Designation
Associate Professor
Academic degree
Ph.D.
University department
Logistics and sustainable mobility
predrag.brlek@unin.hr
Telephone
0912440122
Office Hours
Wednesday from 12:00-13:00, University Center Koprivnica, room: 225 Or by e-mail.
Short biography
Born on February 9, 1971 in Varaždin, to father Ljudevit and mother Marija. He finished primary and secondary school in Varaždin. He entered the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences in 1992, as a full-time student of the road department, to obtain a degree in traffic engineering. During his studies, he joined the work of the Institute of Transport and Communication as an external associate. He defended his diploma thesis entitled "Traffic concept of the construction and reconstruction of Slavonska and Ljubljanska Avenue as a city highway" at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences on April 6, 1998, under the mentorship of prof. Ph.D. Dražen Topolnik. In 1998, he enrolled in the post-graduate scientific master's degree in technical and technological systems in traffic and transport at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, under the mentorship of prof. Ph.D. Ivan Dadić. He defended his master's thesis entitled "Methods of central projection of traffic signals on roads" on April 8, 2004. In 2004, he enrolled in the doctoral study of technical and technological systems in traffic and transport at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, under the mentorship of prof. Ph.D. Ivan Dadić and prof. Ph. D. Goran Kos, and at the beginning of 2017 he defended his doctoral dissertation entitled "Method of rehabilitation of dangerous places on roads with the help of georeferenced video". From October 1, 1998 to October 1, 2011, he was an employee of the Institute of Transport and Communications, where he actively participated in all projects and studies within the framework of research carried out at the Institute of Transport and Communications, participated in scientific and expert meetings, and co-authored publishes scientific and professional works. He was a member of the Administrative Council of the Institute of Transport and Communications and director of the Institute of Transport and Communications. From October 2011 to November 2017, employed at the Nikola Tesla Polytechnic in Gospić. In October 2012, he was elected to the teaching position of senior lecturer. He is the teacher of the Graphic Communications, Traffic and Spatial Planning, Traffic Corridors and Goods Flows, Road Traffic Infrastructure and Traffic Technology courses. Since November 2017, he has been employed at the University North in the Department of Logistics and Sustainable Mobility, and since 2019 he has been the head of the Department of Logistics and Mobility at the University Center of Koprivnica. He holds the courses Sustainable Transport Systems, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans and Transport Logistics at the undergraduate study Logistics and Mobility, and Computer Simulations in Traffic and Logistics, Intelligent Mobility, Management of Traffic Systems in Urban Areas, Traffic Safety System at the graduate study Sustainable Mobility and Logistics management. As a co-author, he published more than seventy scientific and professional articles published in scientific and professional journals and proceedings from domestic and international conferences, he was the leader or collaborator of more than 100 studies and projects, he was a team member and successfully participated in the realization of 6 projects of the Ministry science and technology.
Scientific title
senior research associate
Field and area of the title election
The scientific field of technical sciences, the field of traffic technology and transport
Topics of interest
sustainable mobility, traffic planning, traffic safety
Google Scholar profile (URL address)
Project and other activities
EiT - UniMob - Co-creation course and e-Learning model for institutional mobility (2021) ProLog - Development of higher education occupational standards, qualification standards and study programs based on the Croatian Qualification Framework in the field of transport and logistics (HKO) EU projects: - Low-carb (InterregCE) (2017-2020) - E-MOB (Interreg) (2019-2022) - Rail4Regions (InterregCE) (2023-2026) Swiss-Croatian cooperation - Take a Brake! (2019-2020) The most important studies and projects: - Transport Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia, 1998 - Conception of the development of the transport system of the City of Čakovec, 1998 - Conception of the development of the transport system of the City of Varaždin, 1999 - Study of the development of road infrastructure in the function of transport and economic development of the Zagreb County, 2000 - Traffic connectivity of Rijeka and its influence on the development of the port, 2001 - Valorization project of the bus station in the traffic system of Zagreb, 2002 - Traffic project of information and tourist signage for cities in Zagreb County, 2003 - Transport development strategy of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, 2004 - Project for the regulation and organization of traffic flows in the eastern part of the City of Zagreb, 2005 - Traffic strategy of public transport in Krapina-Zagorje County, 2005 - Study of traffic development in the area of the City of Osijek, 2006 - Traffic study of the city of Vodice, 2007 - Project for the regulation and organization of traffic flows in the city of Gospić, 2008 - Creation of a risk map on roads according to the EuroRAP protocol - a test section of state road D2, 2008 - Drafting of a situation analysis project with a proposal to improve the functioning of traffic in the area of the Maksimir city district, 2009 - Traffic regulation project in the area of the city of Novigrad, 2010 - Proposals for the development of the infrastructure of the City of Novalja, 2011 - Analysis of a dozen of the most critical locations from the point of view of traffic safety in the City of Zagreb, 2011 - Traffic project of installation of bicycle signs on the state roads of Sisak-Moslavina County, 2012 - Traffic study of tourist and information signage in Krka National Park, 2013 - Program of energy efficiency in city traffic of the City of Gospić, 2014 - Conceptual study of integral passenger transport in Zadar County, 2015 - Analysis of road traffic safety in Međimurje County, 2015 - Traffic study on installation and addition of traffic signs on county and local roads of Lika Senj County, 2016 - The concept of arranging traffic in the center of Koprivnica (2019) - Revision of the sustainable urban mobility plan of the City of Varaždin (2022) Guidelines and regulations: - Criteria for subsidizing public road transport on the islands, 2001 - Guidelines for designing and equipping circular intersections - rotors, 2001 - Guidelines for the application of variable traffic signs, Zagreb, 2002 - Guidelines for the development of information and communication infrastructure on Croatian highways, 2004 - Minimum accessibility standards in public transport for passengers in road transport in the Republic of Croatia (2018) Scientific research projects: - Strategy for the development of the transport system of the Republic of Croatia (193001). Principal researcher: Academician Josip Božičević - Traffic safety from the aspect of the relationship between participants and the environment (193002). Chief researcher prof. Ph.D. Ivan Dadić - Developing a methodology for repairing dangerous places on the roads. Chief researcher: prof. Ph.D. Ivan Dadić - Optimization of public transport in the city of Zagreb. Principal researcher: Ph.D. Vladimir Marić
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