Meho Saša Kovačević
Full professor (permanent), Head of the Department for Geotechnics
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb
Born: 1966
Education:
Year of awarding diploma degree: 1991
Year of awarding PhD degree: 1999
Business address:
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, fra Andrije Kačića Miosića 26, 10000 Zagreb
Phone number: +385 1 4639 250
e-mail address: msk@grad.hr
Academy membership: Full member
Year of admission to HATZ: 2015
Affiliation with the Academy Department: Department of civil engineering and geodesy
Professional activities
Leading of scientific and/or professional projects:
- oVERFLOw – Vulnerability assessment of embankments and bridges exposed to flooding hazards, UCPM EU mechanisms, 2019-2021, coordinator of the scientific project
- SAFE 10T – Safety of Transport Infrastructure on the TEN-T Network, H2020, 2017-2020, national coordinator of the scientific project
- GoSAFE RAIL – Global Safety Management Framework for RAIL Operations, H2020, 2016-2019, national coordinator of the scientific project
- DESTinationRAIL – Decision Support Tool for Rail Infrastructure Managers), H2020, 2015-2018, national coordinator of the scientific project
- Designs of flood protection embankments (Virje-Otok Brezje, Mura, Bednja, Trbusanci, Trnava, Selnica – Dubovica), Croatian Waters, 2015-2020, designer
- Remediation design of railway tunnels (Lupinjak, Dujmovaca, Plaska Glava, Votnjak, Licke Jesenice, Pelegrin, Sinac, Bukovac, Grabez), Croatian Railways, 2013-2020, designer
- Remediation design for landslides along the road (Zagorska Sela 1, Zagorska sela 2, Razvor, Jarce Polje, Smrecje, Sljeme, Kravarsko, Laz Bistricki), Croatian Roads, 2013-2020, designer
- Remediation of the cavern in tunnel Vrata, Rijeka – Zagreb Motorway, 2008, designer
- Condition assessment of 200 km of railway embankments in Croatia with application of GPR method, Croatian Railways, 2016-2017, coordinator
- Geophysical investigation works in the Netherlands – road tunnels Kiltunell and Heinenoord (Rijkswaterstaat); port of Rotterdam (port of Rotterdam), 2018-2020, leader of investigation works
Area of scientific and professional interest:
- Geotechnical investigation works
- Geotechnical monitoring
- Numerical modelling in geotechnics
- Risks in underground construction
- Shallow geothermal energy
Memberships in scientific or professional associations:
- Croatian Society for Underground Construction, president
- Croatian Geotechnical Society
- International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering; International Society for Rock Mechanics
- Thematic Innovation Council for Safety
- Scientific Board of International Geothermal Center in Bochum
Awards or recognitions:
- Award for exceptional contribution to the development of the profession at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Faculty
- Award to a distinguished member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Road and Railway Infrastructure (CETRA)
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