Ukrainian Professor Gains Valuable Insight at UTK CTR
Vladyslav Panchenko’s students at Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport can’t attend in school in person because of the ongoing war with Russia. For a period of time, they weren’t allowed to leave the country for educational opportunities because of a travel ban.
That is what made Panchenko’s recent visit to the University of Tennessee even more valuable.
Panchenko spent four weeks at UT this fall as part of the Bridge USA Ukrainian Academic Fellows Program from American Councils for International Education. The program promotes the development of relationships between Ukrainian and American teachers and researchers for the purpose of joint research, exchange of teaching experience, development of educational courses, and publication of scientific works.
The program’s goal is to help Ukrainian universities train specialists critically needed for the reconstruction and recovery of the country.
Panchenko, whose field of research is electrical engineering, interacted with faculty from the Tickle College of Engineering’s Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Center for Transportation Research (CTR).
During his stay at UT, Panchenko observed classes, took part in discussions, made presentations, and collaborated on future research opportunities. He gained information about the educational system in the United States and the curriculum of electrical engineering that he plans to bring back to Ukraine.