PERSONAL DATA
Researcher ID: B-7353-2011
ORCID: 0000-0002-5576-2163
Office contact: Laboratory for Water and Turbine Machines, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Voice: +386 (0)1 4771 453
E-mail: matevz.dular@fs.uni-lj.si
EDUCATION
2005
PhD, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) & Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (Germany)
2002
Univ. Dipl. Ing., University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
CURRENT POSITIONS
2022 –
Head of the core research program, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2017 –
Scientific Councillor / Full Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2012 – 2017
Senior research fellow / Associate professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2009 – 2012
Research fellow/Assistant professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2007 – 2009
Research project manager, Hidria company, Slovenia
2004 – 2007
Teaching assistant, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2002 – 2004
Associate Research Scientist, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
INVITED VISITING RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND PROFESSORSHIPS
2021
Guest research fellow, Institut für Physik (IfP), Otto von Guerricke Universitaet Magdeburg, Germany (3 months)
2020
Guest research fellow, Institut für Physik (IfP), Otto von Guerricke Universitaet Magdeburg, Germany (4 months)
2016
Guest research fellow, Laboratorie de Mécanique de Lille, ParisTech, France (3 months)
2014
Guest research fellow, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA (1 month)
2013
Guest research fellow, Laboratorie de Mécanique de Lille, ParisTech, France (4 months)
2011
Guest professor, University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg, Germany (1 month)
2010
Guest research fellow, Laboratorie de Mécanique de Lille, ParisTech, France (3 months)
2010
Guest professor, University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg, Germany (3 months)
2009
Guest professor, University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg, Germany (3 months)
2009
Guest research fellow, Laboratorie de Mécanique de Lille, ParisTech, France (3 months)
2008
Guest professor, University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg, Germany (3 months)
TEACHING
- Holds courses on Energy production at University of Ljubljana
- Holds courses on Basics of engineering at University of Ljubljana
- Holds courses on Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at University of Applied Sciences, Heidelberg
- 61 supervied BSc and MSc Thesises finished, 3 running
- 11 supervised PhD Thesis finished, 4 running
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2016 –
Committee for doctoral studies, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
2012 – 2016
Committee for evaluation of work quality, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
2014 –
Coordinator of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering for “Quality at Uni. of Ljubljana”
2014 –
Vision network (deputy representative of University of Ljubljana for sector »Space«)
HONORS, AWARDS AND RESEARCH GRANTS
2019
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Fundation, Germany
2019
Zois acknowledgment by the republic of Slovenia
2016
Research fellowship of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), France
2014
2nd price for innovation (Rotational generator of hydrodynamic cavitation) at the competition for the best innovation from the University of Ljubljana.
2012
Research fellowship of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), France
2010
Research fellowship of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), France
2009
Research fellowship, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France
2003
National PhD Scholarship for Young Researchers, Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia
2002
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft PhD scholarship (DFG), Germany
2002
“Prešeren” award of the University of Ljubljana for outstanding diploma thesis – highest possible award for students from University of Ljubljana
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
2017
Scientific committee: ISROMAC 17
2016
AVT-NATO Exploratory Team – Assessment of Numerical Simulation Methods for Turbulent Multiphase Flows of Naval Interest (Member)
2016
Scientific committee: ISROMAC 16
2016
International Technical Committee: ISCM2016
2015
Polish National Science Centre – NCN (Project proposal reviewer)
2015
Organizing committee: 6th IAHR meeting of the Working Group “Cavitation and dynamic problems”
2014
French National Research Agency – ANR (Project proposal reviewer)
2014
International Technical Committee: ISCM2014
2003 –
Reviewer for more than 30 international journals
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
2016
European Journal of Mechanics – B/Fluids (Guest editor – Issue on Rotating Flows)
2015 –
ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering (Associate Editor, youngest member of the board)
2012 –
2014ISRN Tribology journal (Editorial board)
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
- Prof. Dr. Claus Dieter Ohl, Universität Magdeburg, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Coutier-Delgosha, Scale effects in cavitating flow, Arts et Metiers ParisTech, France
- Dr. Mettin, Dynamics of acoustic supercavitation, Universität Göttingen, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Fortes-Patella, Prediction of instabilities of pump turbines, LEGI Grenoble, France
- Dr.Ing. Beinert, Viscoelastic fluid flow simulation, Fraunhofer Institut, Darmstadt, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Calvisi, Simulation of thermodynamic effects of cavitation, University of Colorado, USA
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bachert, Prediction of cavitation in industrial armatures, SRH Heidelberg, Germany
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATIONS
- Hidria Inštitut Klima (Mr. Petrovčič)
- TECOS (dr. Slabe)
- Litostroj Power (mag. Cizelj)
- Ingenieurbuero Schaad (Dr.-Ing. Schaad)
- Gugler Water Turbines (Mr. Gugler)
- Bosch-Siemens Group (dr. Orbanić)
- Philips (Mr. Hozbauer)
- Auma (dr. Bachert)
PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
- >100 peer reviewed journal papers
- > 100 conference papers
- 8 patents
CITATIONS
- 5021 citations (source: Google Scholar on November 7th 2023)
- h-index 36 (source: Google Scholar on November 7th 2023)
MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Fluid mechanics
- Turbine machinery
- Cavitation
- Erosion
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Visualization
- Viscoelastic fluid flow