doc. Ing. Dušan Oráč, PhD.
Associate Professor, Director of IRET
Workplace: Main building, A-block, 4. floor, room number A427
Tel: (+421) 055 / 602 2428
Email: dusan.orac@tuke.sk
Orcid ID: 0000-0003-0392-8544
Web of Science ResearcherID: AAI-1686-2019
Resume
2021 – present
Director of the Institute
Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Institute of Recycling and Environmental Technologies, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice
2014 – present
Associate Professor
Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of materials, Metallurgy and Recycling (until 30.06.2017 Faculty of Metallurgy), Institute of Recycling Technologies( until 31.01.2016 epartment of Non-Ferrous Metals and Waste Treatment), Letná 9, 042 00 Košice
Study field: Environmental engineering
2009 – 2014
Assistant Professor
Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Metallurgy, Department of Non-Ferrous Metals and Waste Treatment, Letna 9, 042 00 Kosice
Study field: Environmental engineering
2007 – 2010
PhD.
Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Metallurgy, Department of Non-Ferrous Metals and Waste Treatment, Letna 9, 042 00 Kosice
Study field: Environmental engineering
2002 – 2007
Master's study
Department of Non-ferrous Metals and Waste Treatment, Faculty of Metallurgy, Technical University of Košice
Study field: Environmental engineering
1994 – 2002
Gymnazium Jána Amosa Komenského, Košice
Scientific and research activities
Scientific activities
- Web of Science:
- h-index = 10
- Number of publications: 22
- Number of citations: 515
- SCOPUS:
- h-index = 10
- Number of publications: 30
- Number of citations: 644
International projects
- WIDEX - Knowledge Transfer for Widened EU Excellence in Advanced Green Technologies, Sustainability and Research Management (Grant Agreement: 101159826)
- Horizon 2020 – Research and Innovation Framework Programme: H2020-SC5-2016-OneStageB, member of the research team, duration 2016 – 2019.
- ReCoMet – Research Cooperation Metal Recycling, funded by BMBF (Federal Ministery of Education and Research) call within the framework of the Federal Government’s Strategy for the Internationalization of Science and Research in the funding program “Establishment and Expansion of Joint Research Structures in Europe”, member of the research team, 2015 – 2017.
- Recycling of printed circuit boards from used consumer equipment, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst a MŠVVaŠ SR, member of the research team, year 2015.
- Treatment of printed circuit boards, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst a MŠVVaŠ SR, member of the research team, year 2012.
National projects
- Optimization of processes for complete recycling of spent lithium batteries OptiLib (APVV-23-0051)
- Recovery of products from lithium-ion battery recycling VEGA 1/0678/23
- UNIVNET – University and Industrial Research and Educational Platform of the Recycling Society, Research on battery recycling, 2020 – 2022.
- Treatment of industrial wastes based on zinc, tin and lead to obtain marketable products - RECWAZ (APVV-14-0591), member of the research team, duration 2015 – 2019.
- Material recycling of sorted components of municipal waste containing metals. Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Slovak Republic and SAS (VEGA)(VEGA) VEGA 1/0724/17, zodpovedný riešiteľ, duration 2017 – 2019.
- 2014 - 2016: Material waste recycling with critical materials content, scientific grant agency, Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of SR and Slovak Academy of Science, (VEGA) 1/0293/14
- 2011 - 2013: Treatment and recycling of steel-making dust with heavy non-ferrous metals content, project VEGA MŠ SR 1/0123/11.
- Complex processing of primary and secondary raw materials in order to obtain useful components, especially non-ferrous metals, Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Slovak Republic and SAS (VEGA) 1/0087/08, member of the research team, duration 2008 - 2010.
- 2006 - 2009: Utilizable substances recovery by effective aluminium by-products treatment – aluminium drosses, Project APVV
Pedagogical activity
- Secondary Raw Materials and Waste
- Hydrometallurgical processes
- Precious and Rare Metals
- Recycling Technologies
Abroad stays
- Exchange program of the Ministry of education, science, research and sport SR, Slovak Academy of Sciences and the German Academic Exchange service, (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst– DAAD), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, 19.10. – 18.11. 2015.
- Exchange program of the Ministry of education, science, research and sport SR, Slovak Academy of Sciences and the German Academic Exchange service, (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst– DAAD), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, 01.10 – 31.10 2012
- Erasmus mobility of teachers, National Technical University of Athens/ School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Atény, Grécko, 06. – 17. 09. 2010
- WISE – TC 2 – Substance Cycle Waste Management, 09. – 14. 04. 2008, Monschau, Germany.
Seminars and courses
- Introduction to Hydrometallurgy, 14. – 15. apríl, 21. – 22 apríl 2021, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway and Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, EIT Raw Materials
- Advanced Course in Hydrometallurgy - HSC Sim, 11. – 12. november 2021, Metso Outotec Finland, Aalto University Finland, EIT Raw Materials
- Padagogical course (the IGIP engineering education model)
- WISE – TC 2 - Substance Cycle waste management, 09. – 14. March 2008, Monschau, Germany.
Awards
- Badge of honor of the Minister of Economy of the Slovak Republic, 2024
- EKO 2011 – 3rd place in the national round in the category "Organizations and employees of organizations"
- Best doctoral thesis in the framework of the "Week of science in Slovakia in the year 2008" at the Technical University in Košice, Slovakia
Other professional activity
Membership
- President of the association Slovak Iron Trail – from 2019
- Vice-president of the Association of Mining Societies and Guilds of Slovakia – from 2022
- President of the associacion Mining and Metallurgical Guilt in Kosice – from 2020
- WASTE – Secondary Raw Materials 5, International conference, Liptovský Ján, jún 2013, Slovak Republic
- 6th International Conference Kammel´s Quo Vadis Hydrometallurgy 6, Herlany, jún 2012, Slovenská republika - member of the Organizing Committee
- 5th International Conference Kammel’s Quo Vadis Hydrometallurgy 5, Herľany, máj 2008, Slovenská republika – member of the Organizing Committee
- International conference: Recycling of spent portable batteries and accumulators, 21. – 24. April 2009, Sklene Teplice, Slovakia.
- Cechovácia KNKaSO/IRT - Permanent member of the Organizing Committee and active participation as the Famous High and Infallible Presidium (from 2007 to the present)
Publishing activities