Photo of Tihomir Dovramadjiev from the CEEPUS Ergonomics and Human Factors international meeting, held at the Technical University – Varna, Bulgaria, on 16 August 2021
Before taking up chess boxing,[14][15] Dovramadjiev won the Bulgarian national chess championship in his age group multiple times and has played in international chess tournaments.[16]
He was the national youth chess champion of
Bulgaria in 1991 (classic), 1993 (classic), 1997 (blitz), and 1998 (classic).[17] He was a member of the youth team of the Bulgarian National Chess Team, together with the world chess champions GM
Veselin Topalov[18][19][20] and GM
Antoaneta Stefanova.[21][22] He also participated in a number of European and world youth championships, 5th place at the 1991 European Championship in
Mamaia, Romania; 3rd–4th place at the 1991 World Championship in
Warsaw, Poland;[23] and 2nd-3rd place at the 1993 European
Rapid Chess Championship in
Paris, France.[24]
In 2001 and 2008, he won the chess section of the Varna Sport Universiade.[25][26] In 1997, he was on the 1st place Kaissa team from
Varna at the youth team championship in
Plovdiv. He continued to compete on teams from Varna, as well as on the Lokomotiv team from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He then played in the German team league, where he competed for SV Nashuatec of
Berlin, Germany, which won the German Landesliga for the 2003–2004 season, defeating the Gillette team in the decisive match.[27] For the Nashuatec team, he recorded a result of 22 wins, 2 draws, and 0 defeats.[citation needed]
Along with his sports activities in the first decade of the 21st century, Titschko has continued his career in
academia. [52][53]
In 2002–2006, at the Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria (TU-Varna), he earned a
master's degree in ergonomics and industrial design. In 2007–2009, he earned a master's in social and legal sciences, criminology, and social prevention. From 2009 to 2012 he was a full-time doctoral student at TU-Varna.[54][55] He successfully defended his doctoral thesis: "Creating a design of osseointegrated dental implants" and received a
PhD in 2012.[56] The official state data is available on the website of Bulgarian National Centre for Information and Documentation (
NACID).[57] During his doctoral studies, he also taught as a lecturer. In 2012, he became an
assistant professor at TU-Varna, in the Department of
Industrial Design.[58]
In 2018, after winning a government-sponsored competition,[59] he held the academic position of
associate professor at TU-Varna.[60]
Currently, his activities include teaching within the university, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, and participating in research projects. As of 2021[update], according to
ResearchGate, his scientific publications have over 300K views.[61] In 2020, as a coordinator[62] for TU-Varna,[63] with his international colleagues from nine partner countries, he participated in the creation of the Ergonomics and Human Factors Regional Educational CEEPUS[64] Network. [65][66][67][68]
As of 2021[update], he is on the editorial board of the IETI Transactions on Ergonomics and Safety (TES, ISSN 2520-5439[69]) and IETI Transactions on Engineering Research and Practice (TERP, ISSN 2616-1699)[70] of the International Engineering and Technology Institute. [71] He participated in the 16th International Symposium in Management Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Challenging Global Times.[72][73] He is an academic member and special issue editor of
MDPI Mathematics[74] (ISSN 2227-7390; Journal Rank: JCR - Q1 (Mathematics; ) / CiteScore - Q1 (General Mathematics); Impact Factor: 2.592 (2021) ; 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.542 (2021))[75] Special Issue "Mathematics and Computer Programming in 2D and 3D Open Source Software".[76] He has acted as chairman, author, and reviewer of the Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE) conference,[77] the International Conference on Human Systems Engineering and Design (IHSED),[78] the Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI) conference,[79] the International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET),[80] the International Symposium in Management (SIM),[81] and other international science conferences and congresses.[82][83]
He is a co-author of the international team book Taylor & Francis Group (September 5, 2023, by CRC Press) "NEW PERSPECTIVES IN BEHAVIORAL CYBERSECURITY" Human Behavior and Decision-Making Models, ISBN 9781032414775. [84] The world partnership: USA (General Coordinator),
Bulgaria,
Estonia,
Canada,
United Arab Emirates,
Cameroon and the
Philippines.
Since 2021, he has been the President of the Bulgarian Association of Ergonomics and Human Factors (BAEHF),[85] which is affiliated and a member of the
International Ergonomics Association (IEA) [86] and Federation of the European Ergonomics Societies (FEES). [87]
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