NCUTAM

Governance

Current leadership, Presidium membership and the distribution of responsibilities.

Responsibilities are based on the distribution approved by the Chair of the Committee on 1 December 2025.

Committee leadership

Chair of the Committee

Viacheslav L. Bogdanov

Kyiv · Committee member since 2013

  • Provides overall leadership of the National Committee and its Presidium and directs their work toward supporting the development of mechanics and related sciences in Ukraine.
  • Organizes implementation of the Committee’s core tasks: coordination of research, stronger interaction among mechanics researchers, international scientific cooperation, and dissemination of scientific and technical information.
  • Maintains the Committee’s relations with the NAS of Ukraine, national sectoral academies, public authorities, the scientific community, and business organizations.
  • Represents the Committee in IUTAM and other international organizations in mechanics and related sciences.
  • Organizes work on improving the Committee’s regulatory framework and proposals concerning research development, practical implementation of results, and training of qualified researchers.

Deputy Chair of the Committee

Mykola I. Bobyr

Kyiv · Committee member since 1999

  • Acts for the Chair of the National Committee during the Chair’s absence.
  • Maintains relations with Ukrainian technical higher-education institutions on research coordination, scientific forums, training of specialists, and dissemination of scientific and technical information in mechanics.

Deputy Chair of the Committee

Anatolii F. Bulat

Dnipro · Committee member since 2013

  • Acts for the Chair of the National Committee during the Chair’s absence.
  • Supports cooperation with research institutions, higher-education institutions, research-and-production enterprises, and business organizations in the Dnipro region.

Deputy Chair of the Committee

Yaroslav O. Zhuk

Kyiv · Committee member since 2003

  • Acts for the Chair of the National Committee during the Chair’s absence.
  • Leads development of the Committee’s international scientific cooperation and, together with the Chair, represents the Committee in IUTAM and other international organizations in mechanics and related sciences.
  • Supports relations with international professional associations, including ASME and GAMM.
  • Supports cooperation with Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv on research coordination, scientific forums, training of specialists, and dissemination of scientific and technical information.

Deputy Chair of the Committee

Roman M. Kushnir

Lviv · Committee member since 2005

  • Acts for the Chair of the National Committee during the Chair’s absence.
  • Maintains relations with the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Ukraine and other Ukrainian public scientific organizations.

Deputy Chair of the Committee

Volodymyr M. Nazarenko

Kyiv · Committee member since 1993

  • Acts for the Chair of the National Committee during the Chair’s absence.
  • Maintains relations with the Committee’s base organization, the S.P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the NAS of Ukraine.
  • Maintains relations with the Division of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering of the NAS of Ukraine and NAS research institutions on research coordination and dissemination of scientific and technical information in mechanics.
  • Coordinates the Committee’s work on organizing scientific forums in mechanics and related sciences.

Scientific Secretary of the Committee

Mykhailo F. Selivanov

Kyiv · Committee member since 2023

  • Coordinates organizational preparation of General Meetings and Presidium meetings and preparation of their decisions.
  • Prepares annual and forward work plans, maintains Committee documentation and correspondence, and ensures preservation of the archive.
  • Maintains the Committee website and distributes information on scientific forums, including IUTAM events, and promising scientific and technical developments.
  • Prepares annual reports on Committee activities for the NAS of Ukraine and information summaries on the activities of Committee members.

Members of the Presidium

Member of the Presidium

Hennadii O. Voropaiev

Kyiv · Committee member since 2005

  • Maintains relations with research and higher-education institutions on research coordination and scientific forums in hydromechanics, hydrology, hydraulic engineering, and related sciences.
  • Supports cooperation with higher-education institutions and shipbuilding enterprises.

Member of the Presidium

Oleksandr M. Guz

Kyiv · Committee member since 1993

  • Advises the Chair on leadership of the Committee’s work.
  • Supports development of the Committee’s international relations and participation in international organizations in mechanics and related sciences.

Member of the Presidium

Oleh P. Korostelov

Kyiv · Committee member since 2023

  • Supports cooperation with sectoral scientific and technical organizations, research-and-production enterprises, and defence-industry organizations, particularly in the rocket and space sector.

Member of the Presidium

Leonid M. Lobanov

Kyiv · Committee member since 1993

  • Supports cooperation with materials-science institutions of the NAS of Ukraine and expands relations with research-and-production and business organizations in mechanical engineering and construction.

Member of the Presidium

Zinovii T. Nazarchuk

Lviv · Committee member since 1994

  • Supports cooperation with research institutions, higher-education institutions, research-and-production enterprises, and business organizations in western Ukraine on research coordination and scientific forums in mechanics and related sciences.

Member of the Presidium

Jeremiah Rushchitsky

Kyiv · Committee member since 1993

  • Supports the Committee’s international relations, participation in international organizations, and international scientific forums in mechanics and related sciences.
  • Advises the Scientific Secretary on effective organization of Committee activities.

Member of the Presidium

Oleksandr M. Tymokha

Kyiv · Committee member since 2023

  • Maintains relations with the Division of Mathematics of the NAS of Ukraine.
  • Supports cooperation with research institutions, higher-education institutions, and scientific societies on research coordination and forums concerning mathematical problems of mechanics and related sciences.

Member of the Presidium

Valerii V. Kharchenko

Kyiv · Committee member since 2023

  • Supports cooperation with sectoral research organizations, research-and-production enterprises, and business organizations in the energy sector, particularly nuclear energy.

Member of the Presidium

Oleksandr M. Khimich

Kyiv · Committee member since 2023

  • Maintains relations with the Division of Informatics of the NAS of Ukraine.
  • Supports cooperation with research institutions, higher-education institutions, and scientific societies in computational methods of mechanics and development of computational mechanics.

Member of the Presidium

Oleksandr V. Shymanovskyi

Kyiv · Committee member since 1999

  • Supports cooperation with sectoral scientific and technical organizations, research-and-production enterprises, and construction-industry organizations in structural mechanics.