Our colleagues from The Institute Mihajlo Pupin Nemanja Nešić, Bratislav Planić, Nikola Antić, Stefan Đurov, Đorđe Rađenović, Ivan Milošević, Mladen Ilić, and Uroš Milić put together a fantastic team to win the football IT league championship recently. From November to May, eight teams competed for the championship cup during the tournament.

Our colleague Ivan Milošević was named the best assistant in the league with 27 assists in 17 games. Furthermore, he scored 20 goals, which is the league’s best aggregate coefficient.

Our colleagues also won a cash prize in the amount of 100,000.00 RSD and unanimously decided to donate the money for humanitarian purposes to the Children’s Oncology Clinic, thus showing humanity in action and big hearts.

The Institute Mihajlo Pupin has been hosting soccer sessions for its employees at the Enfield sports center twice weekly for many years. “Socializing after sports is a crucial part of every game, known as the third half. This gave us the opportunity to get to know our colleagues from the Institute more closely than before, but also to meet other colleagues from companies participating in the league,” says Bratislav Planić Chief Technology Officer at IMP. Apart from playing football recreationally, no one plays sports professionally, so this title gains weight and importance.

Colleagues all agree that this activity is important to them, for their health and physical fitness, but also for socializing and establishing new connections.

During its official visit to the Republic of Serbia, the delegation of the Republic of Gabon was a guest at the Mihajlo Pupin Institute on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The delegation was led by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Gabon General de Division Brigitte Onkanowa. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia.

Cooperation in science, education, and projects that IMP researchers worked on during the previous period were the topics of the meeting.

The representatives of the Republic of Gabon have shown great interest in cooperating with our Institute in the coming period, both in their country’s market and in their neighboring markets.

The 66th International Fair of Technology and Technical Achievements was officially opened yesterday with the tagline ‘We inspire development’. Over 600 exhibitors attended this year’s fair, with 250 of them being foreign from over 32 countries.

The fair was opened by the Minister of Science, Technological Development and Innovation, Jelena Begović, PhD.

“The exhibition of the Republic of Serbia was organized by as many as five ministries in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, which speaks of how science and the development of innovations are recognized by the state itself. Within our exhibition, innovative products, ideas, and research that were created in scientific research organizations, at faculties, at institutes, created by scientists, engineers, but also entrepreneurs, both from Serbia and from the partner countries of this year’s exhibition of the National of the Republic of China”, said Minister Begović.

The opening was attended by the President of the National Assembly of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, the Ministers of Information and Sports, as well as numerous domestic and foreign officials.

The Mihajlo Pupin Institute’s participation is already a tradition, so we showcased five exhibits to both domestic and foreign visitors on this occasion.

„The Mihajlo Pupin Institute is a true example of cooperation between science and business, considering that we cooperate with a large number of companies, but also with a network of international institutions with whom we cooperate on international projects, especially EU projects within the Horizon Europe program. As for our presence at the Fair, all five exhibits were created within the Institute, they are the result of our researchers’ own research and development. Within the area of management in the energy domain, a hydraulic aggregate connected to a safety TCipm block, turbine overspeed protection and a system for measuring and analyzing the vibration state of rotary machines are presented. I would like to point out that few companies in the world are able to offer, supply and put into operation for overspeed protection of turbines, and at the same time it is a device from our Institute that is certified for SIL 3 level of safety integrity. From the field of traffic management, a radio dispatch center, a product of the Institute’s railway program, was presented, while from the road traffic program, a system for intelligent transport systems was presented“, said the director of the Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Nikola Tomašević, PhD.

After the opening ceremony, our stand was visited by Minister Dr. Jelena Begović, who informed herself about the exhibits, their appearance on the domestic and foreign market and praised the work of our Institute.

During the next three days of the Fair, visitors will be able to get acquainted with new technologies, innovative products, talk with scientists and innovators and see how science is applied in everyday life and how science can solve the problems we face as individuals and as countries, and as humanity.

On Wednesday 27.03.2024 The Minister of Economy of the Republic of Serbia, Slobodan Cvetković, visited the “Mihajlo Pupin” Institute.

The aim of the visit was for the minister to familiarize himself with the work and products of the Institute, as well as to consider possible opportunities for establishing and improving cooperation between the economy and science on the local, regional and global market.

In front of the Mihajlo Pupin Institute, the minister was welcomed by the director of the Institute, Dr. Nikola Tomašević, B.Sc. and his assistant for finance and cooperation with the economy, Željko Stojković, B.Sc. Eng., and then our activities on the domestic and foreign markets were presented to the minister.

During the visit, various segments of the commercial program were presented to the minister, primarily training systems and simulators from the military program, such as NORA (training system for training cadets and recruits, conditioning artillery crews as well as tactical simulations of command staff) and TOPOT (trainинг system for training members the crew of the M84 tank), as well as various systems from the electric power industry program, such as a system for monitoring and analyzing vibrations, as an independent system and as an extension of the existing control systems of the IMP, a hydraulic and electronic system for the protection of turbines that are controlled by hydraulic executive elements ( SIL 3 certified), as well as a distributed system for management and regulation of the thermoblock, ready for installation in TE Morava in Svilajnac.

The minister pointed out that scientific institutes can have a serious impact on the economy, and that the economy is currently not fully utilizing all possible technological potential, as well as that the Serbian economy with such serious scientific institutes can be in a position to offer new achievements to the global market. On the other hand, our general director Dr. Nikola Tomašević emphasized that cooperation with the Ministry of Economy is of great importance for the commercialization of scientific and research results.

The Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović visited on 25.3.2024 the construction site of the flue-gas desulphurization plant at the thermal power plant Nikola Tesla A (TENT A), which will soon be put into trial operation.

This type of plant is the largest environmental project in a thermal power plant in Europe, which contributes to the reduction of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions tenfold, as well as particulate matter within the limits set by the European Union and national regulations, which will significantly improve air quality.

“With projects like this, we somewhat extend the ecological life of thermal power plants, which is important for the production of base energy. Until we build enough capacities from renewable energy sources, or until we reach some other base energy, we will have to rely on capacities from thermal power plants, of course in accordance with the highest environmental standards,” said the minister.

She reminded that this project is implemented with the financial support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and that the Mihajlo Pupin Institute participated in the realization of this project, working on software, electronics and digitalization of the operation of this plant.

The Mihajlo Pupin Institute is also working on the realization of such a plant in the Nikola Tesla B thermal power plant, which will enable the reduction of sulfur dioxide emissions by about 20 times.

Today, the Agreement on business and technical cooperation between the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure and the “Mihajlo Pupin” Institute in the field of road and rail transport was signed on our premises.

The Agreement was signed by the Minister Goran Vesić and our director general  Dr. Nikola Tomašević.

It was established that our Institute is ready to participate in all strategic projects carried out by the Ministry, taking into account that the most important projects in our country should be entrusted to our institutes and our work force.

During its official visit to the Republic of Serbia, the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe visited the Institute “Mihajlo Pupin” on Thursday, January 18, 2024.

The delegation of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe was led by the Prime Minister and Head of Government, H.E. Dr Patrice Emery Trovoada, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Community, H.E. Mister Gareth Haddad do Espirito Santo Guadalupe, Plenipotentiary Minister, Director for International Cooperation, Mister Américo Viegas, Lieutenant, ADC of the Prime Minister and Head of Government, Mister Wilker Ney da Vera Cruz Viegas and Assistant to the Prime Minister and Head of Government, Madam Ana Maculada Pinheiro da Cruz Barros.

The delegation was hosted by Dr. Nikola Tomašević, Director General of the Institute, Željko Stojković, Industrial Cooperation Director and Vladimir Simeunović, Director of IMP – Computer Systems.

On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the meeting was attended by H.E. Miloš Perišić, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the Republic of Angola.

During the meeting, the delegation of DR Sao Tome and Principe and the representatives of the Institute “Mihajlo Pupin” discussed potential cooperation with the goal of more efficient government administration, especially related to the development of dedicated information systems primarily for e-government. One topic of the meeting was potential cooperation in the fields of energy efficiency and communication systems, as well as the possibility of engineers exchange for high level knowledge transfer and closer cooperation.

In the spirit of New Year’s and Christmas holidays, on December 31, 2023, in the Great Hall, a special New Year’s celebration traditionally held for the Institute “Mihajlo Pupin” employees. Although the 2023 will be remembered as not an easy one, the Institute “Mihajlo Pupin” can be proud of numerous successes in various fields and areas.

In his speech, the Director General of the Institute “Mihajlo Pupin”, Nikola Tomašević PhD, emphasized the importance of the engagement of all colleagues during 2023, thus having the 2023. with high quality results, both in the research and commercial projects. A special contribution to the outstanding results of the work of the “Mihajlo Pupin” Institute was made by several colleagues who were awarded the “Best Associate” award on that occasion.

The winners of the “Best Associate” award of the “Mihajlo Pupin” Institute for outstanding results achieved in 2023 are:

Milovan Marić, Master Eng. traffic

Best Associate Award

After the awards were presented, the cocktail party continued with the exchange of good wishes for an even more successful 2024.

On Thursday, 14.12.2023., the Mihajlo Pupin Institute had the honor and pleasure of hosting Katarina Andrić, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

The aim of the visit was for the ambassador to get acquainted with the work and products of the Mihajlo Pupin Institute, as well as to consider the possibilities of establishment and improvement of the cooperation with B. R. Venezuela.

In front of the Mihajlo Pupin Institute, the ambassador was welcomed by the Director General, Nikola Tomašević, Ph.D, El. Eng., and his Assistant Director for Industrial Cooperation, Željko Stojković, El. Eng. They have presented different segments of the commercial program portfolio, including road traffic, railways, the electricity industry, military program, and others.

The ambassador Katarina Andrić showed great interest in helping place our products on the Venezuela market.

One of the most important international conferences in Serbia, TELFOR, was organized this year for the 31st time. It was held on November 21 and 22, 2023 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belgrade.

The Institute “Mihajlo Pupin” has participated in several presented scientific papers and has also been one conference sponsors.

In a specially organized and announced technical-commercial session, Vladimir Nešić, B.Sc. Eng. from “IMP – Automation” has presented the portfolio of the Institute “Mihajlo Pupin” in the field of ITS systems through the presentation ” Highways Traffic Management – Intelligent Transport Systems – ITS”.

The presentation is available on the TELFOR official website: https://www.telfor.rs/prezentacije/IMP.pdf

At the specially designed stand, the conference visitor could talk to Institute “Mihajlo Pupin” colleagues who provided additional information about the latest results from numerous commercial projects as well as projects financed from European Union funds.