In 1976, a scientific laboratory for the magnetic purification of liquid and gaseous environments was established, organized by Associate Professor Oleksandr Vasyliovych Sandulyak from the Department of Physics. In 1987, the staff of this laboratory, who were also faculty members, Oleksandr Vasyliovych Sandulyak and Vyacheslav Ivanovych Haraschenko, were awarded the Republican Prize named after M. Ostrovskiy in the field of science, technology, and production for their comprehensive research work "Research, Development, and Implementation of New Electromagnetic Filter-Settlers for Improving Liquid Quality."
In 1985, the creative team of the department, consisting of O.V. Sandulyak, V.I. Haraschenko, M.V. Yatskov, O.Y. Korkhov, O.P. Vezhansky, I.E. Vovk, V.V. Volkov, A.D. Dovhanyuk, and S.O. Kuznetsov, was awarded a gold medal at the 1st World Exhibition of Young Inventors (“Expo-85”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria).
From 1978 to 1985, for the first time at the institute, scientific developments of the department were patented in the USA, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and India, resulting in the issuance of 45 foreign patents. In the 1980s, a licensing agreement was signed with the French company "Flonic Schlumberger" based on these patents for 2.5 million French francs (420 thousand US dollars).
In 1988, the interdepartmental "Problematic Research Laboratory of Electromagnetic Cleaning Methods" was established, with the scientific leader of the laboratory being Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Sandulyak O.V.; the head of the laboratory is the Honored Inventor of Ukraine, PhD, Senior Researcher Mykola Vasylovych Yatskov.
In 2002, the laboratory was renamed, and according to the order of the rector of NUWGP No. 295 dated 24.12.2002, a research laboratory for processes and apparatus of physicochemical methods of purification was established. The head of the laboratory until 2021 was PhD, associate professor, and Honored Inventor of Ukraine V.I. Haraschenko.
Since 2021, the head of the laboratory is Alexey Garashtshenko, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Physics of NUVHP.Yacheslavovich.
From 1976 to 2026, the scientific results of the laboratory staff are reflected in 2 doctoral dissertations, 17 candidate dissertations, 4 monographs, over 170 author certificates and patents, and more than 500 scientific publications. In addition, the laboratory's scientific developments have been successfully implemented and are operational in over 15 industrial enterprises both in Ukraine and abroad.
| Scientific head of the laboratory | Harashchenko Oleksii Vyacheslavovych | PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) |
| Deputy Head of the Laboratory | Haievskyi Valerii Rostyslavovych | Ph.D., Associate Professor |
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