On June 27, 2025, at a meeting of the Dissertation Council 24.1.485.01 at RANIMI, FSBSI the defense of Lyubov Aleksandrovna Chepurnaya’s Thesis for the Candidate of Engineering Science degree on the topic "Substantiation of the Methodology for Predicting Soil Surface Displacement Dynamics at the Stages of a Flat-Lying Coal Seam Development " in the specialty 2.8.6. Geomechanics, Rock Destruction, Mining Aerogasdynamics and Mining Thermophysics has been held.