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This page presents defense materials for the current and previous year. Older records are available in the separate catalogue of dissertations defended at the Institute of Mechanics.
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Defense materials
For dissertation defenses of the current and previous year, this section provides key information, available files and official opponent reviews where available. The source documents are official materials and may be provided in Ukrainian.
Defense announcement
2026Yurii P. Glukhov
Dynamic problems for a layered foundation with initial stresses under a moving surface load
Official opponents
Yurii V. TokovyiCorresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Senior Researcher; Head of the Department of Mechanics of Deformable Solids, Deputy Director for Research, Ya.S. Pidstryhach Institute for Applied Problems of Mechanics and Mathematics of the NAS of UkraineView review →Vsevolod G. PopovDoctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor; Head of the Department of Higher Mathematics and Physics, National University “Odesa Maritime Academy”View review →Hryhorii M. IvanchenkoDoctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Professor at the Department of Structural Mechanics, Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Kyiv National University of Construction and ArchitectureView review →
Defense announcement
2026Andrii V. Moltasov
Construction of effective engineering stress estimates in concentration zones of thin-sheet butt welded joints
Scientific consultant: Vitalii V. Knysh, Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor
2026 archive
2026Oleksandr L. Kipnis
Stability of coated materials under compression along the interface for different interfacial contact conditions
Scientific consultant: Viacheslav L. Bogdanov, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
2025 archive
2025Maksym Yu. Borysenko
Numerical and experimental analysis of free vibrations of polygonal plates and cylindrical shells with structural inhomogeneity
Scientific consultant: Oleksandr Ya. Grigorenko, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor
2025 archive
2025Liudmyla O. Hryhorieva
Numerical modeling of dynamic processes in piezoelectric bodies accounting for dissipative properties and material inhomogeneity
Scientific consultant: Ihor V. Yanchevskyi, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor
2025 archive
2025Vasyl M. Yurchuk
Scenarios of propagation of waves with different initial profiles in nonlinearly elastic materials
Scientific consultant: Jeremiah Rushchitsky, Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor
Full archive
Catalogue of dissertations defended at the Institute of Mechanics
Older defense materials and the bibliographic catalogue of dissertations are available on a separate page. It contains historical records, an alphabetical catalogue and archive materials from previous years.