Curriculum vitae

Education and academic qualification

• 1999, MS deg., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno UT, branch Applied mechanics-Mechatronics
• 2006, Ph.D., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno UT, branch Design and Process Engineering
• 2018, associate professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno UT, branch Applied mechanics

Career overview

• 2006-present, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
• 1996-2016, Self-employed: software development

Scientific activities

• HiJetRod - Resource-Efficient Hydromechanical Descaling System for Wire Coils, pilot project RFSR 709435, duration 01/07/2016 -31/12/2019
• HiPerScale - High performance hot rolling process through steel grade-dependent influencing of the scale formation and flexible descaling control, RFSR-CT-2014-00010, duration 7/2014 - 12/2017
• NETME Centre (Nové technologie pro strojírenství), CZ.1.05/2.1.00/01.0002, co-financed by EU, 5/2009-12/2013, MSM/ED
• NETME Working – inovace a transfer pro strojní praxi, CZ.1.07/2.4.00/31.0046, co-financed by EU, 2/2012 - 1/2014
• HEATEAM - Multidisciplinární tým pro výzkum a aplikace tepelných procesů, CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0188, co-financed by EU, 6/2012- 5/2015
• ROLLGAP SENSORS, Advanced Roll Gap Sensors for Enhanced Hot and Cold Rolling Processes, RFSR-CT-2009-00008, 01/07/2008 – 31/12/2011
• CHILLUB, Advanced method to improve work roll life time and surface quality of hot rolled strip by new coupled oil free lubrication and chilling RFSR-CT-2008-00012, duration 01/07/2006-31/12/2011
• GA106/06/0709 – Theory and experimental research of oxide layer removal by high pressure water jet, 2006-2008
• EWRCOOL, Effective work roll cooling, RFCS-CR-0415, duration 01/07/2004 31/12/2007
• GA106/01/1571 – Experimental study of Leidenfrost effect at the impact of water droplets on heat surface for application in metallurgy, 2002-2005
• Kontakt/Czech–Slovenian project 2001/023, Modelling and optimisation in continuous casting, 2001-2003
• OC.P3.60, COST – Modelling and experimental study of phase changes within binary systems , 1998-2001
• Kontakt/Czech–Slovenian project ME266, Modelling and optimization for competitive continuous casting, 1998-1999
• GA106/97/0328 – Experimental study of transport phenomena on moving surfaces at very high temperatures, 1997 – 1999

Academic internships abroad

• 2001, The University of Alabama, USA, Al-Be casting

Industry cooperation

• ArcelorMittal
• Bekaert
• Centro Sviluppo Materiali SPA
• CRM Group
• Delavan Ltd.
• Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Specialty Steel GmbH & Co. KG
• Emuref S.A.
• Gerdau Investigacion y Desarrollo Europa SA
• Hyundai NGV
• Hyundai Steel
• Institute of Geonics CAS
• Lechler GmbH
• Pezinské tehelne - Paneláreň, a.s.
• POSCO
• POSCO E&C
• Primetals Technologies Ltd.
• Sidenor I+D
• Siemens VAI
• SIGMA DIZ
• SIGMA Group
• Spraying Systems Co
• Swerea Mefos AB
• TATA Steel UK
• ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
• U. S. Steel Košice
• VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
• Vítkovické slévárny, spol.s r.o.
• voestalpine Stahl GmbH
• Wienerberger
• Železiarne Podbrezová

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

98

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