Scientific and Research Department

In the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University – in one of leading classical universities of Ukraine, the balanced system of the organisation and providing of fundamental and applied researches, research-design works, scientific, scientific and technical and innovative forms of activity which is caused by requirements of development of a science for the state and educational process is created. Work of a research part of university organizationally and methodically structured according to types of research works.

The Vice-rector from scientific work of the DNU since 2000 is the doctor of technical sciences, full professor Dron' Mykola Mykhailovych. Scientific interests concern: fundamental and applied problems of creation and use of space-rocket and aviation technics, a question of protection of intellectual property, formation of normative base of scientific, scientific and technical and innovative policy in higher school system.

He is the author over 50 inventions, mainly in the space branch, protected by copyright certificates of the USSR and patents of Ukraine. He is handed over the breastplate "Creator"(“Tvorets”) for ¹ 91 according to the order of State Department of intellectual property since 8/28/2006.

Scientific work successfully combines with the fruitful pedagogical activity connected with department of designing and designs of physico-technical institute of the DNU. He has prepared a number of reference books, including with a signature stamp of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine: “Bases of patenting","The legal protection of intellectual property of the higher institution of education","The basis of the theory of protection of the information","The basis of ballistic designing of space towboats","Terrestrial space and technical means for its development". He is awarded by a sign "Excellent worker of education of Ukraine" in 1998.

He constantly takes part in preparation and certification of scientifically pedagogical personnel. He works at two specialized academic councils from protection doctor's and master's theses, in one of which he is the vice-president of council. He is a member of editorial boards of bulletins and collections of scientific works. He is the head of scientific and technical council of the DNU. He is a member of scientifically organizational council and advisory council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, section “The aerospace technics and transport”. He is the head of Coordination council of the Vice-rectors from scientific work of the Dnipropetrovs'k region, he is a member of Coordination council of the Vice-rectors from scientific work of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine.

He is the academician of Academy of Sciences of the Higher school of Ukraine, Academy of Ecological Sciences of Ukraine and the International Academy of Social Technologies. He is the honoured worker of a science and technics of Ukraine (in 2003). He is the winner of the award of M.K. Yangelya of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for a cycle of works from gasdynamics and dynamics of flight of flying machines (in 2005).

In the list of scientific and educationally-methodical works over 200 works which have received domestic and international recognitions among which there are the individual monography, reference books with a signature stamp of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, more than 30 reports at conferences, including international ones.