---
type: entity
title: "Borek Patzak"
entity_type: person
role: "Finite element researcher; co-author of the MITC4 shell element paper"
first_mentioned: "[[Four-Node-Quadrilateral-Shell-Element-MITC4]]"
created: 2026-05-28
updated: 2026-05-28
address: c-000026
tags:
  - entity
  - finite-element-method
  - shell-elements
  - implementation
status: current
related:
  - "[[Four-Node-Quadrilateral-Shell-Element-MITC4]]"
  - "[[Edita Dvorakova]]"
  - "[[OOFEM]]"
  - "[[MITC4 Shell Element]]"
sources:
  - "[[Four-Node-Quadrilateral-Shell-Element-MITC4]]"
---

# Borek Patzak

## Overview

Borek Patzak is identified in the MITC4 source as a co-author of [[Four-Node-Quadrilateral-Shell-Element-MITC4]] and is affiliated there with the Department of Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague.

## Key Facts

- Co-author of the MITC4 shell element paper with [[Edita Dvorakova]].
- Connected in the source to [[OOFEM]], where the MITC4 shell element implementation is reported.
- The source references earlier work by Patzak and Bittnar on object-oriented finite element code design.

## Sources

- [[Four-Node-Quadrilateral-Shell-Element-MITC4]]