Mario Bačić
Associate professor
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb
Born: 1986
Education:
BSc: 2010, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb
PhD: 2015, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb
Business address:
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, fra Andrije Kacica Miosica 26, 10000 Zagreb
e-mail: mario.bacic@grad.unizg.hr
Academy membership: Associate member
Year of admission to HATZ: 2023
Affiliation with the Academy Department: Department of Civil Engineering and Geodesy
Professional activities
Leading of scientific and/or professional projects:
- CIRCUIT (Holistic approach to foster circular and resilient transport infrastructures and support the deployment of green and innovation public procurement and innovative engineering practices), Horizon Europe, 2023-2027, associate
- CROSScade (Cross-border cascading risk management for critical infrastructure in the Sava river Basin), EU UCPM, 2022 – 2024, work package leader
- Seismic risk of City of Zagreb, EU fund for regional development, 2021-2024, cooridnator of the sesmic hazard assessment activity
- oVERFLOw (Vulnerability assessment of embankments and bridges exposed to flooding hazards), EU UCPM, 2019 – 2022, work package leader
- SAFE 10T (Safety of Transport Infrastructure on the TEN-T Network), Horizon 2020, 2017-2020, associate
- GoSAFE RAIL (Global Safety Management Framework for RAIL Operations), Horizon 2020, 2016-2019, associate
- DESTinationRAIL (Decision Support Tool for Rail Infrastructure Managers), Horizon 2020, 2015-2018, associate
- Management Committee member in four (4) COST actions, 2013 – 2026
- Design of many landslide, embankment and tunnel remediations along the road and railway network, Croatian Roads / Croatian Railways, 2019-2023, designer
- Design of many flood protection embankments, Croatian Waters, 2020-2023, designer
Area of scientific and professional interest:
- geotechnical engineering
- infrastructure vulnerability assessment
- NDT in geotechnics
- numerical modelling
- machine learning algorithms
- energy geostructures
Memberships in scientific or professional associations:
- Croatian Geotechnical Society
- International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- International Society for Rock Mechanics
- Croatian Society for Underground Construction
- Croatian Standardization Institute, president of PO7/TO548
- Thematic Innovation Council for Safety, Republic of Croatia
- Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories, Research Coordinator
- University Board for Science, Art and International Cooperation
- Scientific Committee of international conferences (CETRA, CroCEE)
Awards or recognitions:
- award for the best paper at the WMHE 13 conference
- award for the most prominent reviewer of journal Gradjevinar, 2018.
- award for the best young scientist at the Faculty of Civil Engineering Zagreb,2020.
- award for the published scientific paper at the Faculty of Civil Engineering Zagreb, 2021.
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