doc. Petr Bernat, Ph.D.
Graduated from FEI VŠB Ostrava, majoring in Power electronics and electrical drives. He has been with the department since 1991, first as an assistant for electronization and an R&D employee, and later as an assistant professor. He participates in the preparation of exercises and in research in the diagnostics of electrical machines, solving GAČR projects and economic activities of the Department. He leads Bachelor’s and Master’s theses in the fields of electrical machinery and instruments, diagnostics, design, and electrical engineering in general. He is active in the diagnostics, measurement and service of electrical instruments and electronics. He teaches topics in the field of electrical machinery and diagnostics.
doc. Jan Fulneček, Ph.D.
Ing. Miroslava Goňo, Ph.D., MBA
In 1997 she graduated from VŠB-TU in Ostrava, majoring in Processing and Water Technology, and in 2002 she received her Ph.D. degree in Processing. In 2005 she received her MBA degree from Brno Business School - Nottingham Trent University, VUT Brno.
Since 2001, she worked at SmVaK Ostrava a.s. as deputy technical director, where she was responsible for Investments, tenders including public procurement, purchase of infrastructure, energy and assets management, project management. In 2016, she worked at TATRA TRUCKS a.s., as Director of Project Management, where she was responsible for managing two departments: Investment, asset management and energy and Industrial Engineering. During her employment, she continued to publish in the field of water technology, energy and RES, worked on projects (ENET) and lectured at VŠB-TUO.
Since 2019 he has been employed at VŠB-TU Ostrava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Department of Electrical Power Engineering, where he is engaged in projects and scientific activities in the field of RES, blackout, technological processes and energy, water management in power engineering, economics and energy in water management.
Prof. Ing. Radomír Goňo, Ph.D.
He graduated from the Secondary Technical School of Electrical Engineering in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm in 1990, then graduated at FEI VŠB – TU Ostrava, Department of Electrical Power Engineering in 1995. He defended his doctoral dissertation at the FEI VŠB – TU Ostrava in 2000. He was habilitated at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Technical University of Ostrava in 2008 and was appointed professor in 2019. In 1998 he spent two months engaged in an international professional experience with the Israel Electric Company in the Department of Power engineering at the Israel coal power plant. He has been with the Department of Electrical Power Engineering since 1999; he became deputy head of the department in 2009 and 2025 head of the department. He went on a half-year international scientific internship at Akita University in Japan in 2005. Professional focus: Production and use of power, Operation and control of power systems, Power plants and Control of power systems. His scientific work focuses on researching the reliability of power systems, alternative energy sources and the optimization of equipment maintenance.
doc. Dr. Ing. Jiří Gurecký
He graduated from the Secondary School in Havířov in 1976, then graduated from the Technical University in Ostrava, Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, majoring in power engineering, in 1981. He completed his postgraduate studies in mining underground deposits at the Faculty of Geology and Mining at the Mining College of Ostrava In 1989. He defended his doctoral dissertation in 1998 at the FEI VŠB-TU Ostrava, and then was habilitated in 2001. From 1981 to 1990 he worked as head designer at Mining Projects Ostrava, later in Development and design Ostrava and at the Ostrava Mining development base. He has been working at the Department of Electrical Power Engineering of the Technical University of Ostrava since 1990. Professional focus: Transmission and distribution of electricity, Industrial Electrical Power Engineering, Design of power distribution networks.
Prof. Ing. Zdeněk Hradílek, DrSc.
Upon completion of his higher education at FE VUT Brno in 1962, he worked as a technician for South Moravian Power in Brno, then as a lead engineer of Heat Supply in Ostrava; since 1966 until the present he has been at the Technical University of Ostrava.
His scientific training ended by defending his candidate dissertation at the Technical University in Brno, Department of Electrical Power Engineering, in 1972. He defended his doctoral thesis at the Technical University in Prague in 1988. His teaching and research work is focused on the field of Electrical Power Engineering. In 1977 he was appointed associate professor, and, upon establishment of the Department of Electrical Power Engineering in 1978, he became its head. He served without interruption until 2009. In 1988 he was appointed professor. He significantly contributed to the establishment of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Department of Electrical Power Engineering at the Technical University of Ostrava.
In the field of Electrical Power Engineering, his main areas of interest are both electro-thermal technology and a wide range of issues concerning reliability in Electrical Power Engineering. He is a member of many committees for scientific degrees, for habilitation and appointment proceedings in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He is also a member of the U.I.E. international committee.
doc. Ing. Roman Hrbáč, Ph.D.
Ing. Libor Hrdina, Ph.D.
In 2004, he graduated from FEI VŠB - TUO, majoring in Electrical Machines, Devices and Drives. In 2008 he defended his doctoral dissertation at FEI VŠB-TUO. Subsequently, he worked as a designer at Siemens s.r.o., service technician and revision technician at ZDROJ Fryštacký s.r.o., research and development worker at Inovační a.s., HW power electronics designer at Cockerill Maintenance Ingenierie CZ s.r.o. Since 2017 he has been a research and development worker at VŠB - TUO Centrum ENET. Here he participated in the realization of a prototype of a bidirectional charger for electric vehicles, creation of studies on hydrogen in transport and energy, energy storage technologies, calculations of energy balances of production from various RES sources. He is currently an academic at the Department of Electrical Power Engineering.
doc. Ing. Petr Kačor, Ph.D.
He graduated in the major Electrical machines and instruments at FEI VŠB-TU Ostrava. He studied for his post-grad at the Department. Currently he is engaged in physical models in Power Engineering using the finite element method. He lectures and teaches seminars on the subjects of numerical methods and FEM and in the field of electrical machines.
doc. Ing. Stanislav Kocman, Ph.D.
Graduate of FE VUT Brno, the field of power electrical engineering. Subsequently, he worked as an operating electrician at Českomoravský cement, a.s., as a teacher of vocational subjects at SPŠE Ostrava and then as a service technician and designer at Vítkovice, a.s. Between 1994 and 2005 a private entrepreneur. In 1999 he joined the Department of General Electrical Engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, VŠB-TU Ostrava. In 2004 he completed his doctoral studies, in 2008 he was habilitated as associate professor. Professional focus: electromagnetic compatibility of power systems, energy efficiency of electric drives, modelling of electric motors. Lectures and tutorials in Electromagnetic Compatibility of Power Systems, Design of Electric Drives and Electrical Engineering.
doc. Ing. Václav Kolář, Ph.D.
Graduated in Electrical Engineering from FEI VŠB – TUO in 1995. Since then, he has been working as an assistant and associate professor at FEI, currently at the Department of Electrical Power Engineering. He teaches subjects in the fields of general electrical engineering, electric traction, and electrical engineering in construction of buildings. He deals with measurements using computers, especially in connection with power electrical engineering and electric traction and with the development of embedded electronic applications, including basic firmware and software.
doc. Ing. Vladimír Král, Ph.D.
He graduated from FE VUT Brno, majoring in telecommunications technology. He joined the Department of Electrical FEI VŠB-TU Ostrava as an electronics engineer in 1991 and he became a lecturer in 1995. He completed his doctorate in 2008 and was habilitated to associate professor in 2013. He participates in teaching the subjects Use of computers in electrical power engineering, Production and use of electricity, Electric light and heat, Computers for measurement and diagnostics, Electro-thermal technology and Issues of electro-thermal equipment. His scientific work is focused on the reliability of the electricity system and the issues of electric arc furnaces.
doc. Ing. Petr Krejčí, Ph.D.
He graduated from the VŠB – TU Ostrava, Department of Electrical Power Engineering in 1998. He completed his doctorate in 2001 and was habilitated in 2009 at VŠB – TU Ostrava, Department of Electrical Power Engineering. He has been working at the Department of Electrical Power Engineering since 2001, first as a researcher, then from 2004 as an assistant professor, and since 2010 as an associate professor. Since 2006 he has held the position of Vice-Dean for Studies at the Faculty, and since 2014 as the statutory deputy dean. His scientific work is focused on the areas of Electrical Power Engineering of industrial and distribution networks and electromagnetic interference.
doc. Dr. Ing. Veleslav Mach
In 1975, he graduated from the Mining College, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, majoring in power engineering. Between 1975 and 1980 he worked at Orgrez, specializing in electrostatic separators; in 1978–9 he taught externally at the Department of Theoretical and General Electrical Engineering of the Mining College; in 1980 he started at the Department of Theoretical and General Electrical Engineering. In 1991 he moved to the Department of Electrical Power Engineering of the Mining College, specializing in high voltage engineering, electric light, and power plants. In 1997 he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic of Identification of discharges in power plant distribution facilities. Since 1992, he has been dedicated to studying the freely burning arc and, in the same year, began working with the EMTP-ATP program for solving electromagnetic transients in electric power engineering.
doc. Dr. Ing. Zdeněk Medvec
He graduated from the Secondary Technical School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Ostrava in 1977, in the field of Electrical engineering equipment. He graduated from the Technical University in Ostrava, Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, majoring in power engineering in 1982. He defended his doctoral dissertation at the FEI VŠB-TU Ostrava in 1998, and was habilitated at FEI TU Ostrava in 2007. From 1983 to 1991 he worked as head designer at Mining Projects Ostrava, later at Development and Design Ostrava. He has been working at the Department of Electrical Power Engineering since 1991. Professional focus: Transmission and distribution of power, Electrical stations and transmission lines, Transients in power distribution systems, High voltage engineering, Guards and automatics in distribution, Faults and protection in electrical networks. His scientific work focuses on researching the reliability of power systems.
Prof. Ing. Stanislav Mišák, Ph.D.
He completed his studies at VŠB – TU Ostrava, FEI in 2003 in the field of electrical power engineering, interdisciplinary topic Electrical machines and instruments, where he defended his doctoral thesis in 2007 and was habilitated to associate professor in 2009. Since 2005 he has been working at the Department of Electrical Power Engineering, first as a researcher and, since 2009, as an assistant and associate professor. His scientific work is focused on analysing the performance of fault conditions of electrical machinery and instruments using numerical modelling methods and experimental measurements, on the diagnosis of electrical equipment in the field of Electrical Power Engineering, and on the optimization of high-voltage systems.
Ing. Tomáš Mlčák, Ph.D.
In 1999, he graduated from VŠB-TU Ostrava in the field of Electrical Machines, Devices and Drives (Ing.). He defended his Ph.D. degree at VŠB-TU Ostrava, in the field of Electrical Machines, Devices and Drives in 2002.
Since 2002, he had worked at Ingeteam a.s. as a project engineer in project management and creation of project documentation. In 2004, he joined VŠB-TU Ostrava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Department of Electrical Engineering as an assistant professor with a focus on general electrical engineering, semiconductor converters, design activities, machine safety technology, functional safety. He is a member of the technical standardization committee TNK 22 - electrotechnical regulations.
Ing. Petr Moldřík, Ph.D.
In 1997 he graduated from the Secondary Industrial School of Electrical Engineering in Havířov, majoring in Automation Technology. After that he graduated in Electrical Power Engineering at the FEI VŠB-TU Ostrava (Ing. in 2003 and Ph.D. in 2008). Currently he is working on the application of fuel cells in power engineering. He teaches classes in the subjects Design of Electricity Distribution Networks and Transient Phenomena in Electricity Systems and lectures in the subject Technical Documentation.
doc. Ing. Tomáš Novák, Ph.D.
In 1996 received Master’s degree on VSB–Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering. Seven years later he received on the same workplace his Ph.D. degree in the field of Electric Light and Diagnostic. Now he works as an Associate Professor at the same university. His current research interests include Public Lighting, Lighting Pollutions, Interior Light Controlling and Smart City technologies.
Ing. Petr Orság, Ph.D.
In 1988, he completed his studies at VŠB-TU Ostrava in the field of Electrical Machines, Devices and Drives. He defended his Ph.D. degree in 2000 at VŠB-TU Ostrava in the field of performance analysis in the frequency converter - three-phase asynchronous motor system in the field of Electrical Machines, Devices and Drives. In 1991, he joined the Department of Theoretical and General Electrical Engineering, VŠB-TU Ostrava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics as an assistant professor. Since 2023, he has been working at the Department of Electrical Power Engineering. His professional focus is on modeling of heavy-current systems, information systems, design of switchgear and lightning protection systems for buildings. In 2002, he completed a course in university pedagogy for teacher-engineers according to European standards.
doc. Ing. Lukáš Prokop, Ph.D.
Graduated from FEEC Brno (Ing.), majoring in Electrical Power Engineering, and FEI TU Ostrava (Ph.D.). Currently, he is engaged in renewable energy sources, modern technologies and methods in Electrical Power Engineering and electrical measurements. He is a research team member of Czech and international research projects. He serves as secretary of the ENET research centre.
Prof. Ing. Stanislav Rusek, CSc.
In 1976, he graduated from the Secondary Technical School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Ostrava; in 1981, he graduated from the Technical University in Ostrava, Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, majoring in power engineering. He completed his graduate studies at FEE Brno in the field of electrical machinery and instruments in 1989. He finished his post-grad at PF UP Olomouc in the field of university education in 1991. He was habilitated at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Technical University of Ostrava in 1991, and was appointed Professor in 2001.
From 1981 to 1984 he worked as an independent engineer of electric networks at SME DC Ostrava. He has been working at the Department of Electrical Power Engineering at the Technical University of Ostrava since 1984, where he became its Head in 2009.
Professional focus: Theoretical Electrical Power Engineering, Transmission and Distribution of Electricity, Power System Management, Reliability in Electrical Power Engineering. His scientific work is focused on solving the reliability of the power grid.
Ing. Tadeusz Sikora, Ph.D.
Graduated from Electrical Power Engineering at FEI VŠB – TU Ostrava (Ing. and Ph.D.). He is engaged in issues of data measurement and processing in electrical power engineering. He has led more than 25 dissertations and theses. He practices and teaches courses in High voltage technology and Use of computers in electrical power engineering.
Ing. Pavel Valíček, Ph. D.
A graduate of FEI VŠB - TUO, majoring in measurement and control engineering, he defended his dissertation in the field of electrical power engineering in 2021. Since 2002 he has been working as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of VŠB-TUO. In 2023 he moved to the Department of Electrical Power Engineering. He participates in the preparation of exercises and research in the field of lighting technology and in the economic activities of the department. He supervises bachelor and master theses in the field of electric lighting. He is the chairman of the Ostrava regional group of the Czech Lighting Society.
Ing. Matouš Vrzala, Ph.D.
He received a master's degree at VŠB – TU Ostrava, FEECS in 2019 in the field of Electrical Power Engineering, specialization in Electrical Machines and Apparatusses, where he later completed his Ph.D. study in 2023. From 2018 to 2023, he worked in ABB s.r.o. part-time as a designer of medium-voltage switchgear. Since 2023, he works at the Department of Electrical Power Engineering. He participates in teaching the subjects Electrical Protection, Faults and Protection of Electrical Networks, Electrical Apparatusses. The scientific work is focused on the reliability of the electrical power system and island systems.
Bc. Žaneta Vylegalová
She earned her university degree from the Faculty of Health Studies at the University of Ostrava in 2010. She has been working at VŠB-TUO since 1992, initially as a secretary and now as a financial officer. Every year, she completes several courses focused on economic systems.