Our last year graduate, Serhii Berezhnyi (group E-M521a), became the winner of the 2nd season of the All-Ukrainian educational project Open Agro University, which has recently ended. The project was launched and conducted by Kernel, one of the world’s leading sunflower oil producers. The competition was held for senior engineering students and recent graduates of Ukrainian higher education institutions. The fundamental knowledge Serhii Berezhnyi gained at KhPI has allowed him to become part of a community of young professionals of a new formation who are committed to development and able to achieve goals.
The second season of the Open Agro University (OAU) project for training specialists in the agro and food industry started at the end of January this year with a large-scale event in Kyiv. The event brought together students of the new intake, graduates of the first season, heads of company departments, and OAU organisers in a friendly atmosphere. The audience of the project included senior engineering students and recent graduates of the first, second and third seasons. The lecturers, speakers and mentors of the Open Agro University were top managers and heads of Kernel’s divisions. Classes consisted of lecture and distance learning courses and on-the-job training.

Serhii Berezhnyi, a graduate of Heat Power Engineering, specialising in Energy Management and Energy Efficiency at KhPI, studied at Open Agro University in the field of Energy Engineering. “As a thermal power engineer, I was most interested in classes related to electrical energy, as well as instrumentation and control, which is a lesser-known industry for me. I would especially like to mention the interesting lectures by Yevhen Koshelenko and Ivan Lutsenko. Online meetings with the heads of Kernel’s departments were also valuable. I also gained useful experience on an excursion to the CHP plant of the oil extraction plant in Kropyvnytskyi. In general, the project is a good chance to gain new knowledge and, later, real employment opportunities,” says Serhii.
We know Sergii as a bright and talented student and we are sincerely proud of his success. We wish our graduate a successful career, achievments his goals and great luck!