Senior Lecturer of the Department of Agricultural Engineering
E-mail: Sokolik1009@gmail.com
Date and place of birth – September 10, 1984, Uralove village, Seredyno-Buds’kyi district, Sumy region, Ukraine.
Education:
2001-2006 – Studied at Sumy National Agrarian University, specialization «Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture», diploma with honors;
2006 – Simultaneously obtained a full higher education degree in «Accounting and Auditing»;
2006-2009 – Postgraduate studies at Sumy National Agrarian University, specialization 05.05.11 «Machines and Equipment of Agricultural Production».
Work experience:
2009- 2015 – Assistant at the Department of Tractors and Agricultural Machinery, Sumy National Agrarian University, Sumy, Ukraine;
Since 2015 – Senior Lecturer at the Department of Agroengineering, Sumy National Agrarian University, Sumy, Ukraine.
Main teaching subjects: «Hardware and Software Support in Precision Farming Systems», «Precision Farming Systems and Their Use in Agricultural Production», «Fuel, Lubricants, and Operational Materials and Filtration Systems», «Mechanization of Production Processes», «Machine Support of Agrotechnologies».
Research work: Author of over 30 scientific publications, including 4 indexed in Scopus.
Research areas: Ensuring the quality of technological operations in crop production; precision farming systems.
Business links, grants, state budget, and contract topics:
- Responsible executor of the research topic «Development and Implementation of Environmentally Safe, Energy-saving Technical Means and Operation Methods in the Forest-steppe Zone of Ukraine» (2013-2018, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine);
- Responsible executor of the research topic No. DR 0113U008229 «Development and Implementation of Environmentally Safe, Energy-saving Technical Means and Operation Methods in the Forest-steppe Zone of Ukraine»;
- Responsible executor of the state contract «Development of scientific and practical recommendations on the compliance of the volume of agricultural production with the capabilities of modern machinery» under the contract for the development and transfer of scientific and technical products No. 29-8 dated August 29, 2023;
- Mobility grants for Early-career researchers to Czech Republic (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague) through AgriSciences Platform;
- Collective international grant: Grants for young researchers and research groups in the framework of the Czech Republic Development Cooperation project: «Interuniversity cooperation as a tool for enhancement of quality of selected universities in Ukraine» 2019-2021. Topic: Mobile information and technical system for determining the depth of the plow sole. Main coordinator.
- Erasmus+, ERASMUS-EDU-2024-CBHE, ID: 101179755, Rebuilding Growth in Agriculture in Post-Conflict Ukraine & Transitioning Georgia (ReGrow). Team researcher.
Professional development / academic mobility:
- International internship «Fundraising and Organization of Project Activities in Educational Establishments: European Experience»; Project topic: Organization of Practical Training of Students in Distance Learning. Krakow, Poland, from November 2 to December 8, 2024, 180 hours / 6 ECTS credits, (SZFL-003628).
- Professional development on the topic «Technical Design and Operational Efficiency of Complexes and Systems of Agricultural Production» (IANE NAAS, Sumy, Ukraine, March 30 – May 11, 2026, 180 hours, 6 ECTS credits, certificate No. 00497762/000128-26 dated May 11, 2026. Registration No. 128).
