Volodymyr Kopei is a Professor in the Department of Computerized Mechanical Engineering at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas (Ukraine) and D.Sc. in Technical Science (2021) and Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering (2000). His research interests include mechanical engineering, programming, computer simulation, CAD, PLM, maintenance of reliability of oil and gas equipment. He teaches courses "Theoretical foundations of the manufacturing engineering", "Manufacturing engineering for the oil and gas industry", "Python for engineers", "Modeling of technical systems", "Product life cycle management systems". He published more than 300 scientific and methodical works, including 9 textbooks, 3 monographs, 23 invention certificates.