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prof. Ing. Jiří Lettl, CSc.

Name: 
Jiří Lettl
Room: 
B3 - 244
Phone: 
+420 22435 2147
e-mail: 
lettl@fel.cvut.cz
Position: 
Deputy Head of Department
Schedule: 
Teaching: 

Courses in bachelor's degree programme
A1B14VE1, AD1B14VE1 - Power Electronics I in Czech
AE1B14VE1 - Power Electronics I in English
A1B14PO1- Electric Drives and Traction I in Czech
AE1B14PO1 - Electric Drives and Traction I in English
B1B14ZVE - Basics of Power Electronics in Czech
BE1B14ZVE - Basics of Power Electronics in English

Courses in master's degree program
A1M14VE2, AD1M14VE2 - Power Electronics II in Czech
AE1M14VE2 - Power Electronics II in English
A1M14PO2, AD1M14PO2 - Electric Drives and Traction II in Czech
AE1M14PO2 - Electric Drives and Traction II in English
A5M14RPI - Power Distribution and Drives
B1M14 TVM, BD1M14 TVM - Theory and Application of Power Converters in Czech
BE1M14 TVM - Theory and Application of Power Converters in English
B1M14EPT, BD1M14EPT - Electric Drives and Traction
BE1M14EPT - Electric Drives and Traction in English

Courses in doctoral study programme
XP14MZR - Modern ways of electric drive control
XP14MEN - New trends in technique of semiconductor converters

Professional focus:
Optimisation of energy electromechanical conversion parameters in electric drives and power electronics systems, design and realization of advanced control algorithms of AC drives and sophisticated PWM strategies of various semiconductor power converters (rectifiers, frequency converters, matrix converters), electromagnetic compatibility.

Education:
1970 Leaving examination with honours at grammar school in Beroun 1975 Successful completion of studies with honours, defence of the degree Ing. (= M.Sc.) at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, study branch "Heavy Current Electrical Engineering", 1980 Successful defence of the research degree CSc. (= Ph.D.) at the CTU in Prague, FEE, study branch "Electric Traction and Electric Drives" 1985 General State Examination in English at the Language School of Prague 1989 Basic State Examination in German at the Language School of Prague 1992 General State Examination in German at the Language School of Prague 1993 Successful defence of the pedagogical degree Docent (= Associate Professor) at the CTU in Prague, FEE, branch "Electric Machines, Apparatuses and Drives" 1994 Leaving examination of the DANFOSS Management and Marketing Courses 1996 Successful defence of the CIMA Marketing Management Diploma 2000 Successful defence of the Quality Management - ISO 9001 Auditor Certificate 2009 Successful defence of the degree Professor at the University of Pardubice, Jan Perner Transport Faculty, branch "Means of transport and infrastructure". Work stays abroad: 1979 Finland, 1981 Soviet Union, 1982 Italy, 1985 Ukraine, 1986 Germany, 1992-1993 India, 1993 Sweden, 1994-1996 Austria, 1997 USA, 2001 Venezuela, 2002 Dominican republic, 2003 Italy, 2004 Austria, 2006 France, 2010 Poland. Significant universities: Moskovskij Energetičeskij Institut, Universita di Roma, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Technische Universität Dortmund, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische
Hochschule Aachen, Technische Universität München, University of Delhi, University
of Madras, University Malmö, Montanuniversität Leoben, Université Toulouse.

Work experience:
1976-1991 Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Department of Power Electronics (research worker),
1992-1995 DANFOSS Vienna, Division of Industrial Automation (project manager),
1996-1999 KZ Corporation in Kraluv Dvur (strategic development and commercial director),
2000-2001 Electrotechnical wholesale company ZAPROS Ltd (managing director),
2002-2003 Industrial automation company SIDAT Ltd (project manager),
Since 2004 Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

Significant award:
The Prize of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences for the set of works "New ways of
steering frequency converters and microcomputer control of AC drives to improve the
electromechanical energy conversion parameters" from the CSAS Prague in 1986.

Grants:
Grant No. 25705, Grant Agency of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences "Methods of Improving Static Power Converter Compatibility", 1991 -1992, holder of the grant.
Grant reg. No. 102/94/1360, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic "Analysis and Synthesis of High Performance AC-to-DC PWM Converters", 1994 - 1996, co-holder of the grant.
Grant KONTAKT II No. LH11098, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports "Study of Power Electronics Converters and their Control Strategies", 2011-2012, solver of the grant.
Grant No. TA01011408, Technological Agency of the Czech Republic "Research and Development of Advanced Technologies for Electric Drives", 2011 - 2014, solver of the grant.
Grant No. TE02000103, Technological Agency of the Czech Republic "Center for Intelligent Drives and Advanced Machine Control (CIDAM)", 2014-2019, co-solver of the grant.

Publications:
Web of Science (as at 30.04.2018)
Total publications 38
H-index 5
Scopus (as at 30.04.2018)
Document results 70
H-index 6