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One-page CV Particulars Qualifications Degrees Languages Positions and places of work University teaching activity Research areas Research appointments abroad Research projects Awards Activities in scientific and/or higher educational organizations Publications

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Particulars:

        Name:           Stépán, Gábor
        Place of Birth: Budapest
        Date of Birth:  December 13, 1953
        Workplace:      Department of Applied Mechanics, 
 Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE)
                        (former Technical University of Budapest, TUB, founded in 1782)
        Work address:   Budapest   H-1521   Hungary
        Phone/Fax:      +36 1 463 1369   /   +36 1 463 3471
 E-mail:         stepan@mm.bme.hu 
 Home Page:      http://www.mm.bme.hu/~stepan/ 
        Nationality:    Hungarian

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Degrees:

        1982      PhD in Mechanical Engineering (degree no.: 9454/82) 
 Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        1978      MSc in Mechanical Engineer (degree no.: 194/1978)
 Technical University of Budapest

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Qualifications:

 2007 Full member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        2001      Corresponding member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        1995      Dr.habil. in Mechanical Engineering (degree no.: H-66/1995)  
 Technical University of Budapest
        1994      DSc in Mechanical Engineering (degree no.: 3323/94) 
 Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)

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Languages:

                  English (advanced level state exam no.: A'052809/1990) (lecturing)
                  Russian (intermediate PhD exam, 1982) (reading) 
                  German (elementary speaking, reading)

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Positions and places of work:

 2008-2012 Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
 Budapest University of Technology and Economics
        2000-2011 Leader of HAS-BUTE Research Group on
                  'Dynamics of Machines and Vehicles'
 Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        1995- Professor of Applied Mechanics, 
        1995-2013 Head of Department
                  Department of Applied Mechanics, 
 Budapest University of Technology and Economics
        1991-1995 Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, 
 Technical University of Budapest
        1989-1991 Senior Research Associate, Research Group on Mechanics
 Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        1988-1989 Research Fellow, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
        1981-1987 Research Associate, Research Group on Mechanics
                  Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        1980-1981 Design Engineer, Machine Tool Factory, Csepel Works
        1978-1980 PhD student, Department of Applied Mechanics, 
                  Technical University Budapest
        1976-1978 Research Assistant, Computation and Automatization Institute
                  Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        1975-1976 Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, 
                  Technical University of Budapest
        1974-1975 Teaching Assistant, Department of Geometry, 
                  Technical University of Budapest

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University teaching activity:

 BSc/MSc level:
 2009- Lecturer of the new course Analytical Mechanics (in English)
 (prerequisite in mechanical engineering modelling, MSc) 
 2007- Lecturer of Dynamics 
                  (prerequisite in mechanical engineering, BSc)
        2001-2008 Lecturer of the new course Dynamics of Machines
                  (in English, prerequisite in Integrated Engineering)
        1997-     Lecturer of the new course Machine Tool Vibrations 
                  (elective in production technology)
        1996-2006 Lecturer of Kinematics and Dynamics 
                  (prerequisite in mechanical engineering)
        1995-     Lecturer of Vibrations 
                  (prerequisite in mechanical engineering, BSc)
        1995      Lecturer of Lagrangian Dynamics (CDS240c, Division of Engineering and
                  Applied Sciences, California Institute of Technology)
        1993-1994 Lecturer of the new course Dynamics of Computer Controlled Machines 
                  (elective in machine design)
        1993-     Lecturer of Nonlinear Vibrations   
                  (elective in engineering physics, in mathematical engineering,
                  prerequisite in applied mechanics)
        1992-     Lecturer of Dynamics of Machines
                  (elective in machine design, prerequisite in applied mechanics)
        1991-     Lecturer of the graduate course Dynamics of Mechanical Systems
        1990-1996 Lecturer of the new MSc course Advanced Applied Mechanics in English
        1985-     Lecturer of Analytical Mechanics I,II
                  (prerequisite in mathematical engineering, elective in applied mechanics)
        1984-1987 Lecturer of the new BSc courses Mechanics I-IV in English
        1983-1984 Participant and teacher of the new curriculum in Computer Science
        1978-1990 Practice, laboratory work in all the subjects of Mechanics
        1985-2009 Supervisor of 36 MSc thesis project works
 PhD level:
        1992-     Dynamics of Mechanical Systems (elective for PhD students 
                  in mechanical, civil and transportation engineering at BUTE)
        1994      PhD seminar series on Locomotion, 6 lectures titled
                  'Equations of motion of non-holonomic systems'
                  (California Institute of Technology)
        1989-     Supervisor of 28 PhD students
        1983-     Reviewer of 32 PhD and DSc thesis works

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Research areas:

 Analytical mechanics: stability theory, nonlinear vibrations, equations of motion
 Differential equations: bifurcation theory, delay-differential equations, chaos
 Applications in mechanical engineering: nonlinear dynamics of wheels, 
                  vibration and stability issues of robots, force control, 
                  stabilization of unstable equilibria and motions, 
                  human balancing, machine tool vibrations, 
                  active and nonlinear suspension systems, rehabilitation robotics

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Research appointments abroad:

 2007 Visiting Professor, 1 month

Institut des Systemes Intelligents et Robotique

 Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, France
 1996      Visiting Professor, 1 month
                  British Scientific and Engineering Research Council
 Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, UK
        1994-1995 Visiting Associate and Lecturer, 10 months
                  Fulbright scholarship
 Department of Applied Mechanics
 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A.
        1993      Visiting Researcher, 1 month
                  Research Fund of Delft University of Technology
                  Engineering Mechanics Laboratory
 Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
        1992      Visiting Researcher, 1 month
                  Research Fund of Delft University of Technology
                  Vehicle Research Laboratory
 Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
        1991      Visiting Researcher, 4 months
                  Danish Scientific Research Fund
                  Laboratory of Applied Mathematics and Physics 
                  Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
        1988-1989 Research Associate, 18 months
                  Science and Engineering Research Council & NEI Parsons
                  Department of Mechanical Engineering
 University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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Research projects:

 International: (PI, co-PI and/or leader of the Hungarian group in the program)
 2007-2009 IST-2006-045530 'Autonomous Collaborative Robots to Swing and Work 
 in Everyday EnviRonment - ACROBOTER' (EU FP6 Principal Investigator,
 partners: Department of Production Technology BME, Lund University,
 Fraunhofer IPK, Democritus University of Thrace, Robosoft SA, 
 University of Reading, Robotnik Automation SLL)
 2007-2008 SPA 02/2007 ‘Machine Tool Vibrations’
 (Spanish-Hungarian Joint Fund for Research in Technology)
 2004-2006 CAN 01/2004 'Dynamics of Robots'
 (Canadian-Hungarian Joint Fund for Research in Technology)
        2003-2008 Erasmus student exchange program with University of Karlsruhe
                  (European Commission Socrates Action)
        2001-2002 SLO 20/2000 'Machine Tool Vibrations'
                  (Slovenian-Hungarian Joint Fund for Research in Technology)
        2000-2003 EU 5 IST-1999-13109 'Supporting Rehabilitation of Disabled
                  Using Industrial Robots for Upper Limb Motion Therapy'
                  (European Commission EU 5th Framework Action, REHAROB project
                  led by Prof. G. Arz, Department of Production Technolgy, TUB,
                  joint project with University of Wales at Cardiff, University of Rousse,
                  Zebris Medizintechnik GmbH, Hungarian Medical Rehabilitation Institute)
        2000-2008 Erasmus student exchange program with Bristol University
                  (European Commission Socrates Action)
        1999      PhD student exchange program with Michigan State University
                  (TeT US-Hungarian Joint Fund for Technology)
        1998-2001 COST P4 Action Group on 'Nonlinear dynamics in mechanical processing' 
                  PI of Working Group 2
                  (European Commission COST Action, Chairman: I. Grabec, Slovenia)
        1997-1999 GR 22/96 Design Methods of Vehicle Suspension Systems 
                  (TeT Hungarian-Greek Joint Fund for Technology, joint project with 
                  Mechanical Engineering Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
        1997-1999 PH 2.04-194 Seismic Assessment and Qualification in NPP
                  (subprogram in the PHARE project led by
                  Westinghouse Energy Systems Europe)
        1994-1997 MAKA J.F.No.336 Machine Dynamics and Control 
                  (TeT US-Hungarian Joint Fund for Technology, joint project with 
                  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University)
 National: (principal investigator or leader of the departmental research group)
 2007-2011 Vibration reduction of machines via constraining forces (OTKA K68910)
 2005-2011 V2.3.3-1 ’Development of Units for New Nuclear Energy Technologies’
 (NKTH NAP project led by Dr. Sandor Zoletnik KFKI-RMKI,
 partners: KFKI-AEKI, Intitute of nuclear Techniques BME, FZK Karlsruhe,
 linked to the EU ITER fusion reactor project)
 2003-2006 Stability and nonlinear vibrations of coupled discrete and continuous
 dynamic systems (OTKA T043368)
        2001      Development of multichannel dynamic measurement system
                  (Infrastructure Program of Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)
        1999-2003 OTKA T030762 Dynamic contact problems 
                  (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)
        1998-1999 PFP 2702/98 Computer aided vibration measurement
                  (Ministry of Education and Culture)
        1998      Multichannel dynamic measurement system 
                  (Infrastructure Program of Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)
        1997-2000 FKFP 0380/97 Nonlinear vibration theory for machine design 
                  (Ministry of Education and Culture)
        1997      PFP 3390/97 Computer aided measurement laboratory 
                  (Ministry of Education and Culture)
        1995-1998 OTKA T017622 Nonlinear vibrations of machines
                  (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)
        1995-1996 FEFA Nonlinear dynamics educational network 
                  (joint project with the Institute of Physics)
        1991-1995 OTKA 732 (5-328) Dynamics of computer controlled machines      
                  (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)
        1988-1991 OTKA 1114 (5-207) Nonlinear dynamic systems 
                  (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)
 Industrial: (principal investigator)
 2004 Vibration analysis of servo steering (Knorr-Bremse)
 2004 Wind induced oscillations of plates (BUTE Dept. of Fluid Mechanics)
 2003 Force sensor calibration for car steering bar (Thyssen Krupp Prod. Systems)
 2002 Free and forced vibrations of heat exchanger piping (IFT Hungary)
        2001-2003 Dynamics of brake systems (Knorr-Bremse)
 2000 Vibration analysis of the windscreen wiper motor (Bakony Works)
        2000      Vibration measurements at 2 MW turbogenerator (Dorog Power Station) 
        2000      Vibration analysis of the switchboard room (WESTEL)
        1999      Dynamics of punching bags (Intersoft)
        1998      Vibration analysis of the switchboard room (Pannon GSM)
        1997      Dynamic analysis of 400 kJ hammer fracture (RÁBA)
        1993      Vibration analysis of 215 MW Láng-BBC turbogenerators           
                  (Százhalombatta Power Station)
        1986      Vibration measurements in coal sorters (Tatabánya Coal Mines)
        1982      Regenerative vibrations of CriDan machine tool (Csepel Works)
        1981-1987 Joint consultancy projects with Departments of Production Technology,  
                  Fluid Mechanics, and Textile Technology
        1981      Checking of 28 mm built-in cable end (Crane Rental Company)

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Awards:

 2007 Simonyi Engineering Prize (Charles Simonyi Fund for the Arts and Sciences)
 2003 Pro Scientia student supervisor award (Ministry of Education)
 2002  Pro Doctorandis award (National Organisation of PhD Students)
        2001      Pro Progressio award for supervising students' research
        2001      Professional Teacher award (Ministry of Education)
        1997-2000 Széchenyi Professors' Scholarship (Ministry of Education and Culture)
 2004,1998,1993,1991,1988 
  Rector's award for supervising students' research (TU Budapest)
        1987      Research Award (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
        1986      Honorary Associate Professorship of TU Budapest
        1978      Rényi Kató Award of Bolyai Society
        1977      3rd prize at the International Mathematics Competition of Technical 
                  Universities (Russe)
        1975-1978 Distinguished scholarship of the Hungarian People's Republic
        1972      15th in ranking at the National Mathematics Competition for Secondary 
                  Schools

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Activities in scientific and/or higher educational organizations:

 Journals:
 2006- Associate Editor, Mechanism and Machine Theory
 2005-2010 Member, Editorial Board, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
 (established in 1665, A: Mathematics, Physical and Engineering Sciences)
        2000-     Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Computational and Applied Mechanics
        1998-     Member, Editorial Board, Meccanica
        1995-     Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Nonlinear Science
        1994-     Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Vibration and Control
        1993-1994 Chief Editor, Periodica Polytechnica
        1992-     Member, Editorial Board in Mechanical Engineering, Periodica
                  Polytechnica
        1995-     Review jobs also for the ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics (JAM),
                  ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics,
                  Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics, Dynamic Systems and Applications,
 Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (ZAMM)
                  Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik (ZAMP)
 Conferences:
 2004-2006 Chairman of the Organising Committee (Euromech)
 European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC) (Budapest, 2006)
 2003-2005 Member of the International Scientific Committee
 IUTAM Symposium on Vibration Control of Nonlinear Mechanisms and
 and Structures (Munich, 2005)
 2003-2004 Member of the International Program Committee
  37th CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems
 (Budapest, 2004)
        2002-2003 Chairman of the Ninth Hungarian Conference on Mechanics 
 IX. MAMEK (Miskolc, 2003)
 2002-2003 Member of the International Scientific Committee
 IUTAM Symposium on Chaotic Dynamics and Control of Systems and
 Processes in Mechanics (Roma, 2003)
 2001-2002 Member of the International Advisory Committee
                  5th International Conference on Vibration Engineering
                  (Nanjing, China, 2002)
        2001      International Representative of the Advisory Board
 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences
                  (Pittsburgh, 2001)
        2000-2001 Co-organiser of the Symposium on 
                  Nonlinear Dynamics and Control of Engineering Systems at the
                  18th Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise
                  (Pittsburgh, 2001)
        2001      Chairman of the COST P4 Workshop on Dynamics and Control of
                  Material Processing (Budapest, 2001), Co-Editor of the Proceedings
        2000-2001 Chairman of the 3rd Finno-Ugric Days of Mechanics (Ráckeve, 2001)
        2000-2001 Chairman of the National Student Research Conference on
                  Technology (Budapest, 2001)
 2000 Member of the International Program Committee
 2nd International Symposium on Impact and Friction of Solids, 
 Structures and Intelligent Machines (Montreal, 2000)
        2000      Member of the Scientific Committee of the Eighth International
                  Conference on Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (Liberec, 2000)
        1998-1999 International Representative of the Advisory Board
 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences
                  (Las Vegas, 1999)
        1999      Chairman of the COST P4 Workshop on Dynamics and Control of
                  Material Processing (Budapest, 1999), Co-Editor of the Proceedings
        1998-1999 Chairman of the Eighth Hungarian Conference on Mechanics 
 VIII. MAMEK (Miskolc, 1999)
        1997-1998 Co-Chairman of the 2nd Finno-Ugric Days of Mechanics (Ráckeve, 1998)
        1997-1998 Member of the Organizing Committee 
                  Numerical Methods and Computational Mechanics (Miskolc, 1998)
        1995-1997 Member of the Scientific Committee 
 IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamics (Ithaca NY, 1997)
        1995-1997 Member of the Scientific Committee 
                  IAVSD Symposium on Dynamics of Vehicles (Budapest, 1997)
        1986-1987 Member of the Organizing Committee, 
                  XIth International Conference on Nonlinear Oscillations 
                  (Budapest, 1987), Co-Editor of the Proceedings
 Societies and Committees (international):
 2004-2006 Chairman, Hungarian Biomechanics Society
 2004-2009 Member, Euromech, European Solid Mechanics Conference Committee
2003 Member, Review Committee of Mechanics Research in Estonia
 (Estonian Higher Education Accreditation Centre)
        2001-2004 Member, Scientific Council of CISM 
                  (International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Udine, Italy)
        2000-2005 Member, Euromech, European Nonlinear Oscillations Conference Committee
 2002-2006 Chairman, Technical Committee on Nonlinear Oscillations of IFToMM
        1995-2003 Elected Member, Executive Council of IFToMM 
                  (International Federation on Theory of Machines and Mechanisms)
        1998-2001 Chairman, Permanent Committee on Conferencies of IFToMM
        1992-2002 Member, SIAM (Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, USA)
 1990-     Member, GaMM (Gesellshaft für angewandte Mathematik und         
 Mechanik, Germany)
 Societies and Committees (national):
 2006- Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering
        2005-     Vice Chairman, Division of Engineering Sciences of the
 Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        2001-2007 Member, Doctoral Committee
                  Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        2000-2005 Chairman, Machine Structures Committee of the
                  Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        1998-2001 Member, Mechanical Engineering Subcommittee of the
                  Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
        1998-2000 Member, Natural Sciences Committee of the
                  Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
        1997-2000 Member, Engineering I Committee, of the 
                  Higher Education Research Program (FKFP)
        1993-2005 Member, Machine Structures Committee of the 
                  Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        1993-2000 Member, Scientific Qualification Subcommittee of Mechanical Engineering, 
                  Doctoral Council of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        1992-2002 Member, National Agencies of IFToMM and GaMM
        1992-1993 Participant, Tempus project committee, Technical University of Budapest
        1991-2005 Secretary, Hungarian National Committee of IUTAM 
                  (International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
        1985-2005 Member, Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 
                  Hungarian Academy of Sciences
        1986-     Member, Bolyai Mathematics Society
        1983-1988 Member, Vibration and Noise Committee of Association on Mechanical 
                  Engineering Science (GTE)
 Committees and Councils (university level):
        1997-2006 Chairman, Scientific Committee,
                  Budapest University of Technology and Economics
        1997-2007 Member, Habilitation Committee and Doctoral Council for
                  Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
        1997-2009 Elected Member, University Council,
                  Budapest University of Technology and Economics
        1996-2007 Member, Educational Committee of Mechanical Engineering,
                  Budapest University of Technology and Economics
        1991-1995 Elected Member, Faculty Council of Mechanical Engineering,
                  Technical University of Budapest
        1991-1994 Member, Educational Committee and Scientific Committees of      
                  Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Budapest
        1991-1993 Minute Taker, Faculty Council of Mechanical Engineering,
                  Technical University of Budapest

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Publications:

 Publications
 Citations
 Reviewed PhD theses
 Journal papers only

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Last updated:
Dec 04