Ing.
Pavel Švancara
Ph.D.
FME, ISMMB DB – Assistant professor
+420 54114 2869
svancara@fme.vutbr.cz
Curriculum vitae
Education and academic qualification
- 2007, Ph.D., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,Brno University of Technology, specialization Applied Mechanics
- 2000, MSc., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,Brno University of Technology, specialization Engineering Mechanics
Career overview
- 2004-present, assistant professor, Institute of Solid Mechanics Mechatronics and Biomechanics Faculty of Mechanical Engineering BUT Brno
- 2003-present, researcher, Institute of Thermomechanics Academy of Science of the Czech Republic
Pedagogic activities
- Statics
- Kinematics
- Dynamics
- Sound and Vibration
- Bioacoustics
- Dynamics of processing machines
Scientific activities
- Bioacoustics - computational modelling of acoustics of human vocal tract and vocal folds function - analysis of defects and surgical procedures at vocal tract (effect of tonsillectomy), FE model of interaction between fluid induced oscillating vocal folds and acoustic procesess in the vocal tract.
- Sound and vibration - computational and experimental modelling of high-frequency sound and vibration - SEA method (Statistical Energy Analysis), analysis of sound and vibration in mid-frequency and lower frequency range - Finite Element Method FEM, Boundary Element Method BEM, combination FEM + SEA.
- Biomechanics of the cardiovascular system - computational modelling of the interaction between blood flow and the artery wall.
Prizing by scientific community
- Gunnar Rugheimer Prize at 7th Pan European Voice Conference PEVOC 7 Groningen 2007
- Prize for the best paper from young author at conference Engineering mechanics 2010
- Gunnar Rugheimer Prize at 12th Pan European Voice Conference PEVOC 12 Ghent 2017
Projects
- Participation on grants projects:
- Czech Science Foundation project No. 21-21935S: Computational modelling of pulsatile flow in compliant tubes with application for tandem carotid stenosis, 2021-2024
- Czech Science Foundation project No. 19-04477S: Modelling and measurements of fluid-structure-acoustic interactions in biomechanics of human voice production, 2019-2021
- Czech Science Foundation project No. 18-13663S: Computational modelling of rupture risk of atherosclerotic plaques in carotid arteries, 2018-2020
- Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, project No P101/12/1306: Biomechanical modelling of human voice production - way to artificial vocal folds. 2012-2015
- Pilot project of Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR, project No 903077: Biomechanics of human voice - acoustic properties of vocal cavities and creation of 3D FEM phonation model. 2011
- Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, project No 101/08/1155: Computer and physical modelling of vibroacoustic properties of human vocal tract for optimization of voice quality. 2008-2010
- Pilot project of Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR, project No 07-03065: Acoustic properties of cavities and their optimization with respect to applications at human voice biomechanics. 2007
- Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, project No 106/04/1025: Modelling of vibroacoustic systems focusing on human vocal tract. 2004-2006
- Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, project No 101/00/0069: The high-grequency noise analysis of vibroacoustic systems. 2000-2002
- Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, project No 106/98/K019: Mathematical and physical modeling of vibroacoustic systems in voice and hearing biomechanics. 1998-2003
Sum of citations (without self-citations) indexed within SCOPUS
54
Sum of citations (without self-citations) indexed within ISI Web of Knowledge
36