VIKTOR PETRUSHIN received his Diploma degree in “Electric machines and apparatuses” at Odessa National Polytechnic University in 1968 and his Ph.D. in 1979. Since 1987, he has worked as an assistant professor at the Department of Electrical Machines, Odessa Polytechnic Institute. From 1993 to 1998, he was dean of the faculty of the electrification and automation industry. In 2002, he habilitated and has worked since then as a professor of electrical machines at Odessa National Polytechnic University.