Saša Zelenika
Full professor with tenure
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering
Born: 1966
Education:
Year of awarding diploma degree: 1991
Year of awarding PhD degree: 1996
Business address:
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, Vukovarska 58, 51000 Rijeka
Phone number: +385 51 651538
e-mail address: sasa.zelenika@riteh.hr
Academy membership: Full member
Year of admission to HATZ: 2012
Affiliation with the Academy Department: Department of mechanical engineering and naval architecture
Professional activities
Leading of scientific and/or professional projects:
- Croatian Management Committee Member of the COST Action “Optimising Design for Inspection” and Leader of the Working group 3 „Power management and energy harvesting“ (2019 – 2023)
- EU FP7 scientific project „GOLDFISH – Detection of Watercourse Contamination in Developing countries using Sensor Networks – Enlarged” (2013 – 2015)
- ERDF EU project „Research Infrastructure for Campus-based Laboratories and Centres at the University of Rijeka” (2014 – 2015)
- „Ultra-high precision compliant devices for micro and nanotechnology applications” scientific project of the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (2007 – 2014)
- „Laboratory for precision engineering and micro-systems technologies” project of the National Foundation for Science, Higher Education and Technological Development of the Republic of Croatia (2007 – 2008)
- „A Stronger Europe with MIcro- and NAnotechnologies (SEMINA)” project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (2005 – 2009)
- „Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Compliant Mechanisms for Micro-and Nanotechnological Applications“ scientific project of the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Science (2005 – 2009)
- EU FP scientific project „Handling and Assembly of Functionally Adapted Microparts“ (2000 – 2001)
- EU FP scientific project „Frontier“ (1997 – 1998)
- „Wireless Autonomous Pressure Sensor for Automobile Tyres” (5’000 Euros grant) technological project in the framework of the Program for proof of innovative concepts of the Business Innovation Center of Croatia (BICRO) (2011)
Area of scientific and professional interest:
- precision engineering
- microsystems technologies
- mechatronics
- measurement techniques
- machine elements
Memberships in scientific or professional associations:
- European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (EUSPEN)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Croatian Society of Mechanics (HDM)
- Croatian Society for Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO)
- MENSA International society
Awards or recognitions:
- Mentored and co-authored the work valued as the poster presentation at the 29th international DAAAM symposium in Zadar, Croatia (2018)
- Mentored and co-authored the work valued as the best students’ paper at the 37th International Convention on ICT, Electronics and Microelectronics – Mipro, in Opatija, Croatia (2014)
- Best Innovation Prize of the Primorje – Gorski Kotar County for the year (2013)
- Best Paper – Best Oral Presentation Award on the 15th international DAAAM symposium in Vienna, Austria (2004)
- Agostino A. Capocaccia prize of the Italian Association for Stress Analysis (1992)
Bibliography:
Saša Zelenika – researchgate.net