Dr. Lucia Knapčíková | Department of Vehicles Engineering

• The production of waste tyres is constantly growing every year. The research aims to maximize the recovery of all components of used tyres that are returned to the manufacturing process and is focused on monitoring the fabrics component of waste tyres and their application in manufacturing new composite materials. In addition to a stable economy, the circular model should also ensure a healthy environment. It focuses on material efficiency, waste of resources, reuse, repair, and change in product design. Instead of ownership, he prefers renting and maximum use of the product. The circular economy does not deal with the end but just the beginning; the design is key and determines what happens to the material at the end of its life. And not only materials but mainly products or their components. It significantly minimizes waste and the cost of input materials and energy required to produce new products. The basic criteria for sustainable development include:
  • maintaining the overall ecological stability of the landscape,
  • protection and rational use of natural resources,
  • ensuring a certain quality of human life,
  • ensuring social and cultural diversity,
  • protection against natural hazards.

Keywords: Vehicle, Waste tyres, 3R, Circular Economy, Environment 

Bio:
Lucia Knapčíková is Vice-Dean for International Relations and Mobility at the Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies with a seat in Prešov of the Technical University of Košice (FMT TUKE). In 2017 she completed her Habilitation for Associate Professor at the FMT in "Manufacturing Technologies". In 2011 she completed her PhD study at the above-mentioned Faculty. Assoc. Prof. Knapčíková, PhD, is the author of more than 250 scientific papers in Slovakia and abroad, and she owns 6 utility models. She participated in several international research projects. She is the project coordinator of the international Action Austria- Slovakia with the cooperation of TU Graz and Pro2Future, GmbH., as a research institution (2023-2026, 2021-2022). A most important project was H2020 Less Than Wagon Load (Project duration 2017-2020) in collaboration with Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Italy and Slovakia, where she´s position is the Faculty project coordinator. The project aims to develop a SMART-specialised logistics cluster for the chemical industry in the Port of Antwerp to shift transport volumes from road to rail freight. She participated in project EUROSTARS (BRIDGE2ERA Program, 2021) with the collaboration of the Technical University of Applied Sciences in Wildau (TH Wildau), Germany. The project aims for Industry 4.0 strategic orientation between universities and SMEs. She lectured at the universities in Germany (TH Wildau), the Czech Republic (TU Liberec) and Croatia (J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Mechanical Engineering Faculty in Slavonski Brod). Her area of interest includes SMART technologies, SMART materials, and application possibilities directly in the industry. In 2018, she was awarded the “Personality of Science and Technology under 35 years“category. The Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, in support of the development of science and technology and the recognition of exceptional achievements in this field, was awarded the Science and Technology Awards – the highest award in science and technology for the year 2018. She is a member of the European Alliance for Innovation, Belgium (www.eai.eu), TEAM Society in Croatia and an active member of the Editorial Board of Acta Tecnología Journal (Slovakia), Acta Logistíca (Slovakia) and SAR Journal (Serbia). She works as Guest Editor in the indexed journal (CCC Journal) Wireless Networks-WINET and Mobile Networks and Applications- MONET She is responsible for organizing International conferences under the EAI organization- MMS 2023-2016, and EAI FABULOUS 2023-2021.