DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCES, WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ENGINEERING ACADEMY OF SERBIA

1950, Vojnić, Hrvatska

Mr. Bućan graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade in 1973. He finished postgraduate studies at the same faculty in 1976, and earned his PhD in 1982.
Between 1974 and 1977 he worked at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade - Department of Manufacturing Engineering as a Teaching Assistant, at research and for seminars for the industry. He also lectured Automation at the Polytechnic Academy at Novi Beograd. Since 1977 he has worked at the Ivo Lola Ribar factories, Belgrade, as the Chief Designer, Assistant Manager, then as the Manager of the LOLA Machine Tools Factory, Manager of the LOLA Robots and Tools Factory, Manager of the Aircraft Industry LOLA UTVA, Assistant General Manager, and General Manager of LOLA factories.
Since 1974 Mr. Bućan has managed or taken part in realization of a number of R&D projects regarding CNC machine tools, robot systems, flexible manufacturing systems, CAD/CAM systems, and production technology of aircraft assemblies. At the Ivo Lola Ribar factories he managed a number of technological and investment programmes. Also, during the same period he was a member of LOLA expert teams working on the process of development of new and modernisation of the existing products of the LOLA Industries. Under his management, between 1996 and 1999, the aircraft industry LOLA UTVA was transformed from military to mainly commercial aircraft industry, producing for export. During Mr. Bućan’s management of the LOLA factories their production was very much increased.
Since 1974 he held 44 introductory speeches about the development of CNC machine tools, industrial robots, flexible automation, and CAD/CAM systems – at a number of international and domestic scientific and professional conventions. Today he works as a Scientific Advisor at the LOLA Institute, as well as in the company PROMASHCINEN on the development of production for export, using laser technolog

1952, Čačak

Mr. Veljović entered the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Belgrade in 1971, where he graduated in 1976. His Master thesis was defended in 1981 and PhD thesis in 1988 at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade.
His first employment was as the assistant at The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, where he worked for five years since 1976. He was employed in the company "Prva Iskra" BARIĆ, RO “Fasma” – Belgrade since 1981, where, in operating conditions, he completed his research related to the application of the principles of group and typical technology. At the beginning of 1984 he started working for the company "Goša", RO INSTITUTE, Department for Automatic Data Processing, where he participated in the production of several projects related to the development of Information Systems for production management. After that he worked as the analyst and AIS designer in the Information Centre of Military sector of Federal Secretariat for National Defence.
From 1992, he has worked as the professor in the department of computer science of Military Technical Academy of Yugoslav Army. He was selected for subjects Information Systems Management and Management Development at the Technical Faculty in Čačak. Since 2002, he worked as a Professor at Faculty of Business Studies, Megatrend University of Applied Sciences-Belgrade. He has given special contribution to the areas of integration of information systems and application of quality system by ISO 9000:2000 standards using CASE tools.

1954, Dečani

He graduated from Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Production engineering course in 1980. Vlahovic obtained his master degree with the thesis “Investment projects management and financial engineering on gasification case study” in 2012. Professional activity: He has worked for the Company “Ivo lola Ribar”, Belgrade for 21 years and for “Beogas” joint stock company for 9 years. Currently employed at the Union of Engineers and Technicians of Serbia. Position helds: 1981-1988 LOLA Machine Tools Factory - Chief Designer; 1988 -1994 Lola FSP (weapons and military equipment), General Manager; 1994 – 1996 “Ivo Lola Ribar” Corporation, Assistant General Manager; 1996 - 2001. “Ivo Lola Ribar” Corporation, General Manager; 2001 - 2010 “Beogas” joint stock company, General Manager; 2010 - Union of Engineers and Technicians of Serbia, Head of Expert Service. Bogdan Vlahovic has showed his professional and commercial abilities through his years-long work, climbing up the ladder step by step from a trainee to the General Manager of the Industry “Ivo Lola Ribar”. “Lola” with its almost ten thousand workers and over one thousand engineers has been the undisputed technological leader in the region by applying its knowledge and marketing its products from America to China. Management and administration of an extremely complex product system consisting of 28 companies with 12 companies and representative offices abroad demanded, besides technical knowledge, competence in marketing, commerce and finance.

Areas where he achieved significant professional results: Development and design of new technologies in the production of machine tools; Development of technologies and production of undercarriage with tracks for M 84 tank and other armored personnel carriers (APC M80, M60, etc.); Development of technologies and production parts of the families of parts for heavy artillery shells; Design and construction of gas facilities: steel pipelines for high pressure gas transmission, gas pressure regulating and metering stations, and gas distribution pipeline networks; Development and implementation of monitoring system for remote control and reading of gas facilities; Development and faithful implementation of integrated information systems for businesses; Development and implementation of the remote control surveillance system and reading of gas facilities consumption; Development and implementation of integral information systems for management of economic entities; Investment project management and finance engineering.
Medals and rewards: Medal of Work and Order of Work; Ministry of Defense Plaque for the contribution to the Weapons and Military Equipment development and production; Bishop of Raska and Prizren’s acknowledgment for help and donation to the monastery in Metohija.

1962, Brčko, Bosna i Hercegovina

Born in Brčko, Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1962. Graduated from the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad in 2001. At the same Faculty attained Master degree in 2001, and received the doctoral degree at the same Faculty in 2014 in the field of “Green Energy” for work titled “The New Model of Wave Energy to Power Converter”. Since 1985 works in his own Company “Production Mile Dragić” Ltd. in Zrenjanin, Serbia, developing and producing specific equipment intended for army, police, and other security and safety organizations. Developed a great number of significant devices, and a large number of those devices was tested by the best known accredited both local and foreign laboratories and institutes in compliance with prescribed procedures and standards and consequently inducted in the armament and equipment of the Army of Serbia, as well as the Ministry of Interior Affairs. Through his professional activity and application of highest scientific achievements in the field of development and production, alike, he has contributed to the enhancement of operational capabilities of the Army and defense system, as a whole. For over 30 years, both Army and Police of Serbia, as well as more than 30 countries around the world, have been using a vast number of products produced by the Company “Production Mile Dragić, Ltd. Mile Dragić published a significant number of professional and scientific papers concerning ballistic protection at different international symposiums: “PERSONAL ARMOUR SYSTEMS SYMPOSIUM”, Colchester, GB 1998, and 2000; The HAGUE 2002, and 2004, Leeds, GB, 2006, etc. Mile Dragić has three patents on protective ballistic plates. As a participant-exhibitor of his inventions and products, he took part at the greatest international and domestic fairs, and won numerous awards and acknowledgements. For the achieved results in development of new devices, exceptional achievements in production of specific equipment, and successful Company management, Mile Dragić was declared the Businessman of the Year, for 5 consecutive years: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. Aside from his engagement and achieved results in both his business and science, he is known for his support of different sports clubs and humanitarian organizations and individuals.

1958, Peć

He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Priština, Production Major, in 1982 and defended his master's thesis in 1985 at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, majoring in Production Engineering and Computer Application. He was elected an honorary doctor of science of DSEA (Donbass State Engineering Academy) University of Kramatorsk (Ukraine), in 2010. The second honorary doctorate of science was also awarded to him by the UTA (Ukrainian Technological Academy) Academy from Kiev (Ukraine), in 2018. He teaches a group of subjects from Production and Information Technologies at the Academy of Vocational Studies Šumadija – Department of Trstenik. He gave a large number of guest lectures for students of academic, master's and doctoral studies in the region (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Croatia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine).
He has published more than 650 scientific papers, of which 250 papers in journals, 60 invitation papers and more than 340 papers at international and national conferences. In addition, he has published 7 scientific monographs and 5 books. He was the editor of more than 60 proceedings in printed and electronic form. A significant contribution by him was made to the automation of engineering works, so he developed 14 new user programs for the application of theoretical and practical methods in solving specific engineering problems, which are successfully applied in practice. Further, he is the author of 3 technical improvements and 3 patents.
He participated in the realization of 10 scientific research projects financed by the Ministry of Science and Technology and was the head of the international Slovak-Serbian project. He is a member of the scientific and program committee of more than 50 international conferences and a member of the editorial board of more than 20 international journals. He is the member of the following national technical academies of sciences: New York Academy of Science (NYAS) since 2006; Ukrainian Technological Academy (UTA) since 2009; Ukrainian Academy of Engineering Sciences (UAES), since 2011; Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts (SKANU) since 2015; Georgian Engineering Academy (GEA) since 2019; National Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine (NAS-HEU) since 2020, Engineering Academy of Serbia (EAS) since 2020 and Russian Academy of Engineering (RAE) since 2022. Elected was for President of the UTA Academy for the Balkans, in September 2017. He is also a member of more than 50 international and national professional associations and a member by invitation of the Association of Writers of Serbia (UKS), since 2022. He has won numerous awards, recognitions and diplomas, for his contribution to scientific and innovative work and international cooperation. He is also the recipient of two "Lifetime Achievement Awards" and Medal of Science of the UTA Academy.

1952, Topola

Mr. Đorđević graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac, department for Mechanical Engineering and Organization in 1977. He was awarded the master's degree in engineering at the same faculty in 1998 and received the scientific rank Master of technical science. In 2006 he was awarded PhD in technical science from the abovementioned faculty.
His fields of scientific study include development, production, usage, safety and recycling of motor vehicles. Mr. Đorđević started his engineering career in “Zastava” in 1977, Kragujevac, Serbia, in Zastava Car Institute where he worked as an engineer – designer on different job positions. He continued to work as a project engineer, also on different job positions and moved on to the position of the main project engineer. Then he has started his managing career – from the position of the head of project department to the position project manager.
Since 1993 until 1999 he was the CEO of Zastava Car Institute in Kragujevac and then he was the CEO of Zastava Cars a.d., Kragujevac, from 1999 to 2001. He held the position of Zastava Vehicles Group CEO from 2004 to 2005, and after that he was the first CEO of Zastava Auto company from 2005 to 2006. Since 2006 he has been acting as an Assistant General Manager of Zastava Vehicles Group.
As a result of scientific and expert work of Mr. Đorđević has published a lot of papers in international journals and on international and national scientific congresses. He had managed or participated in realization of 8 great strategic projects supported by Government of Serbia or Government of Yugoslavia, he also had managed of realization of 12 big Zastava's projects and he hat participated in realization of 10 strategic projects in Zastava.
The most important engineering activities of Mr. Đorđević include numerous technical solutions and a great number of completed and realized complex projects and studies. He directly organized and managed the activities on reengineering and reproducing about 1,300 automotive parts after the disintegration of former SFRJ (1992 – 1994). In addition, he realized a great number of other technical solutions, studies and projects, such as: Making of feasibility study and prototypes for reconstruction and redesign of the Koral and Florida models, Feasibility study for used passenger cars recycling in Zastava Vehicles Group etc.
He was the founder of the most successful Zastava's enterprises today: Zastava Auto which produces Zastava 10 car model, that is Punto, as well as Zastava AgeM – enterprise for production and selling Opel cars.

1956, Sinj, Republika Hrvatska

He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade in 1980, majoring in production engineering. He received his master's and doctoral degrees from the same faculty in 1993 and 2000 under the mentorship of prof. Dr. Vladimir Milacic.
He worked in the Agricultural Machinery Industry "Zmaj" Zemun, Institute "Kirilo Savic", Belgrade and LOLA Institute Belgrade. From 1994 to 2002 he was deputy director and from 2002 to 2006 director of the LOLA Institute Belgrade. Since 2010, he has been working at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering in Kraljevo, University of Kragujevac, now as an associate professor for a group of subjects in production engineering, industrial engineering and production management.
He has published over one hundred and eighty scientific and professional papers of all categories, of which eleven in journals from the SCI list, one monograph of national importance, one chapter in a monograph of international importance and three chapters in monographs of national importance.
He participated in the realization of over seventy projects of all categories, of which six large projects of international importance, five of which are from the IPA program of the European Union (EU). He worked on two projects from the IPA EU program worth over three and a half million euros as a key expert for QMS (Quality Management System) and product conformity assessment. He has worked on international projects in Syria, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia and Serbia.
He is a member of leading international organizations in the field of quality and auditing of standardized management systems such as: International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA) with the grade "QMS Lead Auditor"; Chartered Quality Institute (CQI), UK as a Chartered Quality Professional (MCQI CQP); American Society for Quality (ASQ) as a "Senior Member", from 2002 to 2018 was the "ASQ Country Counselor" for Serbia and Montenegro.

1946, Sombor

High school, Mechanical Engineering, Novi Sad, 1967, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Thermal Power Engineering, Novi Sad, 1973, School of Reserve Officers, Armored Units, Banja Luka, 1975, Master's thesis, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Kragujevac (Ecological aspects of energy combustion on the example of Zastava Energetika Kragujevac), 2000, Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Technical Sciences Novi Sad (Management of energy boilers for solid fuels of variable quality, with environmental restrictions), 2005, Full member of the Serbian Academy of Engineering (IAS), Belgrade, from 2020.
Work performed: Project company "KONSTRUKTOR", Novi Sad, central heating design, 1974. Business functions in "ZASTAVA ENEREGETIKA doo" Kragujevac, from 1975 to 2011: Plant Manager, Director of Maintenance Sector, Director of RJ, Factory Director, General Director, President of the Assembly "ENERGETIKA" DOO Kragujevac, appointed by the Government of RS, 2015 - 2021. He performed broader professional activities at conferences arranged by the Chamber of Commerce of Yugoslavia and the Association of Power Engineers: Serbia, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Montenegro and the European Academy of Sciences, as and the Conference of Yugoslav Cities. He has a License of Responsible Designer of Thermotechnics, Thermoenergetics, Process Gas Engineering, Serbian Chamber of Engineers, License of Responsible Contractor of Thermotechnics, Thermoenergy, Process and Gas Engineering, Serbian Chamber of Engineers, Court Expert, Thermoenergetic Profession, appointed by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia in 2012. . He is the author of several projects in the field of renewable energy (mainly solar), energy, environmental and economic efficiency, environmental protection, nature protection and human health, public facilities in the Republic of Serbia (hospitals, heating plants, state factories), then central heating projects Serbia: 2 of international importance, 16 of national, 6 of regional, 10 of local importance. He is the founder and owner of the Bureau for Design and Engineering "SOLARPROJEKT" Kragujevac.
By the Embassy of the Republic of the Netherlands and the NGO "Ambassadors of the Environment" Belgrade, appointed "LEADER OF THE FUTURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EU", Belgrade, 2007, was in two terms President of the Institute of Public Health Kragujevac, 2004 to 2011, and the Founder is also the President of the Management Board of the "ECOLOGICAL MOVEMENT OF THE CITY OF KRAGUJEVAC" from 2008 to 2017.

1958, Raška

Prof. Kolarevic graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Belgrade in 1982 with a degree in aerospace engineering. He obtained his master’s degree from the same faculty in 1991, focusing on organization and management. Upon completion of his doctorate at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo in 2003, he was awarded a PhD. His experience at Lola-Progress, part of the Holding Corporation "ILR", spans from 1985 to 1992, where he is involved in research, development, new product design, as well as direct interaction with the economy. Among others, he has led projects that involved the development and industrialization of hydraulic and pneumatic-hydraulic presses, mechanical eccentric presses, machinery for automating mechanical presses, and hydraulic bar feeders for CNC machines such as Sameca - QUICKSAM.
Since 1992, he has been employed at Kraljevo's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (now the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering) in the Department of Production Engineering as a teacher of the subjects of Organizing, Management, Maintenance, and Control of Production Processes. As a full professor, he teaches undergraduate, master's, and doctoral academic programs in Production Engineering.
His past experiences include working as a director of the Regional Talent Center in Kraljevo from 2005 to 2007, as well as director for the security equipment manufacturer "Primat oprema" d.o.o. - Baljevac from 2006 to 2007. At the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering in Kraljevo, he served as department head (3 mandates), vice-dean for education, and vice-dean for quality and infrastructure. During the term 2018-2022, he was the president of the University Council at the University of Kragujevac.
In addition to four textbooks and a monograph, his research has been published in over 100 scientific journals as well as proceedings of national and international scientific conferences. As an active participant in several national research projects under the Ministry of Science and Technological Development, as well as several state and regional projects, he made significant contributions to the achievement of these projects. In addition, he supervised the defense of 3 doctoral dissertations and mentored 135 diploma and master's theses.

1954, Kosjerić

Mr. Lukić graduated at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade in 1978. In the same year he entered post-graduated studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, Department for Production engineering and computer appliance, and in 1981. finished his master thesis. He finished his PhD studies also at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade in 1985.
Mr. Lukić works as an associate professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kraljevo, in the scientific field of computer integrated product systems. Besides that, he works as a part-time professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in East Sarajevo, Serbian Republic. He has been working for 25 years in “Ivo Lola Ribar” industry in Belgrade, of which ten years as a director of the Lola Institute and a deputy of head director for research and development of the Lola Corporation. Lukić is now working as a head director of ABS Minel company in Belgrade.
His areas of significant professional results are: design and construction of special tools and machines for deep drilling, development and design of special automated systems for storage systems with microprocessor control, design of processing centers using CAD graphics workstations, application of computer control systems in the management of industrial plants, development of aerospace components, regulators and measuring systems for Air Force aircraft, development of special training systems for use in Air Force.
In these fields he has written a number of scientific papers published in national and international journals and presented at technical meetings of national and international importance. Mr. Lukić has also written several technical books, and a most significant is scientific monograph "Flexible Technology Systems" published in 2008.
He received several awards amogn which: Yugoslavian Chamber of Commerce award for business achievements and Annual Award of the Club of Economic Journalists of Serbia for creativity in the field of scientific and research work.

1950, Kriva Palanka, Makedonija

Bachelor degree from Mechanical Engineering, University "St. Cyril and Methodius "Skopje 1974, as the first in a generation. Graduate studies finishes at the University of Niš in 1982 and defended his doctoral dissertation in the field of Technical Sci­ences, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, 28. 03. 1989, on the theme "Thermal energy effects pyrometallurgical processing of cop­per con­centrate to a smelter in Bor".
The working life is spent in RTB Bor continuously since 1974. Performed tasks: Energy Engineer, engineer maintenance of mechanical equipment, mechanical ma­intenance supervisor RJ, RJ Energy managers, factory managers oxygen, all of the copper smelter, assistant director of the TIR Energy and the Executive Director for the production of TIR. The only Doctor of Science in mechanical engineering in RTB Bor and the first PhD in the TIR-in Bor. From 29 July 2014, enjoy the goodness of retirement. In the additional employee worked at the Technical Faculty in Bor, University of Belgrade, first as an assistant (1984 – 1990), and then as a teacher, docent (1990 - 2001), the subjects “Machinery and equipment in the chemical industry" and "Ther­modynamics" He worked and as an associate of the Institute for copper in Bor. In the period from 1979 to 1985, he was hired as a lecturer by the Association of Energy Sector Serbia, the subject "Boilers"and "Combustion".
He has published two books, one script for students of the Technical Faculty in Bor, seventy papers in scientific journals and announced twenty works on scientific and professional conferences in the country and abroad. He is the author of several studies and projects. Co-author of two mono­graphs and, lately writes a satirical work, about six thousand aphorisms, one hundred songs and the tenth of the story.

1973, Zaječar

He graduated from the Technical Faculty in Bor, University of Belgrade in 2001, received his master's degree in 2004, and at the same faculty received his doctorate in 2006 in the field of Extractive Metallurgy, thus obtaining the scientific title: Doctor of Technical Sciences in the scientific field of Extractive Metallurgy. Then, in the field of Engineering Management, he defended his second doctorate in 2015 and thus obtained the scientific title: Doctor of Science for the scientific field of Industrial Engineering - Engineering Management. On October 26, 2016, he was elected to the position of full professor, for the narrower scientific field of Industrial Management. Prof. Dr. Ivan Mihajlović is the editor-in-chief of the journal "Serbian Journal of Management", he is a member of the editorial board of the journal "Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy", the journal: "Research Journal of Applied Sciences", the journal "Acta Oeconomica Universitas Selie", and the "Timisoara Journal of Economics" magazine. He is the author or co-author of one monograph of national importance, two auxiliary university textbooks, two basic university textbooks, four chapters in a monograph of international importance, 77 works published in international journals of the "JCR-IF" list - according to the Scopus source, of which 70 works were published magazines within WoS; 46 papers published in national journals, 102 papers presented at international symposia and 67 papers presented at national symposia. According to Scopus data, 77 of his works have been cited a total of 887 times (without self-citations), with a current h-index from Scopus of 15. During his career, he taught a large number of subjects at the Department of Engineering Management, Technical Faculty in Bor. He is currently engaged as a professor in a group of subjects at the Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade. At the Technical Faculty in Bor, he held the positions of Head of the Department for Engineering Management and Vice-Dean for Research and Development and International Cooperation. He led or was a project team member of a large number of international and national research projects, as well as of the projects of industrial cooperation.

1977, Beograd

He graduated at the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Organizational Sciences in 2001. Also, he received his master's degree (2005) and defended his doctoral dissertation (2008) at the same faculty. Since 2001, when he was employed at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, he was elected to all titles, from assistant to full professor, in 2019. Beside home faculty, he teaches at several faculties in the country and abroad, mostly at Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana, as visiting professor. At the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, he was head of Department for Management and Project Management (2018-2021), Centre for Investment Management (2011-2017) and Centre for Professional Certification of Managers (2013-2021). He was elected for the position of Vice Dean for strategy and corporate affairs at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences in 2021. His research interests include management, project management, strategic management, project appraisal and change management.
He has participated in the publication of several books and monographs of international and national importance, and independently or in cooperation with other authors, he has published more then 220 research papers at congresses, symposia and in national and international journals. He was involved in organizing many scientific and professional conferences, and he was an invited lecturer at several international conferences. He is a member of the editorial boards of several national and international journals. As a key expert or consultant, he has executed more then 150 national and international scientific and research projects. He is one of two co-founders of a software solution for real estate project management and co-founder of Microsoft Project Centre, established in cooperation with Microsoft Serbia. He is member of Academy of Management and The Chartered Management Institute, as a certified lecturer level 5, 6 and 7 in Strategic management and Leadership.
He collaborates with dozens of national and international development organizations, and he is engaged as a consultant in different government organizations and leading Serbian and regional companies. He has executed more then 300 educational programs, specialized seminars and trainings in the country and abroad.

1955, Priboj

Mr. Nijemčević graduated from University of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade in 1978 at the Department of Engines and Motor Vehicles. He acquired a Master degree 1999 at the University of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade. In 2008 he defended doctoral dissertation also at the University of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade at Department for Industrial Engineering.
After finishing his studies he worked shortly at the company “Goša” from Smederevska Palanka, and in 1979 he started to work at the Technical Military Institute Belgrade, where he worked in the sector of combat and non-combat vehicles on the Research-development assignments and projects of special devices in combat vehicles. He remained at this Institute until 1992, when he was employed at Ikarbus as Director of Technical Development Department. During this period when he held the position of Technical director, the factory Ikarbus developed 16 new bus types, which is the best creative result of this factory until now regarding development of new buses. All the time he was holding the position of Technical Development Department Director, he directly leaded the Working group occupied with new buses development. In 2003 he was elected General Director of Ikarbus.
During the period he was at the forefront of Ikarbus the factory increased substantially the quality of its products, improved the organization of activities, entered the diverse foreign markets whit its buses and increased substantially the level of its global competitiveness.
Beside the activities regarding factory managing duties, for many years he was involved in professional and specialized Organizations and Forums, both domestic and foreign. In his professional practice he published a great number of scientific papers in the magazines of national importance.
For his work he was awarded many times, among which the most important are awards he received from Serbian Chamber of Commerce in 2004 for development and improvement in economy, as manager of the year 2006, then award he received from Serbian Automotive Council as Automotive Manager of the Year 2003/2004.

1966, Beograd

At the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, he graduated (1992), received his master's degree (1997) and defended his doctoral dissertation (2003), and received awards from the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce for the best master and best doctoral dissertations. Since 1993, when he was employed at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, he was elected to all titles, from assistant to full professor, in 2013. Beside home faculty, he teaches at several faculties in the country and abroad. He was in specialization in the United States and worked as a visiting professor at Radford University, where he subsequently gave several lectures by invitation. His research interests include management, project management, strategic management, project appraisal and change management.

He has participated in the publication of several books and monographs of international and national importance, and independently and in cooperation with other authors, he has published several scientific and professional papers at congresses, symposia and journals in the country and abroad. He was involved in organizing many scientific and professional conferences, and he was an invited lecturer at several international conferences. He is a member of the editorial boards of several domestic and international journals.

As a project manager or team member, he has participated in a number of domestic and international scientific research and other projects. In his work, he cooperates with a large number of domestic and foreign organizations, and is engaged as a permanent or occasional consultant by several different for-profit, nonprofit and government organizations.

He is a member of the Main Scientific Board for Law, Economics and Political Science of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, a member of the Board of the Vlajko Kalenić Endowment, and the head of the Investment Management Center of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences.

1955, Glina, Hrvatska

He graduated on the Technical Military Academy in Zagreb in 1980. He received his master's degree from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade in 1990, and his doctorate from the Military Technical Academy in Belgrade in 1995.
He worked in Army units from 1980-1985., at the Military Technical Institute from 1985-2001. in the Sector for Nuclear Protection and the Sector for Classical Weapons and in the Ministry of Defense from 2001-2012. He was the Head of the Department and Deputy Head of the Directorate for research, development and production of weapons and military equipment and the first Head of the Directorate for Defense Technologies, president of the Commission for Arms Control. He was the National coordinator for small arms and light weapons, an expert at the Standing Committees of the Ottawa Convention in Geneva and at the UN organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in The Hague. He was the President of the Commission for Military Industry in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the President of the Board of Directors in the companies "Prva Iskra" - Baric, "Fabrija dijelova" - Bijelo Polje, "Polieks" - Berane and a member of the Board of the Mine Action Center in Belgrade. He was a member of the main Board of the Yugoslav Association for Standardization and Quality (JUSK).
Since 1991, he held teaching at the Military Technical Faculty and the Military Academy in Belgrade and the Technical Faculty in Čačak. At the Military Technical Institute and at the Technical Faculty in Čačak, he was elected to research titles (independent researcher, senior researcher, project manager) and scientific titles (research associate and senior research associate). He was elected a full professor at the Faculty of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship in Belgrade in 2013. He has mentored dozens of graduate and master's theses.
He has published more than 200 scientific and professional papers in international and national journals and at scientific conferences in the country and abroad. He is the author of six university textbooks and six monographs. He managed and participated in the realization of several scientific research projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology and several projects with foreign partners regarding military equipment. He is a member of the editorial board of two journals and several scientific conferences.
He was awarded the Order of Military Merit with silver swords, the Order of Merit in the field of security of the II order, the Order of the Knight's Sword of the III order.

1931, Futog

Mr. Sekulić graduated from the Aeronautical Department at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade in 1956. He defended his Ph.D. thesis at the Faculty of technical Sciences in Novi Sad in 1977.
He made significant contributions to the professional and scientific field in the area of production engineering - metal cutting theory, machine forming, cutting dynamics, nonconventional and special machining, work study and measurement).
After graduation, in 1956 he started work at the “27th March” - factory of automobile and tractor components in Novi Sad as a constructor, technologist and tools and fixture constructor of steel and bronze components. In 1959 he started to work in Jugoalat, metal cutting tool and equipment factory where he worked as a chief technologist and a researcher involved in cutting tools operation conditions. He worked at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Novi Sad as an assistant (from 1966), and was later appointed assistant professor (in 1966), associate professor (in 1971) and a full-time professor in 1978 for the subject Metal Cutting Machining. He also taught numerous other subjects. At the Faculty of Machine Engineering/Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad he was a member of the Educational and Scientific Board, the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the secretary and the assistant director of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering.
He has published four monographs and one course book and participated on numerous scientific and professional conferences in the country and abroad in over 20 countries. For three years (1972-1975) he was the Vice Dean for Studies.
For his activity on the scientific and educational field he has been presented with numerous awards, diplomas and recognitions by the national institutions, the University of Novi Sad and the Faculty of Technical Sciences.

1971, Kragujevac

He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac, Department of Automatic Control in 1996. He defended his master's thesis in 2000 at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kragujevac, and he defended his doctoral dissertation in 2005 at the same faculty. He got a job at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kragujevac, where he currently works, immediately after graduation, where he was elected to all teaching and scientific titles, and he became a full professor in the field of industrial engineering and production engineering in 2014. He also taught, in part, at the Faculty of Economics, University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism, Vrnjačka Banja and the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Kragujevac.
He is the author or co-author of six books, over two hundred and fifty scientific and professional papers and seven chapters and monographs in English, published by Springer, IGI Global Publishing, Nova Science Publishers. He has participated and managed dozens of scientific and research projects in the field of information and communication technologies, innovation and technology transfer and entrepreneurship (financed by TEMPUS, ERASMUS, various EU funds, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Innovation Fund). He was the grant holder of the TEMPUS project "Improvement of student internships in Serbia". He participated in the realization of dozens of projects for the industry in the field of quality and software development.
He was the vice dean for finance and the manager of several development centers at the home faculty. He is a member of the editorial board of several international journals, some of which are on the SCI list. He was the president, vice president and member of the scientific committee of dozens of international and national conferences. He is also a member and representative of Serbia in the IFIP International Federation for Information Processing - Technical Committee - TC3 Education. He received the medal for contribution to the development of the University of Krakow were awarded on the occasion of the ninety-fifth anniversary of that University.

1971, Beograd

Ms Spasojevic Brkic has graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade in 1994, with specialization in Industrial Engineering. She defended her master's thesis in 1999, and her doctoral dissertation in 2008, also at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, under the mentorship of prof. Dr Milivoj Klarin. Since 1995, when she was employed at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, she was elected to all titles, from assistant to full professor, in 2016. Since 2018, she has been the Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering, and since 2019, the head of the Center for Teaching Quality and Accreditation.
Key qualifications of prof. Dr Spasojević Brkić are in areas of risk management, industrial ergonomics, quality management and maintenance and production management. She has participated in over 150 project projects for the needs of the industry, 10 scientific research projects funded by the MNTRS, she is the coordinator of 4 international projects and 3 projects funded by the Innovation Fund. She has a number of certificates in the fields of OSH, quality and risk and two published patents. She is a reviewer of papers and projects of a number of domestic and international journals and bodies. Also, she is a mentor of 5 defended doctoral dissertations. She has published 40 papers in journals with impact factor, 60 papers in journals of other categories, 6 monographs / chapters in a monograph, 1 textbook, 60 papers at conferences (of which 9 plenary by invitation), 8 technical solutions and is the editor of 4 conference proceedings

1948, Irig

Mr. Ćosić graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Novi Sad in 1972. He defended his Master’s thesis at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad in 1979 where he also obtained his PhD degree.
He has started working at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering as a research assistant immediately after graduation. After completing his military service in 1974 he was appointed assistant for the subject Factory installations. He became assistant professor at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad in 1983, associate professor in 1988 and full-time professor in the area of production systems in 1993. He is now Dean of the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad.
Professor Ćosić has published as a co-author or individual author seventeen books, over 150 scientific and research papers. With his colleagues, he has completed 22 scientific projects. He is also active in the processes of cooperation with industry, which have resulted in 32 projects related to technological and organizational structure of enterprises. He was the head of the projects Possibilities and limitations of entrepreneurship development in selected municipalities of APV and The European index of competitiveness of Serbia. Within the process of reforming higher education according to the recommendations of the Bologna Declaration he was the head of the project Development of the organizational structure of an integrated university, all financed by the Provincial government.
Prof. Ćosić was a representative in the Serbian Parliament, a delegate in the Novi Sad municipal assembly. He also held the position of the president of the Municipal and University Committees as well as that of the Executive secretary for science and education of PKSK of Voivodina.
He has been awarded many prizes, among them the Novi Sad October prize, Medal „Professor Pavle Savić“, Order of St. Sava II lines (2004) etc.

1970, Kragujevac

Professor Filipović graduated in 1994 and obtained his PhD degree in 1999 from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac. He was elected full professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac in 2010. From 2003 to 2012, he was engaged as a Research Associate at Harvard University (Harvard School of Public Health) USA during his several research stays. He served as the Vice-Rector for international cooperation of the University of Kragujevac (2012-2015), and since 2018 he has been the Rector of the University of Kragujevac. He is the author and co-author of 6 textbooks and 10 monographs in English, over 500 publications, out of which over 350 scientific papers in journals from the SCI list (categorized in Serbia as M21, M22, M23). He is the author of a patent registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is the author and co-author of a large number (over 10) of software programmes for modeling using the finite element method and discrete methods in the fields of fluid mechanics and physical fields. He has been the manager of numerous national and international scientific projects (over 40) in the field of information technologies applied in biomedical engineering. He is the Secretary of the Serbian Society for Computational Mechanics. He was the president of the Serbian Society for Mechanics. He is the organizational editor of the Journal of the Serbian Society for Computational Mechanics and editor-in-chief of the journal EAI Endorsed Transactions on Pervasive Health and Technology. He is one of the founders of the Center for Bioengineering at the Faculty of Engineering and has been the Head od the Center since 2006. He has served as a reviewer of international European projects and in many high ranking international journals (categorized in Serbia as M21 and M22). Fifteen doctoral candidates defended their PhD dissertations under his mentorship. He organized (and chaired) 8 international conferences. He has been a project manager on 24 international projects (financed within the FP6, FP7, IPA Adriatic, H2020, Erasmus+, CEI, UNDP, SCOPES programs) and team leader in Serbia, as well as the coordinator of the entire international consortium on 12 projects.

1952, Senta

She graduated in 1975 from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Novi Sad, as the first in her generation. In 1975 she attended the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Belgrade, where she finished her master studies at Mechanics. In 1981 he got her Ph.D degree at the University of Novi Sad. In 2014 she got her MTA-Ph.D at the Hunagarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hungary. Since 1975, she is employed at the Department of Mechanism and Machine Theory at the University of Novi Sad. First, she was assistant, then, assistant professor, associate professor, and she was elected into full-time professor in 1992. After that she worked at the Department of Mechanics and in 1995 she was elected once more into a full-time professor. She was the first Head of the Department and the Leading person of the doctor studies. Livija Cveticanin was the vice-dean for study at the Faculty of Technical Sciences. She was the manager of the Institute of mechanics and mechanical design at the University of Novi Sad. She was the Head of the Mechanics Chair.

Her main investigation interest is in: Nonlinear vibrations, dynamics of machines and mechanisms with constant and variable mass, rotor dynamics, theory of chaos.She published more than 300 papers – more than 100 in the leading inter­national journals which are on the SCI list, as well as two monographies in english language. Livija Cveticanin was the project manager of 42 projects for industry. She was the head of the projects in ceramic industry. Let us mention some of them: Factory of preparing of clay for ceramic plates, Polet, Nexe Group, Novi Becej, 2002. Packaging line for ceramic plates, Potisje, Kanjiza, 2002. Factory – CREPANA, Polet, Nexe Group, Novi Becej, 2004. Factory – KERAMIKA, Polet, Nexe Group, Novi Becej, 2005. Fa­ctory of building blocks, Nexe Group, Sremski Karlovci, 2006.
Livija Cveticanin je member of IFToMM, GAMM and she was the president of the Yugoslav Society of Mechanics. She is the president of the Society for Vibration Protection and the member of: Academy of sciences and arts of Vojvodina, Hu­ngarian academy of engineers, Academy of nonlinear sciences. Livija Cveticanin was awarded more times.

1955, Novi Sad

He graduated in Novi Sad at the Department of Production Engineering, at the Faculty of Technical Sciences. He received his master's and doctoral degrees from the same faculty. He works as a full professor at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad.
He participated in the realization of a large number of provincial, national and international scientific research projects. He gave lectures at several European universities.
In his research work, he dealt with the problem of surface modification of materials using surface engineering and nanotechnology, which resulted in the development of numerous experimental methods and new micro and nano coatings obtained by plasma technologies and the use of ion beams. He has published over 180 papers, 25 of them in international journals from the SCI list. There are a total of 355 citations.
He managed and participated in the development of a number of projects for the needs of the economy, especially in the metal (automotive) industry and participated in the development of a number of projects of production plants and factories as well as in the development of technology and parts and tools.
He was a member of the Expert Council for Technical and Technological Sciences of the University of Novi Sad. He was a member of the Expert Council for Technical and Technological Sciences of the Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development. He was the coordinator of the group for New Materials at the Center for Multidisciplinary Research at the University of Novi Sad. He is the Deputy President of the Council of the Faculty of Technical Sciences. He is the head of the Department, and in the previous period he was the director of the Department of Production Engineering.
He is a member of the Main Scientific Committee for Materials and Chemical Technologies at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.

1952, Šabac

Mechanical Engineering graduated in January 1979 on the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, Department of Industrial Systems. Postgraduate – M.A. and doctorate completed at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences in Belgrade. He received his MA in 1991. on the theme "Organizing the planning of technical-technological development of the company", where he also defended his doctoral thesis entitled "Marketing concept of technological development of the company" in March 2002. His work engagement Nikola Majinski began in 1979. in the "Chemical Industry-Zorka" - Sabac on engineering jobs in the firm "Zorka-Investments". He was involved in many projects as designer, and supervisory authority on their implementation. He was involved in "green field" investment factory "Tin plates factory under construction" as a mechanical supervisory authority by 1980. to 1983 god. After com­pletion of this investment, in the company "Tin plates" he is working as chief of mai­ntenance, head of mechanical maintenance, director of maintenance and ge­neral director of the company until 1994. He was four years Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Chemical Industry "Zorka", Sabac since 1982 to 1987, as well as while time chairman and four years members of the Board of Holding Company "Zorka" - Sabac, from 1988 to 1992. After the integration of the factory "Tin plates" in Serbian complex of ferrous metallurgy in 1994, titled "Sartid" Nikola Majinski working in the business center of Belgrade as Executive Director of the processing higher stages of pruducts in the integrated steelworks "Sartid" -Smederevo. After purchasing "Sartid" from the American US Steel, in April 2003, he is take the position of Marketing Director of US Steel Serbia d.oo until November 2004. Further career to the present continues in Serbian Chamber of Commerce.
He is the author of many scientific professional papers, and he participated in the development and implementation of many studies and projects. He is the author of the monograph "Sustainable marketing technological deve­lopment of the company". He was awarded ten years of continuous operation in the "Chemical Industry-Zorka", Sabac, and twenty years of continuous operation in US Steel Serbia and Medal of Merit for the people.

1966, Niš

Graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Niš, in the department of production engineering, in 1992. He defended his master's dissertation in 1997, and his doctoral dissertation in 2005 at the same faculty. After graduating, he got a job as an assistant trainee at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš. He was elected as an assistant, assistant professor and associate professor, and, in 2015, he was elected a full professor in his scientific field of Industrial Management at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš. He is currently the director of the Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Niš, a member of the Council of the University of Niš, head of the Department of Management in Mechanical Engineering and head of the study program Engineering Management at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
He is the author or the co-author of one university textbook, one practicum and two monographs, 140 scientific and professional papers in international and domestic journals and at international and domestic scientific conferences and higher technical solutions. He participated in 12 domestic and foreign scientific research projects, as well as in the preparation of studies, elaborates and expert assessments in the process of cooperation with private and public companies in Serbia.
He is engaged in research and educational tasks in the areas of production organization, industrial management, business process management, Total Quality Management, Total Quality Leadership, Lean Six Sigma, maintenance of technical systems and planning of production systems.
As a scholarship holder of the German DAAD Foundation, he has visited the Department of Machine Tools and Automation of the Technical University of Hamburg on several occasions, in order to prepare his doctoral dissertation and as part of the re-stay of former DAAD scholarship recipients

1970, Bijeljina, Bosna i Hercegovina

He completed integrated Mechanical engineering studies and graduated in Production engineering at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, where he has been employed since 1998. After completing his magister's studies, he defended his magister's thesis in 2005, and his doctoral dissertation in 2012 under the title „Collaborative system for manufacturing process planning based on Internet technologies“. In 2022, he was elected to the position of full professor at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, for the scientific field „Process planning, manufacturing optimization and virtual design“. He participates in the teaching of bachelor's and master's academic studies in production engineering, as well as in doctoral studies in mechanical engineering.
He has participated in over 20 national and international scientific and professional projects in the field of technological development, which were most often realized in cooperation with the industry. He was the coordinator of two scientific research projects entitled „Application of collaborative engineering in the improvement of sustainable production processes“ and „Application of smart production methods in Industry 4.0“. As an author or co-author, he published over 160 scientific and professional papers, 20 of which were published in international SCI journals. He is the co-author of two university books.
He is currently the Head of the Chair for Machine tools, Process planning and Flexible manufacturing systems.

1946, Niš

Faculty of Mechanical engineering at Nis University completed at 1970. Master degree of Thermal and Nuclear technique completed at Faculty of Mechanical and Naval engineering University of Zagreb Croatia at 1980. Doctorate, in domain of mechanical engineering (thermal power plants/ boilers), completed at Faculty of Mechanical and Naval engineering University of Zagreb Croatia at 1986. At the period from 1970 to 1991 at the Electric Power Industry of Kosovo and Metohija Dr. Slobodan Djekic was on the following jobs: Advisor for Technical Issues/ Assistant General Manager of Electric Power Industry of Serbia at Kosovo and head of the project for reconstruction and rehabilitation of TPP "Kosovo A", Member of the management board of the Institute for Research and Development "Inkos"-Pristina (as responsible for energy and design), Advisor to the Management Boards of Kosovo in the period 1983- 1984, Manager of the commissioning of TPP "Kosovo" B (2x340 MW), Team leader for the construction of mechanical part of the plant "Kosovo B" (boiler plants including steel structure and boiler auxiliaries, ash and slag evacuation system, liquid fuel system, boiler ignition system with synthetic gas, auxiliary boiler room etc.), Head engineer of process analysis at TPP "Kosovo-A", chief engineer for the boiler plants operation at TPP "Kosovo A" and Head of the turbo-machine hale and head of shift at unit 4 (200 MW) at commissioning period. In the frame of teaching activities at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Pristina, Dr. Slobodan Djekic had been engaged as assistant, docent and associate professor at period 1970-72 and 1983- 1991 for Elements of machinery, Thermal power plants, Steam and gas turbines and Thermal & Hydro plants. He has over 60 scientific papers presented and published in the former Yugoslavia and abroad.

1946, Zrenjanin

He enrolled in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Belgrade in 1968 where he opted for Thermo-techniques during the course of his studies and graduated on July 2nd, 1973. Having completed the military service he found a post at “Zmaj’’ factory in Zemun in 1974. In 1976 he moved to “Janko Lisjak’’ Project Bureau. Since 1978 he worked in the Military Post Offices of Belgrade. Along with his work he enrolled in the postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Belgrade, in 1974. He defended his Master thesis ‘’Contribution to the Study of Fluctuation of Temperature Field in Concentration in Cooling Units with Controlled Atmosphere’’ at the aforementioned faculty in September 11th, 1987. In addition to his work at “Janko Lisjak” Bureau he was elected to work as a Lecturer on Mechanical elements with the Basics of Constructing, at the Higher Technical and Mechanical School (currently called “Tehnikum Taurunum’’) in Zemun, with one third to full-time employment. His PhD thesis “Thermodynamic Parameters in Multi-component Systems Rele­vant for Controlled Atmosphere during the Design of HVAC Installations in the Facilities of Special Purpose’’ he defended at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, in December 27th, 1990.So far he’s worked as an independent researcher, chief designer, the head of the supervisory service and responsible contractor on several projects in the country and abroad. Since July 1st, 1992 he worked as an independent senior researcher at the Laboratory for Energy and Process Engineering at the Cooperative of University workers “Technician’’ in Novi Sad. There he was elected as the Head Manager during the transformation of that company to Holtev Center PhD Branislav Lalović.
Slobodan B. Rackov has published several papers and has participated in the management and implementation of various research projects, completion of projects and has had working experience on various thermo-technical and energy power plants which is all listed bellow. The number of scientific papers reaches about 30. The studies and projects that have been implemented in HVAC and gas installations reach number 50. He also worked on the preparation and implementation of over 20 projects.

1944, Andrijevica, Crna Gora

Mr. Vučeljić completed Mechanical Engineering Faculty in Sarajevo in 1967 He finished postgraduate studies with M.A. thesis defense in 1976 and doctoral dissertation in 1986.
He was especially engaged in the part that related to development of research-developmental and design work in the lumber industry. In Sarajevo, he was a delegate in the Republic Interest Community for scientific-research work. In Podgorica he was engaged in the organisation of scientific-research, development and design work in the lumber industry.
He worked on various positions and duties in several companies and institutions as associate, leading planning engineer, leading research worker, senior scientific collaborator, director. In the period from 1988 to 1991, he worked on the position of director in the Commercial Branch of the Chamber of Commerce of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia in Berlin. During the work in that Branch, he formed from the branches of Yugoslav companies the sections according to certain commercial fields, which attributed to the increase of commercial cooperation of Yugoslav and German companies. After return from Berlin, in Podgorica he formed Research-development Centre for processing of lumber, in which he works as the President of the Board of Directors.
He is author of more than 150 scientific and expert works and he was rewarded with large number of recognitions from scientific and expert workers and institutions. He received special praises from the Federal Chamber of Commerce and Federal Secretariat for relations with foreign countries (in 1990) for the work in the Branch in Berlin.

1944, Bijelo Polje, Crna Gora

Mr. Žujović graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Skopje in 1969.
Since 1969, he has worked in the Željezara Nikšić (Ironworks Nikšić) as a hydraulic engineer, chief technologist for the mechanical plant, Head of Mechanical Maintenance in the Rolling Mill, Manager of the Mechanical Maintenance of the Ironworks, Chief Engineer of the Metal Processing Plant, Assistant Director of Technical Services, member of the Managing Board, Vice President of the Metal Processing Committee, Assistant General Director for technical development, metal processing and innovations, and the Director of Development, Investments and Privatization.
He has received several recognitions amongst which the Golden Badge of the Ironworks, Medal of Merit to the Nation with Gold Star, the Liberation of Nikšić award and award of the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce.

1937, Maglaj, Bosna i Hercegovina

He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade in 1962. He obtained masters and doctoral degrees in the field of steam-boilers at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad. He started his first engagement after the studies in 1963 in the Natron Factory in Maglaj as the chief constructor, the manager of the Construction Department and the executive of the Natron Plant. During that period, besides managing the con­struction process of the old plant, he led the final phase of the installation process and the trial operation of the power facilities in the fourth phase of the Natronka (bolilers, turbines and chemical preparation of water). He worked in the Power Plant Tuzla from 1969 to 1975. He was in charge of the oversight of the installation process of the turbine facility of 200 megawatts. After­wards, he managed the trial operation of the Power Plant Tuzla III as the manager of the plant's production and then he participated in the realization of the trial operation of the Power Plant Tuzla IV (200megawatts). He devoted the significant part of his career, from 1975 to 1993, to conceiving the project for the Power Plant Ugljevik I, as well as to its construction and trial operation. In the initial period he worked as the technical director of the construction process of the plant and he held the post of the director of RO R and the Power Plant Ugljevik, which was in its establishment phase, for six years, from 1981 to 1986. In direct cooperation with Russian experts he organized and managed the trial operation process in the Power Plant Ugljevik (1985). After the end of the trial operation process he worked in the Power Plant Ugljevik as the Investment and Development Coordinator, being engaged predominantly on the posts related to managing the construction of the Mine and Power Plant Ugljevik II (300 megawatts). At the end of 1992 he moved to Banja Luka where he worked as the Counsellor (40%) in the "Elektroprivreda RS" (Electric Power Industry of RS) - ("Elektroprenos"-the transmission of electric power) and as the visiting professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (60%), having dual employment agreement. In March 1997 he started working in the Directorate of the Electric Power Industry of RS (ERS) as the deputy Investment and Development Manager and then he was appointed as the manager of the Investment and Developmernt Department of ERS. He started working for the University institutions in 1981, first holding the post of docent and then the post of the visiting professor of the Production of Electrical Power I and II at the School of Electrical Engineering Tuzla. At the beginning of 1986 he was appointed to the post of Dean of the School of Electrical Engineering Tuzla. Since the end of 1992 he worked as a visiting professor of Turbo Engines and Reciprocating Engines as well as of Thermal Power Plant Facilities at the School of Mechanical Engineering in Banja Luka.He published more than 50 scientific and expert works in magazines, publications and at the scientific-expert summits, five of which abroad. He is the author or co-author of four monographs (books), two of which are the University monographs of the national significance.

University of New Orleans, Professor, University of Toronto Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Kherson National Technical University, Ukraine, Doctor Honoris Causa, Oct. 2004,awarded by rector Y.N. Bardachov, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology Doctor Honoris Causa, Jan 2007, awarded by president Dang Vu Minh, University of Salerno, Italy, Doctor Honoris Causa, Nov, 2008, awarded by re­ctor Raimondo Pasquino, Saigon Technology University, Vietnam Honorary Pro­fessor, Jan, 2007, awarded by president of STU, Dao Van Luong. Academician of Georgia, Serbia and Armenia. Honorary Professor: Chongqing University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Hua­zhong Univ. Sci Tech, Southwest Jiaotong University, Shanghai University, Guizhou University.Dr. David Hui is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of Com­posites Materials Research Laboratory at University of New Orleans. He received his Ph.D. from University of Toronto in Aerospace Engineering, and Master of Scie­nce from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Hui has edited over 40 widely cited books. Dr. Hui has conducted approx. 4 million US dollar funded research on com­posites materials and nano-materials, nano materials mechanical properties modeling and prototyping, mechanical behavior of materials under high or low temperatures, flammability and creep of composite materials, including smart material and structures, impact of blast dynamics, micro-crack initiation and growth under thermal and mechanical loadings and infrastructure composites under harsh environments. Dr. Hui has co-authored over 210 SCI journal publications. One of Dr. Hui’s outstanding contributions in research lies in the modeling of penetration of composite materials using the energy partition model and functional graded approach to enhance the durability and safety of engineering structures un­der harsh environments.