Prof. dr.sc. Nikola Šerman

Curriculum Vitae

Name:	Prof. dr.sc. Nikola Šerman
Title:	professor emeritus
Address:	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
	Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone:	+385 1 6168 172
Fax:	+385 1 6156 940
E-mail:	Nikola.Serman@fsb.hr
Born:	1938, Zagreb
Marital status:	married, father of two grown up daughters

Current Professional Activity:

Research:

· Process control in thermal power plants

· Application of mathematical modelling and simulation to the solution of problems in process control in thermal power plants

Teaching:

· Courses in process dynamics and control, undergraduate and postgraduate level

Professional:

· Technical consultance for Croatian Electric Utility (HEP), industry (non-utility power plants) and producers of power engineering equipment

Education:

1978	PhD at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
	"Contribution to Methods of Reduction of Mathematical Models of Distributed Parameters Dynamic Systems" (in Croatian)
1970	MSc at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
	" Steam Turbine Control System Analysis" (in Croatian)
1963	graduated from Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, majoring Mechanical Engineering Design

Employment:

2008 -

retired

1965 - 2008

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture,

University of Zagreb

1963 - 1965

Steam Turbines Factory "Jugoturbina", Karlovac

Academic Career:

Positions:

2009 -	Professor emeritus
1990 - 2002	Chair of Power Engineering Department
1994 - 1998	member of the National Council for Higher Education
1992 - 1994	Deputy Dean for Education
1980 - 1982	Deputy Dean for Research & Development

Languages:

· English

· German

· Russian