Jurica Sorić
Professor emeritus
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
Born: 1954
Education:
Year of awarding diploma degree: 1978
Year of awarding PhD degree: 1989
Business address:
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lučića 5, Zagreb
e-mail address: jurica.soric@fsb.hr
Academy membership: Full member
Year of admission to HATZ: 1994
Affiliation with the Academy Department: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
Professional activities
Leading of scientific and/or professional projects:
- 2014-2018, Multiscale Modeling of Heterogeneous Structures, in cooperation with Institut für Kontinuumsmechanik, Leibniz Universität Hannover. Supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany;
- 2014-2018, Multiscale Numerical Modeling of Material Deformation Responses from Macro- to Nanolevel. Supported by Croatian Science Foundation;
- 2007-2013, Numerical Modeling of Deformation Processes of Biological Tissues. Supported by Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Republic of Croatia;
- 2005-2010, Advanced numerical modeling of deformation responses of shell-like structures, in cooperation with Institut für Baustatik, Universtät Karlsruhe (TH) and Institut für Werkstoffe und Mechanik im Bauwesen, TU Darmstadt. Supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany;
- 2002-2006, Numerical Modeling of Nonlinear Deformation Processes of Structural Elements. Supported by Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Republic of Croatia;
- 1998-2000, Numerical Modeling of Nonlinear Deformation Processes of Structures, in cooperation with Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia;
- 1998-2001, On Efficient Numerical Modelling of Elastoplastic Crash Behaviour of Metalic Structural Elements, in cooperation with Institut für Statik und Dynamik, Ruhr-Universtät Bochum. Supported by Volkswagen Foundation, Germany;
- 1997-2002, Numerical Modeling of Nonlinear Deformation Processes of Thin-Walled Structures. Supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of Republic of Croatia;
- 1991-1992, Advanced Computational Engineering Mechanics, in the frame of TEMPUS Joint European Projects, in cooperation with more European universities. Co-ordinator at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture University of Zagreb.
Area of scientific and professional interest:
- Geometric nonlinear and elastoplastic analysis of strength and stability of thin-walled shell structures;
- Formulation of advanced finite elements;
- Meshless numerical methods;
- Multiscale numerical algorithms for modelling of deformation processes in heterogeneous materials;
- Numerical modelling of damage evolution in heterogeneous materials.
Memberships in scientific or professional associations:
- International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Udine (Member of Scientific Council);
- International Association of Computational Mechanics (IACM), (Ordinary Member of General Council, 2009-2012, 2017-);
- Central European Associations for Computational Mechanics, CEACM (Board Member; 2005-2008, President);
- Croatian Society of Mechanics (2007-2009, President);
- Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Associate Member).
Awards or recognitions:
- Fran Bošnjaković Award of University of Zagreb for the contribution in sciences, teaching and professional activities, 2018;
- ICCES (International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences) Distinguished Fellow for the contributions to mechanics of shells, and to the MLPG Method, Reno, NV, USA, 2015;
- Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Award for scientific achievement in Republic of Croatia for 2005 in the field of technical sciences;
- Croatian Government Annual Award for Science for the year 2000;
- Fulbright research fellow, USA, 2003;
- Alexander von Humboldt research fellow, Germany, 1995.
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