Smetankina Natalia

Education and career

Education

1991 – National Technical University “KhPI”, specialty: “Dynamics and strength of machines”, mechanical engineer-researcher;

1998 – Institute of Mechanical Engineering. A.M. Podgornyy NAS of Ukraine, specialty: 01.02.04 – mechanics of deformable solids, candidate of technical sciences;

2002 – Institute of Mechanical Engineering. A.M. Pidgornyy National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, specialty: 01.02.04 – mechanics of deformable solids, senior researcher;

2013 – Institute of Mechanical Engineering. A.M. Podgorny NAS of Ukraine, specialty: 01.02.04 – mechanics of deformable solids, Doctor of Technical Sciences.

Career

1991 – Institute of Mechanical Engineering. A.M. Podgornyy National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Leading Engineer;

1998 – Institute of Mechanical Engineering. A.M. Podgornyy NAS of Ukraine, researcher;

2001 – Institute of Mechanical Engineering. A.M. Podgornyy NAS of Ukraine, senior researcher;

2012 – Institute of Mechanical Engineering. A.M. Podgornyy NAS of Ukraine, leading researcher;

2017 – Institute of Mechanical Engineering. A.M. Podgorny National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Head of the Department of Vibration and Thermal Strength Research;

2008 – KhNTUA, Associate Professor of Higher Mathematics;

2012 – KhNTUA, Professor of Higher Mathematics.

Educational activities

Teaches training courses:

• “Higher and Applied Mathematics”;
• “Probability theory and mathematical statistics”.

Research activities

Research interests:

Mathematical modeling, mechanics of deformable solids, transients, optimal design, thermoelasticity, composite structures.

Scientific work:

Supervisor of graduate students;

an official opponent of dissertations.

Member of the specialized scientific council D 64.180.01 at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering. A.M. Podgorny National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;

member of the specialized scientific council D 64.062.04 in NAU “KhAI”;

member of the editorial board of the international scientific journal “Problems of Mechanical Engineering”.

International activity / participation in international projects

2011–2013 – International grant of the Scientific and Technological Center in Ukraine № 5287 “Research of wave processes in sapphire under shock load”, responsible executor;

2019 – AERO-UA Travel Grant No. 724034, personal grant issued on June 17, 2019, by the Steering Committee of the AERO-UA project within the framework of the EU research and innovation program “Horizon 2020” under the grant agreement.

Social activities

2018 – Corresponding Member of the Engineering Academy of Ukraine (Minutes № 30 of 19.10.2018).

Awards and prizes

2000 – Laureate of the Prize of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;

2001 – Laureate of the Prize of the President of Ukraine for young scientists;

2003 – Diploma of the Presidium of the NAS of Ukraine for the best scientific works;

2003 – the award named after A.M. Podgornyy National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;

2018 – Gratitude of the head of the Kharkiv regional state administration;

2018 – award on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Number of publications

More than 250 scientific and methodological publications;

scientific articles – 125;

monographs – 3;

textbooks – 4.

Patents

Patents of Ukraine – 2;

international patent – 1.