Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Šíma, CSc.

Professional career

• 1970-1975 Charles University, solid state physics, master thesis (accepted as a rigorous work): Study of anomalies in the temperature dependence of magnetization of the U₃P₄ compound
• 1977-1982 postgraduate course of solid state physics, Dept. of Metal Physics, Charles University
• 1983 C.Sc. research degree, dissertation: Magnetic ordering study of the Dy(Fe,Al)₂ intermetallic system
• 1983-85 research worker, Dept. of Metal Physics, Charles University
• 1985-1992 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Metal Physics, Charles University
• 1992 Associate Professor, solid state physics, Charles University, habilitation thesis: Magnetism of compounds with the orthorhombic CeCu₂ - structure
• 1992-2000 head of Dept. of Metal Physics, Charles University
• 2006 professor, engineering technology, Technical University in Liberec

Stays abroad

• November 1976 Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest, Hungary
• May 1982 TU Vienna, Austria
• November, December 1983 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
• April, May 1986 University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• 1989-90, 1991, 1992, 1999 Göttingen University, Germany, Humboldt Scholarship - 24 months
•  June 1994 University of Vienna, Austria
•  May 1995 CERN, Switzerland
•  June 1998 TU Braunschweig, Germany
•  June 2001 University of Vienna, Austria
•  August, September 2002 University of Pittsburgh, USA
•  June 2012 MPIE Düsseldorf, Germany

Scientific activities

Current scientific interests

• intermetallic materials
• thermophysical properties of materials
• phase transformations in solids
• magnetic properties
• magnetic structures
• neutron diffraction

Research grants

Principal investigator

• Study of the manifestations of instability in metallic systems. grant No. 154/1996, Charles University Grant Agency, 1996-1998
• Fourteen projects funded by Academy of Sciences for the Metals Science Society, 2000-2010.
• coordinator of the research plan of the Ministry of Education, VZ 190-01/206054, at the Dept. of Metal Physics, Charles University, 1998-2004
• Alloys based on Fe - 40 al.% Al as the basis for high temperature applications, Czech Science Foundation, grant No. 106/06/0019, 2006-2008

Member of the research team

• VW Project I/71 740, VW-Stiftung, Germany, 1996-1998.
• Czech Science Foundation, grant No. 106/99/0187, 1999-2001.
• Czech Science Foundation, grant No. 106/00/1486, 2000-2002.
• Czech Science Foundation, grant No. 106/02/1521, 2002-2004.
• Czech Science Foundation, grant No. 106/02/0687, 2002-2004.
• Czech Science Foundation, grant No. 106/05/2574, 2005-2007.
• Czech Science Foundation, grant No. 107/10/0438, 2010-2013.
• Czech Science Foundation, grant No. P204/12/1360, 2012-2014.
• Czech Science Foundation, grant No. P107/12/0921, 2012-2015.
• Czech Science Foundation, grant No. 15-11879S, 2015-2017.
• Czech Science Foundation, grant No. 16-05608S, 2016-2018.
• Czech Science Foundation, grant No. 17-17139S, 2017-2019.
• Czech Science Foundation, grant No. 19-17783S, 2019-2021.

Publications

• V. Šíma, P. Kratochvíl, P. Kozelský, I. Schindler, P. Hána: FeAl-based alloys cast in an ultrasound field, Int. J. Mat. Res. 100 (2009) 382-385
• P. Haušild, J. Siegl, P. Málek ,V. Šíma: Effect of C, Ti, Zr and B alloying on fracture mechanisms in hot-rolled Fe-40(at.%)Al, Intermetallics 17 (2009) 680-687
• M. Karlík, P. Haušild, V. Šíma,V, P. Málek, T. Vlasák: High temperature mechanical properties of Fe–40 at.% Al based intermetallic alloys with C or Ti addition, Int. J. Mat. Res. 100 (2009) 386-390
• Pazourek, W. Pfeiler, V. Šíma: Dependence of electrical resistivity of Fe-Al alloys on composition, Intermetallics 18 (2010) 1303-1305
• Kopeček, P. Haušild, K. Jurek, M. Jarošová, J. Drahokoupil, P. Novák, V. Šíma: Precipitation in the Fe - 38 at.% Al-1 at.% C alloy, Intermetallics 18 (2010) 1327-1331
• Haušild, M. Karlík, V. Šíma, D. T. L. Alexander: Microstructure and mechanical properties of hot rolled Fe–40 at-%Al intermetallic alloys with Zr and B addition, Materials Science and Technology 27 (2011) 1448-1452
• Schindler, R. Kawulok, H. Kulveitová, P. Kratochvíl, V. Šíma, M. Knapinski: Activation energy in hot forming of selected Fe-40at.%Al type intermetallic compound, acta physica polonica a 122 (2012) 610-613
• K. Máthis, J. Čapek, P. Harcuba, V. Šíma: Study of twinning in texture-free cast magnesium using acoustic emission technique, Kovove Mater. 51 (2013) 269-273
• P. Kawulok, I. Schindler, J. Sojka, S. Rusz, R. Kawulok, V. Šíma, P. Hanus, R. Turon, P. Turonova: Defects and particles in laboratury hot rolled steel of C-Mn-Cr-Nb type, Materials Science Forum 782 (2014) 221-226
• K. Máthis, J. Gubicza, G. Csiszar, J. Čapek, B. Clausen, V. Šíma, P. Lukáš: Effect of Loading Mode on the Evolution of the Dislocation Structure in Magnesium, acta physica polonica a 128 (2015) 700-703
• Z. Trojanová, K. Helmešová, Z. Drozd, V. Šíma, P. Lukáč, J. Džugan,  P. Minárik: Thermal Conductivity of an AZ31 Sheet After Accumulative Roll Bonding, Crystals 8 (2018) 1-9 Article no. 278 (doi: 10.3390/cryst8070278)
• Šíma, P. Minárik, M. Cieslar, R. Král, P. Málek, T. Chráska, F. Lukáč, H. Seiner, F. Průša: High Plasticity of an Iron Aluminide-based Material at Low Temperatures, Physical Science International Journal 18 (2) (2018) 1-11 Article no.PSIJ.41673
• J. Pešička, R. Král, S. Daniš, P. Minárik, J. Veselý, V. Šíma, J. Šmilauerová: Structure and mechanical properties of FeAlCrV and FeAlCrMo medium entropy alloys, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 727 (2018) 184–191

Complete list of publications (Scopus)

Language skills

• Czech, German, English, Russian.