Website
sahalovy.ch is used as the public professional website for Oleksii Sahalovych.
Technical profile
Independent technical consultant with a background in theoretical and experimental nuclear physics, industrial R&D, vacuum-plasma surface engineering, cathode-neutralizer work and thermal-vacuum test systems.
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Professional background
I work as an independent technical consultant in vacuum, plasma and surface engineering. My background combines theoretical and experimental physics with industrial R&D in PVD/CVD coatings, plasma nitriding, vacuum thermochemical treatment, tribology, cathode-neutralizer technology and space-test infrastructure.
The main technical focus is the practical connection between process physics, material response, component performance and equipment decisions.
What I work on
- vacuum-plasma coating systems
- PVD / CVD / PECVD route selection
- plasma nitriding and duplex treatment
- low-pressure carburizing and modelling
- vacuum equipment specification and acceptance
- cathode-neutralizer and EP test support
- TVAC and space-test infrastructure
- materials, tribology and component performance
Education
Specialist Diploma with Honours, Theoretical Nuclear Physics — Kharkiv State University, 1995.
Qualification: physicist-engineer. Academic foundation: theoretical and nuclear physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, solid-state physics and mathematical physics.
Professional chronology
| Period | Role |
|---|---|
| 2024–Present | Self-Employed Technical Consultant / Senior R&D & Technology Program Manager — vacuum, plasma, surface engineering and space-test infrastructure. |
| 2010–Present | Head of the Department of Special Technologies, JSC FED, Kharkiv, Ukraine. |
| 2003–Present | Deputy Head, Scientific Technological Center “Nanotechnology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine. |
| 1995–2003 | Head of Computing Complex, Plazmed Enterprise, Kharkiv, Ukraine. |