Lecture Title: The Mixed FEM for Thermoelectric Problems with the Thomson Effect
Prof. Jan Sladek
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Dr. Jan Sladek, researcher worker at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, received his Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics at the Institute of Construction of Architecture, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia in 1981. Now, he is in the position of the Head of the Department of Mechanics at the same institute. He is also Full Professor at Mechanical Engineering Department of Slovak Technical University and he was also President of Slovak Society for Mechanics. His principal research area is modeling of advanced materials. He has also been a visiting professor/scholar at Cornell University, University of California (Los Angeles, Irvine), Northwestern University, Technical University of Vienna, University of Siegen (Germany), University of Gent (Belgium), Wessex Institute of Technology (U.K.) University of London, Queen Mary College, Shinshu University (Japan) and Texas Tech University (USA). He also serves for five Governmental Scientific Committees in Slovakia and editorial board of seven international journals. He has published 349 WOS papers and 7 monographs (books). His research works are cited more than 10860 (see Google scholar, http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EuDw2JcAAAAJ&hl=en). His research works have been honored many times. He has received the Prize of Slovak Academy of Sciences twice (1985, 2003) and the Prize of Slovak Literal Foundation also twice (1986, 1999). He was awarded by Aurel Stodola Prize in 2002, Eric Reissner medal in 2010 and Humboldt Prize in 2019 for his distinguished results in mechanics. In 2003 he was elected as a founding member (20 founding members) of the Learning Society of Slovak Academy of Sciences.