Željana Nikolić Full professor – permanent position University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy Born: 1963 Education: BSc: 1986, University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering PhD: 1999, University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering Business address: University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, Matice hrvatske 15, 21000 Split e-mail: zeljana.nikolic@gradst.hr Membership in the Academy: Associate member Year of admission to the Academy: 2023 Affiliation with the Academy department: Department of Civil Engineering and Geodesy

Professional activities

• Leading and/or participation in design, supervision, technical inspections, testing of structures and technical expertise of a large number of buildings
• Leading and/or participation in energy audits and energy certification of a large number of buildings
• Work in Technical Committee of the Croatian Standards Institute CSI/TC548/SC8, Sub-committee Structural Eurocodes, Eurocode 8: Design of earthquake resistant structures
• Head of the Training Programme for persons performing energy audits of buildings and energy certification of buildings, FGAG Split

Leading of scientific and/or professional projects (title, client/founding institution and duration of the project (years):

• Non-linear dynamic analysis of three-dimensional reinforced-concrete structures,  083-0831541-1532, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Repiblic of Croatia, 2007-2011
• Development of numerical models for reinforced-concrete and stone masonry structures under seismic loading based on discrete cracks (SeismoNuMod), IP-2014-09-2319, Croatian Science Foundation, 2015-2019
• Preventing, Managing and Overcoming Natural-Hazards Risks to mitiGATE economic and social impact (PMO-GATE), EU Interreg Italy-Croatia Programme, 2019-2022 (Leader at the institution)
• Open Network on DEM Simulations (ON-DEM), COST akcija CA22132, EU Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, 2023-2027 (Croatian member of Management Committee)
• Intelligent Methods for Structures, Elements and Materials, Erasmus + EU Programme Suradnička partnerstva, 2023-2026 (Leader at the institution)
• Development and application of Croatian qualification framework in field of higher education of civil engineers, European Social Fund and Operational Programme „Human Resources Development“, 2015-2016. (Leader of the working group)
• From implementation of contemporary scientific and research infrastructure at FGAG to smart specialisation in green and energy efficient building (INFRA), KK.01.1.1.02.0027, CROATIAN GOVERNMENT and the EUROPEAN UNION through the European Regional Development Fund — the Competitiveness and Cohesion Operational Programme, 2015-2022. (Leader of the working group)
• Restructuring and Updating of Civil Engineering Curriculum –RUCE, TEMPUS Joint European Project No: 17062, 2003-2006 (Leader of the working group)

Scientific and professional interest:

• Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• Structural Mechanics
• Earthquake Engineering
• Computational Mechanics
• Numerical modelling
• Seismic risk
• Climate and non-climate risk assesment in civil engineering
• Building physics
• Energy efficiency of buildings

Scientific and professional associations:

• Croatian Society of Mechanics
• Croatian Society for Earthquake Engineering
• Association of Civil Engineers Split
• Croatian Association of Civil Engineers
• Croatian Chamber of Civil Engineers
• Technical Committee of the Croatian Standards Institute HZN/TO548/PO8, Subcommittee: Construction Eurocodes, Eurocode 8: Earthquake resistance design of structures
• Central European Association for Computational Mechanics (CEACM)
• European Comunity on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS)
• European Association for Structural Dynamics

Awards and Recognitions:

• Rector’s award, University of Split, 1985
• Rector’s award, University of Split, 1986
• Award for the best diploma thesis, Institute for Water Management „Jaroslav Černi“, Beograd, 1986
• Award for Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Journal „European Journal of Mechanics – A/Solids“, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2016
• Award for Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Journal „Engineering Structures“, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2017
• Award for Recognized Contribution in Reviewing, Journal „Construction and Building materials“, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2017
• Award for Recognized Contribution in Reviewing, Journal „International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering“, Wiley, 2021

Bibliografija:

Željana Nikolić- bib.irb.hr 

Željana Nikolić – researchgate.net  

Željana Nikolić – scholar.google.hr