doc. Ing. Zdeněk Hrdlička, Ph.D.
Research interests
- Devulcanization of waste rubber
- Physical recycling of rubber waste
Education
- Ph.D., ICT Prague, Technology of macromolecular substances
- Ing., ICT Prague, Technology of polymer manufacture and processing 2003
Career
- UCT Prague, Associate Professor, 2022-
- ICT/UCT Prague, Assistant Professor, 2008 - 2022
- ICT Prague, Researcher, 2007
Teaching
- B112001 Physics of Polymers (CZ)
- AB108002 Introduction to study of materials (EN)
- M112003 Elastomers and Rubber Compounding Materials (CZ)
- M112017 Advanced Methods of Polymer Analysis (CZ)
- M112011 Laboratoř specializace - polymerní materiály
- M112015 Laboratoř specializace - makromolekulární chemie
- Laboratory Project Chemistry I and II (M150006, M150007)
- Laboratory Project Chemistry and Technology of Materials I and II (M150002, M150003)
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Supervisor of bachelor, diploma and Ph.D. theses
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Supervisor of exchange students` projects
Research projects
- STARP Research on the aging of tires of ground wheeled military equipment, team member, 2026 – 2028.
- NAKI III, DH23P03OVV038, Methods for Consolidating Fragile Porous Wax Seals (PI: B. Bartl, National archives), team member, 2023-2027.
- TA ČR, National Competence Centre for Industrial 3D printing, team member, 2023-2024.
- GA CR 18-08389S, Study of plasticization of polymeric membranes and thermodynamics of multicomponent sorption for the development of effective membrane separations (PI: O. Vopička), team member, 2018-2020.
Mebership in special societies and comittees
- Czech Society of Industrial Chemistry, memeber Main Committee, member of the ICCT Conference Organizing Committee
- Czech Society of Industrial Chemistry - Rubber Group Zlín