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BME department continues cooperation with medical institutions

06.01.2023

Scientists of the Department, in particular Professor Oleg Avrunin, Associate Professors Tetiana Nosova, Yana Nosova, Natalia Shushlyapina, Senior Lecturers Maksym Tymkovych, Yevhen Chuhui, graduate students Ibrahim Yunuss Abdelhamid and Jiao Hankun presented the results of joint research with stakeholders of the Department from medical institutions.

The co-authors of the publications in the SPIE Digital Library of the World Society of Optics and Photonics were Volodymyr Pyatikop, neurosurgeon of the Regional Hospital, and Olha Shevchenko, TB specialist of the Clinical TB Dispensary, professors of Kharkiv National Medical University.

https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12476/124760A/The-possibility-of-rapid-prototyping-in-the-manufacture-of-3/10.1117/12.2660641.full?SSO=1
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12476/124760B/3D-modelling-and-evaluation-of-parietal-flow-features–in/10.1117/12.2660669.full
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12476/1247609/3-D-modeling-capabilities-for-planning-rhinologic-surgical-interventions-from/10.1117/12.2659480.full
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12476/1247607/The-capabilities-of-modern-rapid-prototyping-tools-for-developing-training/10.1117/12.2659186.full

Since 2015, the Laboratory of Analytical Optochemotronics named after Prof. M.M. Rozhytsky of the Department of BME has been cooperating with the Key National Laboratory of Electrochemical Analysis of the Institute of Applied Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Together with the team headed by Prof. Guobao Xu, the Laboratory of Analytical Optochemotronics conducts research and development of new methods and analytical instruments for chemiluminescence and electrochemiluminescence analysis. These methods of analysis are important tools in modern analytics, allowing timely detection of biologically significant components in liquid samples, which is important in solving many problems in medicine, ecology, biology. One of the examples of this cooperation is the work devoted to the detection of an important biological amine, dopamine (hormone and neurotransmitter) “Luminol electrochemiluminescence by combining cathodic reduction and anodic oxidation at regenerable cobalt phthalocyanine modified carbon paste electrode for dopamine detection” by Prof. Snizhko D.V. in co-authorship in the first quartile journal Electrochimica Acta.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013468622019302

Such high publication activity in difficult times of martial law testifies to the development of scientific schools of the University and the contribution to the achievement of SDG 3.

THE DEFENSE OF QUALIFICATION WORKS OF THE SECOND (MASTER’S) LEVEL OF EDUCATION IN THE SPECIALTY 163 – BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING UNDER THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM “ORTHOPEDIC TECHNOLOGIES AND ENGINEERING” TOOK PLACE

30.12.2022

Another defense of qualification works of the second (master’s) level of education in the specialty 163 – Biomedical Engineering under the educational program “Orthopedic Technologies and Engineering” took place. This educational program is based on many years of experience of cooperation between the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics and the Ukrainian Research Institute of Prosthetics, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation (UkrNDIprosthetics) and the availability of a modern training base, as a result of which the project “Creation of Prosthetic and Orthotic Education in Ukraine” is being implemented, which is aimed at developing training programs for teachers-trainers in prosthetics and orthotics. This project operates on the basis of an international agreement between the Ukrainian Research Institute of Prosthetics, NURE (Ukraine) and the School of Rehabilitation Sciences Human Study, e.v. (Germany). As a result, within the framework of the specialty 163 – Biomedical Engineering, a program for the training of teachers-trainers in prosthetics and orthotics under the educational program “Orthopedic Technology and Engineering”, which is developed in accordance with the international standard ISPO category II, has been launched. Within the framework of the project it is planned to publish 10 textbooks on the disciplines of the educational program, of which 4 have already been published.
All masters received excellent grades, they are real specialists and the results of their work are directly implemented in practice.
We wish our graduates future success and professional growth in this very important activity in the field of prosthetics and orthotics!

Work together for the Victory!

Confirmation of the work of the Branch “Girls STEM”

29.12.2022

On December 29, 2022, the final meeting of the branches of the “Girls STEM” initiative took place.
The team of the branch on the basis of the MTS department submitted the work report for 2022, which confirmed the status of the branch and received a certificate.
Branch coordinators discussed the achievements of the past year and created a plan of initiatives for the coming year.
The coordinator of the initiative in Ukraine, Oksana Gerasimenko, invited branches to join the coordinators’ mentoring program, the celebration of Girls in ICT Day, the national Girls’ Day and other interesting and useful events in the coming year.
Such meetings inspire and give an opportunity to develop in such a difficult time.
The #GirlsSTEM branch at the MTS department has been operating since 2020, confirming its status annually.
The #GirlsSTEM initiative takes place within the framework of the “Springboard to Equality” project with the financial support of the Swedish government and contributes to the development of the university’s SDGS.

Confirmation of the work of the Branch “Girls STEM”

Laboratories of Terror: The Final Act of Stalin’s Great Purge in Soviet Ukraine

28.12.2022

In December 2022, Oxford University Press published the book Laboratories of Terror: The Final Act of Stalin’s Great Purge in Soviet Ukraine.

About the Author: Lynne Viola is University Professor of History at the University of Toronto. Her books include The Unknown Gulag and Stalinist Perpetrators on Trial (OUP, 2017) and The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin’s Special Settlements (OUP, 2007). Marc Junge is Senior Researcher of Eastern European History at the University of Erlangen. His publications include Stalin’s Mass Repression and the Cold War Paradigm and Nation-Building by Terror in Soviet Georgia.

Vadym Zolotar’ov, associate professor Department of Information and Network Engineering, is the author of Chapter 4 of the book.

Laboratories of Terror explores the final chapter of Stalin’s Great Terror. On November 1938, the Communist Party Central Committee and the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR issued a directive halting mass operations in repression. This directive not only served to end the mass operations, but led to the release of large numbers of mainly Communist purge victims whose cases remained incomplete. At the same time, it resulted in a “purge of the purgers,” resulting in the scapegoating and arrests of hundreds of NKVD operatives who had carried out the Great Terror at regional and local levels. This episode in the Great Terror remained hidden from view for decades due to the largely closed archives of the Soviet security police. The opening of the Ukrainian security police archives in the 2010s allowed historians for the first time to begin to excavate this chapter in the history of the Great Terror. This collection of essays illuminates the world of the NKVD perpetrator and the mechanics and logistics of the terror at the local level through an examination of the criminal files of a series of mid-level NKVD operatives arrested at the end of the Great Terror in Soviet Ukraine. It reveals the complex relations between center and periphery, illustrating both Stalin’s central role in the architecture of the terror and NKVD perpetrators’ agency in implementing it.

In Chapter 4, Vadym Zolotar’ov details the career of D. A. Pertsov who, like many of the UNKVD leaders in Ukraine at this time, was a client of Uspenskii. Pertsov was an expert in interrogating detained NKVD operatives both in NKVD Ukraine and in the Kharkov Oblast UNKVD. He led by example, frequently walking in on interrogations to threaten and torture those who hesitated to confess. He also worked in the Polish operations. He was arrested in November 1938. He was sentenced to fifteen years and died in a logging camp in 1948, having been charged anew with counterrevolutionary crimes, an unusual sentence during this NKVD purge, following an earlier more lenient sentence of four years for “violations of socialist legality.” The chapter, like many others, demonstrates the importance of personal connections among different groups of NKVD workers.

Monograph “Modelling of gunshot wounds” published

26.12.2022

The monograph “Modelling of Gunshot Wounds”, which presents innovative models for the diagnosis of gunshot wounds, has recently been published. Experimental implementation of the research results has proven their high efficiency for both diagnosis and treatment of gunshot wounds.

The monograph was published thanks to many years of close cooperation between the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, the Military Medical Clinical Centre of the Northern Region, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, and many other leading institutions.

From the side of NURE, the monograph was contributed by the staff of the Department of Software Engineering: Professor Kyrylo Smeliakov, Associate Professor Anastasiia Chupryna, and PhD student Yevhen Vakulik.

NURE supports internally displaced persons

26.12.2022

The internally displaced persons living in the university dormitories received another batch of humanitarian aid: warm clothes and sweets.
Due to the deterioration of weather conditions and the approach of frost, power generating companies of Ukraine warn of possible power outages due to the increased load on the country’s energy system.
In cooperation with local authorities and civil-military cooperation bodies of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, KHNURE organised the delivery of warm clothes, blankets and hygiene products. The children also received New Year’s gifts: educational toys and sweet presents.
“Children are our future. They deserve to have a happy childhood and our efforts are a common goal,” said Oksana Anodina, a representative of civil-military cooperation of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who initiated the event.

We would like to remind you that our university was among the first in Kharkiv to respond to the request of the local authorities to accommodate temporary migrants who lost their homes due to the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The university has provided basic needs, and thanks to cooperation with international organisations, we are providing comprehensive support to the victims of the war. The readiness of NURE to take these steps underlines the importance of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, which are now the benchmarks for building a sustainable civilised society.

Cooperation of NURE with Ukrainian Scientific IT Society

22.12.2022

For the fourth year in a row, NURE has been a member of the Public organization Ukrainian Scientific IT Society.

On December 20, 2022, the regular General Meeting of members of the NGO UNIT was held in a remote format, which was attended by teachers and scientists of NURE.

NURE STUDENT RECEIVED GRATITUDE FROM THE KHARKIV REGIONAL BLOOD SERVICE CENTER

19.12.2022

Residents of Kharkiv region, who came to donate blood on December 19, were congratulated on St. Nicholas Day. The regional blood service center once again reminded how much the help of donors is needed now.

During the event, all donors could receive gifts and listen to a festive concert. Thus, a student of the CEC Faculty of NURE gr. KIUKI-19-5 Dmytro Bilash has been a donor for 3 years. The guy headed the donor movement at the university and actively agitates others to donate blood.

NURE IN UI GREENMETRIC 2022

19.12.2022

The UI GreenMetric World University Ranking 2022, a global ranking that reflects the efforts of universities to address sustainability and environmental impact, has been published.

NURE continues cooperation with the Kharkiv Regional Hospital

16.12.2022

Even in times of war, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics doesn’t stop work. In cooperation with Kharkiv Regional Clinical Hospital, a municipal non-profit enterprise of the Kharkiv Regional Council, an application for a joint research project “Information Technologies and Training Systems for Psychoneurological and Physical Rehabilitation of Victims of War” was developed.
A lot of victims of russia’s full-scale aggression need treatment and rehabilitation. The new project envisages the development of information technologies, methods and technical equipment for psychoneurological and physical rehabilitation in wartime and post-war conditions. The treatment of barotrauma and concussions caused by close explosions requires the development of methods to eliminate residual effects and appropriate approaches to rehabilitation. Therefore, it is the development of special rehabilitation training systems and methods of their application based on information systems for personalisation of diagnostic parameters that is now the main task of biomedical engineering.
NURE Biomedical Engineering Department has a well-developed technical base, which includes several laboratories related to the analysis of biomedical research, sports medicine and physical rehabilitation. There are also BME Department branches in medical research institutions and hospitals in the Kharkiv region.

There is a team of experienced specialists capable of performing complex research projects and having experience in international projects, practical experience in the field of biomedical engineering, and a lot of patents and articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science.
NURE Scientific and Technical Council recommended the joint research project “Information Technologies and Training Systems for Psychoneurological and Physical Rehabilitation of War Victims” to participate in the competition of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

We are working together to win!

TRAINING IN THE “YOUNG IT-MAN” CIRCLE CONTINUES

15.12.2022

Every Thursday, the Department of Software Engineering holds free classes for schoolchildren in grades 9-11 to get acquainted with the speciality of Software Engineering in a remote format. Young people from Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Donetsk, Chernivtsi, and Dnipro regions have signed up for the classes.

Sigma Software is a permanent partner of the circle.

DAAD EASTERN PARTNERSHIP PROJECT CONTINUES

12.12.2022

The second phase of the international project “Further development and validation of a concept to establish a virtual laboratory “Virtual Cryomicroscopy”” with the Institute of Multiphase Processes of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hannover has begun within the framework of the DAAD Eastern Partnership Project. The project’s executor is Oleksandr Avrunin, a student of the CEC faculty of the KIUKI-21-5 group. The project manager is Maksym Tymkovych, a senior lecturer at the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

The project involves the creation of a virtual laboratory complex for cryomicroscopy, which is important for the development of the OER resource base, especially in distance learning. Mastering this technology will make it possible to create open educational resources for remote practical and experimental work on the virtual equipment of the world’s best laboratories. The implementation of the project contributes to one of the main goals of sustainable development of our university – quality education.