Department of Machine Usage and Technologies in Agriculture

The head of the department Stefaniia Bilyk  Candidate of Technical Sciences,  Associate Professor         E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The History of the Department

In 1959, by Ministry of Agriculture (order №217 from March 11) in town Berezhany was established the College of Agricultural Mechanization. From that time on the basis of methodical commission of Agricultural Mechanization was laid the foundation of the department. In 2000, after the creation of Berezhany Agrotechnical Institute there was made the reorganization and was established the department of exploitation of machine – tractors parks. In 2006, the department of exploitation of machine – tractors parks was renamed into the department of "Machine usage and technologies in agriculture."

Research and teaching staff: Permanent staff: Bilyk S.H. candidate of technical sciences, associate professor, department chair, Soltysiuk V.I. candidate of technical sciences, associate professor,  Flonts O.V. candidate of technical sciences, associate professor, Linnik A.Iu. candidate of technical sciences, associate professor, Dynia V.I. candidate of technical sciences, associate professor. Dubchak N.A. candidate of technical sciences, associate professor, Nosko V.L. candidate of agricultural sciences, associate professor, Boiko I.Ie. senior teacher, Kamyshanov V.V. senior teacher, Kyryk O.M. senior teacher, Leshchuk Iu.I. assistant, Semeniv I.I. assistant, Poliak O.B. laboratory assistant. Part-time staff: Pavliv O.V. candidate of veterinary sciences, associate professor, Orlovskyi R.M. candidate of agricultural sciences, associate professor.

Areas of training and qualifications:

6.100102 "Processes, machines and equipment for agricultural production"

6.100101 "Energy and electotechnical systems in agriculture"

7.10010203 "Mechanization of agriculture"

8.10010201 "Processes, machines and equipment for agricultural enterprises"

6.040106 "Ecology, environmental protection and balanced nature management"

6.090103 "Forestry and landscaping - gardening facilities"

The department provides teaching of the following subjects:

1. Hydraulics and Water Supplying
2. Thermotechnics
3. Agricultural machinery
4. History and philosophy of agricultural technology
5. Machines and equipment for animals
6. Machinery and equipment in agriculture
7. Transport processes in agriculture
8. The technology of plant growing
9. The technology of production of livestock products
10. The technology of production, processing and storage of agricultural products
11. Machines and equipment for processing of agricultural products
12. Renewable energy sources
13. Operating machinery and equipment
14. Fundamentals of technical creativity
15. Analysis of technological systems
16. Hydraulic actuator of agricultural technologies
17. Technologies and technological means in bioenergy
18. The system "machine-field"
19. Organization of agricultural production
20. Fundamentals of bioenergy systems design
21. Engineering management
22. World agricultural production
23. Integrated plant protection
24. Agroecology
25. Crop and forage production
26. Agricultural melioration
27. Machine usage in plant growing
28. Design processes in plant growing

Subjects of scientific researches: "Studying of present-day power-saving technologies in agricultural production and mechanical engineering"

1. Development of technologies for receiving biogas and organic fertilizers from wild energy plants and feasibility study.

2. Development of technologies for producing organic fertilizers from mineralized plant products, animal husbandry and processing industry wastes in biogas plants.

3. Research and development of heat-generating devices for soldering solid fuels.

The Department is the leading graduation department of the faculty. The foundation for the successful conduction of educational process and scientific activity of the department is material and technical basis.

Educational and industrial laboratories:

• "Tillage machines"
• "Harvesting machinery"
• "Sowing and planting machines"
• "Hydraulic agricultural technology "
• "Hydraulics and Water"
• "Heat Engineering and Heating"
• "Technology of breeding of livestock products"
• "Cultivation techniques of plant growing"
• "Mechanization and technology of processing and storage of agricultural products"
• "Mechanization of production processes in animal husbandry"
• "Park of educational agricultural technology"
• "Educational apiary"

There was created on the department a library of educational and methodical literature, video library, which includes 85 films and programs. All laboratories are equipped with active fragments of agricultural equipment, models and relevant materials.

Basic economies:

• Ltd. “Agrocultura-Ternopil” - Berezhany district
• POP “Urmanske” - Berezhany district
• Ltd. “Kahro” - Kozova district
• Zhovnivskyy and Zhukivskyy canneries - Berezhany district
• Ltd. “Live earth” - Berezhany district

The department provides the conduction of 7 educational and 2 production practices. Experts of the department train students and people on the following working professions:

• "Tractor driver"
• "Farm worker"
• "Beekeeper"

The department conducts self-supporting activities in rendering the extension services to economies of the region, concerning the questions of production technologies and processing of agricultural products and mechanization of production processes.