Curriculum vitae

Education and academic qualification

• 2010, associate professor, Brno University of Technology,Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• 2005, Ph.D., Brno University of Technology,Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
• 1997, Ing., Brno University of Technology,Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Hydraulic and Pneumatics Machines and Equipment
• 1992, Secondary Grammar School Blansko

Career overview

• 2014 - till now head of V. Kaplan Department of Fluid Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• 2010 - till now associate professor, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Kaplan Department of Fluids Engineering
• 2005- 2010 now assitent lecturer, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Kaplan Department of Fluids Engineering
• 1999-2005 assitent lecturer, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Kaplan Department of Fluids Engineering

Pedagogic activities

• 2009-present, lecturer for course Introduction to CFD
• 2005-present, lecturer for course Computational Fluid Mechanics
• 2003-2004, tutorials for course Theory of Hydraulic Machines
• 2003-present, lectures for course Hydromechanics
• 2002, guest lectures at Universität Stuttgart,Institut für Hydraulische Maschinen und Strömungslehre
• 1997-2001,tutorials for course Hydromechanics
• supervisor of 22 diploma thesis and 20 bachelor thesis

Scientific activities

• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Flow simulation in hydraulic machines
• 2006-2009, postdoctoral grant project of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
• 2002-2005, coordinator of the 5th EU framework project SurgeNet for the Czech Republic

Academic internships abroad

• 2012-06-12 - 2012-06-14

  HZDR Dresden
  Multiphase flow course (simulation, experiment, application)
  

• 2015-06-08 - 2015-06-12

  TU Darmstadt
  ERASMUS
  

Additional information:

• 2002, guest teacher at Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Hydraulische Maschinen und Strömungslehre
• 2003, Technische Universität München

• 2009, ERASMUS teacher at Politehnica Timisoara
• 2011. University of Warwick

Non-University activities

• member of  IAHR Hydraulic Machinery and Systems Committee
• member o the Czech pilot center ERCOFTAC (representative for FME BUT)
• member of European society for mechanics EUROMECH
• representat of BUT in EERA (European Energy Research Alliance) in subprogramme Mechanical Energy Storage

Industry cooperation

• Voith Hydro Heidenheim, Germany
• ČKD Blansko Engineering a.s.
• Energo-Pro s.r.o.

Prizing by scientific community

• 1997,Hlavka Award

Projects

• principal investigator of post-doc grant project of the Czech Science Foundation  GAČR 101/06/P190 Shape Optimization of the Diffuser with Inlet Circumferential Velocity Component (2006-2008)
• principal investigator of grant project of the Czech Science Foundation GAČR 101/09/1715 Cavitating vortical structures induced by rotation of liquid (2009-2011)
• 2015-2017, projekt TAČR Centre of competence Rotary machines (key scientific member)
• 2015-2017, projekt TAČR TH01020982 Efficiency increase of energy accumulation and securing stability of the electrical grid by extending operating range of pump storage power plants  (co-investigator)
• 2016-2018, projekt GAČR GA16-18316S Principles and mechanisms causing microorganism elimination by hydrodynamic cavitation (key scientific team member)
• 2017-2019, projekt TAČR TH02020705 Investigation of hydraulic turbine blade vibration in regard to providing extended range of turbine control  (co-investigator)
• 2017-2019 projekt GAČR 17-01088S 3D Instability of a Shear Layer in Adverse Pressure Gradient (co-investigator)

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