Curriculum Vitae
Hrvoje Mikulčić
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb
Numerical modelling of heat and mass transfer, combustion and multiphase reacting flows — cutting emissions in industries like cement, and extending into renewables, alternative fuels, carbon capture and utilisation, hydrogen and green ammonia.
Combustion & CFDCO₂ CaptureAlternative FuelsCement IndustryWaste-to-Energy
At a glance
h-index44
Citations6,488
Publications130
Active projects10
Positions
| 2026 — | Secretary Adria Section of the Combustion Institute |
| 2024 — | Assistant Professor FSB, University of Zagreb |
| 2022 — | President Adria Innovation Harbour |
| 2019 – 2023 | Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher Xi'an Jiaotong University, China |
| 2015 – 2023 | Researcher FSB, University of Zagreb |
| 2009 – 2015 | Research Assistant FSB, University of Zagreb |
Education
| 2009 – 2015 | PhD, Mechanical Engineering FSB, University of Zagreb — "Numerical modelling of thermo-chemical processes inside a cement calciner for a cleaner cement production" |
| 2008 – 2009 | MSc, Mechanical Engineering — summa cum laude FSB, University of Zagreb |
| 2004 – 2008 | BSc, Mechanical Engineering FSB, University of Zagreb |
Mobility & Collaboration
- Zagreb
- Research stays
- EU project partners
Research stays abroad, and partners across 10 ongoing EU projects: 151 organisations in 89 locations, 28 countries.
Projects — Ongoing
SWIM2025–2029
Coordinator
Sustainable Water and Integrated Management of Fish Migration and their Habitats in the Danube River Basin and NW Black Sea
Horizon Europe
More info ↗SoS2LearnDBS2025–2029
Partner
Source to Sea: Leveraging community knowledge and action for restoring the Danube Basin, and the Black Sea
Horizon Europe
More info ↗DANSER2025–2028
Partner
DANube SEdiment Restoration: towards the deployment and upscaling of sustainable management of the sediments across the Danube catchment basin
Horizon Europe
More info ↗ADRIONWIND2024–2027
Coordinator
Adriatic-Ionian Offshore Wind Network of Excellence
Interreg ADRION
More info ↗AGRI-DIGITAL GROWTH2024–2026
Partner
Precision Farming Ecosystem for Digital Skills enhancement across CE, to support digitalisation, sustainability and specialisation of Agri food manufacturing SMEs in Precision Farming transition
Interreg Central Europe
More info ↗GARDEN2024–2026
Coordinator
Greener AgRo-fooD logistics in the mEditerraneaN area
Interreg Euro-MED
More info ↗CO2 PACMAN2024–2026
Partner
COperation and COdesigning PArtnership for CliMAte Neutrality
Interreg Euro-MED
More info ↗StoreMore2024–2026
Partner
Analysing and promoting energy storage solutions, developing tools to mitigate the intermittency of RES, contributing to an accelerated transition to renewable energy and more balanced electrical grids
Interreg Danube Region Programme
More info ↗EcoDalli2023–2026
Partner
ECOsystem-based governance with DAnube lighthouse Living Lab for sustainable Innovation processes
Horizon Europe
More info ↗Past
BLUECEE2022–2024
Strengthening Policy and Governance Capacity for Blue Energy in Central and Eastern Europe
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), EUKI
Action Plan for Offshore RES in Croatia2022–2023
Action Plan for the uptake of Offshore Renewable Energy Sources in Croatia
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
INTERENERGY2019–2023
Investigating Energy transition pathways — interrelation between power-to-X, demand response and market coupling
Croatian Science Foundation
BLUE DEAL2019–2022
Blue Energy Deployment Alliance
EC, Interreg MED
SEADRION PLUS2022
Fostering diffusion of Heating & Cooling technologies using the seawater pump in the Adriatic-Ionian Region PLUS
EC, Interreg ADRION
DecreasePM2020–2021
Reducing the particulate matter emissions by flue gas condensation
Ministry of Science and Education, Croatia; Croatian–Chinese bilateral project
PELAGOS2016–2019
Promoting innovative nEtworks and cLusters for mArine renewable energy synerGies in mediterranean cOasts and iSlands
EC, Interreg MED
Environmental Impact Study — Sveti Juraj cement factory2012
Acceptance, temporary storage and combustion of refuse derived fuel (RDF/SRF) in cement factory Sveti Juraj, Kaštel Sućurac
CEMEX Croatia, Split
Numerical modelling of multiphase flow and combustion2009–2016
Numerical modelling of multiphase flow and combustion processes
AVL List GmbH, Graz, Austria
Publications — Impact
44
h-index
6,488
Citations
130
Papers
2025
Multi-modal optimization of offshore wind farm collection system topology based on nearest better most attractive particle swarm optimization
Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 222 (2025) ↗2025
Energy transition scheme for the integration of oil and gas with new energy based on hybrid methods
Energy conversion and management, 343 (2025) ↗2025
Green ammonia co-firing in cement rotary kiln: numerical investigation on clinker quality and NOx emission by gas–solid interaction
Applied thermal engineering, 277 (2025) ↗2025
Economic development and climate change: Achieving a sustainable balance
Cleaner engineering and technology, 26 (2025) ↗Teaching & Supervising
Industrial Energy Systems — Lecturer, MSc Energy track2018 —
Combustion Modelling of Renewable Fuels — Lecturer2020 —
Guest Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University2021, 2022
Invited speaker, SDEWES Conference2019, 2021, 2023
MSc theses supervised · PhD candidates ongoing6 · 2
Research Team
Student Thesis Topics
- Analysis of the Potential Use of Captured CO2 in Cement Industry Products Master's
- Analysis of Thermal Integration and Operational Characteristics of PEM and SOEC Electrolyzers in Power-to-Methane Processes with CO₂ Methanation Master's
- Assessing the Role of Liquid Air Energy Storage in Renewable Power Systems Using the H2RES Energy System Model Master's
- Comparative Evaluation of Carbon Pricing Schemes in Southeast European Economies Using Integrated Assessment Modeling Master's
- Comparative techno-economic assessment of high-temperature thermal energy storage systems for industrial electrification processes above 500 °C Master's
- Decision-focused Learning for the Coordinated Dispatch of Electrical and Thermal Energy Storage Master's
- Deep Learning Emulation of the Operational Dispatch of Energy System Models for Fast Operational Analysis Master's
- Deep Learning Forecasting of Metocean Weather Windows for Offshore Wind Operation and Maintenance Scheduling Master's
- Energy Optimisation and Decarbonisation of Fishing Vessels and Aquaculture Systems in the Adriatic Using the H2RES Model Master's
- Graph Neural Network Emulation of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus for Scenario Analysis Master's
- Machine Learning for Offshore Floating Solar Siting: Balancing Solar Resource and Marine Environmental Sensitivity Master's
- Photovoltaic system integration and Green hatchery operation optimization Master's
- Physics-informed Neural Network Surrogate Modelling of High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage Dynamics Master's
- Techno-economic Analysis of Carbon Capture Technology Integration in the Cement Industry Master's
- Techno-economic Analysis of Cold Energy Recovery Systems during LNG Regasification Master's
- Techno-economic Analysis of High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage Integration in Steel Production under Energy Transition Pathways Master's
- Techno-Economic Analysis of Maritime Transport of Green Ammonia as an Energy Carrier Master's
- Techno-economic Analysis of Renewable Energy Integration in a Green Hatchery (RAS System) Bachelor's