Assoc. Prof. Ana Petrović

Department of Strength of Structures

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade

Ana Petrović was born on January 23^rd, 1988 in Belgrade, Serbia. She graduated on the 4^th Belgrade Gymnasium School in 2006, as the best student in generation. She has finished B.Sc. studies in 2009 at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, with average mark 10/10 and M.Sc. studies in 2011, with average mark 10/10 (the best student in generation). She has finished Ph.D. studies in 2017, at the same faculty.

At the moment, she is an Associate Professor at Department of Strength of Structures, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, engaged in teaching and research work in the field of Strength of Materials. 

She has participated in more than 30 international conferences and published several academic papers, among them more than 20 papers in international journals that have Science Citation Index, dealing with applied mechanics, strength of complex steel structures (primarily mining machinery), structural dynamic reanalysis, probability of failure and risk assessment, and model testing of complex structures, as well as stereometric measuring using digital image correlation. She has academic experience in use of various data software package for FEM analysis. She also took part in numerous experiments dealing with structural strength. (SCOPUS 33 documents, 156 citations, h=8)

She is the Head of the Laboratory for Stress and Strain Analysis at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Strength of Structures. 

She is a member of Serbian Society of Mechanics, Society for Structural Integrity and Life - Prof. Stojan Sedmak and European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS).

She has been participating, as a researcher, in several national, several bilateral projects (Serbian-Chinese, Serbian-Hungarian), one (International) COST Action.

In addition, she is the author of two comprehensive workbooks used as part of teaching material for Strength of Materials courses. 

Assoc. Prof. Sándor Bodzás

Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen

Dr. Sándor Bodzás is the Deputy Head of Department and Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen. He completed his mechanical engineering studies in 2009 at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics of the University of Miskolc, and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2014 at the Sályi István Doctoral School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences at the University of Miskolc. During his career, he worked as a doctoral student at the University of Miskolc and later as an assistant professor at the University of Nyíregyháza, and since 2014 he has been a faculty member at the University of Debrecen. He has obtained several additional professional qualifications, including a Lean Engineering Specialist degree (2016), a Mechanical Simulation Engineering Specialist degree (2021), and an M.Sc. degree in Engineering Teacher Education (2025). He is the author of numerous scientific publications and an English-language professional book in the field of manufacturing technology and gear research. His research areas include the design and modelling of gear drive systems, manufacturing technology development, and the design of special cutting tools.