Academy of Technological Sciences of Ukraine
The Academy of Technological Sciences of Ukraine (ATS of Ukraine, ATSU) is a Pan-Ukrinian public organization working throughout all Ukraine to unite the efforts of organizations and enterprises. It also seeks to unite the efforts of the leading applied scientists, technologists, and other experts who work in the various institutions and organizations, regions, and branches of national economy. Its primary purpose is to promote the effective usage of their intellectual, scientific, technological, and creative potential.
Activities
The Academy of Technological Sciences of Ukraine is a Pan-Ukrainian public organization. Like many other national-grade academies, it has a two-tier membership: Acting (Full) Members (Academicians), and Corresponding Members. There is also an additional membership category for Foreign Members. It operates with many research institutions, primarily in the applied and fundamental sciences but also in the humanities related with technical management. The goal of АТS of Ukraine is a consolidation of intellectual and industrial-technological potential of Ukraine for interests of formation of social and economic power of the country.
History
In difficult for Ukraine time of formation for a way of independent development, in 1991, the Academy of Technological Sciences of Ukraine (АТS of Ukraine, ATSU) has been founded. АТS of Ukraine it has been created at the initiative of Academy of Sciences of UkrSSR (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) by scientific, industrial and military-industrial structures of Ukraine, which had acted as Founders of the Academy and on the constituent assembly these organisations were represented by a group of the leading applied scientists and experts on technologies.
As professors-founders of Academy of Technological Sciences of Ukraine have acted:
Ajzenberg J., Aleksandrov M. Gassanov L., Gerasimenko S., Gorbulin V., Dovgopoliy A., Kljuchnikov A., Konoplev I., Kornilov I., Krivulko V., Kuchma L., Matveev M., Morozov A., Pavlovskiy M., Parhomenko V., Petrov V., Piljushenko V., Ribinok V., Seminozhenko V., Skljarov V., Solovev Y., Tonkal V., Chujko A., Haber N., and Shpak A.
Notable Members
The Academy of Technological Sciences of Ukraine has many known scientists. Among them:
Dr. Anatoliy Morozov - President АТS of Ukraine, the known scientist-cybernetic, the developer of a program and hardware complex of the Parliament of Ukraine;
Dr. Alexander Denisov - the known scientist in sphere of electronics of superconductors;
Dr. Mykola Kirjukhin - the known scientist in sphere of technologies of counteraction to terrorism;
Dr. Vasil Molebniy - the expert in sphere of optics of sight;
Dr. Vitaliy Klimenko - the founder of programming languages over high level "Analyst";
Dr. Volodymir Parhomenko - the expert in an information analytic and information technologies;
Dr. Victor Lysanjuk - the scientist in sphere of agrarian manufacture;
Dr. Juliy Kutcan - an analyst in power sphere;
Dr. Anatoliy Dovgopoliy - the known scientist in sphere of special instrument making.
Among Professor АТS of Ukraine there is Dr. Leonid Kuchma the ex-President of Ukraine.
Current Status
In structure of the Academy, there are: 130 acting members (academicians), 125 correspondent members, 2 candidates for members of Academy, and also 19 foreign acting members and 7 foreign correspondent members from the USA, Canada, Germany, Korea, Turkey, Russian Federation, Israel, Azerbaijan, Sweden, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, and Uzbekistan. Among members of the Academy are: 179 perosn have Doctor of Science and Ph.D. degrees, and 45 are well-known scientific technologists, including: 88 professors, 7 associate professors, and 12 correspondent members of National Аcademy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU). There are many cases when a member of the Academy has two degrees on various specialities simultaneously (for example, a Dr.Sci.Tech. and a Ph.D in different fields).
Structure of Academy of Technological Sciences of Ukraine:
- Praesidium,
- Bureau of Praesidium,
- 10 Sections in fields of activity of members of the Academy,
- 4 Regional Branches,
- 10 City Branches,
- 4 R&D Institutes.
Currently, the sections and departments are:
Sections
- Information Technologies & Management of Technologies;
- Technologies of Mechanical Engineering;
- Technologies of Instrument-Making;
- Nature Protection Technologies & Geotechnologies;
- Social and Economic Management of Technologies, Preparation and Retraining of Experts;
- Technologies of Food & Fodder Products;
- Technologies in Building;
- Technologies in Power;
- High Technologies; and
- Special Technologies.
Regional centres
- Kharkiv;
- Donetsk;
- Lviv; and
- Crimean.
Organizations ATS of Ukraine
- «Ukrainian Centre of Ecological & Water Projects», Ltd. of АТS of Ukraine (General Director Mr. V. Maderich);
- Joint-Stock Company «Scientific Research Institute for Radiating Protection» of АТS of Ukraine (the Director – Mr. I. Lihtarev);
- The collective enterprise «Institute for Bioiatrotechnics & Technologies» of АТS of Ukraine (the Director – Mr. V. Molebniy); and
- The enterprise «Institute for Radar-Tracking Technologies» of АТS of Ukraine (the Director – Mr. S. Sputaj).
ATS of Ukraine is also the key Founder in a set of other institutions, including:
- The non-profit making association « "Darnitsa" Centre of Investments, Innovations, and High Techs Promotion» (DC II HT-Pro) (C.E.O. – Mr. Yu. Zakharov, Chairman of the Advisory Board - S. Sarapuloff);
and others.
Awards
АТS of Ukraine awards the best scientists of sphere of technologies "The Medal of Academician V.M. Glushkov". According the tradition, awarded person land a tree. There is an avenue grown by the awarded prominent scientits. It is avenue of sweet cherries. Every spring there is an action on care of these trees.