Education:
1967 Dipl. Ing. (Mechanical Engineering) University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1970 Dipl. Math. (Mathematics) University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1982 Ph.D. (Computational Fluid Mechanics) University of London, U.K.
Professional Career/Employment:
1968 – 1976 ITEN - Energoinvest, Sarajevo; Research engineer/Department Manager
1976 – 1980 Mech. Eng. Faculty, University of Sarajevo; Teaching and research assistant
1982 – 1990 Mech. Eng. Faculty, University of Sarajevo; Docent(Lecturer)/Professor
1990 – 1997 Computational Dynamics Ltd, London; Principal Engineer
1997 – 2000 Mech. Eng. Faculty, University of Sarajevo; Professor
2000 – 2001 ICCM Institut of Computational Continuum Mechanics, Hamburg; President
2001 – CD adapco Group, London/N¨urnberg; Senior Corporate Development Consultant
Visiting fellow/professor:
• Imperial College of Sci. and Techn., London, 1983, 1985 (Visiting fellow, 1 month)
• Friedrich-Alexander-Universit¨at, Erlangen-N¨urnberg, 1987, 1989 (Visiting fellow, 1 month)
• Imperial College of Sci. and Techn., London, 1987/88 (Visiting fellow, 9 months)
• Imperial College of Sci. Techn. and Medicine, London, 1993/98 (Visiting professor, 6 years)
Teaching and student guidance:
Universities in Sarajevo (Faculties of Mech. Eng., Elect. Eng., Mathematics, Physics, Economics), Mostar
(Faculty of Mech. Eng) and London (Imperial College of Sci. Techn. and Medicine).
Undergraduate Courses: Mathematics, Numerical Mathematics, Computer Programing, Thermodynamics,
Heat Transfer, Thermal Machinery, Fluid Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics, Finite Volume Stress
Analysis
Postgraduate Courses: Numerical Mathematics, Continuum Mechanics, Finite Volume Stress Analysis,
Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Thesis supervision: 7 Ph.D., 5 M.Sc., 20 Dipl. Ing., 3 Dipl. Phys.
Publications:
• Papers in refereed journals: 35
• Papers in refereed conference proceedings: 50
• Chapters in books: 3
• Books: author 4 and co-author 6
Bibliometric record:
• 454 journal citations
• 3 book citations
Commercial software:
One of the principal developers for:
• STAR-CD, CFD software, Produced and distributed by CD adapco Group (since 1988), www.cdadapco.
com
• Comet, CCM software, Produced and distributed first by ICCM Institute for Computational Continuum
Mechanics, (since 1997) and by CD adapco Group (from 2001), www.cd-adapco.com
• SaGaS, Pipe-networks Design and Analysis software, Propriety of Sarajevo Gas, Sarajevo, Bosnia
and Herzegovina
Publication list 1993–2003
Journal publications
1. I. Demirdžić, ž. Lilek, M. Perić, A collocated finite-volume method for predicting flows at all
speeds, Int. J. Numer. Methods Fluids, 16 (1993) 1029–1050.
2. I. Demirdžić, D. Martinović: Finite-volume method for thermo-elasto-plastic stress-analysis, Comput.
Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg., 109 (1993) 331–349.
3. I. Demirdžić, S. Muzaferija, Finite volume method for stress analysis in complex domains, Int. J.
Numer. Methods Engrg., 37 (1994) 3751–3766.
4. A. Ivanković, I. Demirdžić, J.G. Williams, P.S. Leevers, Application of the finite-volume method
to the analysis of dynamic fracture problems, Int. J. Fracture, 66 (1994) 357–371.
5. I. Demirdžić, S. Muzaferija, Numerical method for coupled fluid flow, heat transfer and stress
analysis using unstructured moving meshes with cells of arbitrary topology, Comput. Methods
Appl. Mech. Engrg., 125 (1995) 235–255.
6. I. Demirdžić, S. Muzaferija, M. Perić, Benchmark solutions of some structural analysis problems
using finite-volume method and multigrid acceleration, Int. J. Numer. Methods Engrg., 40 (1997)
1893–1908.
7. A. Ivanković, S. Muzaferija, I. Demirdžić, Finite volume method and multigrid acceleration in
modelling of rapid crack propagation in full-scale pipe test, Computational Mechanics, 20 (1997)
46–52.
8. I. Demirdžić, I. Horman, D. Martinović, Finite volume analysis of stress and deformation in hygrothermo-
elastic orthotropic body, Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg., 190 (2000) 1221–1232.
9. D . Martinović, I. Horman, I. Demirdžić: Numerical and experimental analysis of a wood drying
process, Wood Sci. Technol., 35 (2001) 143–156.
10. A. Teskeredžić, I. Demirdžićand S. Muzaferija, Numerical method for heat transfer, fluid flow,
and stress analysis in phase-change problems, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B, 42 (2002) 437–459.
Books
1. I. Demirdžić, A. Ivanković: Finite Volume Stress Analysis, Imperial College of Science, Technology
and Medicine, University of London, 1994, 1996
2. I. Demirdžić, S. Muzaferija: Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, Mech. Eng. Faculty,
University of Sarajevo, 1997.
3. I. Demirdžić: Continuum Mechanics, Mech. Eng. Faculty, University od Sarajevo, 1997. (in
Bosnian)
4. I. Demirdžić: Numerical Mathematics, Svjetlost, Sarajevo, 1997 (in Bosnian)
Chapters in books
1. I. Demirdžić, S. Muzaferija, M. Perić, Advances in computation of heat transfer, fluid flow, and solid body deformation using finite volume approach, Chapter 2 in Advances in Numerical Heat Transfer, Editors: W. J. Minkowycz, E. M. Sparow, Taylor and Frances, New York (1997) 59–96.
2. I. Demirdžić, S. Muzaferija, M. Perić, Computation of turbulent flows in complex geometries, Chapter 7 in Computation of complex turbulent flows, Editor: G. Tzabiras, WIT Press, Southampton (2000) 242–299. .
3. M. Perić, I. Demirdžić, S. Muzaferija, Pressure correction methods for all speed flows, Chapter 4 in Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations, Editors: A. Meister, J. Struckmeier, Vieweg, Braunschweig/Wiesbaden (2002) 233–267.
Conference proceedings
1. A. Ivanković, I. Demirdžić, J.G. Williams, P.S. Livers, A New Numerical Method for Analysing
Dynamic Fracture Problems, in: J.G. Williams, A. Pavan (Eds.) Ipmact and Dynamic Fracture of
Polymers and Composites, Mechanical Engineering Publications, Bury St. Edmunds (1995) 115–
125. (European Symposium on Impact and Dynamic Fracture of Polymers and Composites, Potro
Cervo (Sardinia), Italy, September 20–22, 1993)
2. I. Demirdžić, A. Ivanković, D. Martinović, S. Muzaferija, Numerical method for solving linear and
non-linear solid body problems, Proc. 1st Congres of Croatian Society of Mechanics, Pula, Croatia
(1994) 95–102.
3. N. N. Dioh, A. Ivanković, I. Demirdžić, Dynamic Thermo Elastic Plastic Deformation of Solids
Using Finite Volume Technique, in: D. R. J. Owen and E. Onate (Eds.) Computational Plasticity,
Fundamentals and Applications, Pineridge Press (1995) 1947-1957.
4. D. Robinson, I. Demirdžić, R. Krishna, Parallel STAR promises bright future, in: B. Hertzberger
and G. Serazzi (Eds.) High-Performance Computing and Networking, Lecture Notes in Computer
Science 919, Springer (1995) 813-819.
5. D. Jones, I. Demirdžić, R. Krishna, D. Robinson, Use of Parallel CFD for Demanding Chemical
Process Applications, Conference and Exhibition: Chemputers Europe II, Noordwijk, The Nederlands
(1995)
6. V. Seidl, I. Demirdžić, S. Muzaferija, M. Perić, Direct Numerical Simulation of Flow Around
Sphere, Proc. 5th Int. Conf. Numer. Meth. Fluid Dynamics, Monterey, Canada (1996)
7. I. Demirdžić, A. Ivanković, H. J. MacGillivray, K. Maneeratana, Numerical modelling of high-rate
tensile tests using finite volume formulation, Proc. IUTAM Symposium on Innovative Computational
Methods for Fracture and Damage, Dublin, Ireland (1996)
8. A. Ivanković, S. Muzaferija, I. Demirdžić, Finite volume method and multigrid acceleration in
modelling of rapid crack propagation in full-scale pipe test, Proc. IUTAM Symposium on Innovative
Computational Methods for Fracture and Damage, Dublin, Ireland (1996)
9. I. Demirdžić, A. Ivanković, Finite volume approach to modelling of plates, Proc. 2nd Congres of
Croatian Society of Mechanics, Brač, Croatia (1997) 101–108.
10. I. Demirdžić, Finite Volume Approach toMulti-Physics Problems, in: S. N. Alturi, P.E. O’Donoghue
(Eds.) Modelling and Simulation Based Engineering, Tech. Science Press, Palmdale (1998) 1757–
1762. (Keynote lecture at: Int. Conf. on Computational Engineering Sciences ICES, Atlanta, USA,
6th–9th October, 1998)
11. H. Basić, I. Demirdžić, E. Džaferović, Finite volume analysis of flows of ideal-plastic materials
during cold extrusion, Proc. RIM 1999, Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999) 143–151. (in
Bosnian)
12. E. Džaferović, A. Ivanković, I. Demirdžić, Finite volume modelling of linear viscoelastic deformation,
Proc. 3rd Congres of Croatian Society of Mechanics, Dubrovnik, Croatia (2000) 245–252.
13. I. Bijelonja, I. Demirdžić, S. Muzaferija, Some computational aspects of finite volumejanalysis of
solid body deformation, Proc. 3rd Congres of Croatian Society of Mechanics, Dubrovnik, Croatia
(2000) 261–267.
14. H. Basić, I. Demirdžić, S. Muzaferija, Analysis of plastic flow of metals during extrusion processes
using finite volume method, Proc. 3rd International Conference on Industrial Tools, Rogaška
Slatina, Slovenia (2001) 22–26.
15. I. Bijelonja, S. Muzaferija, I. Demirdžić, Finite volume method for analysis of large elasto-plastic
deformations, Proc RIM 2001, Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001) 127–137. (in Bosnian)
16. I. Demirdžić, E. Džaferović, A. Ivanković, Predicting residual stresses due to solidification in
cast plastic plates, Proc. 4th Congres of Croatian Society of Mechanics, Bizovac, Croatia (2003)
129–136.
Invited seminar lectures
1. I. Demirdžić, Finite volume stress analysis, Friedrich-Alexander-Universit¨at Erlangen-N¨urnberg,
Techniche Fakult¨at, Lehrstuhl fuer Str¨omungsmechanik, Erlangen, 4th January 1993.
2. I. Demirdžić, A new finite volume based method for structural mechanics, University of Glasgow,
Department of Civil Engineering, Glasgow, 29th June 1995.
3. I. Demirdžić, Finite volume approach to multi-physics problems, Imperial College of Science,
Technology and Medicine, Mechanical Engineering Department, Strength of Materials Group, London,
22nd November 1995.
4. I. Demirdžić and A. Ivanković, A new finite volume based method for structural mechanics,
- Greenwich University, Centre for Numerical Modelling and Process Analysis; School of Mathematics,
Statistics and Scientific Computing, London, 28th November 1995.
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Department of Aeronautics London,
22nd May 1996.
5. I. Demirdžić, Finite volumes in solid mechanics, NAFEMS/ACME Joint Research Seminar ’Alternative
Strategies in Computational Mechanics’, British Standards Institute, London, 8th February
1996.
6. I. Demirdžić, Finite volumes in contimuum mechanics, Institut f¨ur Schiffbau, Universit¨at Hamburg,
26th September 1997.