Jan Valicek

Jan Valíček was born in Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic. He received the Graduate degree in applied physics of materials from the Faculty of Mining and Geology, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, the Ph.D. degree in the field of automation of technological processes from the Faculty of Mining and Geology, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, in 2004, and the degree (Associate Professor) in control of machines and processes from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, in 2008. His research interest include surface topography, the development of analytical methods of description and the methods of mathematical modeling the stress-deformation state of the surface of materials cut by rigid and flexible tools, and the identification of the physical-mechanical properties of materials from their surface topography. He was awarded the prestigious Werner von Siemens Award for three times.