Ing. Patrik Zima, Ph.D.
| Position: | Head of department |
| Department: | Office of Research Support |
| Phone: | (+420) 266053392 |
| Location: | Main Building, Dolejškova 1402/5, Praha |
| E-mail: | |
| Publications: | Search in ASEP Database |
| WoS Researcher ID: | I-2315-2014 |
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| ResearchGate: | www.researchgate.net/profile/Patrik_Zima |
Employment
- Member of the Commission for Equal Opportunities of the Czech Academy of Sciences | 2026–present
- HR Award Manager, Institute of Thermomechanics of the CAS | 2020–present
- Head of Research Support Office, Institute of Thermomechanics of the CAS | 2016–present
- EF-TRANS Project Validator, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic | 2011–2012 (13 months)
- Researcher, Department of Thermodynamics, Institute of Thermomechanics of the CAS | 1998–2016
Education
- 2005 (1 week): Advanced School "Fluid dynamics of cavitation and cavitating turbopumps", International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Udine, Italy
- 1995–2003: Ph.D. in Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Dissertation: "Cavitation Rates and Bubble Dynamics in Gas-Contaminated Water"
- 1997: Study Stay, Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati, USA
- 1995: Ing. (M.Sc. equivalent, with Honors) in Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague
International Stays/Peer-Exchange Visits
- 2026 (1 week): NTNU Trondheim, Norway – Study visit focused on HR Award peer-exchange
- 2022 (1 week): NTNU Trondheim, Norway – Study visit focused on HR Award peer-exchange
- 1994 (2 months): Industrial externship, FINA-Borealis, Antwerp, Belgium
Grants
| 2025–2028 | 23_026/0011450 | Improvement of strategic research management at the Institute of Thermomechanics of the CAS (CZ.02.01.01/00/23_026/0011450) |
| 2020–2022 | EF18_054/0014697 | Strategic Management Development of the Institute of Thermomechanics of the CAS |
| 2020–2022 | EF18_053/0017555 | Mobility support for researchers from the Institute of Thermomechanics of the CAS part II |
| 2018–2021 | EF16_027/0008500 | Mobility support for researchers from the Institute of Thermomechanics of the CAS |
| 2013–2015 | GA13-23550S | Experimental research and mathematical modelling of unsteady phenomena induced by hydrodynamic cavitation |
| 2010–2012 | GAP101/10/1428 | Collapse and fission mechanisms of ultrasonically excited cavitation bubbles near a solid boundary in Newtonian liquid |
| 2007–2009 | GA101/07/1612 | The effect of physical properties of water on bubble nucleation and cavitation damage in pumps |
| 2004–2006 | GP101/04/P108 | Validation of the generalized nucleation theory for water cavitation in hydrodynamic machines |