BIOGRAPHIE:

Željko V.Despotović was born in Prijepolje, Serbia in 1964. He received the B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in School of Electrical Engineering (Department of Power Converters and Drives), from the University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, 1990, 2003 and 2007, respectively. He has been with the Department of Mechatronics, Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Belgrade, since 1991. His research interests include the fields of power electronics, mechatronics, control of power converters, vibration control and control of vibratory conveying systems.

 

He is currently working toward the two national projects:

1. "Development and Design Devices and Technology for The Efficient Electrostatic Precipitator Control"
2. "Development and Application High Voltage and High Frequency Equipment Devices and Technology for The Reduction Aero Pollution in Electric Power Industry", have been carried out with financial support of the Serbian Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection, Program of Technology Development in Energetic Technology and Mining.

and one international project:
”New Applied Mathematical Methodologies in Solving Different Engineering Problems” within Serbian-French Technology Co-Operation for Year 2008-2009.

 

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES:

Undergraduate Study

April 1990: received Bachelor of Science degree in School of Electrical Engineering (Chair of Power Converters and Drives), University of Belgrade, specializing in Power Converter Control, B.Sc. title-“Comparative Synopsis Characteristics of Darlington BJT and IGBT as Power Current Switches in Voltage Source Inverters”, supervisor- Prof. Zoran Stojiljkovic.

 

Graduate Study

December 2003: received Master of Science degree in School of Electrical Engineering (Chair of Power Converters and Drives), University of Belgrade, specializing in Power Converter Control and Mechatronics, M.Sc. thesis title – “Power Converters for Electromagnetic Vibratory Feeder Drive in Systems for Dosing and Conveyance of Granular Materials”, supervisor- Prof. Zoran Stojiljkovic.

 

Ph.D. Study

November 2007: received the Ph.D. degree in School of Electrical Engineering (Chair of Power Converters and Drives), University of Belgrade. Ph.D. thesis title – slikePHD4″The Performance Optimisation of Resonant Electromagnetic Vibratory Conveyors Using Current Controlled Transistor Power Converters, supervisors- Prof. Zoran Stojiljkovic, Prof.Slobodan Vukosavic. (PDF, picture 1, picture 2, picture 3, picture 4)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

September 1990 to present: Industrial Electronics and Power Electronics Engineer and Research Scientist in the Mechatronics Department, Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Belgrade, currently at the positions of Ph.D., E.E-scientific fellow and Research and Development Engineer of Power Electronics.

 

The working experience includes research in the following areas:

• 14 years of experience in industrial control, mechatronics, robotics and servo drive (DC, AC, Blushless) systems

• 14 years experience in power converters design

• 10 years of experience in power electronics computer simulation

• 10 year of experience in design power AC motor drive

• 6 years of experience in control of vibratory conveying systems and vibratory feeder drives

• 5 years of experience in hydraulics control and hydrodynamics power transmission

• 5 years of experience in embedded motion controller

• PLC design

• Experience with PC and PC104 systems

• Digital/analogy hardware design experience

• Familiar interfaces I2C, RS232, RS422-485, CANBUS, PROFIBUS

• Comfortable with Windows based tools

• Proficiency in hardware/software design tools: Or CAD, TANGO, ACCEL, PSPICE, MSIM Design Centre and MATLAB.

 

REFERENCES:

 

Prof. Dr. Slobodan Vukosavic - School of Electrical Engineering (Chair of Power Converters And Drives), University of Belgrade, Boulevard King Alexander 73, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; Phone: + 381-11-3218-369; E-mail: boban@ieee.org, boban@etf.bg.ac.yu

Prof. Dr. Zoran Stojiljkovic - School of Electrical Engineering (Chair of Power Converters and Drives), University of Belgrade, Boulevard King Alexander 73, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; Phone: + 381-11-3218-374; E- mail: zorans@galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu

Prof. Dr. Miomir Vukobratovic, academician -Robotics Department, Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Volgina 15, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia; Phone: + 381-11-2774-236; fax: +381-11- 2775-870; E-mail: vuk@robot.imp.bg.ac.yu

 

MEMBERSHIP IN ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SOCIATIES:

 

IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, NJ, USA

IEEE Industry Applications Society, NJ, USA

IEEE Power Electronics Society, NJ, USA ETRAN - Electronics, Telecommunications, Computers, Automation and Nuclear Engineering society, Serbia

POWER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY, Serbia

COMMITTEE for ETALONS of ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASURES, Directorate for Measurements and Rare Metals- Ministry of Economy and Regional Development of Republic Serbia

 

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

 

Theory of Electrical Machines,

Kinematics,

Dynamics,

Control and Stability Theories,

Numerical Simulations,

Control of Electrostatic Precipitators.