Head of the Department of Mechanics, Institute of Construction and Architecture, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 03 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Name: Jan SLADEK Date of birth: 23 August, 1952 Nationality: Slovakia Current position: Head of Dept. Mechanics, Institute of Construction and Architecture Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Slovakia Phone: +42-12-54788662 Fax: +42-12-54773548 E-mail: Internet: http://www.ustarch.sav.sk
Education 1976: MSc, Dept. Mech. Eng., Techn. Univ. of Transport and Telecom., Zilina, Slovakia 1981: PhD, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia 1990: DrSc, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia 1994: Asoc. Prof., Dept. Civil Eng., Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia 2002: Professor, Technical University of Zilina, Slovakia
Professional experiences 1981 – 1993: Research Scientist, Institute Construction and Architecture, SAS, Slovakia 1993 – 1997: Deputy Director, Institute Construction and Architecture, SAS, Slovakia 1997 – 2005: Director, Institute Construction and Architecture, SAS, Slovakia 2005 – now: Head of Dep. Mechanics, Institute Construction and Architecture, SAS, Slovakia
Research stay in abroad 1988: Visiting Professor (6 months), Cornell University, USA 1992: Research Scientist (6 months), Shinshu University, Japan 1994: Research Scientist (3 months), Wessex Institute of Technology, UK 1998: Research Scientist (3 months), University of California at Los Angeles, USA 1998: Research Scientist (2 months), Technical University of Vienna, Austria 1999: Visiting professor (2 months), University of Gent, Belgium 2001: Visiting professor (1 month), Northwestern University, USA 2004: Visiting professor (1 month), University California, Irvive, USA 2005: 3 months DFG research stay, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany 2006-07: 1 year DFG research stay, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany 2007-08: Visiting professor (6 months), University of London, Queen Mary College, U.K.
Main research fields • Computational methods in solid mechanics • Boundary element method (BEM) • Meshless methods • Numerical methods in fracture mechanics • Fracture mechanics in composite materials • Modeling of smart structures Honors, awards, fellowships, membership of professional societies • Prize of Slovak Academy of Sciences 1985, 2003 • JSPS fellowship (Japan) • DAAD fellowship (Germany) • IAEA fellowship • Royal Soc. UK fellowship • Cornell University fellowship • Intern. Soc. for Boundary Elements (ISBE) • Central European Assoc. for Computational Mechanics (CEACM) • Member of Int. Soc. Comput. Eng. & Sciences (ICCES) • President of Slovak Society for Mechanics
Member of committees • Member of Scientific Committee for Mechanics since 1990, since 1995 general secretary • Member of Committee for Scientific Degrees at Ministry of Education of Slovakia 1993-2006 • Member of Governmental Committee for Evaluation of Slovak Universities
Journal editorial member • Member of editorial board for Jour. Computational and Applied Mechanics • Assoc. editor for CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences • Member of editorial board for Electronic Jour. Boundary Elements • Editor-in-Chief of Building Research Journal • Member of Editorial Board for Journal of Mechanical Engineering • Member of Editorial Board of Structural Integrity and Durability Journal • Member of Editorial Board of International Journal of Applied Mechanics • Member of Editorial Board of the Series on Damage and Fracture Mechanics • Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Multiscale Modelling (JMM)
Publications • Number of papers in refereed journals: 208 • Number of communications to scientific meetings: 111 • Number of books : 5 monographs, 2 books edited, 8 chapters in 5 books • Number of citations: 1807