The International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) is an independent advisory body on the strategy and evaluation of the project team. The ISAB is composed of 9 eminent R&D personalities, of which 8 are foreign members and 1 member is from the application domain. Its chairman is Prof. Osamu Umezawa, PhD. from Yokohama National University, Japan.
ISAB:
- prof. Ángel Palomo Sánchez – Instituto de Ciencias de la Construccion Eduardo Torroja (IETCC), Madrid, Spain
Many years of experience in construction materials research, particularly in the field of cements and concretes, including production, durability, development of new binders etc.
- Dr. Héctor Cifuentes – University of Seville Estructuras – ETS Ingeniería, Spain.
Prominent expert in describing the behavior of building materials, focusing on disperse reinforced concrete, including fracture-mechanical aspects of their response to static and dynamic loads.
- Ing. Rostislav Fajkoš, Ph.D. – Bonatrans Group a.s., Czech Republic
Member from the application sector. Head of the research and development department of Bonatrans Group a.s. Bohumín (Czech Republic).
- doc. Ing. Miroslav Boča, PhD. DrSc., Dr. Techn. – Ústavu anorganické chemie SAV, v.v.i, Bratislava, Slovakia
Foreign member working at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the SAV, Bratislava, Slovakia. Long experience in inorganic chemistry research.
- prof. Hatem Akbulut, PhD. – Sakarya University, Turkey
Foreign member working at Sakarya University, Turkey. Many years of R&D experience in metallurgy and materials engineering.
- prof. Barbara Maher, PhD. – Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Foreign member working at Lancaster University, UK. Professor and Director of the internationally renowned Centre for Environmental Magnetism and Palaeomagnetism at LEC Lancaster University. Honored with many awards for her longstanding work in the environmental sciences.
- Dr. Dr. ir. Mathias Vanwolleghem – Research Scientist Institute of Electronics Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, University Lille, France
Foreign member working at Research Scientist Institute of Electronics Microelectronics and Nanotochnology, University Lille. Elected member of the French National Committee for Scientific Research for the period 2016–2021.
- prof. Osamu Umezawa, PhD. – Yokohama National University, Japan
Foreign member working at Yokohama National University. Involved in the development of Czech-Japanese research cooperation with VŠB. In 2022 he was awarded the International Science and Technology Awards 2022. Scopus databáze h-index 20.
- prof. Makoto Hasegawa, PhD. – Yokohama National University, Japan
Foreign member working at Yokohama National University. Excellent scientist in the field of materials engineering (specializing in strength and fracture of materials, high temperature strength, microstructure control, texture, surface treatment and coatings). Member of major scientific institutions (e.g., Japan Institute of Metals and Materials, Japan Society of Heat Treatment, Japan Ceramic Society, American Ceramic Society).
