Biographical note
Popov V.A. graduated from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 1974 with a degree in electrical power supply of industrial enterprises, cities and agriculture, qualificationelectrical engineer.
In June 1985, at the Specialised Academic Council K 066.14.05 of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Sciences on ‘Optimisation of operating modes of urban power supply system’s taking into account the uncertainty factor’, speciality 05.14.02 - Power plants (electrical part), networks and systems and their management (diploma TN 086005 issued on 16 November 1985).
On 15 December 2015, at the Specialised Academic Council D 26.187.03 of the Institute of Electrodynamics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Science on ‘Scientific basis of building power supply systems with sources of distributed generation under conditions
of information uncertainty’ in the speciality 05.14.02 - Power Plants, Networks and Systems (diploma DD 005308 issued on 25 February 2016).
He was awarded the academic title of associate professor at the D epartment of Electricity Supply in 1990 (certificate of academic qualification DC 018880 issued on 01 February 1990). He was awarded the academic title of Professor at the Department of Power Supply in 2022 (certificate AP 004014 issued on 06 June 2022).
After defending his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Sciences, he worked as an assistant and associate professor of the Department of Electrical Supply.
Since 01 September 2016, he has been a professor at the Department of Power Supply.
His total scientific and pedagogical experience in higher education institutions as of 02 January 2025 is 37 years.
From 1996 to 2005, he worked as a visiting professor at a federal university i n Brazil, where he supervised the training of postgraduate students in the field of modelling and optimisation of modes of power distribution systems. During this time, three PhD theses were defended under his supervision.
He is the author of about 250 pub lications. He has a certificate confirming a sufficiently high level of English (B2), certificate No. 25866 dated 24.09.2020.
He completed an internship at the Prague Institute of Advanced Studies (Czech Republic) in 2021, which is confirmed by the relevan t documents (Certificate of participation No. 022021006).
Participated in the international research project ‘Norwegian -Ukrainian Cooperation on Research -Based Education in Innovative, Sustainable and Energy Efficient Systems’ (CPEA-LT-2016/10044; registration number Z/167 of 25.04.2017).
He participated in the international project on the creation and implementation of a joint international English -language master's degree programme of double diplomas between the Warsaw University of Technology and Igor Si korsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (order of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute No. 1/301 of 30.10.2019).
Today, Popov V.A. is a member of the project group of the educational programme ‘Systems of providing consumers with electricity’ of the second (master's) level of training in the speciality 141 Electricity, electrical engineering and electromechanics.
Member of the Commission for the Certification of Academic Staff of the Academic Council of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Member of the editorial board of the professional journal ‘Energy: Economics, Technology, Ecology’.
He is the head of the research group IEE -03 ‘Modern methods of controlling electricity distribution systems in the context of widespread use of dispersed means of its generation and accumulation’ of the Department of Electricity Supply.
Areas of research
development of a general methodology for modelling power supply systems and controlling their modes in a real information environment.
implementation of elements of the Smart Grid concept in planning the development of power supply systems.
the use of multi -criteria decision -making methods in the design of power supply systems and optimisation of their modes.
Comprehensive assessment of the impact o f distributed generation sources and energy storage systems on the modes of power grids
determination of optimal conditions for the integration of distributed generation sources into power supply systems, taking into account a combination of factors.
The main stages of pedagogical activity
Since 1987 he has been working at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (until 21.11.2016 - NTUU ‘KPI’), including:
- 02.01.1987 - 31.05.1988 - Assistant of the Department of Electrical Supply;
- 01.06.1988 - 31.08.2016 - Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical Supply;
- 01.09.2016 - till now - Professor of the Department of Electrical Supply.
Academic work
Volodymyr Popov conducts lectures and practical classes, takes tests and exams, supervises course projects, diploma papers, and master's theses of students. He supervises undergraduate internships, reviews attestation papers, and accepts reports on undergraduate internships. He is a member of specialised academic councils and examination committees for the defence of bachelor's and master's theses. The main courses taught by the professor are: ‘Power Supply Systems. Part 2’, ’Power supply systems. Part 3’, “Construction and control of modes of modern power supply systems”, “General principles of construction and control of active power distribution systems”.
He also supervises the training of postgraduate students (PhD students), applicants; he has prepared four defended PhDs: Tkachenko V.V. - 2014, Yarmolyuk O.S. - 2015, Said Banuzadeh Sahragard - 2019, Yatsenko D.V. - 2023.
Responsible for a specific area of the department's activities
- Chairman of the examination committee for the defence of master's theses;
- member of the project group of the educational programme ‘Systems for Supplying Consumers with Electricity’ of the second (master's) level of training in the speciality 141 Electric Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics;
- Head of the research group IEE-03 ‘Modern methods of controlling electricity distribution systems in the context of widespread use of dispersed means of generation and accumulation’.
Professional development
- Municipal Extracurricular Educational Institution ‘First Kyiv State Courses of Foreign Languages’, certificate No. 25866 dated 24.09.2 020, ‘English as a foreign language at B2 level’, term: from 13.09.2019 to 23.09.2020, volume: 620 hours.
- Prague Institute for Qualification Enhancement (Prague, Czech Republic), certificate No. 022021006 dated 09.03.2021, order of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Po lytechnic Institute No. 4 -vs dated 22.02.2021, ‘New trends and innovations in publications in Scopus and WoS Indexed Journals’, term: from 22.02.2021 to 09.03.2021, volume: 180 hours.
- Institute of Postgraduate Education, certificate PC 02070921/008328-24 dated 24.01.2024, term: from 22.11.2023 to 24.01.2024, volume: 108 hours.
