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Sara Jovanović
2024-03-01 at 10:38,

FER and FSB held Green Energy Transition Workshop

On Monday 26th of February, two leading Croatian technical faculties, FER and FSB, held a workshop on the green energy transition. Key note speakers were our Mirna Gržanić, Goran Krajacic from FSB and Leila Luttenberger Marić from KONČAR - Digital.

They presented the challenges related to achieving EU goals in the transition towards low carbon power system. In response to the challenges, our experts cited that multidisciplinarity, cooperation between science and industry as well as the education of students at all levels with an emphasis on the Study of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources in Šibenik,  are key to the development of Croatian energy sector. As part of the SOLAR FER program (''Photovoltaic system for the production of electricity for own needs in grid operation SE-FER-005 – Phase 11'' with a total value of 815,000 euros was financed by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area (EEA ) in 2014-2021 with the national co-financing of the Republic of Croatia in the amount of EUR 693,000.00 in grants under the "Energy and Climate Change" Program), our faculty will install a 600 kW solar power plant and a battery storage with a capacity of 200 kWh on the roof of its buildings which will make it a very attractive living lab and attract leading experts in the field of energy, but also become one of the pioneers of climate neutrality.

You can find more about the workshop here.

Sara Jovanović
2024-02-26 at 09:53,

SCINERGY '24 event held

Our Hrvoje Pandzic gave an inspiring talk on commercializing research in the energy sector at the SCINERGY '24 event. The goal of this event was to connect the research and the business community to commercialize research. Congratulations to Matija Srbic and the rest of the Innovation Centre Nikola Tesla (ICENT) team on organizing such important event! 👏

Sara Jovanović
2024-02-23 at 09:53,

PhD thesis - defended ✔

On February 2nd 2024, Matija Kostelac defended his PhD thesis entitled " Modelling A Decarbonized Multi-Energy Industry Facility As A Flexibility Service Provider Under Price Uncertainty", which was conducted under the supervision of professor Tomislav Capuder. PhD thesis was written under the so-called Scandinavian system, where Matija published three extremely relevant journal publications.

Special thanks to the defense committee members, our department's professors Hrvoje Pandzic and Marko Delimar and professor Danijel Topić from the University of Osijek FERIT.

Dear Matija, best of luck! 🍀

Sara Jovanović
2024-02-22 at 13:53,

FER-SGLab – Iskusni istraživač na projektu Miješana i proširena stvarnost u održavanju elektroenergetskih postrojenja (m/ž)

SGLab FER-a u potrazi je za iskusnim istraživačem koji bi sudjelovao na istraživačkom projektu Miješana i proširena stvarnost u održavanju elektroenergetskih postrojenja. Projekt je financiran iz NPOO programa Podrška transferu tehnologije. Projekt u trajanju od 2 godine započinje 1.3.2024 godine, a vodi ga doc. dr. sc. Mateo Beus.

Potrebne kompetencije kandidata:

  • završen prirodoslovni ili tehnički fakultet
  • minimalno 5 godina radnog iskustva
  • dobro poznavanje industrijskih komunikacijskih protokola
  • osnove u radu s bazama podataka
  • iskustvo definiranja arhitekture aplikativnog rješenja
  • napredna razina programiranja u nekom od viših programskih jezika (C, C++, C#, Java, Swift) s naglaskom da prednost imaju kandidati s poznavanjem C#
  • iskustvo izrade backend dijela aplikacija
  • vrlo dobro znanje engleskog jezika u govoru i pismu

Zainteresirani kandidati mogu se prijaviti slanjem životopisa na email mateo.beus@fer.hr.

Rok za dostavu prijave je 29.2.2024. godine.

Sara Jovanović
2024-02-22 at 13:53,

FER-SGLab – Administrator na projektu Miješana i proširena stvarnost u održavanju elektroenergetskih postrojenja (m/ž)

SGLab FER-a u potrazi je za administratorom koji bi sudjelovao na istraživačkom projektu Miješana i proširena stvarnost u održavanju elektroenergetskih postrojenja. Projekt je financiran iz NPOO programa Podrška transferu tehnologije. Projekt u trajanju od 2 godine započinje 1.3.2024 godine, a vodi ga doc. dr. sc. Mateo Beus.

Potrebne kompetencije kandidata:

  • posjedovanje visoke stručne spreme
  • minimalno 4 godine radnog iskustva s naglaskom da prednost imaju kandidati s iskustvom u administraciji projekata
  • vrlo dobro znanje engleskog jezika u govoru i pismu

Zainteresirani kandidati mogu se prijaviti slanjem životopisa na email mateo.beus@fer.hr.

Rok za dostavu prijave je 29.2.2024. godine.

Sara Jovanović
2024-02-12 at 11:00,

February 11th - International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Today is the international day of women and girls in science!
 
With the above mentioned, we would like to tell you a few facts:
 
👩‍🎓 in the current year 2023/2024,102 students enrolled in our study of electrical engineering, of which 32 are girls
👩‍💼 in the last 10 years, the number of female employees in the Department has increased from four to 14
👩‍💻 at the Department today, the ratio of employed women-men is 14-35, which means that the share of women is 29%
👩‍🏫 in 2023, we got our first female assistant professor Mirna Gržanić
👩‍🚀 what it is like to be a female engineer in a field dominated by men, we commented on three panel discussions
🎤 two podcasts were held on the topic: ŽensCast#8 and ŽensCast#9
💁‍♀️ four (out of a total of nine) doctorates last year at ZVNE were defended by women
 
Ladies, you are amazing, don't stop pushing the boundaries. 💪
 
To sum it up, in a words of Mae Jemison, Engineer, Physicist and Former NASA Astronaut: "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.”

#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience #February11

Sara Jovanović
2024-02-06 at 10:27,

China + Croatia = great combination!

It was an honor to host PhD students from Tsinghua University from January 24th to 31st. Thanks to Professor Tomislav Capuder and Professor Ning Zhang, we organized a PhD Day where students of our department and our guests presented their research directions and achievements on the following topics:

💡 China’s power system carbon neutrality transition with demand-side flexibility, Hongyi Wei
💡 Household appliance demand response considering the end-user comfort, Nikolina Čović
💡 Renewable power system planning considering temporal coupled seasonal imbalance, Boyu He
💡 Power Optimization Control for Cross-regional DC lines with LOLP Constraints, Shutong Pu
💡 Power System Optimal Planning Considering Seasonal Energy Storage, Haiyang Jiang
💡 Optimal sizing of solar PV and battery energy storage for renewable energy, Luka Budin
💡 Low inertia power system planning considering frequency quality, Xiao Cai
💡 How to bridge the gap between theory and practice - energy communities and local energy sharing in Europe and Croatia, Mirna Gržanić.
 
The established connections and discussions have provided a solid foundation for further collaboration between our department and Tsinghua University. Moreover, our guests had the opportunity to explore the center of Zagreb and visit the Plitvice Lakes National Park, Trakošćan Castle and the Museum of Krapina Neanderthal, while enjoying local delicacies. 

Thank you for your visit, we look forward to new cooperations and future gatherings!

Sara Jovanović
2024-01-22 at 09:30,

Vodeći istraživač na projektu Alat za preventivni redispeč elektroenergetskog sustava temeljen na optimalnim izmjeničnim tokovima snaga (m/ž)

Poziv na prijavu na natječaj za vodećeg istraživača koji bi sudjelovao na istraživačkom projektu Alat za preventivni redispeč elektroenergetskog sustava temeljen na optimalnim izmjeničnim tokovima snaga. Projekt je financiran iz NPOO programa Podrška transferu tehnologije. Voditelj projekta je prof. dr. sc. Hrvoje Pandžić.

Potrebne kompetencije kandidata:

  • završen prirodoslovni ili tehnički fakultet (VSS),
  • minimalno 5 godina radnog iskustva iz područja elektrotehnike ili doktorat znanosti i dvije godine radnog iskustva iz područja elektrotehnike nakon stjecanja doktorata,
  • odlično teoretsko poznavanje i iskustvo u radu s optimalnim tokovima snaga,
  • odlično teoretsko poznavanja i iskustvo u modeliranju elemenata prijenosnog elektroenergetskog sustava,
  • izvrsno poznavanje programskih jezika i načela potrebnih za učinkovitu nelinearnu optimizaciju,
  • vrlo dobro znanje engleskog jezika u govoru i pismu.

Zainteresirani kandidati mogu se prijaviti slanjem životopisa na email hrvoje.pandzic@fer.hr.

Sara Jovanović
2024-01-17 at 12:17,

Our first successful PhD defence in 2024!

Our former colleague Štefica Vlahović defended her PhD thesis titled „Methodology for calculation of environmental conditions important for electrical equipment survivability after severe nuclear reactor accident“, which was conducted under the supervision of professor Davor Grgić.

Special thanks to the defence committee members, our Department professor Igor Kuzle, assistant professor Siniša Šadek and professor Daniel Rolph Schneider from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture.
 
Dear Štefica, best of luck! 🍀

Sara Jovanović
2024-01-11 at 09:16,

Green Transition in Croatia and Problems with Waste Management Policy

In the Christmas issue of the Nacional News Magazin, our professor Davor Škrlec gave an interview in which he explained the failure of the national waste management policy and the transformation of society towards a circular economy, the lagging of Croatia in the green transition due to the ineffective organization of the state, under-capacitated and incompetent public administration. He spoke openly about the challenges facing the European Union to move away from fossil fuels and become carbon neutral while maintaining global geopolitical influence and economic strength.

The full text of the interview can be read here.

#greentransition #circulareconomy #multilevelgovernance #energytransition #greenpolicy #europeanunion

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