Juraj Oravec

Position:: Lecturer
Department:: Department of Information Engineering and Process Control (DIEPC)
Room:: NB 665
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Home page:: https://www.uiam.sk/~oravec
Phone:: +421 259 325 364
ORCID iD:: 0000-0002-1253-3192
WoS ResearcherID:: AAS-4267-2020
Google Scholar:: -2qLHhUAAAAJ
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Short Bio:

Juraj Oravec received his PhD degree summa cum laude from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, where he has served as a Professor of Cybernetics since 2026. His research interests include robust and computationally efficient model predictive control, real-time control on embedded platforms, as well as the development and experimental validation of control software, with a particular emphasis on energy-intensive systems. He has authored and co-authored more than twenty papers in Current Contents journals, approximately half of which have been published in the D1 category.

Personal:

My calendar
Guarantor of the bachelor study program - Process Control
Inauguration (Full Professor) - 2020 in the field "Automation" at FCHPT STU in Bratislava
Habilitation (Associate Professor) - 2019 in the field 5.2.14 "Automation" at FCHPT STU in Bratislava
Chairman of the organizing committee of the Slovak Student Scientific Conference (since 2019)
FCHPT candidate for ESET Science Award 2019 - references (in Slovak)
Startitup: interview (in Slovak)
FCHPT STU: podcast (in Slovak)

Research activities

[Web of Science] [Scopus] [Publons] [ResearchGate] [OpenAlex] [LinkedIn]

convex optimization; model predictive control; semidefinite programming; linear matrix inequalities
distributed and explicit model predictive control for systems with fast dynamics
- [MPT+] - MATLAB toolbox extending Multi-Parametric Toolbox (MPT)
- [ParExMPC] [RRLB-MPC] - MATLAB/Python/C-code toolboxes implementing fast distributed MPC
low-carbon footprint automation - implementation of advanced control methods on embedded platforms
- [Smart Eco Greenhouse VESNA] [Science Within Reach ("Veda na dosah"): article about VESNA (in Slovak)]
- [VESNA CODE] - MATLAB toolbox for autonomous and advanced controller design
robust model predictive control
- LMI-based robust MPC design
- [mup] - MATLAB toolbox for robust MPC design using LMIs
PID controllers
- [piddesign] - MATLAB toolbox for system identification and PID controller design;
- [webpiddesign] - on-line release of piddesign.

PhD Students

since 2025	Design of Numerically Efficient Near-Optimal Control Methods
	Ing. Sofiia Serhiienko (supervised by Prof. Michal Kvasnica)
2022-2026	Carbon Footprint Reduction Using Advanced Process Control
	Ing. Erika Plšičík Pavlovičová
2020-2024	Linear Model Predictive Control Design for Complex Systems
	Ing. Lenka Galčíková (Award of Dean FCHPT STU)
2020 - 2023	Energy-Efficient Advanced Robust Control Design
	Ing. Michaela Horváthová (began in 2019, Award of Rector STU)

Education

2015-2016	Postdoctoral: Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, STU in Bratislava
2014-2015	Postdoctoral: Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, STU in Bratislava
2010-2014	PhD-Study: Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, STU in Bratislava
	Study Programme: Process Control
	Graduated with Honors
2008-2010	MSc-Study: Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, STU in Bratislava
	Study Programme: Automation and Information Engineering in Chemistry and Food Industry
	Graduated with Honors
2005-2008	Bc-Study: Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, STU in Bratislava
2005-2008	Study Programme: Automation, Information Engineering and Management in Chemistry and Food Industry
Graduated with Honors

Awards

2020	Award of the Dean of FCHPT STU in Bratislava - Teacher of the Year 2020
2019	Award of the Rector of STU in Bratislava - Outstanding Scientist STU 2019
2019	- Young Research Scientist
2014	Award of the rector of STU in Bratislava [read more]
2014	- for outstanding performance in study duties during the entire study
2013	Award of the rector of STU in Bratislava: Student of the year 2013
2013	- PhD student of FCHPT, STU in Bratislava
2011	Award of the Slovak Society for Cybernetics and Informatics [read more]
2011	- presentation at the 13th Conference of PhD Students ELITECH'11
2010	Award for outstanding diploma thesis [read more]
- awarded by the Fermas, s.r.o.
2010	Student Science Conference at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
	Session: Automatics, Applied Information Engineering
	2nd Awards
2009	11th Student Science Conference in Chemistry, Chemical and Food Technology
	Session: Information Engineering, Information Technologies
	1st Award
2008	10th Student Science Conference in Chemistry, Chemical and Food Technology
	Session: Information Engineering, Information Technologies
	1st Award

Activities

2026	28th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
	- Chairman of the organizing committee
2026	Co-chairman of the Session: Model Predictive Control II
	- 23rd IFAC World Congress in Busan 2026
2025	27th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
	- Chairman of the organizing committee
2025	Invited lecture on Introduction to Optimal Control and Model Predictive Control
	- Summer School on Optimization-Based Embedded Control Systems, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
2025	Co-chairman of the National Organizing Committee
	- 25th International Conference on Process Control 2025
2024	26th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
	- Chairman of the organizing committee
2023	Co-chairman of the National Organizing Committee
	- 24th International Conference on Process Control 2023
2023	25th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
	- Chairman of the organizing committee
2023	Invited lecture on Tube Model Predictive Control: Current Challenges and Perspectives
	- Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
2022	24th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
	- Chairman of the organizing committee
2021	23rd Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
	- Chairman of the organizing committee
2021	Co-chairman of the National Organizing Committee
	- 23rd International Conference on Process Control 2021
2021	Chairman of the Session: Semi-Plenary Lecture associated with Best Paper by Female Researcher Award
	- 23rd International Conference on Process Control 2021
2020	22nd Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
	- Chairman of the organizing committee
2019	Chairman of the Session: Robust and Adaptive Control
	- 22nd International Conference on Process Control 2019
2019	21st Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
	- Chairman of the organizing committee
2019	Invited lecture on Advanced Optimization-based Robust Controller Design for Energy-Efficient Process Control
	- Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
2018	Chairman of the Session: Process Control
	- 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control - CDC 2018
2018	Invited lecture on Advanced Techniques for Energy-Efficient LMI-based Robust MPC Design
	- Technical University Dortmund, Germany
2018	20th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
	- organizing committee
2018	Keynote Lecture on Robust Model Predictive Control of a Plate Heat Exchanger (J. Oravec - Bakošová - A. Vasičkaninová - A. Meszáros)
	- 21st Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2018
2018	Co-chairman of the Session: Waste and Wastewater Treatment
	- 21st Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2018
2018	Invited lecture on Fixed Memory Parallel Explicit MPC
	- Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
2018	International Workshop on Advanced Methods for Control and Estimation of Dynamic Systems, Shanghai, China [»viac]
	- organizing committee
2018	Invited lecture on LMI-based Robust Model Predictive Control: Theory and Applications
	- Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
2017	19th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
	- organizing committee
2017	Chairman of the Session: Applications and Case Studies
	- 21st International Conference on Process Control 2017
2016	Invited lecture on Model Predictive Control
	- ShanghaiTech University, China
2016	18th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
	- organizing committee
2016	Keynote Lecture on Robust Model Predictive Control of Heat Exchangers in Series (J. Oravec - M. Bakošová - A. Meszáros)
	- 19th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2016
2016	Invited lecture on Robust Model Predictive Control Design Based on Linear Matrix Inequalities
	- IRT, RWTH, Aachen, Germany
2015-2016	STU Grant for Excellent Teams of Young Researchers
	- Safe Optimal Control of Technological Processes
2015	17th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology: Chemistry and Technologies for Life
	- organizing committee
2015	Chairman of the Session: Computer Aided Methods
	- European Control Conference 2015
2015	Chairman of the Session: Algorithms and Computing for Control
	- 20th International Conference on Process Control 2015
2014	16th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
	- organizing committee
2014	Keynote Lecture on PDLF-based Robust MPC of a Heat Exchanger Network (M. Bakošová - J. Oravec)
	- 17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2014
2014	Co-chairman of the Session: Industrial Application and Optimal Design
	- 17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2014
2014	STU Grant for Young Researchers
	- Robust Model Predictive Control of Processes in Chemical and Food Industry
2014	EECI Graduate School on Control 2014 - Model Predictive Control (by J. Maciejowski)
	- Supelec, Paris, France
2013	September - October: Study Stay at Crystal Design Laboratory, Iwate University, Japan
	- SAIA - National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic
2013	Chairman of the Session: Robotic Control
	- 19th International Conference on Process Control
2013	Co-chairman of the Session: Simulation, Optimization, and Control
	- 40th International Conference of SSCHE
2013	EECI Graduate School on Control 2013 - Robust Hybrid Control Systems (by R. G. Sanfelice)
	- Grant of EECI Graduate School on Control 2013
	- Supelec, Paris, France
2013	STU Grant for Young Researchers
	- Robust Control of Processes in Chemical Technologies
2011-2014	Academic Senate of FCFT
	- PhD Student Delegate

Support Activities:

2019	ERASMUS Meeting Prague
	- University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
2017 - 2019, 2022 - 2025	European Night of Science (European Night of Researchers)
	- Bratislava, Slovakia
2017 - 2019, 2022	Scientific Show
	- Bratislava, Slovakia
2016 - 2018, 2022 - 2023	MiniErasmus
	- FCHPT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia
2021	Summer School of Chemists
	- FCHPT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia
2018, 2022 - 2023	Summer School at STU
	- FCHPT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia
2015 - 2017	Job day of Partizanske region
	- Partizanske, Slovakia
2017	Enjoy Chemistry
	- Novaky, Slovakia
2014 - 20254	CHEMSHOW
	- FCHPT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia
2016 - 2022	Open Days - CHEMWEEK
	- FCHPT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia
2016 - 2019, 2021 - 2024	Open Laboratories
	- IAM, FCHPT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia

Pedagogy

[Support Materials]

2025	Winter Term	Project Software Systems
		Process Dynamics and Control
2026	Summer Term	Process Control
		Process Control I
		Introduction to Process Control
		Robust Control
2025	Winter Term	Project Software Systems
		Process Dynamics and Control
2025	Summer Term	Process Control
		Process Control I
Introduction to Process Control
Robust Control
2024	Winter Term	Project Software Systems
		Process Dynamics and Control
		Distributed version control system
2024	Summer Term	Process Control
		Process Control I
		Robust Control
		Process Control Project
		Team Project
2023	Winter Term	Project Software Systems
		Process Dynamics and Control
2023	Summer Term	Process Control
		Process Control I
		Robust Control
		Process Control Project
		Team Project
2022	Winter Term	Project Software Systems
		Distributed version control system
		Process Control Project
2022	Summer Term	Process Control
		Process Control I
		Process Control Project
		Team Project
2021	Winter Term	Project Software Systems
		Distributed version control system
		Process Control Project
2021	Summer Term	Process Control
		Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
2020	Winter Term	Project Software Systems
		Operating Systems (selected topics)
		Laboratory Exercises of Automatic Control Theory III (selected topics)
2020	Summer Term	Process Control
		Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
2019	Winter Term	Project Software Systems
		Fundamentals of MATLAB
2019	Summer Term	Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
		Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
		Control of Technological Processes
2018	Winter Term	Laboratory Exercises of Automatic Control Theory III
		Project Software Systems
		Fundamentals of MATLAB
2018	Summer Term	Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
		Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
2017	Winter Term	Laboratory Exercises of Automatic Control Theory III
		Fundamentals of MATLAB
2017	Summer Term	Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
		Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
		Modelling in Process Industry
2016	Winter Term	Laboratory Exercises of Automatic Control Theory III
		Fundamentals of MATLAB
		Algorithms and Tools for Chemical Engineering Calculations I
2016	Summer Term	Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
		Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
		Modelling in Process Industry
2015	Winter Term	Laboratory Exercises of Automatic Control Theory III
		Fundamentals of MATLAB
2015	Summer Term	Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
		Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
2014	Winter Term	Laboratory Exercises of Automatic Control Theory III
2014	Summer Term	Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
		Laboratory Exercises of Integrated Control in Process Engineering
		Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
2013	Winter Term	Laboratory Exercises of Modeling in Process Industries
		Process Control and Dynamics
2013	Summer Term	Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
2012	Winter Term	Laboratory Exercises of Modeling
2012	Summer Term	Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
		Computer-Based Data Processing
2012	Winter Term	Laboratory Exercises of Modeling
		Computer-Based Data Processing
2011	Summer Term	Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
2010	Winter Term	Computer-Based Data Processing

Supervisor and Consultant of projects and theses

2026	semestral project	Numerically Efficient Model Predictive Controller Design
		Bc. Adrián Veselý
2026	semestral project	Advanced Controller Design for Smart Greenhouse
		Bc. Viktória Veličová
2026	master thesis	Advanced Controller Design and Implementation for Embedded Platforms
		Michal Hvolka (consultants Ing. Erika Pavlovičová, Ing. Peter Bakaráč, PhD.)
2026	bachelor thesis	Optimal Controller Design for Plants of Biotechnological Industries
		Viktória Veličová
2025	master thesis	Robust Model Predictive Control Design for a Smart Greenhouse
		Bc. Branislav Daráš (consultant Ing. Erika Pavlovičová)
2025	master thesis	Implementation of Advanced Model Predictive Control Approaches
		Bc. Sofiia Serhiienko (supervisor Ing. Juraj Holaza, PhD.)
2025	semestrálny projekt	Software development for advanced controller design
		Michal Hvolka (consultant Ing. Erika Pavlovičová)
2024	semestral project	Advanced Controller Design for Smart Greenhouse
		Branislav Daráš
2024	master thesis	ALADIN-Based Distributed Model Predictive Control Design
		Outstanding Master Thesis Award by Humusoft
		Bc. Richard Fodor (consultant Ing. Erika Pavlovičová)
2024	master thesis	Random-Shooting-Based Process Control
		Outstanding Master Thesis Award by Humusoft
		Bc. Martina Tomaškovičová (supervised by Ing. Michaela Horváthová, PhD.)
2023	master thesis	Robust Model Predictive Control Design for Plate Heat Exchanger
		Bc. Katrin Kvasnicová
2022	master thesis	Tunable Explicit Model Predictive Control Design
		Outstanding Master Thesis Award by Thermo Fisher Scientific
		Bc. Petronela Belková (consultant Ing. Lenka Galčíková)
2023	bachelor thesis	Advanced Controller Design for Smart Greenhouse
		Branislav Daráš
2022	semestral project	Robust Model Predictive Control Design for Plate Heat Exchanger
		Bc. Katrin Kvasnicová
2022	semestral project	Advanced Controller Design for Smart Greenhouse
		Branislav Daráš
2022	master thesis	Distributed Model Predictive Control Design for Plants of Chemical Industry
		Outstanding Master Thesis Award by HUMUSOFT
		Bc. Erika Pavlovičová
2022	master thesis	Explicit Model Predictive Control Design for Systems with Fast Dynamics
		Bc. Michal Krištof (consultant Ing. Lenka Galčíková)
2022	bachelor thesis	Control of the System Consisting of Two CSTRs and a Separator
		Lukáš Hospodár (consultant Ing. Michaela Horváthová)
2022	semestral project	Robust Model Predictive Control Design for Plate Heat Exchanger
		Bc. Katrin Kvasnicová
2021	semestral project	Distributed Model Predictive Control Design for Plants in the Chemical Industry
		Erika Pavlovičová
2021	semestral project	Model Predictive Control Design for Plants of the Chemical Industry
		Kateryna Kruhliak
2021	master thesis	Model Predictive Control of Chemical Reactor Using Move-Blocking
		Outstanding Master Thesis Award by HUMUSOFT
		Lucia Míková
2021	master thesis	Reduction of Carbon Footprint Generated by Advanced Control of Heat Exchanger
		Katarína Karaffová (consultant: Michaela Horváthová)
2021	semestral project	Model Predictive Control Design for Plants in the Chemical Industry
		Erika Pavlovičová
2020	semestral project	Control Performance Analysis of Move-Blocking-Based MPC of Chemical Reactor
		Lucia Míková
2019	master thesis	Explicit Model Predictive Control Design for Heat Exchanger
		Lenka Galčíková
2019	master thesis	Software Development for Computing Properties of Chemical Compounds
		Outstanding Master Thesis Award by HUMUSOFT
		Rudolf Trautenberger
2020	master thesis	Model Predictive Control Design for Laboratory Neutralisation Plant
		Michal Slávik
2019	semester project	Move-Blocking-Based Model Predictive Control Design for Laboratory Chemical Reactor
		Lucia Míková
2019	semester project	Energy Efficient Control of Plate Heat Exchanger
		Lenka Galčíková
2019	semester project	Development of the Software for Control of a Chemical Reactor III
		Rudolf Trautenberger
2019	semester project	Robust Model Predictive Control Design for Chemical Reactor
		Michal Slávik
2019	master thesis	Convex-Lifting-Based Robust Control Design Subject to Approximated Control Law
		Outstanding Master Thesis Award by SIEMENS
		Michaela Horváthová
2019	bachelor thesis	Offset-Free Model Predictive Control Design for Laboratory Chemical Reactor
		Lucia Míková
2019	semester project	Offset-Free Model Predictive Control Design for Plate Heat Exchanger
		Lenka Galčíková
2019	semester project	Development of the Software for Control of a Chemical Reactor II
		Rudolf Trautenberger
2019	semester project	Offset-Free Model Predictive Control Design for Chemical Reactor
		Michal Slávik
2018	semester project	Robust Model Predictive Control Design Subject To Time Delay for Chemical Reactor
		Michal Slávik
2018	semester project	Development of the Software for Control of a Chemical Reactor
		Rudolf Trautenberger (supervised by Monika Bakošová)
2018	semester project	Convex-Lifting-Based Robust Control Design for a Laboratory Plant
		Michaela Horváthová
2018	semester project	Soft-Constrained Robust Model Predictive Control Design for the Laboratory Heat Exchanger
		Lenka Galčíková
2018	semester project	Model Predictive Control Design for Laboratory Chemical Reactor
		Lucia Míková
2017	master thesis	Robust Model Predictive Control Design for the Laboratory Chemical Reactor
		Outstanding Master Thesis Award by SIEMENS
		Linda Hanulová
2017	bachelor thesis	Robust Control Design for the Laboratory Heat Exchanger
		Lenka Galčíková
2017	bachelor thesis	Robust Control Design for the Laboratory Chemical Reactor
		Michal Slávik
2017	semester project	Experimental Identification of a Laboratory Heat Exchanger
		Lenka Galčíková
2017	semester project	Multivariable Robust MPC Design for a Laboratory Chemical Reactor
		Linda Hanulová
2017	semester project	Convex-lifting-based Robust Control Design for a Chemical Reactor
		Michaela Horváthová
2017	semester project	Experimental Identification of the Parameters of a Higher-Order Model of a Laboratory Chemical Reactor
		Michal Slávik
2017	bachelor thesis	Advanced Controller Design of a Laboratory Chemical Reactor
		Michaela Horváthová
2017	semester project	Experimental Identification of a Laboratory Distillation Column
		Petra Artzová
2017	semester project	Robust Model Predictive Control of a Laboratory Chemical Reactor
		Linda Hanulová
2016	semester project	Advanced Controller Design of the Distillation Column Using UniSim Design
		Petra Artzová
2016	semester project	Identification of a Laboratory Chemical Reactor as an Uncertain System
		Linda Hanulová
2016	semester project	Advanced Controller Design of a Laboratory Chemical Reactor
		Michaela Horváthová
2016	master thesis	Remote Control of Chemical Reactor Model Using MATLAB and PLC
		Miroslav Benkovský (supervised by Martin Kalúz)
2016	bachelor thesis	Modelling of the Processes in Chemical Technologies and Controller Design Using UniSim Design
		Petra Artzová
2016	bachelor thesis	Identification and Controller Design of a Laboratory Chemical Reactor
		Linda Hanulová
2016	semester project	Multivariable Control of Laboratory Heat Exchanger
		Katrin Prokeinová
2015	master project	Remote Control of Chemical Reactor Model Using MATLAB and PLC
		Miroslav Benkovský (consulted by Martin Kalúz)
2015	semester project	Process Design and Control Using UniSim Design
		Petra Artzová
2015	semester project	Identification of Laboratory Chemical Reactor
		Linda Hanulová
2015	semester project	Robust Model Predictive Control of the Heat Exchanger
		Nikola Míková
2015	semester project	Robust control of systems with uncertainty
		Katrin Prokeinová
2015	bachelor thesis	Identification and Controller Synthesis for a Laboratory Heat Exchanger
		Katrin Prokeinová
2013	master thesis	Development of the PIDDESIGN Software
		Kornélia Černá (supervised by Monika Bakošová)
2013	semester project	Robust Control of Uncertain Systems
		Lukáš Lacho
2012	master thesis	Robust Model Predictive Control of the Heat Exchangers
		Katarína Sohajda (supervised by Monika Bakošová)
2012	semester project	Development of the PIDDESIGN Software
		Kornélia Černá
2012	semester project	Robust Control of Uncertain Systems
		Lukáš Lacho
2012	bachelor thesis	Improving the E-learning Module for the Course Robust Control
		Michaela Bohunčáková (supervised by Monika Bakošová)

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Institute of Information Engineering, Automation, and Mathematics

prof. Ing. Juraj Oravec, PhD.

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Personal:

Research activities

PhD Students

Education

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Pedagogy

Supervisor and Consultant of projects and theses

Latest Posts

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Contact