doc. Ing. František Šebek, Ph.D.

Education and academic qualification

• 2020-2021, doc., Brno University of Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• 2012-2016, Ph.D., Brno University of Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics; brach Applied Mechanics
• 2010-2012, Ing., Brno University of Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics; branch Engineering Mechanics and Biomechanics
• 2007-2010, Bc., Brno University of Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; branch Mechanical Engineering
• 2003-2007, School-leaving examination, Secondary Industrial Technical School of Mechanical Engineering and Higher Vocational School Chrudim; branch Engineering

Career overview

• 2022-present, Associate Professor, Brno University of Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics; Department of Engineering Mechanics
• 2019-2021, Assistant Professor, Brno University of Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics; Department of Engineering Mechanics
• 2019-2020, Researcher, Brno University of Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; NCC MESTEC; Division of Solid Mechanics and Mechatronics
• 2018-2020, Researcher, Mendel University in Brno; Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology; Department of Wood Science and Technology
• 2017-2018, Assistant Professor, Brno University of Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; NETME Centre; Division of Virtual Modeling, Design and Testing; Section of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics
• 2015-2016, Researcher, Brno University of Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; NETME Centre; Division of Virtual Modeling, Design and Testing; Section of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics
• 2014-2015, Technician, Brno University of Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; NETME Centre; Division of Virtual Modeling, Design and Testing; Section of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics

Academic internships abroad

• September 2014, Study Internship, University of Malta

University activities

Invited lectures:

• 2026: Convexity of the yield surface and associativity of the flow  ule in ductile fracture modelling; Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT (supported through the Scholarship and Partnership Programme of BUT for Excellence).
• 2024: Fracture modelling using explicit finite elements applicable also to hydrogen-charged steels; Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT.
• 2023: From monotonic to cyclic loading: Failure modelling under various loading scenarios; National Cheng Kung University.
• 2023: Phenomenological modelling of ductile fracture in metals using the element deletion technique; Institute of Thermomechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
• 2021: Ductile fracture predictions for 2024-T351 aluminium alloy; North Carolina State University.
• 2019: Ductile fracture related topics recently solved in Brno; Xi’an Jiaotong University.
• 2017: Visit in Computational Solid Mechanics and Design Laboratory, KAIST; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

Editorial and translation activity:

• 2026-present: Editorial board member of the Scientific Journal of the Ternopil National Technical University.
• Translator (6 chapters and useful tables) of the book BUDYNAS, R. G. and J. K. NISBETT. Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design. Brno: Brno University of Technology - Publisher VUTIUM, 2023. ISBN 978-80-214-5471-2.
• Editor together with Jindřich Petruška, Tomáš Návrat and Lubomír Houfek in conference proceedings of Experimental Stress Analysis 2019, which was indexed by the databases of Scopus and Web of Science.

Other:

• 2026-present: Chairman of the subject-area board of the doctoral study programme Applied Mechanics, Brno University of Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
• 2026-present: Institute Secretary for R&D, Brno University of Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics.

Prizing by scientific community

• 9th place in competition for the Best teacher according to the assessment of BUT students 2022/2023.
• Diploma for the 2nd place in competition for the Prize Awarded by Žďas, a. s. Managing Director for the paper at International Conference Engineering Mechanics 2022.
• Diploma for the 5th place in competition for the Prize Awarded by Žďas, a. s. Managing Director for the paper at International Conference Engineering Mechanics 2019.
• Diploma for the 1st place in competition for the Prize Awarded by Žďas, a. s. Managing Director for the paper at International Conference Engineering Mechanics 2018 (out of 61 posters).
• 2nd place in Students' miniPoster Session 2015 organized by Students' Chamber of Academic Senate of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Brno University of Technology.
• Honorary award of the Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic for the best paper in MM Science Journal in academic year 2014/2015.
• Diploma for the 2nd place in competition for the Prize Awarded by Žďas, a. s. Managing Director for the paper at International Conference Engineering Mechanics 2015.
• Award for the 2nd place in the competition for the best paper at the seminar Assessment of the Structures Using the Finite Element Method 2013.
• Award of the dean for the excellent study results and the active participation at scientific and professional activities at Brno University of Technology, 2012.

Active participation in domestic and international associations and organisations

• 2018-2020, ASME member (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) - Pressure Vessels & Piping Division, Applied Mechanics Division, Nuclear Engineering Division, Design Engineering Division, Manufacturing Engineering Division
• 2018-present, CSM member (Czech Society for Mechanics) - Expert group Technical mechanics, Expert group Computer mechanics, Expert group Mechanics of fatigue damage of materials (committee member since 2025)