Curriculum vitae

Education and academic qualification

• 2011, assoc. prof., Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics, FME, BUT
• 2004, Ph.D., specialized on Applied Mechanics, Institute of Solid Mechanics, FME, BUT
• 2000, M.Sc. equivalent, Specialized on Mechatronics, Institute of Solid Mechanics, FME, BUT
• 1995, High school of Mechanical Engineering Brno

Career overview

• 2001-present, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Brno University of Technology, lecturer assistant and researcher
• 2001-2008, Institute of Thermomechanics, Czech Academy of Science, Prague, research worker
• 2001-2002, UMOE Schat-Harding, Rosendal, Norway, proposition, evaluation, design of own project

Pedagogic activities

• Teaching of courses: Kinematics, Dynamics, Drive systems, Controlled Mechatronic System, Mechanics of manipulators
• Development and implementation of course Kinematics and dynamics of mechatronics systems
• Author of one textbook and several e-learning materials
• Leading of bachelor and master thesis
• Head of Mechatronics laboratory (MechLab, www.mechlab.cz)

Scientific activities

• mechatronics, dynamics, kinematics
• simulations and computations in Matlab/Simulink
• multi-rigid-body systems modelling
• virtual reality, VRML
• real-time control in Simulink (Real-Time Toolbox, RT Windows Target, dSPACE)
• linear and nonlinear control
• measurement and control in LabVIEW

Academic internships abroad

• 2014 lectures at University of Malta, Malta
• 2014 lectures at Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw
• 2014 lectures at ICAM, Toulouse, France
• 2013 lectures at Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw
• 2012 lectures at Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea
• 2009 lectures at University of Malta (Erasmus programme)
• 2009 lectures at Ostfold University College, Faculty of Engineering, Sarpsborg
• 2008 research visit at Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea
• 2006 research visit at Haptic and Advanced Robotics laboratory at Salford College, Manchester
• 2006 language project, Ostfold University College, Faculty of Engineering, Sarpsborg
• 2005 lectures and research visit at Izevsk State Technical University, Izhevsk
• 2005 Malta - language project
• 2004 research visit at Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw
• 2003 research visit at Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw
• 2002 vědecko research visit at Kiev Polytechnic, Institute, Kiev, Ukraine

University activities

• 2011 - present, member of academic senate, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology

Industry cooperation

• Test stand for solenoid injector diagnostic - development for Robert Bosch, CB, Czech Republic
• Custom diagnostic system for automotive fuel pump - development for Robert Bosch, CB, Czech Republic
• Study of diagnostic system for rotary actuator - Continental Automotive Czech Republic s.r.o.

Projects

• 2002 Development of flexible system for complex analysis of mechatronics systems, FRVŠ     G1 2002/1912
• 2006-2008    Research of simulation and experimental modeling of walking robots dynamics, GAČR 101/06/P108
• 2009    Educational laboratory for dynamics of mechatronic systems, FRVŠ    A 2009/974
• 2009-2012    Education of human resources for development of teams in reseach and development, OPVK   
• 2010    Platform for education of identification and control of systems with significant dry friction, FRVŠ    G1
• 2011    Control of real dynamical systems from Simulink - inovation of two courses in Mechatronics, FRVŠ    F1 2312/2011
• 2011-2015    ESPOSA, project 7FP

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