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Prof. Ing. Jan Sladek, DrSc.
Head of the Department of Mechanics, Institute of Construction and Architecture,
Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 03 Bratislava, Slovakia


CURRICULUM VITAE

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

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