Gábor Stépán#
| Membership Number: | 3562 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.mm.bme.hu/~stepan |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011, 06 - 2014, 05 Chairman of the Section of Engineering Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2008, 08 - 2012, 07 Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- 1995, 07 - to date Professor and Head of Department of Applied Mechanics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- 1994, 09 - 1995, 06 Fulbright Visiting Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
- 1991, 07 - 1994, 08 Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- 1989, 08 - 1991, 06 Senior Research Associate, Research Group on Mechanics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1988, 02 - 1989, 07 Research Fellow, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- 1981, 09 - 1987, 01 Research Associate, Research Group on Mechanics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1980, 08 - 1981, 08 Design Engineer, Machine Tool Factory, Csepel Works
- 1978, 09 - 1980, 07 PhD student, Department of Applied Mechanics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Fields of Scholarship
- Analytical mechanics
- Equations of motion of mechanical systems
- Stability theory
- Nonlinear vibrations
- Parametric excitation of delayed mechanical systems
- Dynamic contact problems
- Differential equations
- Delay-differential equations
- Time-periodic delayed systems
- Bifurcation theory
- Chaos
- Applications in mechanical engineering:
- Stabilization of unstable equilibria and unstable motions
- Nonlinear dynamics of wheels
- Machine tool vibrations
- Vibration and stability issues of robots
- Force control
- Human balancing
- Rehabilitation robotics
Honours and Awards
- 2012 Associate member (CIRP - The International Academy for Production Engineering)
- 2012 Leo Szilard Prize of Professors (E.On Hungary Ltd. and Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, Hungary)
- 2011 Szechenyi Prize (Hungarian Republic)
- 2008 Muttnyanszky Prize (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
- 2007 Full member (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- 2007 Simonyi Engineering Prize (Charles Simonyi Fund for the Arts and Sciences)
- 2002 Pro Doctorandis award (National Organization of PhD Students in Hungary)
- 2001 Corresponding member (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- 2001 Professional Teacher award (Ministry of Education, Hungarian Republic)
- 1997 Szechenyi Professors' Scholarship (Ministry of Education and Culture, Hungarian Republic)
- 1987 Young Researchers' Award (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
