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Mario Zidar, graduate mining engineer

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Department: Department of Geotechnics
Floor: 2
Office: 55
Office hours: -

Phone: +385 42 408 922
Mobile: +385 98 448 781
E-mail: mario.zidar@gfv.unizg.hr


Courses:
Undergraduate study programme in Environmental Engineering:

CAD - Computer Aided Design
Computer Lab


Short biography:

Education:
He enrolled in the study programme in Mining, and he graduated in Geotechnics from the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, in 1987.
Employment:
He has been employed at the Faculty of Geotechnics, University of Zagreb, since 1987.

Teaching:
At the Faculty of Geotechnics, he participated in the course Slope Stability from 1987 to 2015. Since 1994 he has been participating in the course "Application of computers in geotechnics" (today: "Computer aided design") and since 2006 in the course "Computer Practicum".

Achievements:
In 1991, he passed a professional exam for performing managerial job positions in mining. In 1994, he was appointed Head of the Computing Center at the Faculty of Geotechnics. In 1996 and 1997, he attended workshops "Computational Geotechnics" held in Delft, the Netherlands. Since 2005, he has held an Autodesk Certificate of Completion as well as certificates of AutoCAD - drawing in plane and 3D space. In 2007, he was appointed a representative and coordinator for e-learning at the Faculty of Geotechnics. Since 2007, he has been working as an administrator of LMS Merlin (Moodle) at the Faculty of Geotechnics. From 2010 to 2012, he obtained the E-learning Course Design Certificate, the E-learning Tutoring Certificate and the E-learning Management Certificate at CARNet E-learning Academy. Since 2013, he has been appointed CARNet coordinator at the Faculty of Geotechnics. He is a member of the Society of Engineers and Technicians Varaždin.
Works:
He is an author or co-author of several professional and scientific papers on professional topics as well as several manuals related to the application of e-learning. He has actively participated in a number of conferences related to professional activities as well as the application of information technology in teaching. He has participated in the preparation of professional mining, geotechnical, geological and geodetic documentation as a project designer or as an associate.