LIST OF POTENTIAL MENTORS IN DOCTORAL STUDIES
| LIST OF POTENTIAL DOCTORAL SUPERVISORS | Bibliographic indicators of research performance (2016-2021) | |
| Chair for Economics and Management in Transport | Z | A1/2 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Marina ZANNE, Head | 544.39 | 240.24 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Damjana JERMAN, Member | 320.00 | 320.00 |
| Chair for Traffic Engineering | Z | A1/2 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Franc DIMC, Head | 420.49 | 238.46 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Blaž LUIN, Member | 303.22 | 152.21 |
| Prof. Dr. Stojan PETELIN, External Member | 271.33 | 158.83 |
| Chair for Quantitative Methods | Z | A1/2 |
| Prof. Dr. Aleksej TURNŠEK, Head | 541.24 | 476.27 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Danijela TULJAK-SUBAN, Member | 397.26 | 143.93 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Evelin KRMAC, Member | 631.04 | 363.82 |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marijan ŽURA, External Member | 164.87 | 130.39 |
| Chair for Transport Systems | Z | A1/2 |
| Prof. Dr. Elen TWRDY, Head | 1497.95 | 434.53 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Bojan BEŠKOVNIK, Member | 592.13 | 226.53 |
| Chair for Vehicle Systems | Z | A1/2 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Robert MUHA, Head | 383.08 | 218.23 |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Oliver BAJT, Member | 482.92 | 332.09 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Sebastjan ŠKERLIČ, Member | 612.58 | 265.02 |
| Chair for Transport Logistics | Z | A1/2 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Patricija BAJEC, Head | 332.17 | 217.08 |
| Chair for Foreign Languages | Z | A1/2 |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Violeta JURKOVIĆ, Head | 437.26 | 391.42 |
| Chair for Traffic Safety | Z | A1/2 |
| Prof. Dr. Milan BATISTA, Head | 1860.56 | 1023.43 |
| Prof. Dr. Vlado MALAČIČ, Member | 318.59 | 297.39 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Aleksander GRM, Member | 421.37 | 252.99 |
| Prof. Dr. Jadran FAGANELI, External Member | 392.65 | 211.23 |
| Prof. Dr. Jože BALAŽIC, External Member | 151.67 | 113.46 |
| Prof. Dr. Matija SVETINA, External Member | 324.05 | 268.75 |
| Chair for Mechanical Engineering | Z | A1/2 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Marko PERKOVIČ, Member | 588.31 | 332.12 |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Peter VIDMAR, Member | 547.42 | 222.73 |
| Chair for Law | Z | A1/2 |
| Prof. Dr. Marko PAVLIHA, Head | 310.33 | 130.00 |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Patrick VLAČIČ, Member | 236.60 | 76.60 |
| Chair for Transport Technology | Z | A1/2 |
| Asst. Prof. Dr. Marjan LEP, External Member | 313.71 | 220.30 |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Drago SEVER, External Member | 218.11 | 123.58 |
SUGGESTED DOCTORAL DISSERTATION TOPICS - 2021/2022
Third-cycle doctoral degree study programme of Maritime and Transport Science
1) Asst. Prof. Dr. Patricija BAJEC
Title: Possibilities for the optimisation of deliveries to city centres (e-cargo bicycles; fixed micro consolidation centre; mobile micro consolidation centre; crowdsourcing platforms) and effect assessment (environmental, social, financial).
Short content description: Bridging the research gaps of previous research studies.
2) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Oliver BAJT
Title: Environmental Pollution with Plastics and Microplastics
Short content description: Plastics and microplastics in the environment are very long lasting. The amounts of these substances in the environment are growing rapidly. Plastics has a detrimental effect on organisms. Maritime transport is an important source of plastics and microplastics in the sea.
Title: Road Transport as a Source of Microplastics in the Environment
Short content description: Particles accumulate on the road surface due to the wear of tires, other components of road vehicles, and cargo residues. Precipitation washes these particles off the road surface and with rainwater they enter the environment. The dissertation would include measurements on a specific road section.
3) Asst. Prof. Dr. Franc DIMC
Title: Reduction of Multipath Effects on Navigational Safety in Multipath Conditions
Short content description: Multi-beam propagation of electromagnetic waves from radio navigation satellites due to reflections from objects is a well-known phenomenon that is difficult to describe analytically and that increases the scattering of vessel's position results. The dissertation would include the analysis of raw data in the GNSS receiver. Following appropriate modelling of port facilities, it would show the advantages of using raw data of ships and GNSS compass in ship-independent integrity determination.
4) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Damjan KLOBČAR
Title: Advanced Technologies for Joining Different Materials in Lightweight Ship Construction
Short content description: The use of advanced technologies for joining different materials facilitates vessel construction. The joining technology and materials allow the extension of the service life of the vessel while significantly reducing the need for vessel maintenance. Improvements in corrosion protection and optimisation of materials joining technology reduce energy consumption and emissions into the environment during vessel construction and use.
5) Asst. Prof. Dr. Evelin KRMAC
Title: Using Artificial Intelligence to Support the Selection of the Supplier/Transport Provider
Short content description: Artificial intelligence techniques and algorithms enable the creation of intelligent software machines. Taking into account a large number of different, variable and unpredictable parameters, they can be successfully used in predictions and anticipations. Therefore, they can be taught to select the most suitable provider for the selected services.
6) Asst. Prof. Dr. Sebastjan ŠKERLIČ
Title: Methodology of Warehousing Process Management
Short content description: Warehousing as a support process within logistics plays an important function of coordinator between business functions in the material operations of a company, and bridges the differences between the time of production and the time of use of different products. It has a significant impact on the company’s costs. In fact, according to several international studies, warehousing costs represent the second largest category of logistics costs, second only to transport costs. The development of a systemic methodology can lead to the improvement of the warehousing decision-making process in companies and bridge the research gap in existing research studies.
7) Asst. Prof. Dr. Danijela TULJAK – SUBAN
Title: The doctoral dissertation topic will be defined based on the expectations of the doctoral candidate, and will include multicriteria decision-making, fuzzy logic, and numerical optimisation in transport and logistics.
Short content description: The content will be defined based on the research interests/needs of the doctoral candidate and trends in operational research in transport and/or logistics.
8) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Peter VIDMAR
Title: Safety Assessment of Maritime Transport Systems
Short content description: The dissertation includes the identification of appropriate methods for risk analysis in maritime transport systems, such as waterways, anchorages, or port terminals. Additional parameters concern the specific properties of ports located in the immediate vicinity of populated areas and the analysis of cross-border impacts.
9) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Patrick VLAČIČ
Title: Legal Challenges in the Informatisation of the Bill of Lading
Short content description: In the 21st century, the Bill of Lading is still used in paper form. In the past, attempts have been made to start using the electronic form of the Bill of Lading, but with very limited success (e.g., essDocs or Bolero). New technologies, in particular blockchain technology, bring innovations and technological solutions that will be able to significantly affect the maritime business and lead the development toward paperless processes.
Title: Ship Arrest for the Collection of Bunker Claims
Short content description: The arrest of ships is an instrument by which creditors obtain security for the payment of any amount awarded in court for an unpaid bunker claim. The characteristics of bunker procurement, where we have procurement intermediaries, actual bunker suppliers on one hand, and bunker purchasers who are not necessarily shipowners (e.g., time charterers) and shipowners on the other, may be quite confusing. The doctoral dissertation should address the right way to order, payment security for the seller, and other open questions among bunker suppliers and purchasers, and shipowners who, according to the 1952 or 1999 conventions, may experience ship arrest. Despite a single legal system, the observed practices worldwide still significantly vary.