Science and research

• Projects at the department

  International projects:

  • IVF International Visegrad fund (2025 – 2027)
    Addressing the effects of ground shifts on listed buildings within university education.
  • INTERREG SK-CZ /2023/4 (2024 – 2026)
    Implementation of the issue of transport seismicity affecting historical buildings into the cross-border educational process.
  • International non-research project (2024 – 2025)
    Intercultural English teams, a project involving cooperation between engineering students from different countries.
  • Erasmus + KA220-HED-Cooperation partnerships in higher education (2022 – 2024)
    Mathematical models for teaching 3D geometry using virtual reality..
  • International non-research project - BG05M2OP001-2.016-0026 (2021 – 2024)
    Educational infrastructure and modernization of higher education in Bulgaria.

  Local projects

  • Grant system UNIZA- 20538 (2024 – 2027)
    Research into the effects of extraordinary dynamic loads.
  • VEGA 1/0552/24 (2024 – 2026)
    The adverse dynamic effects of transport on historic buildings and ways to mitigate them using innovative materials in transport construction.
  • Grant system UNIZA- 20231/2023 (2023 – 2024)
    Dynamic measurement of random processes of extraordinary load effects.
  • Grant system UNIZA- 20229/2023 (2023 – 2024)
    Static and dynamic response of a modern rail grid to external loads.
  • Grant system UNIZA- 20230/2023 (2023 – 2024)
    Wind tunnels and their use in construction.
  • VEGA- 1/0009/23 (2023 – 2026)
    Numerical and experimental modeling of dynamic phenomena on transport structures and their surroundings.
  • Grant system UNIZA- 2461/2021 (2021 – 2022)
    Identification of material properties of modern composites in transport engineering.
  • Grant system UNIZA- 2462/2021 (2021 – 2022)
    Calibration of material properties that simulate the behavior of real materials in historic buildings.
  • Grant system UNIZA- 2481/2021 (2021 – 2022)
    Low-frequency sensitivity analysis of excitations for identifying calibration parameters of elements of dynamic measurement systems used in construction.
  • Grant system UNIZA- 14887 (2021 – 2022)
    Experimental determination of mechanical properties of modern composites in construction.
  • Grant system UNIZA- 12455 / O-21-104/0013-02 (2021 – 2024)
    Innovative, climate-adaptive composite materials for engineering structures with an emphasis on the circular economy.
  • Grant system UNIZA- 8059 (2020 – 2021)
    Identification of dynamic parameters of selected materials for scale modeling.
  • VEGA- 1/0006/20 (2020 – 2022)
    Transport infrastructure structures from the perspective of dynamic analysis of real operating conditions.

  Research projects

  • S-104-0068/24 (2024 – 2024)
    Design and assessment of the reinforced concrete floor and walls, design of the embankment under the existing floor slab
  • S-104-0106/24 (2024 – 2024)
    Professional consultation on the possibilities of research implementation within the optimization processes of load-bearing structures.
  • S-104-0092/24 (2024 – 2024) 
    Experimental research of foundation structures under PAMA Humenné machine.
  • S-104-0081/24 (2024 – 2024) 
    Research and consulting activities in the field of design for thin-walled cold-formed steel elements and their use in real situation.
  • S-104-0078/24 (2024 – 2025)
    Revision of the IPD part of the bridge structure "overview drawing - new state No.v.03.
  • S-104-0076/24 (2024 – 2024)
    Theoretical investigation of unreinforced tall slender wall structures.
  • S-104-0060/24 (2024 – 2024)
    Diagnosis and calculation of the load-bearing capacity of the reinforced concrete load-bearing elements of the façade.
  • S-104-0069/23 (2024 – 2026)
    Objectificating the measurements results of dynamic effects for the railway track elements construction - experimental research.
  • S-104-0063/24 (2024 – 2024)
    Dynamic response investigation of the pedestrian footbridge over the river Váh in the village of Hubová.
  • S-104-0047/24 (2024 – 2024)
    Actual static action investigation on the floor structure after optimalization
  • S-104-0040/24 (2024 – 2024)
    Theoretical research on local damage of prestressed bridge anchor blocks.
  • S-104-0055/24 (2024 – 2024)
    Investigation of the dynamic effects influence acting on a simple steel structure.
  • S-104-0019/24 (2024 – 2024)
    Research on the local action of restraining elements for moving machinery.
  • S-104-0013/24 (2024 – 2024)
    Theoretical-experimental research of optimized cement concrete slabs on flexible substrate.
  • S-104-0003/24 (2024 – 2024)
    Investigation of an optimized steel hall support system using stiffening alternatives.
  • S-104-0088/23 (2023 – 2024)
    Investigation of Renusol CS+ load-bearing non-anchored elements together with embedded FTVE panels on wind loads on the building using a wind tunnel.
  • S-104-0066/23 (2023 – 2023)
    Theoretical-experimental research of actual behavior under the static and dynamic load on the existing long-standing steel structure of Sport Centre in Žilina.
  • S-104-0056/23 (2023 – 2023)
    Theoretical-experimental research of the real action of the suspension footbridge with the largest span in the Slovak Republic over the river Váh under static and dynamic loading.
  • S-104-0057/20 (2023 – 2023)
    Designing efficient short span bridge structures based on experimental research results.

  • S-104-0064/23 (2023 – 2023)
    Elements of load-bearing halls and determination of their load-bearing capacity based on the results of experimental research.

  • S-104-0067/23 (2023 – 2023)
    Determination of the load carrying capacity reserve for a PV system for a real load bearing structure based on theoretical research.
  • S-104-0081/23 (2023 – 2023)
    Theoretical-experimental research on the resistance of reinforcement of beam ceilings - a case study on a real part of the structure.
  • S-104-0027/23 (2023 – 2023) 
    Theoretical-experimental research of damaged bridge structures with proposals for repair measures.
  • S-104-0008/23 (2023 – 2023)
    Theoretical research on the effects of vibrations from machinery on existing structures.
  • S-104-0026/22 (2022 – 2022) 
    Diagnosis and calculation of the load capacity of slolams on the façade system of TU Zvolen.

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