Maksym Petrenko

Maksym Vitaliovych Petrenko (; 11 December 1983 – 1 June 2022) was a Ukrainian writer, scientist, inventor, educator, soldier, senior soldier of the National Guard of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Candidate of Technical Sciences, Docent.

In 2008, he graduated from the Open International University of Human Development "Ukraine" (with honors in Computer Environmental and Economic Monitoring), where he worked his way up from a laboratory assistant to the head of the Computer Engineering Department since 2003. He studied in South Korea and developed programmable constructors.

An active participant in the Revolution of Dignity, he was a member of the Maidan Self-Defense. He participated in the fighting near Debaltseve and Sloviansk. During his rotations, he continued to teach. finalist of the International competition of autonomous robotic platforms "Roborace" Badge for Valiant Service