Mladen Knežić

Mladen Knežić is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Banja Luka. He actively contributes to research in Power Electronics, Industrial Networking, and Embedded Systems with a focus on renewable energy and real-time communication protocols.

• Current Role: Associate Professor (since 2023)
• Key Collaborations: Partnerships with IEEE, international conferences, and institutions in Serbia and Germany

His research emphasizes boost converter optimization, EtherCAT/Ethernet Powerlink protocols, and TSN (Time-Sensitive Networking). Recent projects include "Sistem automatske regulacije i kontrole navodnjavanja" (2023-2024) and "Implementacija FTT paradigme u TSN standarda" (2019-2020).

Key publication trends include energy efficiency in power electronics, deterministic networking solutions, and FPGA-based system designs. He has contributed to over 15 peer-reviewed articles and conference papers between 2006-2022.

He collaborates with researchers such as Željko Ivanović and Branko Dokić, and has participated in projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Republika Srpska and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management (total funding exceeding 50,000 BAM).

As co-author of the textbook Mikrokontroleri: arhitektura i projektovanje (2022), he contributes to academic education in microcontroller systems. His ORCID is 0000-0003-3240-9110.