Valentin Oleschuk

Valentin Olesciuk (Oleschuk in materials in English) was born in Balti, Moldova, USSR, on 7 May, 1947. He received the M.Sc. degree from Kishinev Polytechnic Institute in 1969, Candidate of Sc. (Ph.D.) degree from Leningrad Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics in 1980, Dr.Sc. degree from Institute of Electrodynamics of the National Academy of Sc. of Ukraine (Kiev) in 1999, and Dr. Habilitat of Sc. degree from the Supreme Sc. Qualification Board of Moldova (Chisinau) in 2000, all in electrical engineering.

From 1971 his engineering and research activity is connected with the Institute of Power Engineering, where he held positions from Engineer to Head of the Laboratory. And from 2010 V. Oleschuk is Chief Scientist of the Institute of Power Engineering of Technical University of Moldova.

Research interests of Dr. Oleschuk include control and modulation strategies for power electronic converters, adjustable speed electric drives, and renewable energy systems. His basic contribution includes elaboration of fundamentals of a novel alternative method of synchronous multi-zone pulsewidth modulation for power converters, which is focused on improvement of effectiveness of operation of power conversion systems.

Dr. Oleschuk authored and co-authored two monograph-books, two chapters of books, and more than 300 papers, including more than 110 IEEE publications and more than 130 papers published in Scopus-related editions. V. Oleschuk is also author of 89 patents and inventor’s certificates. And it is necessary to mention, that Dr. V. Oleschuk is the first author of more than 90% of all these publications and patents.

Results of research of Dr. V. Oleschuk have been recognized internationally. During the last years, he was Principal Investigator and Head (from the Moldovan side): - of four NATO Research Projects (1994-96, 1997-99, 2000-02, 2005-08); - of four USA-funded Projects (National Research Council of the USA (1997-98), MRDA-CRDF (2001-03), CRDF (2006-08),  STCU (2014-16)); - of five European Research Projects (EPE (1997), Marie Curie IIF of FP7 (2004-07), Regional Project of EU (2008-10), STCU (2014-16, 2018-20)); - of two Programs of Inter-Academies Sc. Collaboration (Hungary–Moldova, 1994-96, 1997-2003).

Also, Dr. V. Oleschuk was Grantee of Ministry of Universities and Research of Italy (2011) and of Ministry of Education of Spain (2012).

For a total period of more than eight years, he was visiting research professor in several leading universities in the field: Aalborg University (Denmark), The University of Tennessee at Knoxville (USA), Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary), University of Bologna (Italy), University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres (Canada), Northeastern University (Boston, USA), Politecnico di Torino (Turin, Italy), University of Seville (Spain).

List of Invited Talks of Dr. V. Oleschuk includes: University of Florence (Italy), 1991; Concordia University (Montreal, Canada), 1994; Technical University of Budapest (Hungary), 1996; The University of Tennessee at Knoxville (USA), 1998; Kielce University of Technology (Poland), 2000; Aalborg University (Denmark), 2001; University of Turabo (Puerto-Rico), 2003; Politecnico di Torino (Turin, Italy), 2007; University of Bologna (Italy), 2011; University of Seville (Spain), 2012; University of Zilina (Slovakia), 2014, 2015.

In particular, in 2011 Dr. V. Oleschuk, in the range of Professorship Program of the University of Bologna (Italy), presented Jubilee Lecture “50 Years of Power Electronics: Its Importance and New Dimensions” for students and faculty of the University of Bologna, underlining in it an important role of power electronics for sustainable technological and environmental progress.

Also, basic book on the topic, by D.G. Holmes and T.A. Lipo, „Pulse Width Modulation for Power Converters“ (John Wiley & Sons, 2003) includes many references on publications of V. Oleschuk.

Results of research of Dr. Oleschuk were presented at scientific forums in more than 40 countries on all continents: in Africa (Republic of South Africa); in Asia (China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Turkey, United Arabian Emirates); in Australia; in 26 European countries; in North America (Canada, Mexico, USA), and in South America (Brazil, Chile).

Dr. V. Oleschuk is Independent Expert of “Horizon Europe” (HE) Program of the European Union. During 2013-20 V. Oleschuk was Official Representative of Moldova at Program Committee of “Horizon’2020”, and from 2022 he is National Expert (Delegate) from Moldova in HE Program Committee of EU (Cluster 5 of HE).

Dr. V. Oleschuk has been included for four years in a row (2020-2023) in Stanford Lists of Top 2% of the World Scientists, in 2021 he became Laureate of the Premium of the Academy of Sc. of Moldova in Engg., and was awarded by the Honor Diploma of the Ministry of Education and Research of Moldova. In 2023 he was awarded by Diploma of Merit of Technical University of Moldova.