General characteristics of the scientific school
The Scientific School of Hryhoriy Yakovych Krasovsky is an established scientific direction in the field of studying the Earth's surface using aerospace survey data, based on many years of research and teaching activities of the Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, laureate of the State Prize in Science and Technology, Honored Worker of the Space Industry of Ukraine, H. Ya. Krasovsky. The activities of the scientific school are aimed at conducting fundamental and applied research in the field of information technologies for supporting and making decisions on environmental protection, ecological safety, rational use of renewable natural resources, planning measures to prevent and eliminate emergencies, in which modern computer systems for processing geospatial data and materials for remote sensing of the Earth from space are widely used.
Founder of the scientific school
Krasovsky Hryhoriy Yakovych (born August 6, 1946, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian scientist, radio physicist. Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1974), Doctor of Technical Sciences (1992), Professor (2001), laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology (2013), founder and first head of the Department of Geoinformation Technologies and Space Monitoring of the Earth of the National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute" (2016-2018). At the same time, he received awards from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine "For personal significant contribution to the development of science and education", was the winner of the XVI regional competition "Higher School of Kharkiv Region - the Best Names" in the "Scientist" nomination (2014).
In addition to his scientific and pedagogical activities at Khai University, he headed the laboratory of space monitoring of surface waters of the Ukrainian Scientific Center for Water Protection (Kharkiv, 1975–1997), was the director of the North-Eastern branch of the State Scientific and Production Center "Pryroda" (Kharkiv, 1997–2001), the chief researcher of the Ukrainian Institute for Environmental and Resources Research under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (Kyiv, 2001–2008), the chief researcher of the Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, 2002-2018), and the director of LLC "NPF EKODAN" (Kharkiv, 2000-2018).
The main scientific areas of the school are:
1. Space monitoring of the environment using geoinformation technologies.
2. Creation of geomodels in the tasks of ecological and economic assessments of lands.
3. Development of 3D models of terrain objects based on laser scanning data processing.
4. Collection, processing and thematic interpretation of data from UAVs.
5. Creation of cartographic and anamorphic models based on the analysis of stochastic discrete information.
Scientific achievements and results of activities
Under the scientific supervision of G. Ya. Krasovsky, 11 candidate and 1 doctor of philosophy theses in the field of technical sciences were defended, a large number of bachelor's and master's degrees were defended. Representatives of the scientific school take an active part in normative, expert and advisory activities at the national and regional levels.
Main publications and scientific projects of the school
The founder of the scientific school has published over 200 scientific and educational and methodological works. The most significant results of the scientific school's activities are:
1. Space monitoring of land pollution by technogenic dust [Text] / L. D. Grekov, G. Ya. Krasovsky, O. M. Trofymchuk; Institute of National Security Problems at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. - Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, 2007. - 122 p. - ISBN 978-966-00-0621-7
2. Space monitoring of water ecosystem security using geoinformation technologies [Text]: monograph / G. Ya. Krasovsky; Institute of National Security Problems, National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. - Kyiv: Intertekhnologiya, 2008. - 478 p. - ISBN 978-966-1648-07-03
3. Modern information technologies of ecological monitoring of the Black Sea [Text]: scientific monograph / [S. O. Dovgy, G. Ya. Krasovsky, V. V. Radchuk and others]; ed.: Dovgy S. O.; Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. - Kyiv: Information Systems, 2010. - 260 p. - ISBN 978-966-2249-46-0
Scientific community and continuity
The scientific school, founded by Professor G. Ya. Krasovsky, published a series of monographs on geoinformation technologies:
Space-based monitoring of aquatic ecosystem security using geoinformation technologies
Modern information technologies for environmental monitoring of the Black Sea
Environmental monitoring using NOAA satellite imagery
Geomodels in tasks of ecological and economic assessments of lands
Information technologies for space monitoring of aquatic ecosystems and forecasting urban water consumption
Disciples
Hryhoriy Yakovych was the scientific supervisor of the diploma and later the dissertation work of Greben Oleksandr Serhiyovych, who now holds the position of head of the department "Geoinformation technologies and space monitoring of the Earth". Currently, the scientific school of the department is headed by Professor Olga Stanislavivna Butenko, who trained Candidate of Technical Sciences S. I. Gorelyk, who headed the department after the sudden death of Hryhoriy Yakovych Krasovsky and currently works as an associate professor of the department. At the same time, the associate professor of the department, Ph.D. S. Andreyev trained Candidate of Technical Sciences A. S. Nechausov, who currently works as an associate professor of the department. The scientific school of the department also includes Dr. of Technical Sciences, Prof. R. E. Pashchenko, Dr. of Technical Sciences, Prof. S. Yu. Danshina and Ph.D., senior research fellow. Inessa Hryhorivna Krasovska, who is the ideological successor of the scientific traditions and high standards of education established by her father, G. Ya. Krasovsky (her son Martin Arturovych Bahnyuk also linked his life with the department founded by his grandfather G. Ya. Krasovsky, and now in 2025 he is already a second-year postgraduate student).
Recognition and authority of the scientific school
The high authority of the scientific school is confirmed by state awards, professional distinctions and the active participation of its representatives in the formation of state policy on the management of natural resources:
1. 3rd place in the international competition of student scientific projects in the nomination "Best ideas for using GIS", which was held during the conference "GIS Forum 2014"
2. 1st place in the All-Ukrainian competition of student scientific works in natural, technical and humanities in the 2014/2015 academic year in the field of "Geodesy"
3. 1st place in the international competition of cartographers, held by the company "Here" in 2016
4. 3rd place in the All-Ukrainian competition of student scientific works in natural, technical and humanities in the 2016/2017 academic year in the field of "Geodesy"
5. 1st place in the international competition of cartographers, held by the company "Here" in 2017
6. receiving certificates of advanced training from the American Association of Geographers for participation in the international project Secondary Cities in 2016
7. 1st place in the international cartographers' competition, held by the company "Here" in 2019
8. 2nd degree diploma in the student works competition within the framework of the international scientific and practical conference of the State Institution "Institute of Environmental Geochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine"
9. award of the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Oksen Lisovy in 2025
10. for achievements in education and scientific activity, the graduates of the department received the M.E. Zhukovsky scholarships and scholarships of the President of Ukraine
11. advanced training of the department's specialists in the field of modern GIS technologies on the basis of Vancouver Island University (Canada)
12. recognition of the department's employees with thanks from the Mayor of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov, the Head of the KHOV Oleg Synegubov and the management of the National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute"