Mate Sršen
Emeriti professor, 2017
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Rijeka
Born: 1943

Education:
Year of awarding diploma degree: 1968
Year of awarding PhD degree: 1985

Business address: 
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 3, 51000 Rijeka
Phone number: +385 51 265 928  
e-mail address: mate.srsen@gradri.uniri.hr

Academy membership: Emeriti member
Year of admission to HATZ: 1993
Affiliation with the Academy Department: Department of Civil Engineering and Geodesy 

Professional activities

Leading of scientific and/or professional projects:

• Research leader in the field of Road maintenance optimization using the HDM model; Bavarian road network as a case study. The study resulted in research monograph ‘Das HDM-III Modell (The Highway Design and Maintenance Standards Model) – zur Ubertragbarkeit auf mitteleuropaische Verhaltnisse’, Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen, Heft 33, Munchen, 1991
• Damage diagnosing methodology of asphalt pavements (Damage Catalogue of Asphalt Pavements), within the project ‘Grading methodology of asphalt pavements condition for the purposes of road maintenance, Road Management, Zagreb, Republic of Croatia, 1989-1990
• Research, development and introduction of Pavement Management System into practice with a special accent to road maintenance techniques, Public Company Croatian Roads (Hrvatske ceste), Zagreb, 1991-1993
• The management system of road maintenance works (Project 2-11-478), Ministry of Science and technology and Informatics, Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, 1991-1996
• Road Traffic Noise as a Problem of Environmental Protection (Project 2-11-405), Ministry of Science and Technology and Informatics, Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, 1992-1995
• Study of selection of measuring equipment for road pavement monitoring for database required of implementation of pavement management system in Croatia, Croatians Roads (Hrvatske ceste d.o.o.), Zagreb, 1996
• Study needs assessment and optimal maintenance and rehabilitation strategy of County and Local roads by applying HDM-4 model, Ten counties roads management, Republic of Croatia, 2000-2009
• Determination of freezing index (FI) for state roads and the mitigation of freezing effects on pavement structure, Croatian Roads (Hrvatske ceste d.o.o.) as a client in the field of Roads and Traffic, Zagreb, 2003
• HDM-4 and its adjustment for usage in Pavement Management System, Faculty of Civil Engineering-University of Rijeka, and Civil Engineering Institute of Croatia (Project 114-1102147-3133, earlier 110-1102147-3133), Ministry of Science, Education and Sport, Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, 2007-2012
• Four-language Dictionary of Road Engineering with Definitions, 490 pages, ISBN 978-952-56665-0-9), Zagreb, Publisher: aspeCta-Society for Advancement of Social and Environmental Aspects of Sustainable Road Development, with support of Croatian Society for Roads VIA VITA, Zagreb, 2011 

Area of scientific and professional interest:

• Civil Engineering
• Road Infrastructure Engineering

Memberships in scientific or professional associations:

• Croatian Association of Civil Engineers (HSGI), Zagreb
• Croatian Chamber of  Engineers in Civil Engineering (HKIG), Zagreb
• TRB-Transportation Research Board, Data Analysis Working Group (DAWG), USA
• European Cooperation in Science and Technology: COST Committee Transport (from 1996), & COST Domain Transport and Urban Development (from 2010) (Representative of Croatia)
• FEHRL-Forum of European Highway Research Laboratories, Brussels, Belgium (Representative of Croatia)

Awards or recognitions:

• Recognition of Government of Republic of Croatia for work in the Management of Public Company Croatian Roads (Hrvatske ceste ), 1994
• Stjepan Lamer Lifetime Achievement Award assigned by the Croatian Roads Society (Hrvatsko društvo za ceste) – VIA VITA, 2013
• Outstanding Professional Award presented to Mate Srsen for Dedicated Achievements in the field of Road Infrastructure Engineering, ABI-USA, 2008
• Biographical record in the book Great Minds of the 21^st Century, Fourth Edition, 2010, American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, Sršen, Mate, Page 303
• Biographical record in the book WHO IS WHO IN CROATIA – Biographical encyclopedia of leading women and men in Croatia, 2. Edition, 2012, Swiss Publisher Hubners Who is Who, Verlag fur Personenenzyklopadien AG, Zug, Schweiz, ISBN 978-3-7290-0112-1, Sršen Mate, dr. sc., Page 883

Bibliography:

Mate Sršen – researchgate.net