Yury Nikitin was born on April 10, 1966 in Izhevsk, Russia. CSc. since 1994, Assoc. Prof. at the department of Mechatronic Systems in Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University, Institute "Modern Technologies of Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Metallurgy", 426069, Izhevsk, Studencheskaya str. 7. Dissertation theme "Dynamic modeling and vibroacoustic diagnostics of high-precision rotors". Hirsch index on SCOPUS - 9, Hirsch index on Web of Science - 6. Contractor on economic contractual theme "Analysis of vibration activity and noise of windlasses type 3APA03.00.000 and development of proposals for improving their design to reduce noise levels to below 80 dB"(Izhevsk, 2001). Project leader of the Project 2025/9407 "Research and Simulation of Mechatronic Systems Diagnostic Tools", analytical departmental target program of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation "Development of Scientific Potential of Higher School (2009-2011)". Supervisor of RFBR project 13-08-01181a "Theoretical foundations of control process of mechatronic systems diagnostics" (2013-2015). Supervisor of RFBR project No. 18-08-00772\18 "Development of theoretical foundations for diagnostics of mobile robot drives" (2018-2020).