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Ing. Viktor Šlapák, PhD.

Assistant professor

Contact details

Phone Number
+421 55 602 2271
Email
viktor.slapak@tuke.sk

Office

Letná 9, main building, 2nd floor, B-wing, room L9‑B210

Education

2016 – PhD, Technical University of Košice, field: Power Electrical Engineering
2012 – Ing. (MSc equivalent), Technical University of Košice, field: Mechatronic Systems
2010 – Bc. (Bachelor’s degree), Technical University of Košice, field: Mechatronic Systems

Pedagogy

Lectures

Laboratory Exercises

Programming in C Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering

Laboratory Supervision

Laboratory of Electrical Devices and Applied Electronics

The best diploma/bachelor theses under my supervision

Basarik, Tomáš: Device for Final Inspection of Actuators – Software Part, Master’s Thesis, 2023 [CRZP link]
Gordan, Daniel: Device for Final Inspection of Actuators – Hardware Part, Master’s Thesis, 2023 [CRZP link]
Ličák, Gabriel: CAN Communication Bus in Servo Drives, Master’s Thesis, 2023 [CRZP link]
Bačinský, Michal: Control System for a Laboratory CNC Milling Machine, Master’s Thesis, 2025 [CRZP link]
Vasilchenko, Vasilii: Hardware and Software Design for Resolver Signal Processing Using a Microcontroller, Bachelor’s Thesis, 2025 [CRZP link]

Pedagogic grants

059TUKE-4/2024 - Improvement of students' professional and team skills in study programme Industrial electrical engineering
- Principal investigator
- Duration: 2024 - 2026
- Planned budget: 50 351,06 €
KEGA 032TUKE-4/2024: ...
- Research team member
- Duration: 2024 - 2025

Research activities

Profiles in scientific databases

Web of Science

Scopus profile

OrcID Profile

Current research grants

VEGA 1/0665/26 – Research of Advanced Control Algorithms for Electric Drives Using Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Twin Concept,
- research team member,
- duration: 2026–2028,
APVV‑23‑0521 – Indirect DC Converters with Unidirectional and Bidirectional Power Flow,
- research team member
International Visegrad Fund, project ID 22420041 – PAEPEDE: Pathways to Excellence in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives Education,
- research team member,
- duration: 2024–2026,
VEGA 1/0363/23 – Research of High‑Efficiency Electromechanical Systems with Applications in Electromobility,
- research team member
- duration: 2023–2025,

Recent publications

V. Šlapák, F. Ďurovský, K. Kyslan, P. Smoleň, „Shearing work analysis and control design of rotary shears in material processing lines,“ 2024. In: Power Electronics and Drives, Varšava (Poľsko), SCIENDO Roč. 9, č. 1 (2024), pp. 482-501. ISSN 2543-4292. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pead-2024-0030...
F. Ďurovský, V. Šlapák, P. Smoleň, K. Kyslan and E. Spišák, "Rotary Shears Control in Material Processing Lines," 2023 International Conference on Electrical Drives and Power Electronics (EDPE), The High Tatras, Slovakia, 2023, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.1109/EDPE58625.2023.10274059.

Most significant publications

Kyslan, K.; Petro, V.; Bober, P.; Šlapák, V.; Ďurovský, F.; Dybkowski, M.; Hric, M. A Comparative Study and Optimization of Switching Functions for Sliding-Mode Observer in Sensorless Control of PMSM. Energies 2022, 15, 2689. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072689 30 citácií
K. Kyslan, V. Šlapák, V. Fedák, F. Ďurovský and K. Horváth, "Design of load torque and mechanical speed estimator of PMSM with unscented Kalman filter — An engineering guide," 2017 19th International Conference on Electrical Drives and Power Electronics (EDPE), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2017, pp. 297-302, doi: 10.1109/EDPE.2017.8123249. 25 citácií

Cooperation with industry

Firmware design for PCU control board. Customer: Glunz&Jensen, Prešov, 2026
Longterm cooperation with SPINEA Technologies, s.r.o. (later SPINEA s.r.o.)
- duration: 2016 - 2025
- main responsibilities: design and implementation of measurement test benches (design and realization of control cabinets and control software; B&R Automation systems, Siemens S120); design of electronic circuits; development of measurement‑control applications in LabVIEW; sizing, testing, and measurement of electrical actuators; technical support for development; technical customer support.
Program modification for cutting oversized sheets on STAM shears, for Datamont, s.r.o., Košice, 2024.
Control of drum shears, for Datakon, s.r.o., Košice, 2015–2016.

Department of Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics

Ing. Viktor Šlapák , PhD.

Ing. Viktor Šlapák, PhD.

Contact details

Phone Number

Email

Office

Education

Pedagogy

Lectures

Laboratory Exercises

Laboratory Supervision

The best diploma/bachelor theses under my supervision

Pedagogic grants

Research activities

Profiles in scientific databases

Current research grants

Recent publications

Most significant publications

Cooperation with industry

Ing. Viktor Šlapák , PhD.

Ing. Viktor Šlapák, PhD.

Contact details

Phone Number

Email

Office

Education

Pedagogy

Lectures

Laboratory Exercises

Laboratory Supervision

Laboratory of Electrical Devices and Applied Electronics

The best diploma/bachelor theses under my supervision

Pedagogic grants

Research activities

Profiles in scientific databases

Web of Science

Scopus profile

OrcID Profile

Current research grants

Recent publications

Most significant publications

Cooperation with industry

Laboratory of Electrical Devices and Applied Electronics

Web of Science

Scopus profile

OrcID Profile