Background
Farkas, István was born on June 28, 1951 in Sormás, Hungary. Son of István and Ilona (Németh) Farkas.
Farkas, István was born on June 28, 1951 in Sormás, Hungary. Son of István and Ilona (Németh) Farkas.
Master of Science, Technology University, Budapest, Hungary, 1975. Special engineering degree, Technology University, Budapest, Hungary, 1976. Dr.techn., Technology University, Budapest, Hungary, 1977.
Doctor of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1985. Doctor of Science, Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1993. Habil technology, University Agriculture, Gödölló, Hungary, 1994.
Research fellow, U. Agriculture, Gödölló, 1975-1980;
Doctor of Philosophy fellow, U. Agriculture, Gödölló, 1980-1983;
assistant professor, U. Agriculture, Gödölló, 1983-1986;
associate professor, U. Agriculture, Gödölló, 1986-1994;
professor, head Department, University Agriculture, Gödölló, since 1994. Visiting researcher Technology U., Helsinki, Finland, 1990. Visiting professor U. Agriculture, Vienna, Austria, 1990-1991.
Coordinator Joule project European Union, Gödölló, since 1994, director Tempus project, since 1995.
Member The International Federation of Automatic Control Agricultural TC (chairman since 1996), ISES (Europe governing board since 1993), EFCE Drying WP (chairman since 1996).
Married Mária Fekete, September 7, 1974. Children: Zsuzsa, Kata.