Curriculum vitae

Education and academic qualification

• 1994, Master of Science, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, specialization: Transport Engineering
• 2002, Ph.D., Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, specialization: Design and Process Engineering
• 2013, associate professor, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering: Design and Process Engineering
• 2019, professor, Brno University of Technology: Design and Process Engineering

Career overview

• 1994–1997, PhD studies, Department of Internal Combustion Engines and Vehicles, BUT Brno 
• 1997–2001, assistant, Institute of Automotive Engineering, Dept. of Internal Combustion Engines, BUT Brno 
• 1997–2012, assistant, further assistant to professor, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• 2013–2019, associate professor, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• 2019–present, professor, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Pedagogic activities

• Co-author of three hypertext textbooks
• 1997–1998, tutorial of Combustion engine testing (5th year)
• 1998–present, guidance of 25 Diploma Thesis, guidance of 20 Bachalor Thesis
• 1999–2001, tutorial of Year-class project (5th year)
• 2000–2002, tutorial of Year-class project (4th year)
• 2001–2002, tutorial of Combustion engine theory (4th year)
• 2001–2003, lectures & tutorial of Propulsions and Engines (3rd year)
• 2004–present, tutorial of Thermomechanics
• 2005–present, supervisor/specialist in Ph.D. study (4x successful Ph.D, 2x presentl student)
• 2014–present, lectures Noise and vibration (Master's, 2nd cycle)
• 2017–present, tutorial of Experimental methods 2 (Master's, 2nd cycle)

Scientific activities

• 1994–1998, Stirling engine (design, usibility, utilization for solar energy conversion, low-temperature SE)
• 1995–2001, SI combustion engines (noise and vibration sources, improvement of combustion efficiency and total efficiency, pressure indication, exhaust gases emission, crankshaft bend vibration research, crankcase thermal deformations, long-term and durability engine test, problems of wedge belt flickering)
• 1998–present, experimental fluid dynamics of single- and multi-phase flows, namely atomization nozzles (R&D of pressure and twin-fluid atomizers); experimental study of internal two-phase gas-liquid flows; gas-flow research; application of laser diagnostic methods PDA, PIV, PLIF
• 2007–present, generation and characterisation of liquid and solid aerosols; transport and deposition of particles in human airways
• Head of the Spray research laboratory and the Laboratory of fluid flow
• Cooperation within 18 grant projects, especially under GAČR, EUREKA, COST, FRVŠ, KONTAKT, TAČR
• Author/coo-author of 30 IF papers, 12 peer rev. papers, >68 contributions at international and >86 at national conferences, H-index 10
• Five Czech national patents, four utility models
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jan_Jedelsky
• https://www.mendeley.com/profiles/jan-jedelsky/stats/
• https://publons.com/researcher/1231191/jan-jedelsky/

Academic internships abroad

• 2002, PERDAC Spray science & technology course in UMIST, Manchester, UK
• 2002, in frame of Socrates/Erasmus exchange programme for teachers, University of Hertfordshire, UK
• 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010 in frame of Socrates/Erasmus exchange programme for teachers, Loughborough University, UK
• 2005, 2007, 2009 Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
• 2006, Forschungzentrum Rossendorf, Germany
• 2007, 2009 Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY USA
• 2009, Alstom People Quest Building in Europe, Zagreb, Croatia
• 2013, 2014 École Centrale Marseille/IRPHE CNRS Marseille, France

University activities

• 1999–2005, Member of the Faculty academic senate FME BUT Brno

Non-University activities

• 2002–present, Member of ILASS Europe,
• 2009–present, Member of Czech Aerosol Society
• Committee member of ILASS Europe
• 007–present, Regular journal reviewer for 47+ impacted journals: https://publons.com/researcher/1231191/jan-jedelsky
• 2011–2017, 2019–present, member of board of ILASS Europe
• 2013–2017, Member of evaluation panel P101 – Mechanical engineering, Czech Science agency
• 2014–present, Project rating for The scientific grant agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (VEGA)
• 2015–2019, Member of SimInhale COST Action MP1404, WG4
• 2015–2017, Member of Departmental Committee of Technical Sciences, Czech Science agency
• 2019 reviewer, member of the review board of projects in program lNTER-EXCELENCE
• 2019–present, Member of ERCOFTAC SIG48 (Respiratory Aerosols: Therapeutic Interventions and Environmental Exposure) https://www.ercoftac.org/special_interest_groups/

Industry cooperation

• První brněnská strojírna Třebíč, a.s., (Industrial burners with effervescent atomization system for emission reduction) (2002–2005)
• ERC GmbH Germany (Twin fluid effervescent atomizer, Combined tri-fluid atomizer for waste liquid combustion, Pressure atomizers with improved atomization characteristics for industrial burners, Influence of additives and the nozzle wear on spray characteristics of Danfoss nozzles) (2003–2006)
• TTS eko s.r.o. Trebic (Examination of noise reduction at dispatching centre of ORC cogeneration unit, Character of noise generated by ORC cogeneration unit) (2005)
• Evektor, spol. s r.o. (flow vizualization, Coanda effect vizualization) (2007–2009)
• Skoda auto a.s. (Analysis of streaming and homogenity of air flow from car dashboard blower, Car ventilation – velocity field near the dashboard ventilating inlets (2007–2011),
• Skoda auto a.s. (SI combustion engine: combustion efficiency and total efficiency improvement, pressure indication, exhaust gases emission reduction, crankshaft bend vibration research, crankcase thermal deformations, long-term and durability engine tests, problems of wedge belt flickering) (1994–2001)
• Busch Vakuum s.r.o. (Analysis of pressure in exhaust pipeline of vacuum pump during cycle at Technistone factory) (2007–2008)
• BLOCK a. s. (expert's reports and design of nozzles for healt care applications) (2007, 2010)
• B & M InterNets, s.r.o. Analysis of heat cycles for low-potencial heat sources, (HS 13100139) inovation voucher 2010.
• VÍTKOVICE POWER ENGINEERING a.s., Design of injection points for biogas stations (2010, 2011)
• Honeywell, spol. s r.o., Design of air conditioning system for turbocharger testing, (HS 13100051), (2011)
• První brněnská strojírna Velká Bíteš, a.s., (fuel atomizers for smallturbine engines) (1999–2000, 2011-2012, 2014)
• EKOL spol. s r.o. (Design concept of a steam aftercooler) (2014)
• Philip Morris Products S.A. (Flow field and aerosol deposition in casts of a human respiratory tract) (2014–2015)
• MVB OPAVA CZ s.r.o.: Vizualization of water splashing in a scrubber (in the frame of project TH01030820 Complex reduction of gaseous pollutants emission from the small scale units) (2015)
• Provyko s.r.o.: Measurement and analysis of vibration cause in the airduct in heating plant Tepláreň Košice, a. s, SK  (2016)
• ViskoTeepak s.r.o.: Analysis of working process of machines using high-speed camera (2016)
• VZLÚ: Design of a test facility for fuel nozzles, (SR13757047) (2017)
• Honeywell, spol. s r.o.: Mixing of gas with air before a burner, (SR13757110) (2017)
• Czech University of Life Sciences Prague: Measurement and analysis of flow velocity inside mulch-laying machine (HS13657214) (2016)
• SÚJCHBO (SR13757211) (2017)
• První brněnská strojírna Velká Bíteš, a.s., Frost tests of injection nozzles, (SR13857053) (2018)

Keywords

Stirling engine, low-temperature Stirling engine, SI combustion engine, noise and vibration, pressure indication, crankcase thermal deformations, long-term and durability engine test, experimental fluid dynamics, multi-phase flows, atomization and sprays, twin-fluid atomizers, effervescent atomizers, Y-jet atomizers, combined atomizers, spray unsteadiness, internal two-phase gas-liquid flow, laser diagnostic methods, PIV–PLIF, PDA, Transport and deposition of particles in human airways

Projects

• 1997–1999 GAČR 101/97/0143 Modelling of processes of fuel atomization, combustion and NOx formation in combustion chambers of gas turbines with target of emission reduction
• 1998 FV 380010/98 Design of low-temperature Stirling engine – principal investigator
• 1998 FP 380022 Verification of mathematical model of Stirling engine
• 1999-2003 MŠMT MSM 262100001 Numerical and physical modelling of problems of thermofluid mechanics, mechanics of solids and phase changes
• 2001–2004 MŠMT OE96 Eureka Burner: Effervescent injectors - a way to low emission of industrial burners
• 2003–2005 GAČR 101/03/P020 Experimental Investigation of Effervescent Injector Spray Instability – principal investigator
• 2006–2008 GAČR 101/06/0750 Effervescent (Twin-Fluid Internally Mixed) Atomizers
• 2007–2009 GAČR 101/07/0862 Experimental study of fluid dynamics, transport and deposition of aerosol particles in successively bifurcating mini-airways – principal investigator
• 2009–2010 OC09008 Transport and deposition of large porous particles in human airways
• 2009–2012 MŠMT ME09030 LungCare – Optimization of therapeutic inhaled aerosols targeted delivery, project of czech-american collaboration program KONTAKT with Clarkson University, Potsdam and University of California at Davis, USA)
• 2009–2018, NETME Centre, MŠMT OP VaVpI, a member of research team in Division of Power, Process and Environmental Engineering
• 2010–2012 OC10052, COST Action Particles No. MP0806, Experimental research of transport and depozition of particles in oscillating turbulent flow – principal investigator
• 2010 FRVŠ 2108/2010 G1 Prediction and analysis of Coanda effect
• 2011–2014 GAČR 105/11/1339 Porous particle-laden turbulent and laminar oscillating and steady flow in multiple branching
• 2011–2014 GAČR 101/11/1264 Atomization characteristics of twin-fluid internally mixed atomizers operated at low pressure with liquids with wide range of viscosity – principal investigator
• 2012–2017 TAČR TE01020020 Josef Bozek Competence Centre for Automotive Industry, a member of research team
• 2013–2014 7AMB13FR047, Activity of international collaboration in R & D MOBILITY, Flow and transport of medical aerosols in the human airways (Joint Czech – French research project) – principal investigator at Czech side
• 2013–2016 TAČR TA03011285, Development of a combustion system for small aircraft turbine engine with alternative fuels – principal investigator at BUT
• 2015–2017 GAČR 15-09040S, Dynamics of flow and droplets during spraying process of pressure-swirl atomizers – principal investigator
• 2015 ESPOSA (Efficient Systems and Propulsion for Small Aircraft), the 7th Framework Programme
• 2016–2018 GA16-23675S, Multiscale laminar, transitional and turbulent accelerating and decelerating flow in the human airways with transport and deposition of aerosols, a member of research team
• 2018–2020 GAČR 18-15839S, Characterization of internal flow and spray for new modifications of spill-return pressure-swirl atomizers – principal investigator
• 2018–2022 project “Computer Simulations for Effective Low-Emission Energy”,  No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_026/0008392, Operational Programme Research, Development and Education, Priority axis 1, key worker

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