Klepikov Volodymyr Borysovych. To the 65th Anniversary of Professional Activity.

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The year 2026 marks the 65th anniversary of the professional activity of Volodymyr Borysovych Klepikov, Professor of the National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (NTU "KhPI"). In July 2024, Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute warmly congratulated Volodymyr Borysovych on his 85th birthday. For sixty-five years, this educator and scientist has devoted his life to Kharkiv Polytechnic. For forty-five years he headed the Department of Automated Electromechanical Systems (AEMS) of NTU "KhPI" and continues to teach specialized courses in the department. In 2020, the department celebrated the 90th anniversary of its foundation (1930).
The staff of the Scientific and Technical Library of NTU "KhPI" sincerely congratulate Volodymyr Borysovych on the 65th anniversary of his professional activity and wish him good health, happiness, continued success in his work, inexhaustible energy, creativity, and inspiration for many years to come.
Volodymyr Borysovych Klepikov (born July 29, 1939) is an outstanding scientist in the field of electromechanics, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1989), Professor (1990), President of the Ukrainian Association of Electrical Engineers (1997), Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (2005), Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2015), and recipient of a Lifetime State Scholarship (2023). He served as Head of the Department of Automated Electromechanical Systems at NTU "KhPI" from 1976 to 2021 and as Vice-Rector for International Relations from 1986 to 1995.
His first scientific studies were devoted to developing high-speed current regulators for substations of the Dnipro Titanium and Magnesium Plant. In 1972, V. B. Klepikov defended his Candidate of Sciences dissertation entitled "Generator of Unipolar Pulses for Electrical Discharge Machining." In 1989, he defended his doctoral dissertation "Dynamics of Electromechanical Systems with Negative Viscous Friction." This work was recognized as a new branch of electric drive theory, and he became the founder of the scientific school bearing the same name. Professor Klepikov investigated a new class of electromechanical systems, identified the characteristics of their behavior and the occurrence of friction-induced self-oscillations, proved a number of stability theorems, and developed systems for eliminating self-oscillatory modes.
Volodymyr Borysovych initiated research on the application of neural networks and genetic algorithms for controlling electromechanical systems. He authored the first scientific publications in this field and supervised the first research projects on the subject. He proposed a quasi-neural controller, patented in Ukraine, which ensures the required control quality by determining weighting coefficients through analytical relationships.
As a scientific supervisor, Volodymyr Borysovych carried out numerous research projects commissioned by the Government, the State Committee for Science and Technology, branch ministries, and industrial enterprises, including Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works, Kharkiv Machine Tool Plant, Kharkiv Aviation Plant, Kharkiv Electromashyna Plant, the Institute of Radio Astronomy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and TURBOGAZ JSC.
The development "Multifunctional Frequency Converter PCHRT-3" for an energy-efficient electric drive system was launched into serial production at the T. H. Shevchenko Kharkiv Instrument-Making Plant and was awarded a medal and diploma as the "Best Domestic Product of 2008" at the All-Ukrainian Competition and Exhibition.
Professor V. B. Klepikov is an active advocate of the large-scale conversion of conventional vehicles to electric vehicles in order to reduce oil and gas consumption and improve the environmental conditions of large cities. Under his leadership, Ukraine's first electric vehicle based on the Lanos automobile and equipped with components manufactured domestically was created in 2015. The electric drive system developed provides regenerative braking with energy recovery through a supercapacitor battery.
Since 1993, V. B. Klepikov has been the initiator and organizer of the annual International Scientific and Technical Conference "Problems of Automated Electric Drive. Theory and Practice" (PAEP). In 1997, he was unanimously elected President of the Ukrainian Association of Electrical Engineers (UAEE), which has 15 regional branches. Twenty-five PAEP conferences have been held, bringing together scientists, industrial specialists, and design engineers from across Ukraine. Sixty-two conference participants subsequently defended doctoral dissertations, while more than 160 completed Candidate of Sciences dissertations.
Volodymyr Borysovych enjoys considerable international recognition. He has represented Ukrainian electromechanics at international symposia and conferences in Germany, Italy, Hungary, Poland, India, Syria, and other countries. For his scientific achievements, he received the Signum Aurum Universitatis Medal from the University of Miskolc (Hungary). He was elected a member of the Georgian Engineering Academy and is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 
Teaching has always occupied a prominent place in the life of V. B. Klepikov. He developed and personally delivered lecture courses including Power and Pulse Devices, Fundamentals of Scientific Research, Industrial Electronics, Introduction to the Specialty, Current Issues and Selected Topics of Modern Electric Drive Theory, and Advanced Course in Electric Drive Theory and Practice. He was the first to introduce the course Theory of Electric Drive. Under the supervision of V. B. Klepikov, 23 Candidate of Sciences dissertations and 3 Doctor of Sciences dissertations were successfully defended. Faculty members and postgraduate students of the Department of Automated Electromechanical Systems (AEMS) have also successfully defended 5 Doctor of Sciences dissertations and 52 Candidate of Sciences dissertations.

Professor V. B. Klepikov is the author of 325 publications, five books, and 25 inventions and patents. His fundamental monograph Dynamics of Electromechanical Systems with Nonlinear Friction presents the theoretical and practical aspects of the conditions leading to the occurrence and elimination of various forms of friction-induced oscillations. He is also a co-author of the textbooks Fundamentals of Scientific Research and Technical Creativity, Introduction to Mechatronics, and Electromechanical Automation Systems and Electric Drive.
The Scientific and Technical Library of NTU "KhPI" published the bibliographic index "Volodymyr Borysovych Klepikov: On the Occasion of His 70th Birthday" in 2009. The publication contains key dates of his life and career, as well as information about his scientific works.
For nearly twenty years, Professor Klepikov chaired of the Specialized Academic Council D64.050.04 for dissertation defenses and remains a member of it. The Council covers the specialties "Electrical Engineering Complexes and Systems" and "Semiconductor Electric Energy Converters." He served as Editor-in-Chief of the scientific and technical journal Electroinform, chaired the Scientific and Methodological Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, was Deputy Chairman of the Expert Commission of the Higher Attestation Commission responsible for awarding academic degrees, and served on several expert commissions of the Ministry of Education and Science and the State Committee for Science and Technology. He currently works as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the professional journal Energy Saving. Power Engineering. Energy Audit.
For his active scientific, educational, and public service activities, Volodymyr Borysovych has received numerous governmental awards, including the Order of Friendship of Peoples and five medals. He has been recognized as a winner of regional and national professional competitions and was awarded the badge of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine "For Significant Personal Contribution to the Development of Higher Education." In 2017, his name was included in the book "Ukrainians: The Golden Fund of the Nation." In 2023, by Presidential Decree, he was awarded a Lifetime State Scholarship as an outstanding Ukrainian scientist and professor of NTU "KhPI".
In 2021, when Professor Klepikov stepped down as Head of the Department, the staff of the Department of Automated Electromechanical Systems presented him with a certificate assigning the name "Klepikov Volodymyr Borysovych" to a star in the Milky Way Galaxy.
We invite faculty members, students, and all interested individuals to become acquainted with the works of Volodymyr Borysovych Klepikov at the Scientific and Technical Library of NTU "KhPI" (Room 66).
More detailed information about the scientific works, publications, life, and activities of V. B. Klepikov can be found on the website of the Scientific and Technical Library of NTU "KhPI" at the following resources: