Igor GRABEC

Igor Grabec is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana. He finished the study of physics with a PhD thesis on non-linear ionization waves in plasma. He has taught Physics, Stochastic Phenomena, Chaotic Dynamics, and Synergetics and established the Chair and Laboratory for Synergetics. He has investigated manufacturing processes, the acoustic emission of stressed materials, modelling, and the forecasting of complex, chaotic processes and traffic. He developed for this purpose sensors and systems for the processing of information by artificial neural networks. The instrumentation developed was implemented for the non-destructive testing of materials in the industry. His bibliography includes about 500 articles, four books, and 16 patents. He has actively collaborated with many universities in the world and especially with Cornell University in the USA, where he became Adjunct Professor. He was elected to the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the International Academy for Production Engineering – CIRP, and became an Honorary Member of the World Innovation Foundation.

Growing a ruby crystal at the Joseph Stefan Institute in the year 1963. Grains of silicon and chromium oxide are falling through the plasma of a high-frequency discharge in the silicon tube inside the coil. They are melted and form on top of a liquid layer in which the ruby crystal grows.

1962 Degree in technical physics

1968 MSc in Physics

1971 PhD in Physics

1971 Assistant professor for physics ULFME

1981 Full professor for physics UL-FME

1995 Election to SASA

1996 Election to EAS

2007 Professor Emeritus at UL-FME

Important Works

I. Grabec, W. Sachse (1997) Synergetics of Measurements, Prediction and Control”, Springer.

I. Grabec (2009) Kipi in stihi | Sculptures and Verses, Kulturno društvo Mohorjan, Prevalje, Art book in Slovenian, English, Russian, Japanese, and German language.

Artificial Eye for Control of Headlights (1973) Patent No. 23236-P-3303/73.

Selected Awards

1989 Kidrič Award For Outstanding Research of AE

l982 Nat. Res. Found. Award (NRFA) for AE research

1977 NRFA for the inventions of a detector and sensor of AE

1974 NRFA for the invention of an artificial eye for control of headlights

1972 NRFA for research in plasma physics