BME FIEK
Opening hours
M-Th: 8:00–16:00
F: 8:00–13:00
Full Professor, Head of Department
Dr. Ákos Török
DSc
H-1111 Budapest, Muegyetem rkp. 3.
+3614632414
Horizon Europe keywords:
· Advanced materials
· Clean and healthy air, water and soil
· Clean, sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
· Climate change mitigation and adaptation
· Disaster-resilient physical and digital infrastructures
· Hydrogen
· Protection and promotion of cultural heritage
· Raw materials
· Renewable energy
· Nuclear energy
Publications
Németh, A.; Antal, Á.; Turk, A. 2021. Physical Alteration and Color Change of Granite Subjected to High Temperature. Applied Sciences. 2021, 11, 8792. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11198792
Belfiore CM, Calabrò C., Ruffolo, SA, Ricca M., Török, Á., Pezzino, A., La Russa MF 2021. The susceptibility to degradation of stone materials used in the built heritage of the Ortygia island (Syracuse, Italy ): A laboratory study. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 146, Paper: 104877, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2021.104877
Czinder, B, Vásárhelyi, B, Török, Á, 2021. Long-term abrasion of rocks assessed by micro-Deval tests and estimation of the abrasion process of rock types based on strength parameters. Engineering Geology 282, Paper: 105996, 13 p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.105996.
Davarpanah, SM; Sharghi, M.; Vásárhelyi, B.; Turk, Á. 2021. Characterization of Hoek–Brown constant mi of quasi-isotropic intact rock using rigidity index approach. Acta Geotechnica, paper 11440. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-021-01229-2.
Germinario, L.; Turk, Á. 2019. Variability of technical properties and durability in volcanic tuffs from the same quarry region – examples from Northern Hungary. Engineering Geology, 262 p. 105319 Paper: 105319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.105319
Rigopoulos, I., Török Á., Kyratsi T, Delimitis A., Ioannou, I. 2018. Sustainable exploitation of mafic rock quarry waste for carbon sequestration following ball milling. Resources Policy. 59, 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.08.002
Török Á., Barsi Á., Bögöly Gy., Lovas T., Somogyi Á., Görög, P. 2018. Slope stability and rockfall assessment of volcanic tuffs using RPAS with 2-D FEM slope modeling. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 18, 583-597, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-583-2018
Török, Á., Přikryl, R. 2010. Current methods and future trends in testing, durability analyzes and provenance studies of natural stones used in historical monuments. Engineering Geology, 115,3-4, 139-142. DOI:10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.07.003)
Al-Omari, A., Beck, K., Brunetaud, X., Török Á., Al-Mukhtar, M. 2015. Critical degree of saturation: A control factor of freeze-thaw damage of porous limestones at Castle of Chambord, France. Engineering Geology. 185, 71-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2014.11.018
Prikryl R, Török Á, Gomez-Heras M, Miskovsky K, Theodoridou M (eds.) 2016. Sustainable use of traditional geomaterials in construction practice. Geological Society, London, Special Publication; 416, 311 p. ISBN: 978-1-86239-725-5.
Awards
Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2022-
Academy Prize (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) 2018
Apáczai Csere János Award (Ministry of Education) 2015
Visiting Researcher, CNRS-Centre de Recherche sur la Matière Divisée and Laboratoire PRISME UPRES, Orléans (France), 2013 (1 month)
Bolyai Research Medal Award (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) 2007
Bolyai Research Grant (Research Grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) 2004-2007 topic: Air pollution related weathering of limestone monuments
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Library Research Grant (2005 Aug.-Sept.)
Széchenyi Professorship (Research Award of the Hungarian Ministry of Higher Education) 2000-2003 topic: Decay of oolitic limestone monuments in Budapest
Research grant, Reading University, Postgraduate Research Institute for Sedimentology, UK (1991-1992, 6 months).
Research scholar, Geological Survey of Denmark, Copenhagen (1989, 3 months)
Projects
2017-2021 Hungarian team leader EU funded M-ERA.NET research program: "Energy efficient nano-modified renders with CO2-storage potential" with University of Cyprus
2012-2013 Hungarian team leader Swiss-Hungarian “Sciex” research program: "Shear strength test of host rocks of radioactive waste disposal sites"
2010-2011 Hungarian team leader German-Hungarian DAAD research program: "Comparative analyzes of the mechanical properties of German and Hungarian building and decorative stones"
2008-2010 Participation in COST 26 program, management committee member: "Urban Habitat Under Catastrophic Events"
2007-2008 Hungarian team leader German-Hungarian DAAD research program: "Testing the effect of stone treatment agents for the preservation of the cultural heritage made of natural stones"
2005-2006 Hungarian team leader Spanish-Hungarian Intergovernmental Scientific Programme: "Stone and construction materials in fire"
2005-2006 Hungarian team leader German-Hungarian DAAD research program: "Testing the effect of stone treatment agents for the preservation of the cultural heritage made of natural stones"
2005-2007 Participation in COST 17 program and management committee member: "Fire loss to historic buildings"
2003-2005 Hungarian team leader Czech-Hungarian Intergovernmental Scientific Programme: "Comparative analyzes of Leithakalk monumental and ornamental stones in W-Hungary and SE-Czech Republic"
2001-2005 Hungarian team leader Greek-Hungarian Intergovernmental Scientific Programme: "Engineering geology of erosion and slope stability, comparative analyzes in Greece and in Hungary, with examples from coastal zones and other regions"
2003-2005 Hungarian team leader German-Hungarian DAAD research program: "Weathering phenomena of monumental stones"
1997-2000 Hungarian team leader Greek-Hungarian Intergovernmental Scientific Programme: "Engineering geology of karstic formations comparative features and behavior in Greece and in Hungary"
1992-1997: Participation in Greek-Hungarian Intergovernmental Scientific Programs including the programs of "Comparative studies of monumental and ornamental stones of Greece and Hungary"
1992-1993: PHARE 134/2 project: "Geology and Environmental Geology of the Thermal Caves of Buda Mts", editor of the 9-volume final project report
Conferences
Organization of International Congresses
1998: Organizer of Swapnet'98 (Stone Weathering and Atmospheric Pollution Network) Conference, Mátraháza, Hungary
1995: Member of the Organizing Committee of COGEO, an UNESCO/IAEG Expert workshop on Waste Disposal and Management, Hungary
1991: Organizer of 1st International Meeting of Young Geologists, Budapest and editor of conference volumes, leader of the fieldtrip "Environmental Geology of Budapest"
2003-2020: Hungarian National Conference of Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics
2006: Heritage Weathering and Conservation, Madrid
2010: Global Stone, Alicante (Spain), Carpatho-Balkan Geological Association (CBGA), Thessalonica, Greece, 20th International Mineralogical Association (IMA), Budapest
2011: Salt Weathering on Buildings and Stone Sculptures, Limassol, Cyprus
2012: Global Stone, Portugal, 12th International Conference on the Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, New York
2014: 12th Congress of International Association of Engineering Geology, Torino, Italy, Global Stone, Turkey, Salt Weathering on Buildings and Stone Sculptures, Brussels,
2016: EUROCK 2016, ISRM, Cappadocia, Turkey, 5th YOCOCU, Madrid, Spain
2017: Salt Weathering on Buildings and Stone Sculptures, Potsdam, Germany
2018: 8th International Geomechanics Congress, Varna, Bulgaria
2019: Geotechnical Challenges in Karst, Split/Omis, Croatia
2021: Salt Weathering on Buildings and Stone Sculptures, Delft, Netherlands
Other activities
Presidency
Earth Sciences Committee, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
International Association of Engineering Geologists IAEG, Hungarian National Group
International Society of Rock Mechanics ISRM, Hungarian National Group
Hungarian Geological Society, Engineering and Environmental Geology Division
Membership
European Geosciences Union, ICOMOS, Permanent Scientific Committee of the Conference on the Deterioration and Conservation of Stone
Engineering Chamber of Hungary, Geotechnical Division
Edited books
Geological Society, London, Special Publications 416, 2016
Geological Society, London, Special Publications 333, 2010.
Materials, Technologies and Practice in Historic Heritage Structures, Springer, 2010
11 proceedings books of Hungarian National Conference of Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics (in Hungarian)
Rock mechanics and geology, the selection of radioactive waste disposal sites 2012 (in Hungarian)