Dr Oleksandr Menshykov

Dr Oleksandr Menshykov
Dr Oleksandr Menshykov
Dr Oleksandr Menshykov

CSc(PhD) DSc CEng MIMechE FHEA

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Email Address
o.menshykov@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273326
Office Address
190 Fraser Noble Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Elphinstone Road
AB24 3UE

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School/Department
School of Engineering

Biography

Dr Oleksandr Menshykov is the Director of Undergraduate Teaching in the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen. He is a Fellow of AdvanceHE, a Chartered Engineer, and a Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers. After graduating in Applied Mathematics from Kharkiv National University (Ukraine) in 2000, Dr Menshykov did his PhD and DSc in Solid Mechanics at Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics (Kyiv, Ukraine). Prior to joining the University of Aberdeen in 2005, he was a holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship at the University of Stuttgart (Germany).

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
  • Director of Undergraduate Teaching within the School of Engineering; 
  • Member of the University Gender Equality Steering Group;
  • Elected Member of the University Senate;
  • School Continuous Professional Development Coordinator;
  • Chair of School UG Teaching and Learning Committee and UG Student-Staff Liaison Committee;
  • Member of School Executive Committee; PG Teaching and Learning Committee; Equality and Diversity Committee; Special Circumstances Committee; Prizes Committee;
  • Member of School Management Group; Accreditation Working Group; Academic Workload Model Group; Engineering Advisory Board.

     Past duties

  • Role Analyst and Member of University Promotion Appeals Committee (2021-2023); 
  • Role Analyst and Member of University Promotion Subcommittee (2020-2023);
  • Member of the University Quality Assurance Committee (2020–2021);
  • Member of the University Transnational Education Working Group (2017–2018);
  • Member of the Senate Honorary Degrees Committee (2017–2018);
External Memberships
  • Member of EPSRC Peer Review College;
  • Member of UKRI Talent Peer Review College;
  • Carnegie Trust Research Assessor;
  • Member of British Council International Science Partnerships Fund Review Pool;
  • Member of UK-German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Review Panel;

 

  • Special Issues Guest Editor, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, ISSN 0020-7403;
  • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Materials, ISSN 2296-8016;
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Scientific Reports - Nature; ISSN 2045-2322;
  • Member of the Editorial Board, PNRPU Aerospace Engineering Bulletin; ISSN 2224-9982;
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Researches in Mathematics and Mechanics; ISSN 2519-206X;
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Bulletin of National Technical University KhPI – Mathematical Modeling in Engineering and Technologies; ISSN 2222-0631;

 

  • Member of the UKBIM National Organising Committee;
  • Member of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM); 
  • Member of the International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics (ISIMM);
  • Honorary Leading Research Fellow at the Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, Kiev, Ukraine.
Research

Research Overview

Solid Mechanics, Materials Science and Applied Mathematics, including Non-Linear Contact Fracture Mechanics, Wave Propagation, Theory of Diffraction, Boundary Elements Methods, Galerkin Methods, Hypersingular and Singular Integrals, Iterative Optimisation Algorithms, Composite Materials, Reinforced Concrete, Design of Layered Pipelines and Umbilicals.

Research Areas

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Research Specialisms

  • Civil Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematical Modelling
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Funding and Grants

Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professorship, Principal Investigator, 2023-2026;

United Republic of Tanzania President's Office, Co-Investigator, 2023-2026;

Petroleum Technology Development Fund, Co-Investigator, 2020-2022;

Scottish Funding Council - Global Challenges Research Fund, Co-Investigator, 2020.

Carnegie Trust, PhD Scholarship Co-Supervisor, 2019-2022;

Research Council of Norway and Prototech AS (Bergen), Principal Investigator, 2016-2017;

British Council, Principal Investigator, 2016;

Development Trust, PhD Scholarship, Co-Supervisor, 2014-2017;

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP), Research Grant, Co-Investigator, 2010–2013;

British Council / DAAD, Academic Research Collaboration (ARC) Grant, 2010–2011;

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Senior Academics' Research Stay Grant, 2010;

The Royal Society, International Travel for Collaboration, 2010;

EPSRC Standard Research Grant, Researcher-Co-Investigator, 2007–2010;

The Royal Society, Incoming Short Visit Award, 2005;

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Research Fellowship, 2003–2004; 

The Science and Technology Center in Ukraine, Research Grant, Named Researcher, 2003–2004.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

2024-2025 Courses:

"BEng and MEng Individual Projects" (EG45PC / EG45PE);

"Mechanics of Structures - Graduate Apprenticeships" (EG45G1);

"Mechanics of Structures" (EA3518);

"Plastic Analysis" (EG30H5, Harbin);

"Solids and Structures" (EG2513);

"Engineering Design and Computing" (EG20H1, Harbin);

 

Courses taught before:

"Solid Mechanics and Materials Modelling" (EG5095, 5th year, MEng programmes);

"Advanced Topics for MEng Study" (EG5085, 5th year, MEng programmes);

"Mathematical Optimisation" (EG5090, 5th year, MEng programmes);

"Computer Aided Engineering Design" (EG4576); 

"BEng Group Design Projects" (EG4578);

"Dynamics 2" (EM40JM)

"Fluid Dynamics" (EG40DB); 

"Engineering Analysis and Numerical Methods” (EG25H4, Harbin);

"Materials and Structures" (EG2029);

"Engineering Design and Practice 1" (EG2079);

"Electronics & Programmable Systems: Computer Systems & Programming" (EG2060);

"Fundamentals of Engineering Materials" (EG1012);

"Fundamentals of Engineering Materials - Graduate Apprenticeships" (EG10G3);

"Engineering Transitional Summer School" (SEN091, Levels 2 and 3 direct entrants).

Publications

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  • 2-D ELASTODYNAMIC PROBLEM FOR AN INTERFACE CRACK UNDER AN OBLIQUE HARMONIC LOADING

    Mikucka, V., Menshykov, O.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Нелинейная динамическая задача механики разрушения материала с межфазной трещиной

    Menshykov, V., Menshykov, O.
    XVI International Conference "Dynamical System Modelling and Stability Investigation", pp. 296-296
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts
  • Three-dimensional problems in the dynamic fracture mechanics of materials with interface cracks (review)

    Guz, A. N., Guz, I. A., Menshykov, A. V., Menshykov, V. A.
    International Applied Mechanics, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 1-61
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Non-Linear Contact Problems For Layered Cracked Materials Under Dynamic Loading

    Menshykov, O., Guz, I., Menshykov, V.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Решение задач механики трещин на основе граничных сингулярных интегральных уравнений

    Menshykov, V., Menshykov, O.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Boundary Integral Equations in the Frequency Domain for Interface Cracks under Impact Loading

    Menshykov, O., Menshykova, M.
    Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 165–166
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Interface cracks with initial opening under harmonic loading

    Menshykova, M., Menshykov, O., Mikucka, V. A., Guz, I.
    Composites Science and Technology, vol. 72, no. 10, pp. 1057-1063
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 3-D elastodynamic contact problem for an interface crack under harmonic loading

    Menshykov, O., Menshykova, M., Guz, I.
    Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 80, no. -, pp. 52-59
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Elastodynamic Contact Problems for Interface Cracks under Harmonic Loading

    Mikucka, V., Menshykov, O., Menshykova, M.
    Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 165–166
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Cracks' closure in 3-D fracture dynamics: The effect of relative location of two coplanar cracks

    Mykhailova, I., Menshykov, O., Guz, I.
    Archive of Applied Mechanics, vol. 81, no. 9, pp. 1215-1230
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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