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personal data approved: 2022. VII. 05.
Personal data
Ákos Török
name Ákos Török
name of institution
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Doctoral Council of the University
doctoral school
BME Pál Vásárhelyi Doctoral School of Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences (Core member)
Council of the Doctoral School
(discipline) Habilitation Comittee and Doctoral Council (chairman)
BME Pál Csonka Doctoral School of Architecture (Academic staff member)
(discipline) Habilitation Comittee and Doctoral Council
ELTE Doctoral School of Earth Sciences (Academic staff member)
Council of the Doctoral School (external member)
ME Mikoviny Sámuel Doctoral School of Earth Sciences
(discipline) Doctoral Council (external member)
SzE Multidisciplinary Doctoral School of Engineering Sciences
Council of the Doctoral School (external member)
the share of work in the different doctoral schools. BME Pál Vásárhelyi Doctoral School of Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences 81%
BME Pál Csonka Doctoral School of Architecture 2%
ELTE Doctoral School of Earth Sciences 2%
BME PVDSCEE Council of the Doctoral School 2%
ELTE DSES1-ELTE Council of the Doctoral School (external member) 1%
BME PCDSA (discipline) Habilitation Comittee and Doctoral Council 1%
ME MSDSES (discipline) Doctoral Council (external member) 1%
BME PVDSCEE (discipline) Habilitation Comittee and Doctoral Council (chairman) 10%
accreditation statement submitted to: Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Contact details
phone number +36 1 463-2414
own web page
Academic title
scientific degree, title Ph.D.
year degree was obtained 1995
discipline to which degree belongs earth sciences
institution granting the degree ELTE (to be translated)
scientific degree, title Habilitation
year degree was obtained 2008
discipline to which degree belongs earth sciences
institution granting the degree Budapest University of Technology and Economics
scientific degree, title DSc
year degree was obtained 2013
discipline to which degree belongs earth sciences
institution granting the degree HAS
scientific degree, title Corresponding member of Hung. Acad. of Sci.
year degree was obtained 2022
discipline to which degree belongs earth sciences
institution granting the degree HAS
Employment
1986 - Budapest University of Technology and Economics
university professor or researcher
Thesis topic supervisor
number of doctoral students supervised until now 8
number of students who fulfilled course requirements 5
students who obtained their degrees:
Balázs Czinder PhD 2021  PVDSCEE
Orsolya Farkas PhD 2019  PVDSCEE
Nikolett Kocsisné Bodnár PhD 2016  PVDSCEE
Balázs Szemerey-Kiss PhD 2013  PVDSCEE
Lea Zamfira Forgó PhD 2009  PVDSCEE
Péter Görög PhD 2009  PVDSCEE
Theodoridou Magdalini PhD 2009  
Mónika Hajpál PhD 2002  
students with degree granting in process:
Ali BesharatiNezhad PhD (2024/08)  PVDSCEE
Andor Németh PhD (2024/08)  PVDSCEE
completed course requirement:
Zita Judit Kárpátiné Pápay (PhD) 2016/01  PVDSCEE
present PhD students:
Rami Moghrabi (PhD) (2026/08)  PVDSCEE
Tamás Zomborácz (PhD) (2026/08)  PVDSCEE
Katalin Szabó (PhD) (2026/01)  PVDSCEE
Mohammad Ibrahim Mohammad Bani Yasin (PhD) (2025/08)  PVDSCEE
Fruzsina Nagy-Göde (PhD) (2024/01)  PVDSCEE
Zsuzsanna Kósa (PhD) (2024/01)  PVDSCEE
  Thesis topic proposals
Research
research area Engineering geology, stone monuments, effect of air pollution on stone, stone consolidation, mechanical properties of rocks, environmental geology, carbonate sedimentology, carbonate diagenesis,
research field in which current research is conducted earth sciences
architecture
Publications
2023

 Khodabandeh Mohammad Ali, Nagy Gábor, Török Ákos: Stabilization of collapsible soils with nanomaterials, fibers, polymers, industrial waste, and microbes: Current trends, CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS 368: p. 130463.
type of document: Journal paper/Review paper
language: English
URL 
2022

 Davarpanah S.M., Sharghi M., Vásárhelyi B., Török Á.: Characterization of Hoek–Brown constant mi of quasi-isotropic intact rock using rigidity index approach, ACTA GEOTECHNICA 17: (3) pp. 877-902.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 2
language: English
URL 
2022

 Miao F., Wu Y., Török Á., Li L., Xue Y.: Centrifugal model test on a riverine landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir induced by rainfall and water level fluctuation, GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS 13: (3) 101378
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 18
language: English
URL 
2019

 Germinario Luigi, Török Ákos: Variability of technical properties and durability in volcanic tuffs from the same quarry region – examples from Northern Hungary, ENGINEERING GEOLOGY 262: 105319
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 12
language: English
URL 
2019

 Török Ákos, Szemerey-Kiss Balázs: Freeze-thaw durability of repair mortars and porous limestone: compatibility issues, PROGRESS IN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE 6: (1) 42
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 18
language: English
URL 
2015

 Al-Omari Asaad, Beck Kevin, Brunetaud Xavier, Török Ákos, Al-Mukhtar Muzahim: Critical degree of saturation: A control factor of freeze–thaw damage of porous limestones at Castle of Chambord, France, ENGINEERING GEOLOGY 185: pp. 71-80.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 81
language: English
URL 
2014

 Domokos G, Jerolmack DJ, Sipos AÁ, Török Á: How River Rocks Round: Resolving the Shape-Size Paradox, PLOS ONE 9: (2) e88657
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 50
language: English
URL 
2010

 Török Á, Vásárhelyi B: The influence of fabric and water content on selected rock mechanical parameters of travertine, examples from Hungary., ENGINEERING GEOLOGY 115: (3-4) pp. 237-245.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 169
language: English
URL 
2004

 Hajpál M, Török Á: Mineralogical and colour changes of quartz sandstones by heat, ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY 46: (3-4) pp. 311-322.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 188
language: English
URL 
2003

 Török Á.: Surface strength and mineralogy of weathering crusts on limestone buildings in Budapest, BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT 38: (9-10) pp. 1185-1192.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 56
language: English
URL 
Number of independent citations to these publications:594 
Scientometric data
list of publications and citations
number of scientific publications that meet accreditation criteria:
459
number of scientific publications:
452
monographs and professional books:
2
monographs/books in which chapters/sections were contributed:
22 
scientific publications published abroad that meet the accreditation criteria:
280
publications not in Hungarian, published in Hungary, meeting the accreditation criteria:
70
number of independent citations to scientific publications and creative works:
2256
further relevant information regarding accreditation (in Hungarian)
Hungarian Geological Society (president of the Engineering Geology and Environmental Geology Division), International Association of Engineering Geologists IAEG, (President of Hungarian National Group), International Society of Rock Mechanics ISRM, (President of Hungarian National Group)

 
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