Ing. Tomáš Grabec, Ph.D.


Position: 
Department:  Department D 5 - Ultrasonic Methods
Phone: (+420) 266053712
Location:  Main Building, Dolejškova 1402/5, Praha
E-mail:
Publications: Search in ASEP Database
WoS Researcher ID: O-8208-2018
ORCID: http://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-5211-8217
LinkedIn:
ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/profile/Tomas-Grabec

Education

  • 2021              Ph.D. (Physical Engineering) @ FNSPE, CTU in Prague
    (Doctoral thesis: Numerical Modeling in Laser-Ultrasonics)
  • 2017              Ing.    (Applied natural sciences) @ FNSPE, CTU in Prague
  • 2015-2016     Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Work Experience

  • since 2014     Instit of Thermomechanics of the CAS
  • since 2021     Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering (FNSPE), CTU in Prague
  • 2017-2021     Nucleauter Physics Institute of the CAS

Abroad Experience

  • 2024, 2019, 2017        Recendt GmbH, Linz, Austria (2-, 1-, and 4-month stays)
  • 2024                              University of Nottingham, UK (5 weeks)

Grants and Awards

  • 2026-2027     Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Nottingham, UK
  • 2023-2025     Support for perspective postdoctoral researchers of the Czech Academy of Sciences
  • 2017                 FNSPE Dean's Award - Nuvia 2017, 1st place
  • 2017                 Crytur Award 2017, 1st place

Teaching and supervising activities

  • Internal Dynamics of Materials (@ Department of Solid-State Engineering, FNSPE, CTU in Prague): 5th year students and postgraduates, one lecture (100mins) a week, winter term
  • Supervisor of master’s thesis (Z. Soudná, defended in 2023)
  • Co-supervisor of doctor’s thesis (J. Kušnír)

Selected conferences and workshops

  • 22nd International Conference on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena (ICPPP), 2024, Coimbra, Portugal    (invited presentation)
  • Workshop Polycrystals: Microstructure and Plasticity, 2022, Edinburgh, UK (invited presentation)
  • Workshop Progress in Photoacoustic & Photothermal Phenomena, 2018, Erice, Italy (invited presentation)

Selected publications

(for a full list and citation counts see Tomas Grabec | Publons)

  • Y. Song, S. Xu, S. Sato, I. Lee, X. Xu, T. Omori, M. Nagasako, T. Kawasaki, R. Kiyanagi, S. Harjo, W. Gong, T. Grabec, P. Stoklasová, R. Kainuma
    A lightweight shape-memory alloy with superior temperature-fluctuation resistance
    Nature 638 (2025): 965–971
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08583-7
  • K. Repček, P. Stoklasová, T. Grabec, P. Sedlák, J. Olejňák, M. Vinogradova, A. Sozinov, P. Veřtát, L. Straka, O. Heczko, H. Seiner
    Compliant Lattice Modulations Enable Anomalous Elasticity in Ni–Mn–Ga Martensite
    Advanced Materials 36 (2024): 2406672.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202406672
  • T. Grabec*, Z. Soudná, K. Repček, K. Lünser, S. Fähler, P. Stoklasová, P. Sedlák, H. Seiner
    Guided acoustic waves in thin epitaxial films: experiment and inverse problem solution for NiTi
    Ultrasonics 138 (2024): 107211.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2023.107211
  • J. Kušnír, T. Grabec*, K. Zoubková, P. Stoklasová, P. Sedlák, H. Seiner
    Apparent anisotropic thermal diffusivity measured in cubic single crystals by transient grating spectroscopy
    Journal of Applied Physics 133 (2023): 125108.
    https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0136850
  • T. Grabec, I.A. Veres, M. Ryzy
    Surface acoustic wave attenuation in polycrystals: Numerical modeling using a statistical digital twin of an actual sample
    Ultrasonics 119 (2022): 106585
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2021.106585
  • T. Grabec, P. Sedlák, K. Zoubková, M. Ševčík, M. Janovská, P. Stoklasová, H. Seiner
    Evolution of elastic constants of the NiTi shape memory alloy during a stress-induced martensitic transformation
    Acta Materialia 208 (2021): 116718
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.116718
  • P. Stoklasová, T. Grabec, K. Zoubková, P. Sedlák, S. Krátký, H. Seiner
    Laser-Ultrasonic Characterization of Strongly Anisotropic Materials by Transient Grating Spectroscopy
    Experimental Mechanics 61 (2021): 663-676
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-021-00698-6
  • T. Grabec, P. Sedlák, H. Seiner
    Application of the Ritz-Rayleigh method for Lamb waves in extremely anisotropic media
    Wave Motion 96 (2020): 102567
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2020.102567
  • M. Ryzy, T. Grabec, P. Sedlák, I.A. Veres
    Influence of grain morphology on ultrasonic wave attenuation in polycrystalline media with statistically equiaxed grains
    The Journal of Acoustical Society of America 143 (2018): 219
    https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5020785
  • T. Grabec, P. Sedlák, P. Stoklasová, M. Thomasová, D. Shilo, M. Kabla, H. Seiner, M. Landa
    In situ characterization of local elastic properties of thin shape memory films by surface acoustic waves
    Smart Materials and Structures 25 (2016): 127002
    https://doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/25/12/127002

Teaching

Internal Dynamics of Materials (@ Department of Solid-State Engineering, FNSPE, CTU in Prague): 5th year students and postgraduates, one lecture (100mins) a week, winter term

Grants