Dubravko Rogale was born in Rijeka in 1955. He defended his master’s thesis at the Faculty of Textile Technology of the University of Zagreb in 1987. He defended his doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Textile Technology of the University of Zagreb in 1994. He teaches Textile Technology and Engineering at the Faculty of Textile Technology in Zagreb, as well as Textile Technology and Engineering at the graduate level and Textile Science and Technology at the postgraduate level. From 1984 to 2005 he taught at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Maribor. He developed part of the curriculum for the undergraduate textile technology program at the Karlovac University of Applied Sciences, where he taught from 1987 to 1992 and again from 2000 to 2012. He mentored students who earned six awards from the Rector of the University of Zagreb, and 202 diploma and degree theses were prepared under his mentorship and co-mentorship. Seven master’s theses and eight dissertations were mentored by him.
He was Chairman of the Council of the Institute of Textiles and Clothing at the Faculty of Technology for seven years, Head of the Department of Clothing Technology for seven years, Vice Dean for Teaching at the Faculty of Textile Technology for two mandates, and Dean of the Faculty of Textile Technology for two mandates. He designed, built, patented, implemented, and calibrated the majority of the measuring systems in the Laboratory for Process Parameters of the Department of Clothing Technology in his capacity as the head of scientific research and technology projects, the head of the research and innovation group, and the primary inventor and researcher. He was the first coordinator of the Faculty of Textile Technology within the CEEPUS CIII SI-0217 network (1997). He delivered a series of seminars and lectures on preparing teachers for vocational education in the context of lifelong learning. He is a full member of the Croatian Academy of Engineering. He was secretary of the Department of Textile Technology, general secretary of the Croatian Academy of Engineering, and vice-president of the Croatian Academy of Engineering. He is a member of the Scientific Council for Technological Development of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is a member of the Assembly and a member of the Committee for the Registration of Engineering Cards of the Croatian Engineering Association. He is the president of the Committee for Science and Education at the Croatian Association of Textile Engineers. He is a member of the Scientific field Committee for Chemical Engineering, Mining, Petroleum and Geological Engineering, Metallurgy, Textile technology and Printing technology in his third mandate.
He participated in the creation of the Technical Lexicon of the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography, for which he created all entries in the field of clothing technology and engineering and a member of the editorial board and editor and author of the entries for textiles in the Croatian Technical Encyclopaedia.
He served as vice chairman of the Technical Committee for the Standardization of Clothing Sizes and Markings of the Croatian Standards Institute as well as chairman of the Technical Committee for the Standardization of Sewing Machines. He is a member of the Committee for the Award of the Croatian Quality Label and Original Croatian Trademarks at the Centre for Quality Improvement of the Croatian Chamber of Economy.
He is the co-author of seven university textbooks, some of which have been published in many expanded versions. He is also a co-author of one electronic handbook and two unreviewed internal scripts. He created 41 software packages, 65 project studies, works, and computer programs for the needs of the economy and manufacturers of clothing industry equipment, the majority of which he created for the needs of the Republic of Croatia’s technological processes of clothing production, whereby computer programs for the structural preparation of clothing production and authorized programs dominate for the purposes of technical preparation, creation of technical documentation. These programmes were developed and have been installed in approximately twenty factories of laundry, knitwear, men’s and women’s outerwear in the Republic of Croatia and represent a significant professional contribution to the organization and improvement of the work of the Croatian clothing industry in order to maintain its competitive ability on foreign markets.
He contributes to knowledge transfer through semester lectures for management and technical workers in garment factories. He was awarded the Order of Danica Hrvatska with the image of Ruđer Bošković by the President of the Republic of Croatia for his contribution to scientific work in 1997. In 2013, he received Faust Vrančić – National Award for Technical Culture from the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia.
In 2022, the Academy of Engineering honoured him with the Power of Knowledge Award for Lifetime Achievement.
He has received more than 100 awards for innovation. One of them is the Innovator of the Year Award of the University of Zagreb in 2022.He retired in 2023 and held the title of professor emeritus.
His hobbies radio amateur , off-road and photography.
