0 On December 17, 2025, a successful pre-defense of dissertation research by applicants for the third (educational and scientific) level of higher education of the Department of Automation, Metrology and Energy-efficient Technologies, Nasyrov Serhiy Volodymyrovych and Chirochkin Denys Oleksandrovych, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of knowledge 15 Automation and Instrumentation in the specialty 152 - Metrology and Information and Measuring Equipment (full-time) of the Department of Automation, Metrology and Energy-efficient Technologies of the Educational and Scientific Institute "Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy" of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University took place.