Yevhen Pistun

Professor Pistun is a well-known scientist in Ukraine and abroad. He created a scientific school on industrial automation, technological measurements and energy carriers metering. Yevhen Pistun is a member of the Specialized Academic Board at Lviv Polytechnic National University for the defense of Doctoral and Candidate’s theses in the following specialties: “Automation of control processes”, “Instruments and methods of mechanical quantities measurement”. Six Doctors of Technical Sciences and 26 Candidates of Technical Sciences were trained in these scientific specialties under the supervision of Professor Pistun. He is a full member of the Ukrainian Oil and Gas Academy, Honorary Professor of Lviv Polytechnic National University, Honorary Professor of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Editor-in-Chief of scientific journal "Energy Engineering and Control Systems".

EDUCATION

1982-1992, Lviv Polytechnic Institute, Lviv, Ukraine
Doctor of Technical Sciences in Instruments and Methods of Mechanical Quantities Measurement

1971-1974, Lviv Polytechnic Institute, Lviv, Ukraine
Candidate of Technical Sciences in Measuring Equipment

1959-1964, Lviv Polytechnic Institute, Lviv, Ukraine
Electromechanical Engineer for Automation

WORK EXPERIENCE

2021 – present
Professor of Department of Automation and Computer-Integrated Technologies
Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine

1986 – 2021
Head of Department of Automation and Computer-Integrated Technologies
Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine

1992 – 2005
Vice-Rector for research and production work
Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine

1976 – 1986
Associate Professor, Department of Automation of Heat and Chemical Processes
Lviv Polytechnic Institute, Lviv, Ukraine

1970 – 1976
Senior Teacher, Department of Automation of Heat and Chemical Processes
Lviv Polytechnic Institute, Lviv, Ukraine

1965 – 1970
Teaching Assistant, Department of Automation of Heat and Chemical Processes
Lviv Polytechnic Institute, Lviv, Ukraine

PROJECTS

• Organization and management of technopark (science and innovation center), business incubator, R&D production plant, design and construction association in Lviv Polytechnic National University;
• Founder and Head of “Institute of Energy Audit and Energy Carrier Accounting” PJSC where projects on energy saving, metering of energy carriers and extension courses for training the specialists from gas, thermal power engineering and chemical industry are carried out;
• Supervisor of R&D works on development of GOST 8.586.1,2,3,4,5-2005 Intergovernmental Standards “Liquid and Gas Flow Rate and Volume Measurement by Means of Standard Pressure Differential Devices”;
• Development of “Raskhod-RU” CAD software for computer-aided design of differential pressure flowmeters according to GOST 8.586.1,2,3,4,5-2005 Intergovernmental Standard;
• Technical analysis of natural gas metering systems at underground gas storage facilities of DK “Ukrtransgas”;
• Analysis of the prospects for improving the accuracy of natural gas metering and for reducing its unbalances in regional gas distribution companies (“Hmelnytskgas” OJSC, “Zhytomyrgas” OJSC, “Zaporizhgas” OJSC, “Dnipropetrovskgas” OJSC, “Mykolayivgas” OJSC, “Rivnegas” OJSC);
• Improvement of the methodology for determining the reserves of natural gas in the pipeline for its application in UMG “Lvivtransgas” DK “Ukrtransgas” NAK “Naftogas Ukraine”;
• Development of the ball mill automation and optimization system (the system is installed at thermal power plants in Ukraine, Poland and Bulgaria).

AWARDS

• Lifetime state scholarship of President of Ukraine for outstanding scientists (2024);
• Honorary Professor of Lviv Polytechnic National University (2021);
• State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology (2012);
• Medal “For Scientific Achievements” (2012);
• Medal “Excellence in Education of Ukraine” (2009);
• Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2004);
• Honorary Professor of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland (2004);
• Diploma of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine (1994);
• Diploma of the Ministry of Higher Education of the USSR (1982);
• Medal "Inventor of the USSR".

PUBLICATIONS

The total number of publications includes 6 monographs, 403 scientific papers, 5 Intergovernmental Standards, 5 Standards of Ukraine and 151 patents including in USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Poland and Japan.
Recent publications:

• Pistun Y., Vasylkivskyi I., Fedynets V., Krykh H., Matiko H. (2024) Automated system for measuring thermal conductivity of solid materials. Metrology and Measurement Systems, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 179–193. https://doi.org/10.24425/mms.2023.148538.
• Pistun , Y., Krykh , H., & Matiko , H. (2023). Ways for changing shear rates in hydrodynamic devices for measuring rheological parameters of non-Newtonian fluids. Computer-integrated technologies: education, science, production, (53), 192-199. https://doi.org/10.36910/6775-2524-0560-2023-53-28.
• Yevhen Pistun, Halyna Matiko, Hanna Krykh. (2022) Algorithmization of designing gas-hydrodynamic measuring transducers using structural and parametric optimization. 2022 IEEE 8th International Conference on Energy Smart Systems (ESS): proceedings (Kyiv, 12–14 October 2022). pp. 264–268. https://doi.org/10.1109/ESS57819.2022.9969338.
• Y. Pistun, H. Matiko, H. Krykh. (2021) Resources for structural optimization of gas-hydrodynamic measuring transducers. Energy Engineering and Control System, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 136 – 143.  https://doi.org/10.23939/jeecs2021.02.136.
• Y. Pistun, H. Matiko, H. Krykh. (2019) Mathematical models of throttle elements of gas-hydrodynamic measuring transducers. Energy Engineering and Control Systems, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 94 – 107. https://doi.org/10.23939/jeecs2019.02.094.
• Pistun, Y.; Fedoryshyn, R.; Zagraj, V.; Nykolyn, H. & Kokoshko, R. (2019). Experimental Study and Mathematical Modelling of Nonlinear Control Plant, Proceedings of the 30th DAAAM International Symposium, pp.0967-0975, B. Katalinic (Ed.), Published by DAAAM International, ISBN 978-3-902734-22-8, ISSN 1726-9679, Vienna, Austria. DOI: 10.2507/30th.daaam.proceedings.134.
• Pistun, Y.; Matiko, H.; Krykh, H.; Matiko, F. (2018) Structural modelling of throttle diagrams for measuring fluid parameters. Metrology and measurement systems, 25(4), pp. 659-673. DOI: 10.24425/mms.2018.124884.
• Pistun, Y., Mysak, S., Kovalenko, T., Lys, S. (2017) Development of the analytical method for determining the armor wear of the drum ball mill. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 5(1-89), pp. 45-50.
• Pistun, Y., Matiko, H., Krykh, H., Matiko, F. (2017) Synthesizing the schemes of multifunctional measuring Transducers of the fluid parameters. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 6(5-90), pp. 13-22.
• Pistun, Y. , Lesovoy, L. , Matiko, F. and Fedoryshyn, R. (2014) Computer aided design of differential pressure flow meters. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2, 68-77. doi: 10.4236/wjet.2014.22009.
• Y. Pistun, F. Matiko and R. Fedoryshyn. (2013) Improvement of accuracy of natural gas metering by means of household gas meters. Proceedings of 16th International Flow Measurement Conference “FLOMEKO 2013”, Paris, France – 24-26.09.2013, p. 306-310.