Curriculum vitae

Education
1993	Ph.D. degree (in Czech nomenclature CSc.) Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Thermomechanics, Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
1988	MSc. degree (in Czech nomenclature Ing.) Czech Technical University in Prague, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
2006	head of the National Committee of the IAPWS (International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam)
2005	head of the Department of Thermodynamics of the Institute of Thermomechanics
1998–2004	deputy head of the Department of Thermodynamics of the Institute of Thermomechanics
1997	head of the Laboratory of Kinetics of Phase Transitions of the Institute of Thermomechanics
1995	researcher at the Institute of Thermomechanics, Department of Thermodynamics
Stays abroad
1999–2000	Technical University Eindhoven, Dept. of Applied Physics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Theoretical and experimental investigation of multi-component nucleation at high pressures, application to natural gas processing (14 months).
1998	University of Cologne, Institute for Physical Chemistry: Experimental determination of binary nucleation rates (2 months).
1994–1995	Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Abt. Kinetik der Keimbildung (Dept. Kinetics of Nucleation), Göttingen, Germany: Experimental determination of nucleation rates using an expansion chamber (18 months).
1993	Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen, Germany: Optical methods in fluid dynamics (2 months).

Scientific community membership

• Czech Aerosol Society
• International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, WG Thermophysical Properties

View author's publications in the ASCR database

Selected publications

Selected journal papers

1. Pátek J., Hrubý J., Klomfar J., Součková M., Harvey A.H.: Reference Correlations for Thermophysical Properties of Liquid Water at 0.1 MPa. Journal of Chemical and Physical Reference Data 38, 21-29 (2009).
2. Feistel R., Wright D.G., Miyagawa K., Hrubý J., Jackett D.R., McDougall T.J., Wagner W.: Development of Thermodynamic Potentials for Fluid Water, Ice and Seawater: A New Standard for Oceanography. Ocean Sci. 4, 275–291 (2008).
3. Maršík F., Němec T, Hrubý J., Demo P., Kožíšek Z., Petr V., Kolovratník M.: Binary Homogeneous Nucleation in Selected Aqueous Vapor Mixtures. J. Solution Chem. 37, 1671–1708 (2008).
4. Hrubý J., Labetski D. G., Van Dongen M. E. H.: Gradient theory computation of the radius-dependent surface tension and nucleation rate for n-nonane clusters. J. Chem. Phys. 127, 164720-1 – 164720-14 (2007).
5. Peeters P., Pieterse G., Hrubý J., Van Dongen M. E. H.: Multi-component droplet growth I: Experiments with supersaturated n-nonane vapor and water vapor in methane. Phys. Fluids. 16, 2567-2574 (2004).
6. Delale C.F, Hrubý J, Maršík F Homogeneous bubble nucleation in liquids: The classical theory revisited. J. Chem. Phys. 118, 792-806 (2003).
7. Peeters P.,Hrubý J., Van Dongen M. E. H.: High pressure nucleation experiments in binary and ternary mixtures. J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 11763-11771 (2001).

Recent conference contributions

1. Hrubý J., Kolovratník M., Ždímal V., Jiříček I., Bartoš O., Moravec P.: Determination of the heterogeneous nuclei in the superheated steam using a new sampling technique. In: Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics. Athens, 2007, pp. 861-866.
2. Krejčí P., Hrubý J., Ždímal V., Trávníček Z.: Laminar co-flow tube for homogenous binary nucleation study. Report Series in Aerosol Science 83, , Helsinki: FAAR, 2006, pp. 161-164.
3. Richtr K., Hrubý J., Mareš R.: Surface Tension of Supercooled Water: On The Way. In: Report Series in Aerosol Science 83, Helsinki: FAAR, 2006, pp. 308-311.
4. Hrubý J., Holten V.: A two-structure model of thermodynamic properties and surface tension of supercooled water. In: Water, Steam, and Aqueous Solutions for Electric Power. Advances in Science and Technology. Kyoto: Maruzen Co., 2005.
5. Kodymová J., Hrubý J., Špalek O., Jirásek V., Čenský M., Zagidullin M. V., Nikolaev V.D., Svistun M.I., Khvatov N.A.. Hager G. D.: Advanced concepts of singlet oxygen generator for a chemical oxygen-iodine laser. In: Proceedings of the AIAA Plasmadynamics and Laser Conference 36. Toronto: AIAA, 2005. pp. 1-11.
6. Hrubý J.: How Stationary Is the Stationary Cluster? In: Nucleation and atmospheric aerosols 2004. Kyoto : Kyoto University Press, 2004, s. 268-272.

Projects

2013-2015	IAPWS - LG - ING	Zastoupení českých vědců v řídících orgánech Mezinárodní asociace pro vlastnosti vody a vodní páry (IAPWS).
2011-2015	GAP101/11/1593	Investigationof non-equilibrium steam condensation: A new approach
2009-2012	GA101/09/1633	Heterogeneous particles in superheated steam: New experimental methods
2009-2013	IAA200760905	Thermophysical properties of water in unexplored, technologically significant regions
2009-2012	LA09011	Mezinárodní spolupráce ve výzkumu vlastností vody a vodných směsí v rámci IAPWS
2005-2007	GA101/05/2214	Metastable water and steam
2005-2007	GA101/05/2524	Application of new methods of aerosol measurement for investigation of the structure of the condensation nuclei in steam turbine
2003-2003	GA101/03/Z031	Investigation of formation of the secondary atmospheric aerosol as a couse of climate changes
2002-2006	IAA2076203	Development of experimental methods for measurement of nucleation rates in mixtures present in clean and polluted atmospheres
2000-2002	GA101/00/1282	Vznik atmosférického aerosolu z plynných spalin fosilních paliv: nukleace kapiček v systému kyselina sírová-voda

Teaching

• Ph.D. and M.Sc. supervisor at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Technical University in Liberec, University of West Bohemia in Plzeň
• external lecturer of courses „Technical Thermodynamics“, „Thermophysical Properties of Fluids“ at TU Liberec

Currently offered thesis topics

Modeling of mesoscopic heterogeous fluid systems by combining continuum thermodynamics and molecular dynamics

Properties of metastable supersaturated steam and nucleation of droplets

Thermophysical properties of supercooled water

Development of new equations of state for fluids and solids important for power engineering