In 1997, he graduated with honors from the Taganrog State University of Radio Engineering (TSURE) with a degree in "Control and Informatics in Technical Systems".
From 1998 to 2001, he studied in the full-time postgraduate program (PhD track) at TSURE, majoring in "System Analysis, Control, and Information Processing (Technical Systems)" (scientific supervisor: Dr. of Technical Sciences, Professor A.A. Kolesnikov).
In 2001, at the Don State Technical University (Dissertation Council D 212.058.04, Decision No. 3 dated 17.12.2001), he defended his Candidate of Sciences (PhD equivalent) dissertation in specialties 05.13.01 - "System Analysis, Control, and Information Processing (Technical Systems)" and 05.13.06 - "Automation and Control of Technological Processes and Productions". The dissertation topic is "Synergetic Synthesis of Nonlinear Interconnected Control Systems for Turbogenerators".
In 2016, he was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor in specialty 05.13.01 - "System Analysis, Control, and Information Processing (Technical Systems)".
Work Experience: Since 1999: Programmer, Assistant at the Department of Automatic Control Systems, TSURE. From 2002 to 2003: Assistant, and since 2003 to the present: Associate Professor at the Department of Synergetics and Control Processes, Southern Federal University (SFedU).
International Research Profiles: www.researcherid.com/rid/F-6586-2013 Scopus Author ID: 56694207200 ORCID: 0000-0001-5259-702X h-index (RSCI / Scopus / Web of Science) - 14 / 8 / 4
Research Interests: modern control theory, adaptive and robust control, nonlinear control systems for power system objects; control of economic systems.
Participant in 12 research projects, including 1 international.
Publications Overview: Author (co-author) of 127 scientific papers, including: 16 publications in peer-reviewed VAK (Higher Attestation Commission) journals, 6 monographs and book chapters, 4 papers indexed in Web of Science, 6 papers indexed in Scopus, 39 presentations at all-Russian and international conferences, 8 educational and methodological works.
Awards and Honors for Scientific Activities:
Diploma of the Winner of the All-Russian Competition of Manuscripts for Educational, Scientific-Technical, and Reference Literature in Power Engineering, organized by RAO UES of Russia and the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI) in 2007. The monograph "New Technologies for Designing Modern Control Systems for Power Generation Processes" by the author team of A.A. Kolesnikov, A.A. Kuzmenko, and G.E. Veselov won in the "scientific and technical literature" category and was published in 2011 by the "MPEI Publishing House" (Moscow).
Diploma of the Winner of the Competition for Scientific Works of Young Scientists in Power Engineering and Related Sciences "New Generation", organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences and RAO UES of Russia in 2008, for the paper "Kuzmenko A.A. Nonlinear adaptive control of a turbogenerator // Izvestiya RAN. Theory and Control Systems. - 2008. - No. 1. - P. 112-119".
Prize of the Rostov Region Administration for Young Scientists of the State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Southern Federal University" engaged in scientific and innovative activities, in 2008 and 2009.
Publications indexed in Scopus, Web of Science:
Kolesnikov A.A., Veselov G.E., Kuzmenko A.A., et al. Synergetic approach to the modeling of power electronic systems // Proceedings of the 7th IEEE Workshop on Computers in Power Electronics, July 16-18, 2000, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. ; Pp. 259-262.
Kolesnikov A.A., Kuzmenko A. Synergetic control for turbogenerators // Proceedings of 36th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC), July 29 - August 2, 2001, Savannah, Georgia, USA. ; Vol. 2. ; Pp. 871-874.
Kuzmenko A.A. Nonlinear adaptive control of a turbogenerator // Journal of Computer and Systems Sciences International. ; 2008. ; Vol. 47. ; No. 1. ; Pp. 103-110.
Kolesnikov A.A., Kuzmenko A.A. Synergetic Approach to Traditional Control Laws Multi-Machine Power System Modification // Chaotic Systems: Theory and Applications. ; 2010. ; Pp. 134-138.
Kuzmenko A.A. Nonlinear adaptive control of a shipboard power plant turbine // Journal of Computer and Systems Sciences International. ; 2012. ; Vol. 51. ; No. 4. ; Pp. 512-525.
Kuzmenko A.A. Synergetics approach to multi-machine power system hierarchical nonlinear control // Proceedings of 5th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT-2013), 10-13 September 2013. ; Pp. 146-150.
Kuzmenko A.A., Synitsin A.S., Zyiryanova A.A. The use of integral adaptation principle to increase the reliability of synchronous generator nonlinear excitation system // Proceedings of 6th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT-2014), 6-8 October 2014, St. Petersburg, Russia. ; Pp. 415-420.
Kuzmenko A.A., Kolesnikov A.A., Kolesnitchenko D.A. Novel Robust Control of Hydrogenerator: the synergetic approach // IFAC-PapersOnLine. ; 2015. ; Vol. 48, iss. 11. ; P. 451-456.
Kuzmenko A.A. Synchronous generator nonlinear excitation system: Synergetic sliding mode control // Proceedings of International Siberian Conference on Control and Communications (SIBCON-2015), May 21-23, 2015, Omsk State Technical University, Russian Federation. ; Pp. 1-5.
Kuzmenko A.A., Sinitsyn A.S., Mushenko A.S. The use of integral adaptation principle to increase the reliability of “DFIG-Wind turbine" power system // Proceedings of 2017 International Siberian Conference on Control and Communications "SIBCON 2017", 29-30 June 2017, Kazakhstan.
Popov A.N., Kuzmenko A.A. Design of closed-loop control for generation of nonlinear oscillations // IEEE II International Conference on Control in Technical Systems (CTS), 25-27 Oct. 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia. ; P. 199-202.
Kuzmenko A.A. Synthesis of Synergetic Sliding Mode Control Law of Synchronous Generator Basing on Sequential Aggregate of Invariant Manifolds // Proceedings of IEEE International Russian Automation Conference (RusAutoCon), 8-14 September 2019, Russia, Sochi.
Kuzmenko A.A. Synthesis of the Sliding Mode Control Law of Synchronization of Chaotic Systems Basing on Sequential Aggregate of Invariant Manifolds // IEEE III International Conference on Control in Technical Systems (CTS), 30 Oct. - 1 Nov. 2019, St. Petersburg, Russia. ; P. 62-65.
Kuzmenko A.A. Synthesis of a Robust Nonlinear Control Law of a Magnetic Levitation System: Sliding Mode Control // IEEE III International Conference on Control in Technical Systems (CTS), 30 Oct. - 1 Nov. 2019, St. Petersburg, Russia. ; P. 58-61.
Kuzmenko A.A. Estimation of Tire Traction of an Electric Vehicle: Synergetic Observer // Proceedings of 2020 International Conference on Industrial Engineering, Applications and Manufacturing (ICIEAM), Sochi, Russia, 18-22 May 2020, pp. 1-5.
Kolesnikov A.A., Kuzmenko A.A. Use of ADAR method and theory of optimal control for engineering systems optimal control // Proceedings of 2020 International Conference on Industrial Engineering, Applications and Manufacturing (ICIEAM), Sochi, Russia, 18-22 May 2020, pp. 1-5.
Kuzmenko A.A. Robust Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor: Synergetic Approach // Mekhatronika, Avtomatizatsiya, Upravlenie. ; 2020. ; Vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 480-488.
Kuzmenko A.A. Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Sliding Control Design Procedure: a Synergistic Approach // Proceedings of 2020 International Russian Automation Conference, RusAutoCon 2020, 6-12 Sep. 2020, Sochi, Russia, pp. 296-300.
Kolesnikov A.A., Kuzmenko A.A. Forced Sliding Mode Control: Synergetic Approach // Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Control Systems, Mathematical Modeling, Automation and Energy Efficiency (SUMMA), 2020, 11-13 Nov. 2020, Lipetsk, Russia, pp. 36-40.
Kuzmenko A.A. Forced sliding mode control for chaotic systems synchronization // Nonlinear Dynamics. ; 2022. ; Vol. 109, no. 3. ; P. 1763-1775. (indexed in Scopus Q1, indexed in Web of Science (Q1 quartile)).
Kuzmenko A.A. Synthesis of nonlinear robust control laws for a magnetic levitation system: comparison of methods // Mechatronics, Automation, and Control. ; 2026. ; Vol. 27, No. 6. ; P. 312-320.