Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Dr. Náprstek, a long-term employee from ITAM CAS, received several honorary posts in 2019 - an Honorary Fellowship from the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration in September 2019, in March 2019, he was elected a member of the Advisory Committee of the International EUROMECH Association and in September 2019, he was elected to the Steering Committee of the International Association for the Organization of ICOVP Congresses.
The IIAV is part of the Auburn University in Alabama, and is one of the foremost American scientific institutions in the field of acoustics and system dynamics. The Honors and Awards Committee of the IIAV has elected 17 experts from around the world to become Honorary Fel-lows. The diplomas will be personally awarded by the President of the Institute at the opening of the 27th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV27) which will take place in Pra-gue in July of 2020. The number of participants is expected to reach up to 1300, and J. Náprstek will be acting as co-chairman of the Congress. The main task of a newly elected Honorary Fel-low is to give a plenary lecture before the congress on a topic agreed upon by the President of the IIAV.
28 Nov 2019
