Prof. Vitalii Ivanov, DSc., Ph.D., ING.PAED.IGIP, Professor of the Department of Automobile and Manufacturing Technologies of the Technical University of Kosice, Slovak Republic, and Head of the Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Machines and Tools of Sumy State University, Ukraine. Prof.

Ivanov carried out research, completed internships, and gave lectures in Germany, the USA, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, China, Poland, the Czech Republic, etc. Furthermore, he participated in research projects funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, State Fund for Fundamental Research, Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic, and Ukrainian and German industrial companies. He also has experience coordinating and co-coordinating research projects funded by TEMPUS, Erasmus+, Czech Development Agency, DAAD, Gene Haas Foundation & Haas Automation, Japan International Cooperation Agency, and NAWA. Since 2020, he has been a Member of the Experts& Team of the Invention Support Fund of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and an Expert of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on the State Certification of Scientific Institutions. In 2022, he became a Member of the Expert Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on certification of scientific personnel in Manufacturing Engineering. Since 2024, he has also been serving as an expert in carrying out scientific evaluation in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering for the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.