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Croatian Academy of Engineering (CAE) is a scientific organization that gathers domestic and foreign scientists from the field of technical and biotechnical sciences.

History
The Croatian Academy of Technical Sciences was founded on January 19, 1993 as a non-governmental, independent, non-partisan and non-profit association. On January 25 of the same year, the Academy was registered in the register of the Ministry of Justice and Administration of the Republic of Croatia. .

HATZ received the status of a scientific organization in 2009.

Vision
The vision of the Academy is to be a leading creative and innovative multidisciplinary community of engineering scientists, to contribute efficiently and actively to the development of technical sciences and the transfer of technical knowledge important for the survival and progress of the Croatian economy and the well-being of people, and to advocate the safe and beneficial use of technologies, the protection of the environment and people from their inappropriate applications, promote professionalism and responsible behavior while respecting high ethical standards.

Activities

 * Research and development in technical sciences
 * Technical examination and analysis
 * Stimulation and organization of scientific work
 * Production of scientific studies, expertise, reports and projects
 * Discussion and presentation of views on current issues of science and economy
 * Organization of scientific meetings
 * Issuing publications
 * Cooperation with academies in the country and abroad
 * Transfer of knowledge

Members
The Academy consists of regular members, associate members, emeritus members, international members and honorary members. These are the most eminent scientists and engineers who represent a significant driving force of the technical society. The members of the Academy are made up of both businessmen and supporting members, who carry out activities in the most propulsive Croatian companies.

Members are divided into 14 departments, and their number is determined based on the principle of a numerus clausus, except for emeritus members and supporting members whose number is not limited.

A distinguished Croatian or foreign scientist who holds the title of scientific advisor or full university professor in the field of technical sciences and who was previously an associate member of the Academy for at least three years can be proposed as a regular member of the Academy.

A Croatian or foreign scientist who holds at least the title of scientific associate or assistant professor in the field of technical sciences can be proposed as an associate member of the Academy. Exceptionally, with a special explanation from the proposer, a person from other scientific fields can also apply if they have significantly contributed to the development of engineering disciplines through their activity.

Every regular member of the Academy becomes an emeritus member of the Academy in the year in which they reach the age of 75. A regular member of the Academy can, after reaching 70 years of age, on the basis of a personal request, becomes an emeritus member of the Academy.

An eminent Croatian or foreign scientist in the field of technical sciences, who lives and works abroad, can be proposed as an international member of the Academy.

An eminent Croatian or foreign scientist who, through his lifelong activity, has significantly contributed to the affirmation, recognition and reputation of technical sciences in Croatia or in the world, may be nominated as an honorary member of the Academy.

A distinguished person from business can be proposed as a business member of the Academy. The reputation of a business member of the Academy is based on his exceptional personal contribution in domains such as: development and production jobs in industry; management jobs in industry and economy; technology transfer; patenting of original industrial processes and technologies; entrepreneurship, including the establishment and management of spin-off companies, etc.

A legal entity operating in the field of technical and biotechnical sciences or a private donor may be proposed as a supporting member of the Academy..

Management structure
The management structure of the Academy consists of the Board, the Presidency and the Assembly.

The Academy's board has 5 members and consists of: the president of the Academy, two vice-presidents of the Academy, the general secretary of the Academy and the previous president of the Academy. The Academy Board in the term 2022-2026. consists of: Prof. Vedran Mornar, Ph.D. (president), Prof. Neven Duić, Ph.D. and Prof. Bruno Zelić, Ph.D. (vice-presidents), Prof. Vladimir Mrša, Ph.D. (general secretary) and Prof. Vladimir Andročec, Ph.D. (member of the Board).

The presidency of the Academy is the executive body of the Assembly. The Presidency of the Academy consists of: all members of the Academy's Management Board, secretaries of the Academy's Departments, the chairman of the Council of the Academy's Centers and the chairmen of the Academy's Committee.

The assembly is the highest body of the Academy and is composed of all categories of members. Regular members of the Academy, associate members of the Academy, international members of the Academy and emeritus members of the Academy have the right to make decisions at the Assembly. Honorary members, business members and supporting members of the Academy participate in the Assembly without decision-making rights.

Organizational structure
The Academy organizes its activities in Departments, Centers, Committees and in other organizational forms. The activity and organization of the work of Departments, Centers, Committees and other organizational forms is determined by the Statute and rules and regulations of these bodies.

The Academy has 14 departments (Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Energy Systems, Department of Construction and Geodesy, Department of Graphic Engineering, Department of Information Systems, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Communication Systems, Department of Transport, Department of Mining and of Metallurgy, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Shipbuilding, Department of Systems and Cybernetics, Department of Textile Technology), 5 committees (Committee for Cooperation with the Economy and Regional Cooperation, Committee for International Cooperation, Committee for Ethics, Committee for Awards, Committee for Scientific Fund), 1 center ( HATZ Center for Technological Development), and 2 Councils (Economic Council, Scientific Council).

Presidents

 * Academician Josip Božičević (1993. – 1997.)
 * Prof. Juraj Božićević, Ph.D. (1997. – 2003.)
 * Prof. emer. Zlatko Kniewald, Ph.D. (2003. – 2009.)
 * Prof. Stanko Tonković, Ph.D. (2009. – 2013.)
 * Prof. Vladimir Andročec, Ph.D. (2013. – 2022.).
 * Prof. Vedran Mornar, Ph.D. (2022. – )

International Connections
Since October 2000, the Academy has been a member of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS - International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences) based in Washington, USA. Since January 2005, the Academy has been an associate member of the European Council of Applied and Technical Sciences (Euro-CASE – European Council of Applied Science and Engineering) based in Paris, and in 2009 it became a permanent member of Euro-CASE.

Representatives of the Academy signed five bilateral agreements (2004, Agreement on cooperation in the field of engineering and technical sciences between the Croatian Academy of Technical Sciences, Republic of Croatia and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, People's Republic of China; 2006, Agreement on mutual understanding between the Croatian Academy of Technical Sciences and Academy of Technical Sciences of Hungary; 2009, Agreement on cooperation between the Academy of Technical Sciences of Croatia and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Annex I of the Agreement included); 2013, Agreement on cooperation between the Academy of Technical Sciences of Croatia and the Chinese Academy of Engineering; 2017, Agreement on cooperation between the Croatian Academy of Technical Sciences and the Slovenian Engineering Academy).

Publications

 * 1) Annual of Croatian Academy of Engineering / Annual;
 * 2) Engineering Power;
 * 3) Others.

Prizes and awards
Once a year, the Academy awards individuals for special contributions in the engineering professions of technical and biotechnical sciences, as well as for achieving the goals and programs of the Academy and self-sacrificing work that contributed to its social affirmation.

The Academy awards are:


 * 1) "The Power of Knowledge" lifetime achievement award
 * 2) "Rikard Podhorsky" annual awards
 * 3) "Vera Johanides" awards to young scientists.

The Academy expresses its gratitude to deserving individuals or institutions by awarding medals and/or awards.