Dr. Ivan Dehtiarov is an associate professor at the Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Machines, and Tools at Sumy State University. He completed his Ph.D. studies in Manufacturing Engineering at the National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" in 2017 and has been awarded a Ph.D. in Manufacturing Engineering. He led the project “Design of a robotic platform for the control of small arms”. He has published 17 papers in various journals and serves as a reviewer for the DSME Conference. His teaching disciplines include machining theory and opening computer-aided production technologies, and his interests include advanced machining technologies, five-axis machining, CAD/CAM, reverse engineering, fixture design, and verification.