Victor Petrovich Lapchuk
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EDUCATION
Kyiv State T. Shevchenko University, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1975 - 1980.
Master of Science Degree, Astronomer
EXPERIENCE
Main Astronomical Observatory Academia of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv,
1973 - 1975
Engineer, Kyiv State University, Physics faculty,
Department Astronomy, 1980- 1986
Head of the education laboratory, Kyiv State University, Department
Astronomy (1986 - up to now).
Responsible for coordination of astrophysical education laboratory.
Preparation and instruction of astrophysics material for community of students.
Design new works for students.
Developed and conducted optical observations with active experiments
in space, design photometer and spectrometers for optical measurements,
automate photometry measurement, performed optical photometry, analyzed
experimental results, prepared final reports, and developed grant proposals.
TV research areas include design and building application
CCD camera for investigation of nightglow emissions, investigation parameters
of CCD chip and camera, calibration camera.
Imaging spectrometry instrumentation for spectral analysis, airborne
remote sensing and scientific applications.
Attained a leadership position working with a research team on industry
contracts. Designed and evaluated experiments, prepared final reports,
and delivered a professional presentation.
Responsibilities.
1981 - Observed total Sun eclipse in Kazakhstan, near Tcelinograd;
1982 - Summer School of young astronomer in Special Astrophysical
Observatory Academia of Science USSR.
1983 - training in TV techniques in astronomy, Crimean Astrophysical
Observatory Academia of Science USSR, V. V. Prokopheva, A.N. Abramenko
1981 - 1991, 1997 - Optical observations in active experiments
in space, Volgograd (Kapystin Jar) rocket sounding station (experiments
series: ZERION, MIRAZH, START, KOMBI, KYMYLYS, SPYRT, KONTRAST, ELECTRON,
KARAT; ), contracts with IZMIRAN and Institute of Applied Geophysics, Moscow.
1984 - 1992 - Design, manufactured and performed photometer
YF-3K on APEX - Intercosmos-25 satellite; scientific heads - Dr. Ivchenko
V.N. and Dr. Ruzhin Yu.Ya. (IZMIRAN)
1991, July-August - Optical observed in CRESS (USA NASA) experiment,
Cuba
1992 - up to now - International project "POPEREDZHENNJA"-
"WARNING"
Adjust onboard scientific devices; Design spectrophotometer FAGOT and
TV camera TVC.
PUBLICATIONS
O.S. Popov, V.N. Ivchenko, V.P. Lapchuk,
S. Koutchmy, ... On TV -observations of polarization of green coronal line
at the eclipse time of 1981.07.31. (In Rus.). Astronomical circular. #1202,
1981, December 30.
V.N.Ivchenko, V.A. Kravchenko,
V.P. Lapchuk, G.P. Milinevsky. On optical observations of the July 31,
1981 total eclipse. (In Rus.). Moscow, Nauka, 1982, v.62, p. 269-273.
Evtushevskiy A.M., Ivchenko
V.N.Lapchuk V. P., Milinevsky G.P. Photometry measurements of ionospheric
glow during the neutral gas injection (in ukr.)
Optical observation the
phenomena of expansion high-temprrature steam of alkaline metals. COSPAR,
1986, 26 plenary Meeting of the COSPAR, France, Toulouse, 30 june-12 July.
Abstract, p.6
Ivchenko V.N., Lapchuk V.
P., Kornienko A.I., Ruzhin Yu.Ya. Automate photometer based on PC. (In
Rus.). Thesis. Eight All Union conferences Photometry's and her metrologies
provide. Moscow, 1990, p.32
Evtushevskiy A.M., Ivchenko
V.N., Lapchuk V. P., Milinevsky G.P. Image detectors compare for measurement
of geophysical objects. (In Rus.). Thesis. Eight All Union conferences
Photometry's and her metrologies provide. Moscow, 1990, p.261.
Danilchev E.A., Ivchenko
V.N., Lapchuk V. P., Romanenko A.N., High speed photometer for geophysical
observations. (In Rus.). Thesis. Eight All Union conferences Photometry's
and her metrologies provide. Moscow, 1990, p.105.
Ivchenko V.N., Ruzhin
Yu.Ya., Lapchuk V. P. Photometer for investigation of electron and
plasma beams in the "APEX" project. Proceeding of the 19th Annual European
Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by optical Methods. Kiruna, Sweden, August
10-14, 1992, p.580-584.
Ivchenko V.N., Ruzhin
Yu.Ya., Lapchuk V. P. The rocket born photometer for observations in plasma
injection experiments (in ukr.). Kyiv University, Astronomy. Kyiv, 1994,
p. 142-150
Ivchenko V.N.,
Lapchuk V. P. LED's photometric calibrator (in ukr.). Kyiv University,
Astronomy. Kyiv, 1994, p. 150-156
A.I. Vakulenko,
V. P. Lapchuk. Attachment to a personal computer for automates of photometric
measurements. Instruments and Experimental Techniques, vol. 37, No. 6,
1994, p. 96-98.
Osipov
S.I., Lapchuk V. P. Laboratory model of static Fourier spectrometer for
investigation of atmospheric emissions. 23rd European meeting
on Atmospheric Studies by optical Methods. Kyiv, Ukraine, September 2-6,
1996. Proceeding SPIE, vol. 3237, p.158-161.
Ivchenko
V.N., Lapchuk V. P. Optical measurements in the project "Poperedzhennya"
("Warning"). 23rd European meeting on Atmospheric Studies
by optical Methods. Kyiv, Ukraine, September 2-6, 1996. Proceeding SPIE,
vol. 3237, p.44-49.
Ivchenko V.N., Lapchuk
V. P. A computer controlled low light photometer for nightglow observations
(in ukr.). Kyiv University, Astronomy. Kyiv, 1997, p. 151-163
Lapchuk
V.P., Zhuravkov O.V., Ivchenko V.M. CAMERA ELECTRONICS FOR THE CCD FOURIER
SPECTROMETER.
Last updated Feb. 7, 2000 by Victor
Lapchuk
WWW Link 
Photomultipliers tubes (PMT)
http://www.electron-tubes.co.uk-
Electron
Tubes Limited. PMT for photon counting, PMT housings, ...
http://www.photocool.com - Photomultiplier
Housings and Photomultiplier Coolers; Air Heat-Exchanged Thermoelectric
Cooled Photomultiplier Tube Chambers.
http://www.pti-nj.com - Photon
Technology International. Photomultiplier tube housings, intensified
CCD cameras, Monochromators, optical choppers, photometers, fiber optics,...
http://www.hpk.co.jp/
- HAMAMATSU Photonics Photomultiplier tube and more
DISCAN Ltd., Russia National Research Institute "ELECTRON",
E-mail: discan.spb@rex.iasnet.ru,
Russian
manufacture PMT.
Amplifier-discriminator
for PMT (photon counting mode)
http://www.amptek.com - AMPTEK,
INC. A101, A111, ...
http://www.aricorp.com - Advanced
Research Instruments Corporation. F100 series, ...
http://www.electron-tubes.co.uk
- Electron Tubes Limited. AD6, AD7, ...
Charge Coupled Devices (CCD)
http://www.not.iac.es/CCD-world/home.html
- This page provides a jump station for a variety of web resources
appropriate to the development and use of CCDs in professional astronomy.
http://www.cameras.de/cameras/wer.htm
- Camera User Forum & Stammtisch
http://denton.chem.arizona.edu/ccd/index.html-
Links
to other CCD sites on the Web. These links are mostly to Astronomical
sites. The Denton Group is a research group in Analytical Chemistry at
the Chemistry Department of the University of Arizona.
http://eio.com/public/ccd - amateur
CCD Hyper-email discussion group.
http://www.hpk.co.jp/products/ssd/IMSE/ImageE.htm
- HAMAMATSU Photonics Index. CCD and CCD camera, PMT, ...
http://www.marconi-technologies.co.uk/-
Marconi Applied Technologies (EEV Ltd)supplies
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cameras, designed for use in harsher environments, utilize the Company's
CCDs.
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custom CCDs for user defined performance specifications.
http://www.tcs.thomson-csf.com/Us/ccd/ccd.htm
- Thomson-TCS CCD Image Sensor
Products.
http://www.ti.com/sc/docs/msp/disp.htm
- Texas Instruments CCD Image
Sensor Products.
http://www.kodak.com/ - Eastman
Kodak Co CCD Image Sensor Products.
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- EG&G, Inc.
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- Philips Electronics N.V. CCD
Image Sensor.
http://www.suni.com/ - Suni Imaging
Microsystems, Inc. develops integrated application solutions using
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technical requirements. Working closely with our customers engineers to
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http://www.dalsa.com/ - DALSA Inc.
http://www.silar.spb.ru/-
SILLAR
Ltd - National Research Institute "ELECTRON", Russian manufacture CCD
chip and cameras
CCD camera
http://www.roperscientific.com/
- Roper Scientific, a member of the analytical division of Roper
Industries, was formed in April 1998 by the union of Princeton
Instruments and Photometrics.
Roper
Scientific is the largest manufacturer of scientific grade cooled CCD camera
systems worldwide.
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http://www.prinst.com/ - Princeton
Instruments
http://www.apogee-ccd.com/
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...
http://cryocam.com/ - Micro Luminetics,
Inc., The
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EEV, Kodak, Lockheed Martin, SITe, Texas Instruments and others.
http://www.isainc.com/ - Instruments
SA Inc., The cameras uses EEV and SITe front and back Illuminated CCD
chips with liquid nitrogen and thermoelectric cooler.
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Science Resources Ltd., The UltraPix SK Digital Camera Range:
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bit Cooled cameras; UltraPix SI : SITe 512 and 1024 pix. CCD; Specialist
(Prisma) Cameras -1024 x 256 pixels, Thermoelectric air or TE water
or Liquid nitrogen cooling, 16 or 20 bit...
http://www.microphotonics.com/
- Micro Photonics Inc., Coolview 12 - The coolview is a fast
readout 10Mhz 'Slow Scan' 12 bit CCD camera. CV12/1000 - 1024 x 1024 pixel,
CV12/500 - 512 x 512 pixel resolution, thermoelectrically cooled .
http://www.pv-inc.com/ - PixelVision
Inc., TE (air or water cooled) 512x512 to 2048x2048 pixel CCD, 12,14,16
bit...
http://www.proscan.de -High Performance
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Soft, ...
http://www.specinst.com/ - Spectral
Instruments, The 500 series system has been designed for use
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currently supported include several of the Kodak KAF series full-frame
CCDs, including the KAF 26800: 4,096 x 4,096 array. Also currently supported
is the SITe Si-003A 1,204 x 1,024 pixel full frame CCD. The
600
series system - devices of two, three, and four phase architecture
from manufactures such as Dalsa, EEV, Kodak, Reticon, TITe, and Thomson
can be used.
TE cooler
Thermix Ltd, Kyiv, Ukraine. E-mail:
zhmurkov@thermix.kiev.ua.
TE
Cooler modules: low cost and wide range...
http://www.ite.cv.ua/ -Institute
of Thermoelectricity, Ukraine
http://www.zts.com/ - Information,
consulting and analytic services for the thermoelectric and energy conversion
communities.
http://www.melcor.com - MELCOR
Corporation, Thermoelectric coolers series types: OptoTEC, Multistage,
Center Hole (Annular), ThermaTEC (HT), .... Download AZTEC.EXE
- A Thermoelectric Design/Selection Guide was developed for MELCOR by ScillaSoft
Consulting and thermoelectric handbook.
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Ferrotec
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- Tellurex Corporation, Z-MAX line high performanceof TE coolers
...
http://www.rmtltd.ru - Russian
manufacture, RMT Ltd. More then two hundred standard sizes of
modules are available. The modules utilize single crystal thermoelectric
material Bi2Te3 which provides exellent thermoelectric properties.
http://www.marlow.com
- Marlow Industries, Inc., Applications, Tech Info,
Design Guide and more ...
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AB, Sweden, wide range of high performance, medium size and miniature
modules.
Stepper motor
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- Donovan Micro-Tek, Inc., The AM1524 (diameter15mm),
AM1020 (9.65mm) Miniature Stepper Motor motor.
http://www.sig-positec.co.uk/
- SIG POSITEC UK Ltd. 3-phase stepping motor drives, Positioning
controllers and control sytems, Automation modules and robotics,
Small and compact 2 -phase drives, ...
http://hsi-inc.com/ - Haydon Switch
and Instrument, Inc. Rotary Steppers: frame sizes from 3/4" to 2.2"
diameter; Z Series Linears; Big Inch® Motors; Oscillating Stepping Motors;
Stepper Motor Drivers ...
http://www.eio.com/stepindx.htm
- Stepper motor Hyper-email discussion group.
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