CURRICULUM VITAE

Zvonko Rakaric
Department of Mechanics
Faculty of Technical Sciences
University of Novi Sad
Trg D. Obradovica 6
21000 Novi Sad, AP Vojvodina, R. Serbia

PERSONAL DATA

Born on May 21, 1973 in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, R. Serbia; married, father of two children; place of residence: Rakovac, (Srem, Vojvodina, R. Serbia); Croatian nationality

EDUCATION

Elementary school- Topusko, Republic of Croatia

Gymnasium - Glina (Republic of Croatia), Novi Sad (Republic of Serbia)

High education - University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences

• Ph.D. in Technical Sciences 2011, Area of specialization: Mechanics. Thesis: Free and Forced oscillations of nonconservative systems with fraction-order Restoring Force
• M. Sc. In Technical Science in Mechanical Engineering, field: Mechanics 2009. Thesis: Oscillator with fraction order restoring force;
• B. SC. In Mechanical Engineering – Mechanics and mechanical construction, 1999. Thesis: Wave mechanism.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

- DENORMS | COST Action CA 15125 DENORMS (Designs for Noise Reducing Materials and Structures) - CA 15125, is funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST).

- INTERACTIVE AND MULTIMEDIA-ENABLED TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS,supported by the Ministry of education, science and technological development of Serbia, decembar 2017-may 2018

- Member of Centre of Excellence for Vibro-Acoustic Systems and Signal Processing CEVAS, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

- Project: Application of biomedical engineering in clinical and pre-clinical research, supported by the Ministry of education, science and technological development of Serbia, 2011-2018;

- Project: Parametrically Excited Oscillators: behaviour, phenomena and applications; Supported by Secretary for Science and technological development of AP Vojvodina, 2011-2014.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Theoretical study of non-linear oscillations; mathematical modeling and development of approximate methods solutions;
• Non-linear oscillations in structural engineering and Structural Health Monnitoring;
• Bursting oscillations and oscillations in biological systems;
• Applications of nonlinearities in Vibratory Energy Harvesting and in Vibro isolations.
• Oscillations in machining. Chatter vibrations. Noise.
• Low frequency mechanisms.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1. Associate professor (Department for Technical Mechanics) 2017-
2. Assistent Professor – Lecturers (Faculty of Technical Sciences Novi Sad, 2012 -2017
• Mechanical 2 (Kinematics and Dynamics) – Undergraduate Academic Studies in Civil Engineering ;
• Noise, Vibration and Design – Master Academic Studies in Mechanical Engineering;
• Computational Methods in Mechanics - Master Academic Studies in Mechanical Engineering.
• Technical Mechanics - Undergraduate Academic Studies in Graphical Engineering and Design;

3. Assistent Master – 1999-2012
• Statics, Kinematics, Dynamics and Theory of Oscillations - Undergraduate Academic Studies in Mechanical Engineering ;
• Mechanics 1 (Statics) and Mechanics 2 (Kinematics and Dynamics) Undergraduate Academic Studies in Civil Engineering ;
• Mechanics - Undergraduate Academic Studies in Electrical Engineering ;
• Mechanics - Undergraduate Academic Studies in Architectural Engineering ;
• Mechanics - Undergraduate Academic Studies in Environmental Engineering ;
• Mechanics - Undergraduate Academic Studies in Trafic Engineering ;

INTERNATIONAL TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

- ERASMUS+: Obuda University Budapest, Banki Donat Faculty of Mechanical and Safety, april 2017.

- EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-COST. Participation to DENORMS Workshop " Sandpit: New approaches to design of noise reducing materials and structures", 15-16 september 2017 in Novi Sad. Organiser: COST Action Denorms. (https://denorms.eu/2017/05/10/workshop-in-novi-sad/)

Reviewer for scientifics journal:Journal of Sound and Vibration, Meccanica, Journal of Vibration and Control, Nonlinear Dynamics...

Member of Croatian Society of Mechanics,

Member of Serbian Society of Mechanics;

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

BOOKS:
1. Statics 1, I Kovacic, Z Rakaric,  University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences,2006

2. Statics 2, I Kovacic, Z Rakaric,  University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences,2006

3. Zbirka rešenih zadataka iz statike, I Kovacic, Z Rakaric,, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu, 2020

4. Engineering Dynamics, Z. Rakaric, currently working on

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

1. Zvonko Rakaric, Livija Cveticanin, Miodrag Zukovic, Preloading in nonlinear oscillator, ENOC, 2017, Budapest

2. Jelena Radonić, Zvonko Rakarić, Maja Turk Sekulić, Mirjana Vojinović Miloradov, Development of a model for prediction of gas-particle partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons aturban and industrial locations, 19th International Symposium on Environmental Pollution and its Impact on Life in the Mediterranean Region October 4-6, 2017 Rome – Italy

3. Rakaric Z, Kovacic I, Cartmell M, On the design of external excitations in order to make nonlinear oscillators respond as free oscillators of the same or different type, International Journal of Non-Liner Mechanics (2016)

4. Rakaric Z, Kovacic I, Mechanical manifestations of bursting oscillations in slowly rotating systems, Mechanical Systems and Signal Procesing 81 (2017) 35-42.

5. Rakaric Z, Kovacic I, An elliptic averaging method for harmonically excited oscillators with a purely non-linear non-negative real-power restoring force, Communication in Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical simulation 18 (7) (2013) 1888-1901.

6. Ivana Kovacic • Livija Cveticanin • Miodrag Zukovic • Zvonko Rakaric, Jacobi elliptic functions: A review of nonlinear oscillatory application problems, Journal of Sound and Vibration  380 (2016) 1-36.

7. Z. Rakaric, Oscillators with Quasi-Constant Restoring Force, Meccanica 46 (2011) 1047-1053.

8. Z. Rakaric, I. Kovacic, Approximations for Motion of the Oscillators with a Non-Negative Real-Power Restoring Force, Journal of Sound and Vibration  330 (2011) 321-336.

9. I. Kovacic, Z. Rakaric, Study of Oscillators with a Non-Negative Real-Power Restoring Force and Quadratic Damping, Nonlinear Dynamics 64 (2011) 293-304.

10. I. Kovacic, Z. Rakaric, Oscillators with a Fractional-order Restoring Force; Higher Order Approximations for Motion via a Modified Ritz Method, Communication in Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical simulation 15 (2010) 2651-2658.

11. I. Kovacic, Z. Rakaric, L. Cveticanin, A Non-Simultaneous Variational Approach for a Certain Class of Non-Linear Oscillators, Applied Mathematic and Computation, 217 (2010) 3944-3954.

12. L. Cveticanin, I. Kovacic, Z. Rakaric, Asymptotic Methods for Vibration of the Pure Fractional-Order Non-Linear Oscillators, Computers and Mathematics with Applications 60 (2010) 2616-2628.

13 Zvonko Rakaric, Ivana Kovacic, Bursting Oscillations in Nonlinear Oscillators With Slowly Varying Excitation, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference onNonlinear Dynamics ND-KhPI2016 September 27-30, 2016, Kharkov, Ukraine

14. Zvonko Rakaric, Ivana Kovacic, Miodrag Zukovic, On the dynamic behavior of a folded pendulum Mechanism, 25th International Conference Noise and Vibration, Tara 26-28.10. 2016.

15. Zvonko Rakarić, Model prinudnih oscilacija konstrukcija sa inherentnom nesimetričnošću. Tačna rešenja. Zbornik radova 4. Međunarodne konferencije savremena dostignuća u građevinarstvu 2016, Građevinski fakultet Su