Curriculum vitae

Education and academic qualification

• 1987, MSc., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FME), Brno University of Technology (BUT), specialization: Transport Engineering
• 2007, Ph.D., Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, VSB-Technical University Ostrava, specialization: Thermal Technology and Fuel in Industry
• 2008, associate professor, Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, VSB-Technical University Ostrava, specialization: Thermal Technology in Industry
• 2016, professor, Brno University of Technology, Machines and Equipment

Career overview

• 2018-05-01 - ...

  Brno
  Director of Institute of Automotive and Transport Engineering, BUT Brno
  employment type 1.0

Additional information:

• 1987-1990, assistant to professor, Department of Internal Combustion Engines and Vehicles, BUT Brno
• 1990-1992, internship, Department of Internal Combustion Engines and Vehicles, BUT Brno
• 1993-1994, PhD studies, Department of Internal Combustion Engines and Vehicles, BUT Brno
• 1995-2007, assistant to professor, Institute of Energy, BUT Brno
• 2007-2008, assistant to professor, Institute of Energy, BUT Brno
• 2008-2016, associate professor, Institute of Energy, BUT Brno
• 2016-today, professor, Institute of Energy, BUT Brno
• 2018-today, director of Institute of Automotive and Transport Engineering, BUT Brno

Pedagogic activities

Lectured courses:

• Thermomechanics
• Seminar of Applied Thermomechanics
• CAD
• Experimental methods

Supervised courses

• Seminar of Applied Thermomechanics
• CAD

Preparation courses:

• 2008 - Seminar of Applied Thermomechanics
• 2006 - Thermomechanics in English language
• 1997 - CAD
• 1997 - Experimental methods

Pedagogic projects:

• Co-author of three university textbooks.
• Co-author of two hypertext textbooks.

Scientific activities

• He is involved in the investigations within a number of research projects, the results of which have been published in 42 research reports
• 99 scientific articles.
• He established a new computer centre at the Institute. His professional interests include mathematical simulation of dynamic behaviour of thermal-mechanical systems, the method of finite elements for structural analysis, dynamics and heat transfer problems, flow and acoustics, data acquisition of thermomechanical quantities, optimization of thermo-mechanical systems with application of non-linear optimization methods, computer graphics methods.
• He has co-operated within 13 grant projects, especially under GAČR, EUREKA, COST, KONTAKT and U.S.-Czech GA.

Non-University activities

• 1996, member of the American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 2000, member of the Czech Society of Mechanical Engineers
• 2000, member of the Czech Foundrymen society

Prizing by scientific community

• 1987, Award of the Ministry of Education for attainment of outstanding results

Projects

• Josef Bozek National Center of Competence for Surface Vehicles TN01000026
• Computer Simulations for Effective Low-Emission Energy Engineering (ComSi) EF16_026/0008392
• GA19-20802S A coupled real-time thermo-mechanical solidification model of steel for crack prediction

• GA15-11977S, An adaptive front tracking method for parallel computing of phase change problems

• GA106/09/0940, Numerical and stochastic model of continuously cast steel slabs: 2009-2011
• FI-IM/021 Research, development and field application of a dynamic model for the control of technology of a continuous billet caster. 2004 – 2006
• GA106/04/1334 Optimization of technological parameters of the gravity-cast rolls for rolling rails. 2004-2006
• GA106/98/0296 Optimization of slab continuous casting with use of numerical model. 1998-2000
• GA106/93/0440 Thermokinetics of Technological Processes. 1993-1994
• OC 526.10 OPTIMIZATION OF CASTING OF CORUNDOBADDELEYIT MATERIAL (EUCOR) 2000-2005
• OE113 Creation Of Set Of Models For Prediction Of Technological Parameters And Thermal Processes For Enhancement Of TQM System. 2002-2005
• OE38/2 Optimization of Quality of Continiuously Cast Billets Required for Subsequent Technological Processing 1998-2001

Sum of citations (without self-citations) indexed within SCOPUS

195

Sum of citations (without self-citations) indexed within ISI Web of Knowledge

209

Sum of other citations (without self-citations)