Nikola Mirkov

Naučni saradnik / Research Associate

CONTACTS

+381 65 538 17 71

Email: nmirkov@vin.bg.ac.rs

or

  • nmirkov@vin.bg.ac.rs

Biography

DATE OF BIRTH: September 13th 1982

PLACE OF BIRTH: Belgrade, Serbia


WORK EXPERIENCE:

February 2008. - present

• Name and address of employer

Laboratory for Thermal Engineering and Energy, 

Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinča, Belgrade, Serbia 

• Type of business or sector

Governmental research

• Occupation or position held

Research Associate

• Main activities and responsibilities

Participated in several national projects in science and technological development under auspices of Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia, as well as European Commission projects..

Involvement in national projects, financed by Ministry of Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia:

„Development and Application of Complementary Methods for Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality Evaluation for Residential Buildings in the city of Belgrade“.

„Evaluation of Energy Performances and Indoor Environment Quality of Educational Buildings in Serbia with Impact to Health“, leaded by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Involvement in national project by Ministry of Health  of Republic of Serbia

Delivery of Improved Local Services Projects – DILS, (2013-2014 as Energy efficiency expert)

Involvement in international projects, financed by the European Commission by its 7th Framework Program,

PURGE: „Public health impacts in urban environments of greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies“, Grant agreement no. 265325.

„HPC-Europa2 - Pan-European Research Infrastructure on High Performance Computing“,Grant  agreement no. 228398.


February 2017. –  present

• Name and address of employer

Faculty of Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia

• Type of business or sector: 

Education.

• Occupation or position held

Associated Teaching Staff

• Main activities and responsibilities

Teaching Theoretical Mechanics on freshmen year. Lecturing, creating and holding exams, grading. Around 280 students, on average, attend the classes per year.


EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Dates (from – to)

2008. – 2015.

• Name and type of organization providing education and training

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade 

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Mechanical Engineering, Computational Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Computational Physics, Applied Mathematics

• Title of qualification awarded

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering  

• Level in national classification (if appropriate)

8 DOCTORAL OR EQUIVALENT LEVEL


• Dates (from – to)

September 2001. – December 2007.

• Name and type of organization providing education and training

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Applied Mechanics 

• Title of qualification awarded

Master's degree

• Level in national classification

7 MASTER OR EQUIVALENT LEVEL


PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

  - Analysis of energy efficiency of buildings; Energy balancing,Thermal Comfort; 

  - Measurements of building envelope and indoor air quality ;

  - Renewable energy ; Wind Energy;

  - Air Pollutant Dispersion Modelling ;

  - Computer Simulations;

  - Programming ; High-Performance Computing ;

  - Entrepreneurship ;


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (recent)

Long term scientific collaboration with Group for Transport Phenomena, Faculty of Applied Sciences,TU Delft, the Netherlands (2009-present).

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

- Member of EUROMECH  - European Mechanics Society 





Publication

N.Mirkov, B. Rašuo (2012/11/15); A Bernstein polynomial collocation method for the solution of elliptic boundary value problems; arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.3567; -(-); 1-21;

Research fields

  1. Numerical simulation of turbulent flows:

    • Improvement of numerical methods (CFD) with the aim to increase accuracy of approximated solution for turbulent flow simulation in atmospheric boundary layer,
    • Simulation of wall bounded turbulent flows with presence of Coanda effect.

  2. Renewable Energy Sources:

    • Numerical investigation of wind potential for energy production for a given real topography,
    • Experimental and numerical investigation of wind potential in Serbia.

  3. Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality and Pollutant Dispersion:

    • Experimental, numerical and statistical analysis of air quality in residential and educational facilities in Serbia.
    • Urban Heat Islands, Thermal Comfort and Heat Stress



    Projects


    • Improvement of energy characteristics and indoor air quality in educational facilities in Serbia with health effects, No. III42008, under leadership of Dr Žarko Stevanović.

           keywords: Indoor air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency,U-value measurement, particulate matter, turbulent transport, numerical simulation


    • Development of new meteorological mast for characterisation of wind turbulence characteristics, No. TR-33036, under leadership of dr. Vukmana Bakića.

           keywords: Atmospheric boundary layer, Wind energy, Turbulence, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Method, Wind over complex terrains, Meteorology