Bořek Patzák

Professional CV:

1993 graduated from Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic, specialization in Structural Design & Transportation Engineering.
1997 defended doctoral dissertation thesis "Material models for concrete" at Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic.
1997-2000 assistant professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Structural Mechanics.
2000-2002 research engineer at EPFL, ENAC, Laboratory of Structural and Continuum Mechanics (LSC) in Lausanne. I worked with Milan Jirásek on a project on adaptive techniques for strain-softening materials.
2002-2010 associate professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Mechanics.
since 2010 professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Mechanics.

Current Research:

development of open source, general purpose, multiphysics, object-oriented finite element code OOFEM.
dynamic load balancing on heterogeneous parallel architectures
principal investigator of research projects supported by Czech Science Foundation GACR:
- P105/10/1402 - "MuPIF - a Multi-Physic Integration Framework", 2010-2012.
- 103/06/1845 - "Algorithms for Representation of Moving Boundaries", 2006-2008.
- 103/04/1394 - "Simulation of Fresh Concrete Flow", 2004-2006.
research team member of the MSM 6840770003 project:
"Algorithms for Computer Simulation and Application in Engineering" (Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic).
research team member of the TailorCrete EU project (www.tailorcrete.com).

Other fields of interest:

Numerical methods in mechanics, particularly adaptive techniques and constitutive modeling of quasibrittle materials.
High performance computing and software development - object oriented and parallel programming.

Graduate and undergraduate research opportunities: I am always looking for capable and highly motivated students (undergraduate and graduate) with backgrounds and interests in math, engineering, finite element method, and computer science to join my research program. Please contact me to discuss current opportunities.

Check the link to OOFEM gallery illustrating some of my results.

Selected Publications:

B. Patzák and D. Rypl. Object-oriented, parallel finite element framework with dynamic load balancing. Advances in Engineering Software, 47(1):35 -- 50, 2012.
D. Rypl and B. Patzák. From the finite element analysis to the isogeometric analysis in an object oriented computing environment. Advances in Engineering Software, 44(1):116 -- 125, 2012.
R. Chamrová and B. Patzák. Object-oriented programming and the extended finite-element method. Engineering and Computational Mechanics, 163(EM4):271--278, 2010.
B. Patzák and Z. Bittnar. Modeling of fresh concrete flow. Computers and Structures, 87(15-16):962--969, 2009.
B. Patzák and Z. Bittnar. Rheology and simulation of fresh concrete flow. In M. Papadrakakis and B.H.V. Topping, editors, Trends in Engineering Computational Technology, chapter 4, pages 61--80. Civil-Comp Press Ltd, Stirling, 2008.
B. Patzák and M. Jirásek. Adaptive resolution of localized damage in quasibrittle materials. Journal of Engineering Mechanics Division ASCE, 130:720--732, 2004.
B. Patzák and M. Jirásek. Process zone resolution by extended finite elements. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 70(7-8):837--1097, May 2003.
M. Jirásek and B. Patzák. Consistent tangent stiffness for nonlocal damage models. Computers and Structures, 80(14-15):1279--1293, June 2002.
B. Patzák and Z. Bittnar. Design of object oriented finite element code. Advances in Engineering Software, 32(10-11):759--767, 2001.
B. Patzák, D. Rypl, and Z. Bittnar. Parallel explicit finite element dynamics with nonlocal constitutive models. Computers and Structures, 79(26-28):2287--2297, 2001.

Complete list of my publications

Software Library:

OOFEM: I have been developing this free, object-oriented, multiphysics, parallel finite element code since 1997. Visit its homepage at www.oofem.org or check out its features. OOFEM is released under GNU General Public License (GPL).
MuPIF: Multi-Physics Integration Framework (MuPIF) is an integration framework, that will facilitate the implementation of multi-physic and multi-level simulations, built from independently developed components. The principal role of the framework is to steer individual components (applications) and to provide high-level data-exchange services. Each application should implement an interface that allows to steer application and execute data requests. The design supports various coupling strategies, discretization techniques, and also the distributed applications. License: GNU General Public License (GPL).
EduBeam: Educational project with the aim to develop simple and easy to use code for structural analysis of beam structures. The main goal is to provide a platform for students to extend. Students can utilize their knowledge, learn simple and efficient programming in Python, and contribute to this project. EduBeam is released under GNU General Public License (GPL).