Curriculum Vitae

1. Surname: Kovács

2. Name: Balázs

3. Date of birth: August 2, 1965

4. Nationality: Hungarian

5. Civil status: Single

6. Education:
 
Institution University for Heavy Industry, Miskolc
Date:
from
to
 
September, 1984
June, 1989
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) mining engineer, engineering geological major

Institution Gödöllõ Agricultural University, Gödöllõ
Date:
from
to
 
September, 1993
November, 1995
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) environmental engineer

 
Institution University of Miskolc
Date:
from
to
October, 1999

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) PhD. in Earth Sciences

7. Language skills: (Mark 1 to 5 for competence, where 5 is the highest)
 
Language Passive Spoken Written
English 5 5 5
German 5 5 3
Russian 4 3 3
French 4 3 4

8. Membership of professional bodies:
 
Association, committee Status Year elected
Academic Committee of Miskolc, 
Subcommitte of Computer Sciences in Mining
member 1990
Academic Committee of Miskolc, 
Subcommitte of Mining Chemistry
member 2000
Geotechnical Section of the Hungarian Chamber of Engineers member 1990
IMWA(International Mine Water Association) member 1993
ISSMFE(International Soc. of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering) member 1993

9. Other skills:

Computer literacy (applications, system management, webmastering, server management)

10. Present position: Assintant professor,

11. Years within the company: 10

12. Key qualifications:
- Geotechnical engineering
- Hydrogeology
- GW flow and contaminant transport modelling
- Geoinformatics
- Waste disposal

13. Professional experience:
 
Date:
from
to
 
July, 1989
August, 1992
Location Miskolc
Company Hungarian Acedemy of Sciences/Univertsity for Heavy Industry
Position practicant
Description Lecturer of topics: Hydrogeology, Water management, Research in slope stability evaluation, and control of landslipping or creeping areas

 
Date:
from
to
 
September, 1992
June, 1999
Location Miskolc
Company University for Heavy Industry/University of Miskolc
Position Assistant professor
Description Lecturer of topics: Water Management, waste management, GW flow and contaminant transport modeling, Soil mechanics, Geotechnics, Research: Application of contaminant transport models


 
Date:
from
to
 
Februry, 1996
present
Location Miskolc
Company GÁMA-GEO Engineering Consultant Ltd.
Position Managing director
Description Consultancy in Hydrogeology. Geotechnics, Computer simulations in Environmental protection: Research: Computer Simulation of contaminant and fate transport in vadoze zone

Date:
from
to
 
July, 1999
present
Location Miskolc
Company University of Miskolc
Position university lecturer, Associate Professor
Description Lecturer of topics: Engineering geology, Water Management, waste management, GW flow and contaminant transport modeling, research: Multiphase GW flow and contaminant transport

 

13. Publications