Career & Studies Awards

Outline: I have obtained the most prestigious international awards in recent years, including Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for established scientists (Award for ‘Technischen Mechanik’, one out of 40 to all scientific disciplines in 2005), similar award two years later for Slovenia (Award for Engineering Sciences, one among 8 given to all scientific disciplines in 2007) and IACM Fellow Award in 2006. In France, I have received the promotion by the National Committee of Universities (CNU) to the highest rank of University Professors, ‘Classe Exceptionnelle’, in 2009, followed by Senior Member position at Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) in 2015, Member of Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia & Herzegovina in 2019 Member of The Academy of Europe in 2022, and renewal of Senior Member position at Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) for 2020-25.

Other awards have been attributed to me in order to facilitate the international scientific collaborations, as well as for excellent results during my studies.

AE-Member of The Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea) in 2022
CEACM Prof. Mang Award from Central European Association for Computational Mechanics (regrouping: Austria, Bosnia-Herzgovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia) – The CEACM Prof. Mang Award is bestowed each year to honor an outstanding individual who has provided strong leadership either in an academic environment or in different industrial applications, in 2022
IUF-Institut Universitaire de France, Member Senior (among only a few renewed; Research Chair, with research fundings for interdisciplinary research), 2020-2025
Chair ‘Franco-Brazilian for State of Sao Paulo’ for French Professor at University Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2020
ANUBH-Member of Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019
WCP-World Class Professor program for Indonesia – with Technical University of Indonesia, Depok, Jakarta, Indonesia in 2018
Invited Professor TUT – Technical University Tampere, Finland in 2018
‘Classe Exceptionnelle 2nd level’: the highest possible rank for French University Professor, awarded by the peers elected to the National Committee of Universities (CNU), 2017
WCP-World Class Professor program for Indonesia – with Technical University of Indonesia, Depok, Jakarta, Indonesia in 2017
Chair ‘Franco-Brazilian for State of Sao Paulo’ for French Professor at University Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2016
Invited Professor Mech. Eng., KAIST-Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, 2016
IUF-Institut Universitaire de France, Member Senior (Research Chair, with research fundings for interdisciplinary research), 2015-2020
Invited Professor TUBITAK, ITU-Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 2014
Invited Professor OSE, KAIST-Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, 2014
Mercator-Professor TU Braunschweig, Germany in 2014
Chair ‘Åsgard’ for French Professor at NTNU Trondheim, Norway in 2013
Chair ‘Claude Levy-Strauss’ for French Professor at University Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2012
France-Berkeley Fund in 2010
‘Classe Exceptionnelle’: in recognition of my research and teaching achievements, the peers elected to the National Committee of Universities (CNU), representing all French Universities, promoted me in 2009 to ‘Classe Exceptionnelle’, higher rank than Full Professor, not awarded to everyone before the end of career, and in fact to a very few at the age of 50. 2009
Slovenian Science Foundation Research Award for scientists from abroad with internationally recognized academic qualifications, (1 out of 8 awards in 2007 given in Slovenia to all scientific disciplines) 2007
IACM Fellow Award from International Association of Computational Mechanics, (1 among 8 awards given at 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics WCCM 7 at Los Angeles, USA) 2006
NATO Scholarship for funding European scientists stay in Eastern European countries (1 month stay in Croatia) 2006
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award for Technical Mechanics, (1 among 40 awards given that year in Germany to scientists with internationally recognized academic qualifications from all scientific disciplines) 2005
NATO Scholarship for funding European scientists stay in Eastern European countries (6 month stay in Slovenia) 2005
Hôte académique at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland,
2005, 2004, 2000, 1999, 1998
NSERC International Fellowship for Canada: (10 month stay at UBC) 1994
UC Berkeley Regents Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, USA 1988
George and Helen Popert Fellowship, CE Dept, UC Berkeley, USA 1987
Distinction at Preliminary Examination at Doctoral Program at UC Berkeley, 1986
Fullbright Scholarship for Yugoslavia (1 among 8 scholarships in 1986 for funding doctoral studies in USA) 1986
Award ‘Ognjen Prica’ University of Sarajevo for excellent results of studies 1981
Award ‘Hasan Brkic’ of CE Department for the best result of studies 1980