A Conference of Awarded Professors and Teaching Assistants Held

The conference of awarded professors and teaching assistants of the University of Banja Luka was held on 11 November 2022. Scientific papers and projects, authors, i.e., coordinators of which were awarded by the University, were presented at the conference, which was attended by newly employed professors and teaching assistants.

Vice-Rector for Scientific Research and Development of the University of Banja Luka Prof. Miroslav Malinović, PhD, says that this conference is an opportunity to present the best awarded professors.

As stated by the vice-rector, the awards were presented in three categories, with a monetary fund of BAM 100,196.

“Thus, 57 professors and teaching assistants who are the authors of indexed scientific papers were awarded with a total amount of BAM 88,296. Altogether 17 professors and teaching assistants of the University who were managers, coordinators or participants in international research projects were awarded BAM 10,500 total. In the third category referring to professors and teaching assistants who are coordinators or contact persons in Erasmus+ projects - Key Action 2 - Capacity Building, two of them were awarded a total of BAM 1,400,” Vice-Rector Malinović said.

The participants at the conference were addressed by the Rector of the University of Banja Luka, Prof. Radoslav Gajanin, PhD, who thanked the professors and teaching assistants for all their activities. In his speech, the Rector said that the University will continue to support the scientific work of all those who work hard in the forthcoming years.

Čedomir Zeljković, PhD, associate professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Banja Luka, was awarded as the first author of an indexed scientific paper.

,,The paper specifically deals with the topic of optimal dimensioning of the power supply system for isolated consumers. These are consumers who are far from the power grid, and a typical representative of such consumers is a mobile base station for mobile telephony that is placed somewhere far away,” he said and explained that his and his team's task was to provide the user with information on how many solar panels to install, i.e., what the power of the wind turbine is to have the system function perfectly with the lowest possible costs.

Among the awarded professors is also the dean, i.e., associate professor at the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Banja Luka, Prof. Marijana Kapović Solomun, PhD.

,,The awards given by the University are an excellent incentive for science and scientific productivity. Through scientific papers, we actually achieve cooperation with the world leading universities,” Prof. Marijana Kapović Solomun, PhD, from the Faculty of Forestry said.

As she stated, the way in which the University of Banja Luka stimulates scientific workers can serve as an example for other higher education institutions.

This year, Marko Romić, MA, has become part of the academic community. Employed as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Law, he states that the University is a temple of science.

,,It is a pleasure to see that the University and its members recognize the work and dedication of professors and teaching assistants,” he said and stressed that this conference is an opportunity to learn about science from the best, from the ones working on the development of science.

The conference was organized as part of the activities dedicated to 47 years of successful work and development of the University of Banja Luka.