Personal Data

Miodrag M. Žigić, Assistant Professor

Location: Tower, Room 710

Phone: +381 (0)21 485 2248

Fax: +381 (0)21 450 207

E-mail: mzigic@uns.ac.rs

Address: University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 6, Serbia

Status: Married, Child Katarina (2014)

Educational and professional experience

• 2004 B Sc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Novi Sad
• 2008 M Sc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Novi Sad
• January 13, 2012 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
• 2005-2007 Research Assistant, Department of Mechanics, University of Novi Sad
• 2007-2012 Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanics, University of Novi Sad
• 2012- to present Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanics, University of Novi Sad

Responsibilities and main objectives

• Teaching:

Mechanics in the Department of Industrial Systems (A207)

Kinematics and Dynamics in the Department of Traffic engineering (H112)

Analytical Mechanics in the Department of Mechantronics (H201)

Variational Principles and Non-Smooth Mechanics in the Department of Mechantronics (H303)

Biomechanics and Sports Mechanics in the Department of Mechanics (M4302)

Dynamics of Non-Smooth Systems in the Department of Mechanics (M404)

Biomechanics in the Department of Medical Rehabilitation (BFM.1.1, at the Medical Faculty)

Non-Smooth Mechanics and Optimization (DM406)

Impact Theories (SDI5)

Biomechanical Analysis of Accidents (DSIM7)

• Supervising graduate and postgraduate works
• Investigator of sponsored research projects

Selected publications

Miodrag Zigic and Nenad Grahovac (2015) Earthquake response of adjacent structures with viscoelastic and friction dampers, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 42(4), 277-289.

Miodrag Zigic and Nenad Grahovac, Crash test modelling, Mechanics through Mathematical Modelling (MTMM2015 - Symposium in the honour of 70th birthday of Academician Teodor Atanackovic), September, 7 - 10, 2015, Branch of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia.

Miodrag Zigic and Nenad Grahovac, Oscillations of adjacent structures during an earthquake,The 5th International Congress of Serbian Society of Mechanics, Aran?elovac, June, 15-17, 2015, ISBN 978-86-7892-715-7.

Miodrag Zigic, Nenad Grahovac and Dragan T. Spasic, An optimal control problem for a sliding isolated seismically excited structure with passive fractional damping, International Conference on Fractional Differentiation and its Applications (ICFDA14), June, 23 - 25, 2014, University of Catania, Italy

Dusan Zorica, Miodrag Zigic and Nenad Grahovac, Problem of a body impacting against a rigid wall, International Conference on Fractional Differentiation and its Applications (ICFDA14), June, 23 - 25, 2014, University of Catania, Italy

Miodrag Zigic, Nenad Grahovac and Dragan T. Spasic, On numerical solution of an optimal control problem for a sliding isolated seismically excited structure with passive fractional damping, Presented at 3rd International conference on "Contemporary problems of mathematics, mechanics and informatics (CPMMI 2014)", June, 15 - 17, 2014, State University of Novi Pazar, Serbia.

M. Zigic, Nonlinear oscillations of a column-like structure with passive dampers, Presented at GAMM 2013, 84th Anual Meeting of the Internal Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Novi Sad, Serbia, 18-22 March, 2013.

M. Zigic, On seismic response of a column like structure with passive dampers, Presented at 2nd International Conference on "Contemporary problems of mathematics, mechanics and informatics CPMMI 2012", State University of Novi Pazar, Serbia.

Miodrag M. Zigic, Dragan T. Spasic, Response of a column-like structure under a seismic load based on multivalued fractional differential equations, The fifth symposium on fractional differentiation and its applications, Nanjing, China: 14-17 May, 2012 (Eds: Wen Chen, HongGuang Sun and Dumitru Baleanu). Article No 165.

Miodrag M. Zigic, Nenad M. Grahovac, Linear Fractional Derivative Model of a Polymer Gel, The fifth symposium on fractional differentiation and its applications, Nanjing, China: 14-17 May, 2012 (Eds: Wen Chen, HongGuang Sun and Dumitru Baleanu). Article No 168.

Miodrag M. Zigic, Nenad M. Grahovac, Linear Fractional Derivative Model of a Polymer Gel, The fifth symposium on fractional differentiation and its applications, Nanjing, China: 14-17 May, 2012.

N. Kovincic, M. Zigic, N. Grahovac and D. T. Spasic: On Impact in Biomechanical Systems, International scientific conference on mechanics "SIXTH POLYAKHOV READINGS", Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 31 January-03 February, 2012, str. 251.

M. M. Zigic (2012), Seismic response of a column-like structure with both fractional and dry friction type of dissipation, University of Novi Sad, PhD thesis.

N. M. Grahovac, M. M. Zigic and D. T. Spasic (2012) On impact scripts with both fractional and dry friction type of dissipation, accepted for publication in International Journal of Bifircation and Chaos, Vol. 22, No. 4, 1250076 (10 pages).

M. Zigic, N. Grahovac: Dynamical behavior for a polymer gel during impact. Fractional derivative viscoelastic model, Proceedings of Abstracts IConSSM 2011,The 3rd International Congress of Serbian Society of Mechanics, Vlasina Lake, 5-8 July, 2011. str. 173, UDK: 531/534(048), ISBN 978-86-909973-2-9.

N. M. Grahovac, M. M. Zigic and D. T. Spasic (2010), "On impact scripts with both fractional and dry friction type of dissipation", Proceedings of FDA'10. The 4th IFAC Workshop Fractional Differentiation and its Applications. Badajoz, Spain, October 18-20, 2010 (Eds: I. Podlubny, B. M. Vinagre Jara, YQ. Chen, V. Feliu Batlle, I. Tejado Balsera). ISBN 9788055304878, Article No FDA10_142

N. M. Grahovac, M. M. Zigic, (2010), Modelling of the hamstring muscle group by use of fractional derivatives, Computers and Mathematics with applications, Vol 59, Issue 5, pp. 1695 - 1700, ISSN 0898-1221.

M. M. Zigic, Viscoelastic response of the human hamstring muscle during a ramp-and-hold type of experiment, 2nd International Congress of Serbian Society of Mechanics, Palic: Serbian Society of Mechanics, 01-05 June, 2009, pp. 165-173, UDK: 531/534(082), ISBN 978-86-7892-173-5.

Grahovac N., Zigic M: Fractional derivative viscoelastic model of the hamstring muscle group, 3rd IFAC Workshop on Fractional Differentiation and its Applications, Ankara, Turkey: 05-07 november, 2008.

Zigic M., Grahovac N.: On a mechanical model of a hamstring, 25th Danubia-Adria Symposium on Experimental Methods in Solid Mechanics, Czeske Budejovice, Czesky Krumlov, Czech Republic: Czech Technical University in Prague, 24-27 September, 2008, pp. 283- 284.

M. M. Zigic, N. M. Grahovac and D. T. Spasic: A simplified earthquake dynamics of a column like structure with fractional type of dissipation, 1st International Congress of Serbian Society of Mechanics, Beograd: Serbian Society of Mechanics, 10-13 April, 2007, pp. 165- 172.

N. M. Grahovac, M. M. Zigic, and D. T. Spasic: On multiple impacts with fractional type of dissipation, 1st International Congress of Serbian Society of Mechanics, Beograd: Serbian Society of Mechanics, 10-13 April, 2007, pp. 173- 180.