CROSBI: https://www.bib.irb.hr/pregled/znanstvenici/216136
Academic and research achievements:
Smiljko Rudan was born in Pula on 8th November 1968.
He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture at the University of Zagreb, (UNIZAG FSB), on February 1997.
From April 1997 he started to work as a junior researcher at the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, UNIZAG FSB. On three occasions, in years 1998, 1999 and 2000 he visited Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal, as a visiting researcher, where he participated in EU project FatHTS - "Fatique Based Design Rules for the Application of High Tensile Steels in Ships".
He obtained master's degree in 2002 with a thesis entitled "Spectral Fatigue Analysis of Ship Structures". He obtained his PhD degree in 2006 with a thesis entitled "Safety of Cargo Tank Structure on Liquefied Gas Carriers".
In 2008 he was elected to the position of Assistant Professor. In 2013 he was elected to the position of Associate Professor. In 2010 he was elected to the position of Full Professor, all at the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, UNIZAG FSB
His research work is related to structural analysis of ship and offshore structures, ship vibrations, collision and grounding of ships and advanced use of finite element method in structural analysis, including the maritime heritage.
As an author or co-author, he has published more than 50 scientific and professional papers. He is a member of the UNIZAG FSB Strategy Committee and the Textbooks and Publishing Commission. He is the head of the Department of Naval Architecture and Naval Engineering at UNZAG FSB.
List of funded projects:
Smiljko Rudan participated or participates in the following national scientific projects:
• 1996.-2002., Project 0120001 "Konstrukcija brodova i plovnih objekata"
• 2002.-2007., Project 120-012 "Brodske i pomorske konstrukcije"
• 2007.-2000., Project 120-1201703-1702 "Sigurnost brodskih i pomorskih konstrukcija"
• 2014.-2018., Project DATAS, "Structural reliability of damaged oil tanker in the Adriatic Sea", HRZZ
• 2015.-2019., Project AdriaS, "Archaeology of Adriatic Shipbuilding and Seafaring", HRZZ
Smiljko Rudan participated or participates in the following EU funded projects:
• 2004.-2005., Project SAND.CORe "Coordination Action on Advanced Sandwich Structures in the transportation Industry".
• 2006.-2009., Tempus project “Advanced Ship Design for Pollution Prevention”.
• 2008.-2009., Project "Research Centre for Metal Industry in Istrian County- MET.R.I.S".
• 2012.-2014., Project "METRIS PLUS – Boosting Research and Innovation Potential of the Adriatic Cross-border Area in a Joint Research Initiative led by Metris Research Centre".
He is project manager of the infrastructural project "Equipping od the Regional centre for laboratory research in hydrodynamics - ORCHID", UNIZAG FSB Zagreb. https://orchid.fsb.hr/