Education & background

Selected academic work

The work
from school.

Student projects from SPŠE Prešov and FTF VŠMU. This archive is separate from professional production and current independent software.

FTF VŠMU · Academic VFX work · 2026

Film effects & simulation

Academic work
Frame from academic film-effects work
Frame from the supplied academic project material.

Particle simulation and image-making for film: rain, wet surfaces, deformable mud and the work around them.

The work brought together Houdini, Solaris/Karma, Nuke and ACES with on-set acquisition, practical effects and compositing.

Academic portfolio on AVFX

SPŠE Prešov · Student team project · 2021

SYGA automation project

First place · SYGA 2021
Student belt-production machine
Frame from the supplied academic project material.

Connecting a physical production line, PLC control, sensing and an operator-facing workflow.

Adam Sivuľka and Tomáš Sikora extended and improved an existing belt-production machine originally constructed by Patrik Brindza. The team added optical sensing, PLC control, web ordering and production reporting. The project received first place at the 2021 Siemens Young Generation Award.

Operator input on the Siemens SIMATIC HMI
HMI input
Close view of a sensor and belt mechanism
Sensor and mechanism
Student team at the SYGA 2021 final with the production-line project
SYGA 2021 final

Academic recordings

Visual work. Technical experiments.

Academic presentation · 1:03

Technology compilation

Earlier hardware, capture and solver experiments compiled for the master’s presentation.

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