Olena Gorbenko defended the thesis for the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences in 2000. Since 2001 she has been Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanization and Electrification of Agricultural Production (Agricultural Engineering) of Mykolayiv National Agrarian University. Since 2002 she has been Head of the Department of Mechanization and Electrification of Agricultural Production (Agricultural Engineering) of Mykolayiv National Agrarian University. The researcher supervises Master's degree project. Olena Gorbenko devoted her scientific activity to the problems of engineering education, training of Bachelors in Agricultural Engineering in the conditions of the competence-based environment.