Associate Professor Fries Jiri works as a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Design, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VŠB—Technical University of Ostrava (Czech Republic). His field of expertise is machine design and construction—specifically, technology for earthmoving and civil engineering machinery, mining machinery, and waste management. He is the guarantor of the follow-up master's degree program, Engineering Design, and the doctoral program, Construction of Production Machines and Equipment. From 2012 to 2020, he was Vice-Dean for Science, Research, and Industry Cooperation, and from 2020 to 2024, he was Head of the Department of Machine and Industrial Design. Since 2006, he has been entrusted by the Rector of VŠB-TU Ostrava to represent the university in the CDT Association—Czech Mining Technology.