Assistant Professor at the Department of Mining Engineering and Education.

     During 1992 – 1997 he studied on a full-time Mining Faculty of Dnipropetrovsk Mining Institute named after Artem on specialty "Underground Mining of Mineral Deposits". In 1997, he graduated from the National Mining Academy of Ukraine and entered to postgraduate courses at the Mining Department. From 2000 to 2007, he worked as senior engineer of scientific-technical Department and then as a head of the scientific-technical information sector of research Department of the National Mining University. He has been working by assistant on the Department since 1999.

     V. Lapko gives practical classes and laboratory works with students of full-time and distance education on the following subjects: "Fundamentals of Computer Graphics", "Mining Computer Graphics", "Computer Technologies in Mining", "Technology of Underground Mining of Mineral Deposits". He has design projects on the disciplines: "Technology of Underground Mining of Mineral Deposits" and "Mining Design".

     He actively participates in developing and updating methodological support disciplines: "Fundamentals of Computer Graphics", "Technology of Underground Mining of Mineral Deposits".

     V. Lapko is an expert in the "Mining" direction of the Admissions office NMU. He conducted career guidance out in technical schools, schools in the Central Donbass and cities of Krasnoarmiisk and Dimitrov.

     He has been a member of the Organizing Committee of the annual International Scientific-Practical Conference "School of Underground Mining" since 2007. Victor provides technical support for scientific publications.

     In 2010 V. Lapko had been awarded of the "Honorary Diploma of NMU" for outstanding merit in the training of specialists for Ukraine and personal contribution to the development and authority strengthening of the University

     Scientific activity of V. Lapko is focused on the research of the fixing parameters of weakly metamorphosed rock mass by multilevel anchor systems.

     Total amount of research works is 25, including 7 papers in specialized editions that included in international database Scopus, 2 patents for invention.

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