Name: Anatolii V. Laptiev 1972 – Diploma in Aircraft construction mechanical engineer, Aviation Institute of Kharkov, Ukraine. 1987 – Candidate of Science (Ph. D. in Technics), Institute for Problems of Materials Science of UNAS, Kiev, Ukraine. Scientific Supervisor: Prof. M. S. Kovalchenko. (Diploma TH #107052, March 9, 1988). Currently, I work at the IPM NAS of Ukraine as a leading researcher, and my scientific activity is focused on the creation of high-strength hard alloys with an alternative binder, as well as metal-matrix composites based on copper, iron, and titanium.