DOCUMENT
Name and surname prof. Ing. akad. soch. Štefan Klein
Document type: Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava
The seat of the university Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18, 814 37 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Klein
I.2 - Name
Štefan
I.3 - Degrees
prof., Ing., akad. soch.
I.4 - Year of birth
1959
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Academy of Fine Aerts and design
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Drotárska cesta 44, 814 37 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
proffessor, head of Transportation design studio
I.8 - E-mail address
klein@vsvu.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11751
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Art

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
SjF STU Bratislava
II.b - Year
1983
II.c - Study field and programme
Strojárstvo
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1989
II.c - Study field and programme
Fine art
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Ecole des Beaux Arts Saint Etienne
II.b - Year
1996
II.c - Study field and programme
design
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1996
II.c - Study field and programme
Design
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2017
II.c - Study field and programme
Design
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Department of Design - assistant, university teacher Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava 01.09.1990 - 31.07.1992
Department of Design - assistant professor, university teacher Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava 01.08.1992 - 17.02.2003
Department of Design -Associate proffesor Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava 18.12.2003 - 31.08.2008
Department of Design -Associate proffesor Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava 01.09.2008 - 28.02.2018
Department of Design - professor Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava 01.03.2018 - till now

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Studio of Transport design Design Bachelor's degree Art
Studio of Transport design Design Master's degree Art
Bachelor's thesis (consultations, elaboration) Design Bachelor's degree Art
Diploma thesis (consultations, elaboration) Design Master's degree Art
Doctoral consultations Fine Arts Doctoral's degree Art
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Design (one of the responsible teachers) Bachelor's degree Art
Design (Head of the responsible teachers) Master's degree Art
Fine art (one of the responsible teachers) Doctoral's degree daily and external form Art
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Design Art
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
8
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
7
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
150
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
100
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
5
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Basics of construction I, II, III, IV design Bachelor's degree Art
The history of automobile design I, II design Bachelor's degree Art
Aerodynamics I, II dizajn Bachelor's degree Art

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
88
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
83
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1325
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1282
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
24
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1.
EUCA22989 - Railway repair shops Slovakia / KLEIN, Štefan (1959), Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, No faculty, Department of Industrial Design (not used); Category: YZV; Output of artistic activity: Author's output; Type of output: Work; Name: Locomotive 757; Tech. description: project; Level of participation: Individual / Soloist; Date of publication of output/performance of artistic activity: 2013; Documentation of the realization of the output/performance: image. document.; Additional information: o


2.
Locomotive 722, 1998


3.
KAMAZ / KLEIN, Štefan (1959), University of Fine Arts in Bratislava, No faculty, Department of Industrial Design (not used); Category: ZZZ; Output of artistic activity: Author's output; Type of output: Work; Name: Fire engine; Tech. description: project; Level of participation: Individual / Soloist; Date of publication of output/performance of artistic activity: 2013; Documentation of the realization of the output/performance: image. document.; Additional information: o


4.
Piponeer / KLEIN, Štefan (1959), University of Fine Arts in Bratislava, No faculty, Department of Industrial Design (not used); Category: ZZX; Output of artistic activity: Author's output; Type of output: Work; Name: Piponeer Electric Car; Tech. description: prototype; Level of participation: Individual / Soloist; Date of publication of output/performance of artistic activity: 2013; Documentation of the realization of the output/performance: image. document.; Additional information:


5.
KLEIN, Štefan (1959), University of Fine Arts in Bratislava, No faculty, Department of Industrial Design (not used); Category: ZXZ; Output of artistic activity: Author's output; Type of output: Work; Name: Tractor Zetor; Tech. description: project; Level of participation: Individual / Soloist; Date of publication of output/performance of artistic activity: 2013; Additional information:


6.
International salon of complex security / KLEIN, Štefan (1959), Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, No faculty, Department of Industrial Design (not used); Category: ZYZ; Output of artistic activity: Author's output; Type of output: Event; Name: International Complex Security Exhibition Hall; Characteristics: exhibition; Participation rate: Collective / Group; Publication date of the output/performance of the artistic activity: 21.05. - 24.05. 2013; Documentation of the realization of the output/performance: image.document.; Additional information:


7.
EUCA22982 - Railway repair shops Slovakia / KLEIN, Štefan (1959), Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, No faculty, Department of Industrial Design (not used); Category: ZZY; Output of artistic activity: Author's output; Type of output: Work; Name: Engine unit 813; Tech. description: prototype; Level of participation: Individual / Soloist; Date of publication of output/performance of artistic activity: 2013; Documentation of the implementation of the output/performance: photo document.


8.
EUCA22985 - Menzi Muck / KLEIN, Štefan (1959), University of Fine Arts in Bratislava, No faculty, Department of Industrial Design (not used); Category: ZZZ; Output of artistic activity: Author's output; Type of output: Work; Name: Walking excavator A 91; Tech. description: prototype, serial production; Level of participation: Individual / Soloist; Date of publication of output/performance of artistic activity: 2013; Documentation of the realization of the output/performance: image. document.; Additional information: o


9.

Babetta 1991

10.
Golf cart MELEX, Poland, 1995


VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1.
Documentation of the implementation of the output/performance: program, links to the website + video projection of the Aircar; a link to an Internet resource; Additional information: The author proposes to include EXPO Dubai 2020 / Alternative among the renowned event in the form of AD HOC, proposed category: ZZZ. https://www.msn.com/en-xl/travel/other/flying-car-firm-plans-london-to-paris-route-after-achieving-airworthiness/ar-AAT7lo8?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531


2.
EUCA32964 - Dialogy SK / Design im Dialog; Universität der Künste / KLEIN, Štefan (1959), Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, No faculty, Department of Industrial Design (not used); Category: ZVZ; Output of artistic activity: Author's output; Type of output: Event; Title: Dialogy SK / Design im Dialog (1.6.-15.6.2016: Berlin, Germany); Characteristics: Exhibition - traveling exhibition: Madrid (30.6.-28.7.2016), London (6.9.-21.9.2016), Vienna (3.-17.10.2016), Warsaw (25.10.-10.11.2016); Participation rate: Collective / Group; Date of publication of the output/performance of the artistic activity: 1.6.-15.6.2016; Documentation of the implementation of the output/performance: invitation_Berlin, Germany, web_screenshot_about the exhibition, authors, scan-catalogue; (invitation_London); catalog in pdf, web-screenshot exhibiting authors; a link to an Internet resource; Additional information: Curators: K. Hubová, A. Pekárová; Traveling exhibition: Madrid (30.6.-28.7.2016), London (6.9.-21.9.2016), Vienna (3.-17.10.2016), Warsaw (25.10.-10.11.2016)


3.
EUCA40621 - SAE 2017 AeroTech Congress & Exhibition; SAE 2017 AeroTech Congress & Exhibition / KLEIN, Štefan (1959), Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, No Faculty, Department of Design; Category: ZZX; Output of artistic activity: Author's output; Type of output: Event; Title: Flight Sciences Hybrid Flight Vehicles and "Flying Car" (September 26 - September 28, 2017 : Dallas, USA); Characteristics: Tour, We propose to classify AD HOC in the category ZZZ; Level of participation: Individual / Soloist; Publication date of the output/performance of the artistic activity: 26.9. - 28/09/2017; Documentation of the implementation of output/performance: web-event, photo works; a link to an Internet resource; Additional information: We propose an ad hoc category of ZZZ


4.
EUCA53431 - AirCar...Design and Engineering; Gallery of the French Institute / KLEIN, Štefan (1959), Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, No Faculty, Department of Design; Category: ZZV; Output of artistic activity: Author's output; Type of output: Event; Name: AirCar...Design and Engineering (June 29, 2021- July 30, 2021: Bratislava, Slovakia); Characteristics: exhibition, curator: Adriena Pekárová. Through photographs, videos and films from his archive and the texts he wrote for this exhibition, the author will present his childhood and inspirations, work at VŠVU, cooperation with industry, the history of the Aeromobil project (1991-2015) in its several iterations, and especially the story of the development so far of the last completed flying car project called AirCar (2016-2021).; Level of participation: Individual / Soloist; Date of publication of the output/performance of the artistic activity: 06/29/2021 - 07/30/2021; Documentation of the implementation of the output/performance: photo documentation, links to the website, screenshot from the website; a link to an Internet resource; Additional information: The exhibition was held on the occasion of the awarding of the Imro Weiner-Kráľ Award for the year 2020. The author proposes to include the Gallery of the French Institute in the form of AD HOC among renowned institutions, proposed category: ZZY.


5.
EUCA48668 - The 2019 China International Import Expo in Shanghai; China International Import Expo / KLEIN, Štefan (1959), University of Fine Arts in Bratislava, No faculty, Department of Design; Category: ZZZ; Output of artistic activity: Author's output; Type of output: Event; Name: The 2019 China International Import Expo in Shanghai (November 5 - November 10, 2019 : Shanghai, China); Characteristics: specialized import exhibition, (Slovakia will not have its own national pavilion at the fair, but two Slovak companies will present their work there. The first is Klein, s.r.o. /Velvet futura representative/ with its aeromobile); Level of participation: Individual / Soloist; Publication date of the output/performance of the artistic activity: 05 November - 10 November 2019; Documentation of the realization of the output/performance: poster, photo from the exhibition, screenshot of the relevant website, photo of the realization of the exhibited work, link to the relevant website; a link to an Internet resource; More information: China International Import Expo - CIIE 2019 Shanghai - China International Import Expo. The event is the largest international event in China in 2019. The fair is open to all countries and regions of the world, with the main purpose of strengthening mutual trade cooperation and the global economy. The event is the biggest platform for foreign products to introduce themselves to Chinese consumers and reach the Chinese market in this way.
6.
Hydrogen powered locomotive, ŽOS Zvolen, project 2021


7.

Aircar projekt 3, hybrid 2022

8.

Aircar prototyp 2. 2020

9.

Aircar prototyp 1, 2017

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1.
Aeromobil 2.5 / 2013 Feedback review: CNBC Aeromobil! The Way Cooler Than Twitter!, 25/10/2013 / USA FOX NEWS, Would you buy a flying car? How about one from Slovakia?, 24/10/2013 The Sunday Times, UP,UP and away: a Slovakian professor has slipped the surly bonds of earth and achieved lift-off in what could become the worlds first mass-produced flying car, 27/10/2013 BBC, In Slovakia, the aeromobil flying car makes good..., Mathew Phenix, 24/10/2013 The Wall Street Journal, Slovakian Flying Car Makes Short Test Flight, Jonathan Welsh, 24/10/2013 USA TODAY, Will this flying car solve our traffic problems?, 11/11/2013 FOCUS Online, Bye Bye Traffic Jam, 23/10/2013 FLYING Magazine, The Coolest Flying Car Yet...simply stunning!, Stephen Pope, 17 10. 2013 Peter Fisk Game Changing Innovation! / book Smithsonian.com, A New Car Proves It Can Fly, Tuan C. Nguyen, 10/21/2013


2.
2 | Štefan Klein: Molecul XS electric ultralight vehicle, prototype, Slovakia, 2008. In: Kolesár, Zdeno: New chapters from the history of design. Bratislava: SCD, 2009, p. 223. ISBN 978-80-97013-1-6.


3.
3 | Excavators by Menzi Muck, designed by Štefan Klein. In: 1000 construction machines. Prague: Euromedia Group – Knižní klub, p. 276. ISBN 978-80-242-1897-7.


4.
4 | Štefan Klein: Delta I and II mokik prototypes, 2001. In: Ulický, Gustáv: History of the development and production of single-track motor vehicles in the city of Považská Bystrica. Považská Bystrica: Folklore Museum in Považská Bystrica, 2011, p. 94-95. ISBN 9


5.
5 | Štefan Klein: Aeromobil I, Aeromobil 2. Photo. In: Pelcl, Jiří: Design: from idea to realization, Prague: VŠUP, 2012, p. 170–175. ISBN 978-80–86863-45-0.


VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1.
KEGA project New methods in teaching design drawing with a specialization in the automotive industry Project no. 009VŠVU-4/2019 Project leader


2.
VW Project, Iconic, Wolfsburg Development Center, 2019


3.
Local Motors project, autonomous bus and 3D printing, USA, 2018


4.


Project Audi, topic Materials, partner Design Audi, Ingolsadt, Germany / 2017

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of the trade union commission for design Academy of Fine Arts of Design in Bratislava 2000-2001
Vice-Rector for Science and Research Academy of Fine Arts of Design in Bratislava 2001-2007
Member of the artistic council Academy of Fine Arts of Design in Bratislava 2000-2007, 2010-2021
Member of the Designum editorial board Designum 2007-2011
Cultural and educational grant agency MŠVVaŠ SR (KEGA) Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia University Ľubľana April 1996 Workshop at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design
Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Etienne (ESDASE), France Saint-Etienne (ESDASE), Francúzsko 2006 Workshop Utopia and Transport design with students
University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom 1. 1. 2001 – 31. 12. 2005. Visiting profesor

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned
Founder of Air Explorer, Aeromobil and Piponeer.