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Prof. dr. Matevž Dular was one of the youngest full professors at the University of Ljubljana. He has worked in Germany, France and the USA for more than five years. For seven years, he led two projects for the European Space Agency (ESA), where they developed methods for better understanding and prediction of the thermodynamic effects during pumping of fuel and oxidizer in rocket engines. In 2019, he received the Zois recognition for his scientific achievements and in 2020 he received the prestigious Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. In 2017, only as the fifth researcher in Slovenia, he obtained a project from the European Research Council (ERC), where he is researching the possibilities of environmentally friendly destruction of bacteria and viruses by cavitation. In 2022 he received the second ERC project, which finances proof of concept for wastewater sludge treatment by cavitation.

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Prof. dr. Marko Hočevar is a full professor for several subjects in the field of energy engineering. He has published more than 100 papers in scientific journals with review and participated in several EU, national resarch and industrial projects.

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Asistant professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, as well as a part-time researcher at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Hydrology department. His research area include mineral wool technology development, flow velocimetry and thermometry solutions, natural gas flow metering, cavitation avoidance and applications, and free surface measurement of water flows.

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Researcher in the combined field of chemical and mechanical engineering. He works towards understanding the basics of emulsion and hydrogel preparation with cavitation, firstly with individual bubbles and later with hydrodynamic cavitation, striving for the development of a continuous process.

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A technical associate responsible for supporting projects with technical modeling and preparing 3D models based on project requirements. Their work also includes analyzing technical specifications and regularly communicating with the project team to coordinate details and technical requirements.

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Researcher and teaching assistant, primarily involved into industrial and research projects. Mostly his research field involves computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of a variaty of cases such as turbines, special valves, cavitation generators, venturi channels, etc. He is very experienced in the use of various numerical tools and numerous CAD software.

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Independent developer working in the field of design, modeling and manufacture of dedicated measuring stations, special machines and devices ande measuring transducers for forces, intended for research, measurement and pedagogical work of our Laboratory or our partners.

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Researcher focusing on the transfer of basic research to pilot and industrial scale. Working as an operational leader to the projects for various domestic and foreign industrial. Receiver of the Innovation fund grant, intended for the projects with industrial use potential on the topic of the development of cavitation generators for wastewater remediation and its implementation into industrial environment.

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Project management and administration at Laboratory for water and turbine machines on a research project CABUM.

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Young researcher, specialized in experimental fluid dynamics and focusing on cavitation research. In the framework of his doctoral dissertation, he investigates the influence of the physical properties of the fluid and the influence of microbubble stability on the development and dynamics of hydrodynamic cavitation.

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Senior developer working in the fields of energy and agriculture. He deals with the design of measuring systems, construction, process measurements and results analysis. He is currently working on reducing particulate emissions of dryers.

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Assistant professor who is active mostly in the fields of turomachinery, drying and numerical simulations of fluid flow (CFD) in various machinery and devices. He is also updating and developing a model for calculation of individual risk due to natural gas infrastructure.

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Teaching assistant for courses in energy engineering masters program. Researches cavitation phenomena, its effect and engineering applications. Currently working on various studies regarding wastewater cleaning with hydrodynamic cavitation.

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Researcher in the field of microbiology. As part of the CABUM project, he studies the effect of cavitation on bacterial cell with different cell wall structure or simple surrogate for cells (ex. liposomes). Interaction of bacterial cell is studied on classic cavitation cloud and is downscaled all the way to micrometer sized single bubble – single bacterial cell event interaction.

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Assistant Professor specialized for research in fluid dynamics and two-phase flows, with emphasis on cavitation. His field of expertise is experimental modeling of cavitation erosion, thermodynamic effects at cavitation, exploitation of cavitation for (waste)water treatment and basic research on cavitation dynamics.

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Juan Manuel Rosselló obtained his doctoral degree in Physics in the Balseiro Institute of Argentina. Currently, he is a Marie Curie fellow in the department of Mechanical Engineering working on Nanobubbles stabilization and Cavitation phenomena.

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He mainly works in the field of mechatronics and prototype development. He has advanced knowledge of microcontroller programming (C ++), knowledge of the concept of microcontroller operation (AVR, ARM), printed circuit board design and hardware development. He also has experience in fieldwork and measuring equipment installation.

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Teaching assistant and PhD researcher focused on experimental development in biomedical engineering. His primary research centers on designing and refining a human body simulator to test the LVAD HeartMate 3 heart pump under conditions similar to the human body, alongside the development of a regulatory module to optimize its performance. This work supports advancements in cardiovascular support systems and enhances understanding of heart pump mechanics

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Erçil Toyran is an MSCA PhD fellow working on the CaviPro project. His research focuses on how gas content, liquid additives, and impurities in water affect hydrodynamic cavitation, particularly its mechanical and chemical impacts. He aims to develop innovative solutions and contribute to industrial applications in this field.

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Researcher specialized in numerical modeling of fluid and structure dynamics. His work is mainly focused on the dynamics of cavitation bubbles under different conditions and their interaction with deformable structures that mecahnically resemble various microorganisms, such as bacteria.

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Research Associate focused on researching the influence of chemical and mechanical effects of various forms of cavitation on the processes of removing contaminants from complex water matrices and disintegration of sewage sludge. With her expertise in various scientific fields from pharmacy, chemistry, environmental protection, biology and others, she contributes significantly to the interdisciplinary connection of various institutions with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

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The young researcher is engaged in the research of cavitation and its effects. His main research activity is focused on the (pre)treatment of (bio)polymers with the help of cavitation.

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Prof. Dr. Brane Širok retired in 2018 as a full professor and joined the research work of the laboratory as an external member. He has completed a successful career as an applicant for 15 patents, with more than 100 articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and has participated in several EU, national research and industrial projects. In the period after retirement, he published 12 original scientific articles with an impact factor as an author/co-author. He is still actively involved in the development of mineral wool technology, experimental modeling in the field of household dryers and in the development of hydrodynamic cavitation generators.

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