Dr. Attila KOSSA

Associate Professor

Vice-Head of Department

CV


"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life" - Confucius

Education

Year Degree School/University
2012 PhD Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Title of the dissertation: Exact stress integration schemes for elastoplasticity
2005 M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Applied Mechanics
Title of the Thesis: Theoretical and numerical investigation of Constitutive Equations of Hyperelastic and Hypoelastic Solids
2002 B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering University of Pécs, Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering
1999 Technician of control systems and informatics
George de Hevesy High School, Pécs
1986
1994
Elementary School, Faculty of Sports
Anikó Street Elementary School, Pécs


Positions and places of work

Date Position Institute
1 Jan 2016 Associate Professor Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Department of Applied Mechanics
1 March 2012 Assistant Professor Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Department of Applied Mechanics
1 Sep 2008 Professor's Assistant Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Department of Applied Mechanics
Date Position Institute
19 June 2020 Member of Faculty Council Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
1 July 2018 Vice-Head of Department Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Applied Mechanics
1 January 2017 Departmental Education Coordinator Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Applied Mechanics
1 October 2016 Member of the Study Committee Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
1 October 2016 Member of the Education Committee Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
2008-2012 Responsible person for scheduling all the classes, timetables and classrooms Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering


Student Scholarships

Dat Scholarship Institute
2004 National Scholarship of The Hungarian Republic Budapest University of Technology and Economics
2001 National Scholarship of The Hungarian Republic University of Pécs


Awards

Date Name Given By
2023
June
Excellent Teacher of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Award Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
2023
June
Excellent Teacher of the University Award Budapest University of Technology and Economics
2022
June
Rector's Award Budapest University of Technology and Economics
2021
March
Knight of Cross from the Order of Merit of Hungary Hungary
2020
September
Excellent Teacher of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Award Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
2019
May
Excellent Teacher of the University Award Budapest University of Technology and Economics
2016
June
Excellent Teacher of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Award Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
2015
May
Excellent Teacher of the University Award Budapest University of Technology and Economics
2013
June
Excellent Teacher of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Award Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
2012
June
Rector's Award Budapest University of Technology and Economics
2011
June
Dean's Award Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
2009
June
Dean's Award Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

TEACHING


"The future will be, like schools are today" ― Albert Szent-Györgyi


Student Evaluations of Teaching

Students' comments:

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Supervisor Activities

List of supervised Students:

Thesis Type Number
BSc Thesis 44
MSc Thesis - Part A 58
MSc Thesis - Part B 60
Students' Scientific Conference 11
Project work 24

Course Responsible & Instructor

Subject Name Program Language
Statics (2017-2021) - LINK BSC in Mechanical Engineering
BSC in Mechatronics
Hungarian
Strength of Materials (2017-) - LINK BSC in Mechanical Engineering
BSC in Mechatronics
Hungarian
Fundamentals of Finite Element Method (2013-) - LINK BSC in Mechanical Engineering
BSC in Mechatronics
Hungarian
Applied Finite Element Analyses (2022-) - LINK Elective subject in BSC/MSC Hungarian
Continuum Mechanics (2012-) - LINK MSC Mechanical Engineering Modelling English
Elasticity and Plasticity (2013-) - LINK MSC Mechanical Engineering Modelling English
Teamwork Project (2014-) - LINK MSC Mechanical Engineering Modelling Angol
Teamwork Project (2014-) - LINK MSC Mechanical Engineering Hungarian
Mechanics I. (Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics) (2022-) - LINK PHD HUN/ENG
Mechanics II. (Advanced Topics in Continuum Mechanics) (2022-) - LINK PHD HUN/ENG
Mechanics II. (Finite elastic-plastic deformations) (2024-) - LINK PHD HUN/ENG

Program responsible

Program Date
Mechanical Engineering Modelling MSc - LINK Jan 1, 2024

RESEARCH


"One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have” - Albert Einstein

Most Recent Scientific Papers

Accepted Paper Impact Factor
2024.
Január
Fodor, B., Kossa, A.: Stability study of the compressible Mooney-Rivlin hyperelastic model
The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 2024.
1.6 (2022)
2024.
Jan
Virág, Á.D., Juhász, Zs., Kossa, A., Molnár, K.: Combining oscillatory shear rheometry and dynamic mechanical analysis to obtain wide-frequency master curves
Polymer 126742, 2024.
4.6 (2022)
2023.
May
Floch, K., Kossa, A.: Motion Tracker Beta: A GUI based open-source motion tracking application
SoftwareX 23, 101424, 2023.
2.868 (2021)
2023.
April
Kossa, A., Hensel, R., McMeeking, R.M.: Adhesion of a cylindrical punch with elastic properties that vary radially
Mechanics Research Communications 130, 104123, 2023.
2.749 (2021)
2022.
December
Kossa, A., Valentine, M.T., McMeeking, R.M.: Analysis of the compressible, isotropic, neo-Hookean hyperelastic model
Meccanica 58, 217-232, 2023.
2.538 (2021)
2022.
March
Kossa, A., Berezvai, Sz., Stépán, G.: Mechanical characterization of high-speed rubber ball impacts applied for impulse excitation
Materials Today: Proceedings
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2022.
February
Tomin, M., Kossa, A., Berezvai, Sz., Kmetty, Á.: Investigating the impact behavior of wrestling mats via finite element simulation and falling weight impact tests
Polymer Testing 108: 107521, 2022.
4.931 (2021) D1
2022.
February
Areyano, M., Valois, E., Sanchez, I.C., Rajkovic, I., Wonderly, W.R., Kossa, A., McMeeking, R.M., Waite, H.: Viscoelastic analysis of mussel threads reveals energy dissipative mechanisms
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 19: 20210828, 1-10, 2022.
4.293 (2021)
2022.
January
Kossa, A.: “Double-Network” hidrogélek mechanikai anyagmodellezése
Biomechanica Hungarica XIV./2., 42-52, 2021.
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2021.
July
Kossa, A., McMeeking, R.M.: The Effect of an Implanted Filter on Valsalva-Compression and Respiratory-Compression of the Inferior Vena Cava
Journal of Elasticity 145, 383–408, 2021. Special issue: In recognition of the 60th birthday of Gerhard Holzapfel
1.742
2021
June
Berencsi, B.F., Kossa, A.: Analyzing the effect of temperature on squash ball impacts using high-speed camera recordings
Periodica Polytechnica-Mechanical Engineering 65(4), pp. 354–362, 2021.
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2021
May
Heczko, J., Kottner, R., Kossa, A.: Rubber ageing at elevated temperature – model calibration
European Journal of Mechanics / A Solids 89, August–October 2021, 104320.
4.873
2021
April
Kossa, A., Horváth, A. L.: Powerful calibration strategy for the two-layer viscoplastic model
Polymer Testing 99, 107206.
4.931 D1
2020
November
Samri, M., Kossa, A., Hensel, R.: Effect of subsurface microstructures on adhesion of highly confined elastic films
Journal of Applied Mechanics, Mar 2021, 88(3): 031009. Special Issue: In Honor of Professor Robert McMeeking's 70th Birthday.
2.794
2020
October
Kossa, A., McMeeking, R.M.: Bending of a Nitinol Cantilever and its Fatigue Performance
Extreme Mechanics Letters 42, January 2021, 101083.
4.728
2020
January
Berezvai, Sz., Kossa, A.: Performance of a parallel viscoelastic-viscoplastic model for a microcellular thermoplastic foam on wide temperature range
Polymer Testing 84, April 2020, 106395.
4.282


Main Research Fields



Research Projects

Principal Investigator

Date Title Program
2022
2026
Mechanics of Functional Biomaterials National Research, Development and Innovation Office
ID: FK 142457
2018
2022
Mechanics of Gecko-Inspired Dry Adhesives National Research, Development and Innovation Office
ID: FK 128662
2013
2016
Constitutive modelling of cellular solids Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
ID: PD 108691.


Participant

Date Title Program
2020 ProExcer: Projectile exciter for noiseless environment
LINK
European Research Council (ERC)
Proof of Concept Grant
PI: Dr. Gábor Stépán
2014
2019
Stability Islands: Performance Revolution in Machining
LINK
European Research Council (ERC)
Advanced Grant
PI: Dr. Gábor Stépán
2008
2011
Plastic deformation of micro-continuum models Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
2005
2007
Theoretical and numerical investigation of finite elasto-plastic deformation Hungarian Scientific Research Fund


International visits, attended courses

International Visits

Date University Program
11/1/2020
5/31/2021
UCSB, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA Visiting Research Associate
Host Professor: Robert McMeeking, Group: IRG 3: Resilient Multiphase Soft Materials
1/12/2016
8/31/2016
UCSB, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA HAESF Senior Leaders and Scholars Fellowship Program
Host Professor: Robert McMeeking
8/16/2010
9/17/2010
UTD, University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA Agreement between the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and NSF


Courses

Date Title Organization Location
8/31/2015
9/1/2015
13th Short Course on Computational Techniques for Plasticity CIMNE, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering Barcelona, Spain
5/20/2013
5/24/2013
Iso-Geometric Methods for Numerical Simulation CISM, International Centre for Mechanical Sciences Udine, Italy
7/9/2007
7/13/2007
Generalised continua and dislocation theory CISM, International Centre for Mechanical Sciences Udine, Italy


Memberships

Date Organization
09/29/2023 President. The Danubia Adria Society on Experimental Methods (DAS)
12/23/2021 Member of Editoral Advisory Board. Journal of Computational and Applied Mechanics (LINK)
1/18/2018 Member of the Solid Mechanics Scientific Committee. Hungarian Academy of Sciences (LINK)
2017 Member. International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) - TC15 - Experimental Mechanics (IMEKO - TC15)
9/1/2016 Member of the Scientific Committee. The Danubia Adria Society on Experimental Methods (LINK)
3/24/2015 Member of the public body of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Division: Solid Mechanics


Research Scholarships

Date Program
2020-2021 New National Excellence Program
2019-2020 New National Excellence Program
2018-2019 New National Excellence Program
2017-2018 New National Excellence Program
2017-2020 "Bolyai János" Research Scholarship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2016 HAESF Senior Leaders and Scholars Fellowship Program. University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
2014 "Erdős Pál" young researcher scholarship, National Excellence Program
2009-2010 Pro Progressio Foundation, Young Teacher Scholarship


Publications

List of publications:

Databeses


Google Scholar

The Hungarian Scientific Bibliography

Publons

Scopus

ORCID


Other Profiles

iMechanica

LinkedIn

ResearchGate

Hungarian Doctoral Council


PhD Students

Start Name Topic
2016 Spring Dr. Szabolcs BEREZVAI Constitutive modelling of compressible solids including viscoelastic-viscoplastic effects
PhD Degree received: 6/25/2020
2020 Spring András Levente HORVÁTH Mechanics of Dry Adhesives
2023 Spring Kristóf HAVASI Mechanics of Functional Biomaterials
2023 Fall Balázs Péter FODOR Developing constitutive models for polymeric foams


Review Activities in Journals

Journal
Biomechanica Hungarica
Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials
Journal of Cellular Plastics
Advances in Manufacturing
Applied Mathematics and Computation
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
International Journal of Solids and Structures
Journal of the Royal Society Interface
Materials Today: Proceedings
European Journal of Mechanics / A Solids

INDUSTRIAL


"Failure is not an option"

High-speed Camera Recordings

Creating high-speed camera recordings. Post processing of the videos. Regular and macro recordings.

Available Camera: Photron FastCam SA-5
Max Resolution: 1024 x 1024 pixels @ 7 500 FPS
Max FPS: 128 x 24 pixels @ 775 000 FPS

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Mechanical testing of materials

Tensile, compression, bending tests. Relaxation tests. Special tests.

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Material modelling, constitutive modelling

Fitting of material models to experimental data. Elastic, viscoelastic, elastic-plastic, viscoplastic, hyperelastic, visco-hyperelastic material models.

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Finite Element Analyses

Static and dynamic problems.

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Teaching

Courses from the following topics: Statics, Strength of Materials, Finite Element Method, Elasticity, Plasticity, Continuum Mechanics.

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OTHER


Old classical books on Mechanics

Source: www.archive.org

Open DJVU files: WinDjView



Further profiles


Personal YouTube Channel

MarkMyProfessor page

360cities page


Links


Facebook page of Department of Applied Mechanics

Youtube page of Department of Applied Mechanics

MeMento - Mentor Program on Mechanics




Useful Free Software

Name Description
WebPlotDigitizer Extract data from graphs
Kompozer HTML editor
Audacity Audio editor
LyX LaTeX WYSIWYG editor
Thunderbird E-mail client
TEX Live LaTeX environment
TEXMaker LaTeX editor
Fastone Image Viewer Image Viewer
IrfanView Image Viewer
CDBurnerXP CD/DVD/Blue-Ray writer
Publish or Perish Citation Analyzer
Greenshot Screenshot
7-ZIP Archive creator
AOMEI Backupper Disk backup
Notepad++ Text editor
JabRef References editor
K-Lite Codec Pack Video codec pack
HandBrake MP4 converter
Lagarith Lossless AVI codec
OBS Studio Screen Video Recording
Desmos Function plotter
GeoGebra Function plotter
PerspectiveImageCorrection Used to rectify the perspective in natural taken images

CONTACT


Work address:

Műegyetem rkp. 5., Budapest, 1111, Hungary

E-mail:

kossa@mm.bme.hu

Phone:

+36-1-463-1368