DEPARTMENTOF MINES AND GEOLOGY :: ENGINEERING ACADEMY OF SERBIA

(1960, Kraljevo)
Mr. Jelenković graduated from the Faculty of Mining and Geology, Course in Exploring for Mineral Raw-Material Deposits and Mining Geology. By the beginning of 1986, he successfully defended his master’s thesis, and in 1987, he defended his doctoral dissertation under the title of “Metallogeny of Uranium in the Region of Bukulja Mountain“.
Since graduation to date, Mr. Jelenković has been actively engaged in scientific and research work, and teaching. He began his professional career in 1983 when he was employed in the “Geoinstitut – Belgrade“. In the period between 1983 and 1986, he actively participated in various assignments of geological mapping, mineral raw material prospecting and exploring for mineral raw-material deposits.
In 2004, he was elected a Head of Department of Economic Geology and also a Head of Department for Exploring for Mineral Raw-Material Deposits at the Faculty of Mining and Geology of Belgrade.

(1932, Zemun)
Mr. Jovanović graduated from the Faculty of Mining and Geology in Belgrade in 1957, and got his doctor’s degree from the same Faculty in 1964. After he had graduated he worked as a design engineer at the Kostolac Mining Energy Plant in Kostolac. In period 1960-1962 he worked at the Rudnik Projekt Company (Mine Design Company) in Belgrade.
In 1962 he was elected an assistant lecturer for the subject: General Mining Engineering at the Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade. In 1965 he was elected an assistant professor, in 1971 an associate professor, and a full professor in 1977. He was a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy in Bor and Faculty of Engineering in Pristina. In addition to teaching he was engaged in many other activities at the Faculty. He was the head of the Underground Mining Engineering Department from its foundation to his retiring (1974-1997), the head of the Underground Mining Engineering Course, the Head of the Mining Department, the chairman of the Faculty Council, a member and the chairman of the University Commission for Mining and Geology, a member of the University Council.
He is one of the founders, first the deputy director, and later the director of the Institute of Mining at the Faculty of Mining and Geology. He was the initiator, the founder and the editor-in-chief of the Underground Mining Engineering magazine. Mr. Jovanović published a large number of textbooks and books from the field of mining, monographs, handbooks, collections, course notes and tens of professional and scientific papers. As an engineer he participated in the role of the main designer and associate in making numerous investment programmes, main designs, technical designs, studies and expertise’s, mainly in the field of coal and non metal exploitation. He took part in completing many scientific and research studies in the field of rock mechanics, defining of rational profile of workings, topics from the field of drilling and blasting, and stability of workings.
Mr. Jovanović has received numerous awards for his contribution to the profession. He was awarded a Medal of Merit for People with a Silver Star in 1981.

(1947, Bor)
Mr. Magdalinović graduated from Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy in Bor in 1970. In 1976 he completed the postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Mining and Geology in Belgrade defending the M.Sc. thesis. He obtained his Ph.D. degree at the Technical Faculty in Bor in 1979.
From 1970 to 2005 he was working at the Technical Faculty of Bor, as Professor. He was a Vice-dean and in four terms the Dean of the Technical Faculty of Bor. In the period 1998–2000 he was the Director of the Copper Institute in Bor. In 2005 he was elected Dean and full-time professor at the Faculty of Management in Zajecar where he is still employed.
He is the author of six university testbooks, two handbooks, three professional books, three monographs, and three textbooks. He has published 144 scientific and professional papers in domestic and international journals and collections of papers from domestic and international meetings. Mr.
Magdalinovic has participated in the realization of 76 research studies and projects on technology and capacities of preparing and concentrating mineral raw materials, and in twenty of these as a research manager or a leading and chief designer.
Since 2006 he has been a member of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. He is a regular member of the Balkan Academy of Sciences of Mineral Technologies.
He has been awarded the following prizes and acknowledgements: Labour Order with the Goldcn Wreath (1988) October Award of Bor (1993),Sistekova Award of the Mining – Smeltery Basin of Bor (1996).

(1930, Soko Banja)
Mr. Mitić graduated from the Faculty for Mining in Belgrade. He gained his doctor’s degree in 1981, at the Faculty for Mining and Geology in Belgrade.
After graduation, in 1955, he was employed in the brown coal mine “Soko” in Citluk, near Soko Banja. At the beginning, he worked as the engineer for operation control, and afterwards as the head engineer, investment chief and investment manager. In 1959, he started working for the ore mines of Timok as the basin investment chief. From 1962 he was employed at “14. oktobar’ industry in Krusevac, in the Development department, where he made plans and programmes for the equipment production, both for the pit and surface exploitation, and especially for the raw minerals preparation. In 1964, after passing to the business organization “Rumag” in Belgrade, he worked on the placement of the products of the members of this organization, both in the country and abroad. He developed international cooperation on the domestic and foreign market, especially with the firms from Czechoslovakia, the UK, Poland and Democratic Republic of Germany. After that period, in 1976, Mr. Mitić was put at the position within the “Jugofund” company in Libya where he worked on making projects and building deep wells for water production. After returning home, he was employed in the UK firm “Cementation Ltd.” where, after specialization, he became the technical manager for the making of the deep pit in the “Trepča” organization. In 1975 he started working for the Business organization “Rudis”, Trbovlje, Slovenia, office in Belgrade. Very soon, he became the manager of the representative body “Rudis – Iran” in Teheran where he researched profiles of the water-gates in Kurdistan and planned building research pits and taking ore samples from the lead ore deposit “Gol-e-Gohar” near Kerman.
While staying in Serbia, he gave lectures at the Mining department of the Faculty for Mining and Geology in Belgrade. He worked as a docent, i.e. honorary teacher and taught the subject Organization of the mining site. He took part i. e. published more than 170 studies, projects, investment programmes, revisions and technical surveys.

(1939, Niš)
Mr. Petković finished Faculty of Mining and Geology, General Major program in Belgrade, in 1965. He took his Master degree in 1975 and his Doctoral degree in 1980 at the Faculty of Mining and Geology in Belgrade.
After graduation, as the mining engineer he worked in Work unit (RJ) JAMA-RBB-Bor, in RTB-Bor as employee beginner and later as Technical Manager and Ore Production Manager and engineer responsible for technical preparation (1965-1970), in the Institute for Copper in Bor, as Advanced expert research-project engineer (1970-1978). In 1978 he became assistant at the Faculty of Mining and Geology, and was elected for the subject Basics of deposits exploitation. At the Faculty he held various positions such as: Deputy Chairman of the Department for Underground Exploitation of Deposits, Head of the Section for Underground Exploitation of Mineral Raw Materials and for Underground Tunneling, Vice Dean, Dean of the Faculty.
He was the chief responsible person and manager of a larger number of scientific studies and projects financed by the Ministry for Science, Ministry for Technology, various mines and other associations. Mr. Petković was one of the principal and responsible project engineers of a number of investment programs, main, additional, technical and simplified projects in the field of underground exploitation of metallic and nonmetallic mineral raw materials, production and application of AN-FO and SLARI explosive mixtures, as well as explosive emulsions. He is one of deserving project engineers and bearer of the study with aim to introduce the mentioned explosive mixtures.
During the four decades of his work in teaching and in practice he made a considerable number of projects studies, a certain number of expert’s reports, reviews, revisions and technical acceptance of projects. He also issued several mimeographed notes, contributed to several monographs participated at symposiums, congresses, and published a great number of papers in professional and scientific journals. He has two registered patents.

(1936, Maglaj, Bosnia and Herzegowina)
Mr. Stjepanović graduated from Mining-Geological Faculty in Belgrade in 1960. Postgraduated from Mining-Geological Faculty in Tuzla in 1972. He obtained PhD from Mining-Geological Faculty in Belgrade in 1987.
He spent about 45 years of successful work in mining on different and complex posts in mining practice in brown coal mines: Teslic, Zenica, Kakanj, Breza and Bila, as well as on different places and levels of education and scientific research work at faculties. He worked at Mining-Geological Faculty in Tuzla for 26 years (1965-1992) and was a dean from 1980-1982, Technical Faculty in Bor 9 years (1992-2001) and at Technical Faculty in Banja Luka, Mining Department in Prijedor 5 years (2001-2005). He was a chief of Mining Department, chief of Postgraduate studies and he organized international cooperation successfully. He was an editor – in – chief of scientific literature. Mr. Stjepanović gave a significant contribution in wide field of exploitation of mineral raw materials, construction of mining objects, mine projecting and especially in the domain of determining the optimal parameters of the underground production system, as well as research of new untraditional mining technologies.
He directed and worked on significant Republic strategic research projects defined in Academy of Science and Science Fund of Bosnia and Herzegowina. Mr. Stjepanović is author of great number of scientific works published in the country and abroad. He published several textbooks, books and monographs and participated in construction and revision of projects for the needs of coal and metal mines in Bosnia and Herzegowina and Serbia.
For his work and innovations in mining he was rewarded many a time from the mines, faculties and other institutions in the country and abroad.

(1949, Zvečan)
Mr. Trajković graduated from the Faculty of Mining and Geology in Belgrade in 1977, and at the same Faculty, won his master’s degree in 1984, and his doctor’s degree in 1993.
After graduating he worked in Trepca mine and in the Stari Trg mine as an executive at the horizon, and later as the manager of investment work at the opening of 10-11 horizons.
In 1978 he was elected an assistant lecturer for the subjects: Underground Mining Engineering of Large Scale Profiles, and Mining Exploratory Work at the Faculty of Mining and Geology in Belgrade. He was promoted to the position of full professor in 2003. In postgraduate studies of the Faculty, he lectures on the scientific field of Theoretical Principles of Drilling and Blasting in Underground Mining Work, Special Blasting, Underground Mining Engineering by Blasting, and Protection Measures in Underground Mining Engineering.
Besides his teaching duties he has been engaged in other activities at the Faculty, such as being the head of the Collection of Models and Equipment from Mining Work and Underground Mining Engineering, the manager of the School Mine at Avala (1983-1990), a vice-dean at the Faculty (2000-2002), the technical secretary of the Underground Mining Engineering magazine (1994-1999), the editor of the Underground Mining Engineering magazine (1999), the head of the Mining Work and Underground Mining Engineering department (2002-2004; 2009).

(1945, Berane, Montenegro)
Mrs. Ćalić finished her studies at the Mining and Geology Faculty, Mineral Processing Department, with the final work in the field of flotation concentration of lead and zinc ores. She earned her Master Degree with master thesis in the area of fundamental scientific research of floatability of magnesite and dolomite, and at the same faculty she earned her Ph Degree in 1979, with the thesis in the same scientific domain.
After graduating Mrs. Ćalić worked shortly as collaborator of the Mining Institute in Zemun. In 1971 she was elected assistant at the Mineral Processing Department of Mining and Geology Faculty in Belgrade, and in 1992, professor. Mrs. Ćalić held tuition at graduate and postgraduate studies at Mining and Geology Faculty in Belgrade, several courses in the field of mineral processing. In that period she was engaged as collaborator in Mining Institute in Zemun, and lecturer at the Faculty for Technology and Metallurgy in Belgrade, the Technical Faculty in Bor, the Mining Faculty in Tuzla and the Mining-Metallurgy Faculty in Kosovska Mitrovica. From 2009 she is has been professor at the Mining Faculty in Prijedor, University of Banja Luka. At this faculty in present election period she is also Dean of the faculty.
Mrs. Ćalić was the chairman and in more mandates vicechairman of the Mineral Processing Committee, first in SFRY, than in SRY, Serbia and Montenegro, and now in Serbia. She is the Member of Balkan Mineral Processing Scientific Committee, located in Istanbul.
Up to the year 2010, she published, as author or co-author, about 180 scientific, professional or review papers two university textbooks, and with co-authors she published 16 monographs. She was author or co-author of more than 100 projects, elaborates and studies in this domain. She has been chief of few multiannual national projects or subprojects.
In last term she was a vice president of IAS.

(1944, Šabac)
Mr. Vujanić graduated at the Mining-Geologic Faculty of Belgrade University, at the Department for Geology, Course for Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology in 1968. Master degree in the field of "Slope stability in solid layered rock masses" he obtained at the same faculty in 1978.
He started his professional career in Sarajevo in the year 1970 at the Institute for Geologic Investigations. Since 1971 till nowadays he has been working at The Highway Institute Stock Co. from Belgrade on various professional and responsible jobs. During his, almost entire, professional career Mr. Vujanić has been involved in research and testing, design of geologic-geotechnical works meant for planning, design, construction and operation of structures in general, especially for the facilities of road transport infrastructure, in former Yugoslavia and abroad (Libya, Iraq, Algeria, former USSR). Ever since the year 1980 till nowadays he has been working on managerial jobs at The Highway Institute Stock Co., Belgrade, such as: sector chief, manager and finally director at the Department for geotechnics.
Mr. Vujanić, in his professional career, has been primarily involved with general principles and methodology of geologic-geotechnical investigations for the road engineering purposes.
He also took part in a series of scientific-research and developmental projects in the road industry of Republic's and Federal relevance. He has been either author or co-author of more than 280 scientific-professional papers, published in the country and abroad. He prepared or took part in the preparation of more than 25 studies and research projects, and published 7 monographs and wrote a book, as co-author, under the title "Slopes". Moreover, he was involved in the operation of numerous professional and research commissions.
For long-standing work and contribution to the profession and science, he was awarded with numerous recognitions, letters of gratitude

(1947, Samarkand, Uzbekistan)
Mrs. Jovanović graduated in 1970 from the Geological Faculty of Moscow State University (MGU) "Lomonosov" with highest grade. She obtained her Master's degree at the Department of Geochemistry MGU 1975 with highest grade. Since 1970 until 1975 she worked at the Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, AS USSR. She defended Doctoral dissertation in 1986 at University of Belgrade -Faculty of Mining and Geology, Department of Geochemistry.
Since 1987 she has worked on research projects of SASA and technological projects about the composition and properties of binary semiconductors (ICTM) and the technological projects of synthesis and studying of the composition and structure of the zeolite at the Institute of General and Physical Chemistry. In 1991 she participated in projects studying the composition and properties of mineral and thermal waters at the Institute for Water Resources "Jaroslav Cherni". In 1992 she was employed as a scientific translator and foreign correspondent in the Company "Braca Karic" and participated in work with business delegations from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Sakha Republic on the preparation and translation of projects in the field of entrepreneurship, small business and transfer of new technologies in industries, construction, transport, banking, medicine, tourism etc.
Since 1993 to 2006 she worked at the University BK. In 1999 she was elected as associate professor of Environmental Management, and two years later of Technological development. In 2003 she was elected a full professor for scientific field of "Environmental management" and the 2006 for scientific field "Quality management and technological development". Since 2005 she managed Department of Environmental Management at graduate study of University BK. In the period 2006-2007 she was the director of the High School of Environmental Engineering at Union University in Belgrade. Since 2008 Mrs Jovanovic has been employed at the University Educons in Sremska Kamenica as full professor.
She has published about 190 scientific papers on the methods of study and synthesis of new materials, computer modeling, geochemistry, biogeochemistry, physical chemistry, environmental management and environmental protection. She is the author or co-author of five monographs: In 2003 she was elected to be President of the Managing Board of Scientific and professional Society Ecologica.
Mrs. Jovanović is corresponding member of the International Academy of informatization.

(1954, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegowina)
Mr. Ljubojev graduated from Faculty of Mining and Geology in Tuzla in 1978. In 1987 he obtained his M.Sc. degree - Master of technical sciences in mining at Geological Faculty Belgrade. He obtained his Ph.D. degree of technical sciences in mining at the same faculty in 1992.
He was employed in Open pit of brown Coal “Turija” Banovići from 1979 to 1980. In 1980 he started his university carrier at the Faculty of Mining and Geology in Tuzla. At the end of 1992 Mr. Ljubojev started to work at Copper Institute Bor and in 1993 he obtained his first scientific rank – Research Associate, then Senior Research Associate in 1998, and the last Principal Research Fellow in 2003.
He possesses a long-year experience in the field of geomechanics in mining and construction and long-year experience in the mines of metallic and non-metallic minerals in the areas of Serbia and ex-Yugoslavia. He is a Manager and founder of Laboratory for Material Analyzing and President of Scientific Council of Mining and Metallurgy Institute Bor. He used to be a member of Committee for Energetic and Mining in the Ministry of Science and Environment Protection of Republic Serbia.
Mr. Ljubojev is member of Scientific Committee of international magazine „Journal of mining and metallurgy“, a member of Scientific and Organization Committee of the „International October Conference on Mining and Metallurgy“, Editor-in-chief of national scientific-expert magazine „Copper“, Editor-in-chief and responsible editor of scientific-expert magazine „Mining Works”. He has participated in development of large number of projects, studies and project reports out of which a large number published works He published three monographs titled: Mining Geomechanics in 2003, Exploratory Drilling in 2004, and Basis of Geomechanics in 2006 and also a numerous papers in international and national journals and academic and expert symposiums and congress

(1937, Gnjilane)
Mr. Kaluđerović graduated from the Faculty of Mining and Geology of Belgrade in 1962. He defended his Master’s thesis at the Faculty of Mining and Geology of Belgrade in 1978. His Doctoral dissertation was Optimal Development of the Aluminum Industry in the Socialist Republic of Montenegro from the Aspect of Inclusion in the International Division of Labor.
The main field of his activities is optimization of technological processes in the field of the bauxite, hydrated alumina and aluminum production, the production and energy saving.
During his career he hold the following positions: Director of Production in the Bauxite Mine Nikšić; Technical Director of the Bauxite Mine Nikšić; Director of the Scientific Research Department of the the International Bauxite Association (IBA), Kingston, Jamaica; Development Director in the Aluminum Plant in Titograd (today Podgorica); Quality Control Director in the Aluminum Plant in Titograd; member of the Managing Board of the Aluminum Plant in Titograd; Director of the Montenegro Republic Institute for Geological Investigations in Podgorica.
Mr. Kaluđerović received a great number of charters and recognitions.

(1944, Corabia, Romania)
Mrs. Krausz became engineer in Mineral Processing at Mining Institute of Petrosani in 1966. She obtained her Ph.D. in Technical Sciences - the doctoral thesis in Flotation domain, in 1981.
From 1966 – 1990 she worked as university assistant, lecturer and professor,s assistant. From 1991 she has been university professor and doctoral coordinator in Mineral Processing.
She is author of 98 research works, having as topics practical problems from processing plants form Romania, 14 books and 8 booklets, 157 research paper published in specialized reviews and in proceedings from national and international Conferences and Congresses. She has been coordinator of the research or director of 74 project.
Mrs. Krausz is member of Mining National Board, member of Editorial board and scientific reviewer of „Mining review“ and Governmental expert and assessement specialist in Mineral Processing domain. She is Vice-president of the Balkan Academy of Sciences for Mineral Technologies, foreign member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (section Mine and Metallurgy) and member of the Scientific Committee of the Balkan Mineral Processing Congress.

(1948, Nikšić, Montenegro)
Mr. Radulović graduated from Faculty of mining and geology in Belgrade, Department of engineering geology and hydrogeology in 1973. He obtained M.Sc. degree in 1992, and PhD degree in 1997 in the field of hydrogeology of karst at the same faculty.
After graduation he worked in Geological survey of Montenegro (1973-1995), at drafting and realizing numerous projects in the field of hydrogeology, engineering geology and seismic geology. As engineer in charge or as an associate he realized numerous projects, studies and reports in referred field, hydrogeological and engineering geological maps of various scales and purposes, as well as seismic geological datasets (over 500). During his work in Geological survey of Montenegro he was a Head of department of engineering geology and hydrogeology on several occasions.
He started working at the Faculty of civil engineering in Podgorica in 1995, where he is currently employed as full professor in teaching subject in the field of geology.
Mr. Radulović was actively involved as designer in charge, or member of professional team during realization of multi-decade mapping Basic hydrogeological map of Montenegro, scale 1:100.000, defining geotechnical conditions for construction of dam and accumulations in specific water basins (Ćehotina, Komarnica etc.), hydrogeological conditions for draining of coal bearing basins in northern Montenegro, as well as drafting seismogeological datasets, i.e. seismic micro regionalization of urban areas in the territory of Montenegro.
Scientific-research work of Mr. Radulović consists of 62 papers, published in international and national magazines, congresses and symposiums. He is the author and co-author of 12 additional publications (books, university textbooks, monographs i.e. its parts, hydrogeological and ecological guides, printed hydrogeological and engineering geological maps with explanatory notes).

(1946, Rousse, Bulgaria)
Mr. Tomov graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Agricultural Machinery, (Rousse) in 1970. He defended his doctoral dissertation under the title: „ Environmental Safety Diagnosis “ in 2006 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
He is an expert of the National Accrediting Commission and Head of the Department for Ecology and Environmental Protection at the „Angel Kančev“ State University, City of Rousse, Bulgaria.
His fields of work are ecological safety and environmental protection, new technologies, ecological risk assessment, and projects of environmental impact of production activities of various industries. He has developed new methods for testing, analyzing and assessing risk of emergency situations. Mr. Tomov has 5 patents in the field of Environmental Protection Engineering. He is a member of expert’s commission for ecology and environmental protection.
As a participant in and coordinator of international environmental protection engineering projects, he has received grants for elaboration of the projects. He is an author of 22 monographs and university textbooks, about 250 scientific and professional papers, 11 instructions and test books, and 27 presentations at international scientific gatherings.
Mr. Tomov has led 20 scientific projects in the field of environmental protection and disaster risk management. He coordinates scientific cooperation between related institutions all over Bulgaria and other EU countries, as well as countries in the region.