling of Transport Processes and Assessment of the Quality of Transport Operations,” “Communication in the International Environment.”
Research Activities: author of more than 90 publications, including more than 10 articles in international journals indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases.
Editor of the scientific journal “Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University: Mechanization and Automation of Production Processes.”
Academic supervisor of students who became winners of the second stage of the All-Ukrainian Competition of Student Research Papers in the fields of “Transport Technologies” and “Agroengineering.”
Expert of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for conducting scientific and scientific-technical examination of expert-review objects in the field of scientific and scientific-technical activities in relevant research areas. Order No. 982 dated July 12, 2024.
Research Interests: “Modeling of Transport Processes and Assessment of the Quality of Transport Operations”; “Methods for Reducing the Negative Impact of Machine-and-Tractor Unit Running Systems on Soil.”
Cooperation with Business, Grant, State-Funded and Contract Research:
- Executor of a state-budget-funded research project: “Development of Energy-Saving Technologies to Ensure the Operational Properties of Working Surfaces of Parts,” No. 47448, 2017.
- Executor of a contract research project: “Study of Soil Moisture Dynamics under Cereal Crops during the Harvesting Period to Determine Optimal Operating Conditions for Agricultural Machinery,” No. 31–5–2, 2018.
- Executor of a state-budget-funded research project: “Mechanical and Technological Substantiation of Reducing the Harmful Impact of Power Unit Running Systems on Soil,” No. 0117U002556, 2017–2019.
- Project supervisor: No. 0121U111512, “Development of Methods for Improving Transport Systems and Transportation Technologies in the Agro-Industrial Complex,” June 2021 – June 2026.
Professional Development / Academic Mobility:
- International internship under the “Grant Agreement for Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Training between Programme and Partner Countries,” Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, University of Applied Sciences, November.
- International internship under the “German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)” program at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (HSWT), Germany, November 8–12, 2021.
- “Sumy Motor Transport Enterprise 15954” LLC, internship from March 15 to April 15, 2021 (Order No. 327-VK dated March 10, 2021). Topic: “Modeling of Transport Processes and Assessment of the Quality of Transport Operations.”
- International internship at the University of Applied Sciences in Nysa, “Artificial Intelligence at the Universities – a Boon or a Bane?”, as part of “Erasmus Week – 14th International Staff Training Week,” May 2024.
Membership in Public Organizations:
Chair of the Council of Young Scientists under the Sumy Regional State Administration.
Awards and Honors:
- SNAU Rector’s Award “Person of the Year – 2017,” 2017.
- Award “Best Academic and Research Staff Member of SNAU,” 2019–2020.
- Certificate of Honor from the Head of the Sumy Regional State Administration, 2020.
- Scholarship holder of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, 2020–2022.
- Winner of the regional competition of research projects by young scientists “Science for the Security and Sustainable Development of Sumy Region,” 2023.
- Laureate of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Prize for Young Scientists for 2024, awarded in 2025.
Additional Information:
Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport.
Expert of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (NAQA) in specialties 208 “Agroengineering” and 275 “Transport Technologies (by Types).” Order No. 15(65) dated August 27, 2024.
