Curriculum vitae

Education and academic qualification

• 1966, Secondary School of Foundry Engineering
• 1971, Ing. (M.S.), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Brno UT, Foundry Technology
• 1986, CSc. (Ph.D.), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Brno UT, Machining Technology
• 1990, Assoc. Prof., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Brno UT, Machining Technology
• 2002, Assoc. Prof., Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering VŠB-TU Ostrava, Metallurgy
• 2010, Prof.,  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Brno UT, Machining Technology

Career overview

• 1971-1977, metallurgist, Investment castings foundry IBS Velká Bíteš
• 1978-1990, Assistant Prof., Dpt. of Foudry engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Brno UT
• 1990-2010, Assoc. Prof., Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Brno UT
• since 2010,  Prof., Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Brno UT

Scientific activities

• Physical chemistry of metallurgy, vacuum metallurgy, investment casting.
• Current research interests: Metallurgy of Mg-Li, Ti-Al and Ti-Ni alloys.

Non-University activities

• 1973, Member of the Czech Foundrymen Society
• 1996, Member of the Czech Metals Science Society

Projects

• Projects of the Czech Science Foundation:
• No. 106/95/0470 Metallurgy, structure and properties of Mg-Li alloys (joint investigator) 
• No. 106/96/1293 Models of graphite growth in grey solidifying cast irons and their application (principal investigator)
• No. 106/01/1590 Processing of gamma TiAl intermetallics from the viewpoint of physics and physical chemistry (principal investigator)
• No. 106/04/0853 Thermal and strain cycles in the TiAl intermetallic casting - ceramic shell thermal and strain cycles in the TiAl intermetallic casting -ceramic shell mould system (principal investigator)
• No. 106/05/0918 NiTi shape memory alloys and their processing-structure-transformation behaviour relationship (joint investigator)
• No. 106/07/0762 Structure, properties and metallurgy of near-gamma TiAl alloys (joint investigator)
• No. 106/09/1913 Martensitic transformations in NiTi alloys (joint investigator) 
• Project of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic No. FI-IM3/213: The development of the hi-tech low cost turbocharger for the reciprocating engines up to power 800 kW and mean effective pressure 25 bar (joint investigator)
• Project ALFA of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic No. TA01010766 Research and development of production technology large, thin and high quality castings of aluminum alloys (joint investigator)
• Project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports No. 0216 T.O. F1 of the Higher Education Institutions Development Fund: The computer aid education of technological courses – the technological process modelling by the help of the software Mathcad (principal investigator)

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