TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF VOLODYMYR MALASCHENKO

The article is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the famous Ukrainian scientist in the field of mechanical engineering and machine dynamics, professor of the department of technical mechanics and engineering graphics of the National University "Lviv Polytechnic", doctor of technical sciences, academician of the Lifting and Transport Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Malashchenko. After the restoration of Ukraine's independence, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych was one of the organizers of the process of training highly qualified specialists. Many of the candidate's and doctoral dissertations were defended under his supervision or opposition, not only in mechanical engineering but also in lifting and transport machines, agriculture, printing, oil and gas engineering. He is the author of more than 600 works, including more than ten monographs, more than 100 patents, about 30 study guides (of which six are in French), and about 20 articles in foreign publications indexed by scientometric databases. Volodymyr Oleksandrovych is also the author of a complex of study guides on machine design, which are widely used in the educational process of almost all technical universities of Ukraine. He is a member of the editorial boards of the magazines "Lifting and Transport Technology", "Bulletin of NTU "KhPI", series of Engineering and CAD", a member of the program and organizational committee of the international scientific and technical conference "Problems of Quality and Durability of Gears and Mechanical Drive".