WORK SUCCESS

2026 – 2027 GUEST EDITOR

As part of our publishing activities, we have secured the opportunity to serve as guest editors for the journal *Sustainability* (ranked Q1/Q2 in the Web of Science database). The theme of the special issue is "Business Innovation and Sustainability in the Circular Economy."

2026 MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

To enhance our management qualifications, we completed a professional management education program focused on strategic management, marketing, human resource management, and financial management.

2025 ENCYCLOPEDIA PERSONALITIES

The Britishpedia London publishing house to prepare new book - Encyclopedia of Personalities of the Czech and Slovak Republics in the category of scientists, researchers, and university teachers. After 6 years, they identified achievements, awards, significant changes in the work of this persons.

2024 SLOVAK QUALITY AWARD

Award for the "best contribution in the field of quality": K. Teplická, E. Majorová: "The importance of process management tools in the process of plastic waste processing". The contribution was published in the professional journal Q – magazine, Czech Republic. Awarded by Ing. Pavol Pavlis – Chairman of the Office for Standardization, Metrology and Testing of the Slovak Republic.

2024 INTERNATIONAL QUALITY CERTIFICATE – IRCA

Certificate No. LA-828, Course Certification
No. A17492, issued in 2024, authorizing the holder to act as an Auditor/Lead Auditor for quality management system audits in accordance with the ISO 9001:2015 standard; issued by Abacus Quality Training Services Inc. (Texas, USA) under the auspices of the IRCA (International Register of Certificated Auditors).

2024 STUDENT AWARD IN THE COMPETITION:
„BE IN DO LEAN“

Award for the best bachelor's thesis in the "BE IN DO LEAN" competition with the topic: "Evaluation of a supply strategy with the aim of minimizing inventory". Author of the bachelor's thesis: Mykhailo Dubiaha, study program: Commercial Logistics, Faculty of Business Administration, supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ing. K. Teplická, PhD. 

2023 AWARD MEMBERSHIP

In 2023, I was approached by the journal "Risk and Financial Management" to collaborate in the field of reviewing the journal's scientific contributions and became a member of the journal's peer review board for the areas of research that I primarily deal with - cost controlling, cost accounting.

2022 AWARD „National Quality Award„

E. Helmanovská, Z. Szalay, with the topic of the paper: "Improving the quality of orders by implementing process management tools". The paper was published in the professional journal Q-magazine, Czech Republic. The prize was awarded by Ing. Katarína Surmíková Tatranská, President of the Office for Standardization, Metrology and Testing of the Slovak Republic in Bratislava.

2022 SOFTWARE COST CONTROLLING

In cooperation with the FEI faculty - Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Technical University of Košice - a software application was created: "Cost Controlling" to support the pedagogical process in the field of economic subjects. The author of the software application was A. Holotňák - bachelor's thesis, application upgrade F. Katušin - diploma thesis, R. Voitiuk - bachelorś thesis, supervisor - Ing. S. Chodarev, PhD.

2021 PATENT

In 2021, utility model No. PUV 50064-2021 was adopted with the title: "Modified beam holder of a concentrator solar heater of segmented heat accumulators". This utility model was created by a team consisting of: prof. R. Rybár, doc. M. Beer, doc. K. Teplická, Ing. J. Rybárová at the Institute of Earth Resources of the Faculty of Engineering and Geosciences of the Technical University of Košice.

2021 AUTHOR AWARD

In 2021, a scientific contribution from the field of quality management entitled "Design of workplace Layout using the 5S method in the area of ​​quality management system" by K. Teplická, S. Hurná, A. Seňová was placed on the cover of the foreign journal "Quality - Accesss to Success" published by Calitatea Publishing House - Bucharest, Romania.

2020 AWARD DOCTORAL STUDENT

Úspešne ukončený doktorand Ing. Tomáš Pavlik, PhD. (školiteľ doc. Ing. K. Teplická, PhD.) sa stal vedúcim projektového pracoviska fakulty FBERG TU v Košiciach a regionálneho centra EIT RawMaterials Hub – Regional Center Košice. Hlavným cieľom EIT centra je zlepšovať udržateľný rast a konkurencieschopnosť v Európe prostredníctvom zlepšovania inovačnej kapacity členských štátov EÚ.

2019 AWARD PROJECT

The successfully completed KEGA project was evaluated as “EXCELLENT”. Project title: Innovative didactic methods in the pedagogical process at universities and their importance for increasing the pedagogical mastery of teachers and developing students’ competencies. The project was implemented in cooperation with 6 faculties of the Technical University of Košice. Innovative educational methods were implemented in the pedagogical process.

2019 ENCYCLOPEDIA PERSONALITIES

In 2019, I was approached by the Britishpedia London publishing house to prepare a CV for the Encyclopedia of Personalities of the Czech and Slovak Republics in the category of scientists, researchers, and university teachers. The CV was prepared through personal interviews with the encyclopedia editors from the Britishpedia London publishing house.

2018 AUTHOR AWARD

In 2018, I was approached by the editor of the professional publication Taxes and Taxation Trends - Jolanta Iwin - Garzynska, University of Szczecin, Poland, to process the professional issue - a chapter entitled: "TAXES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE BUSINESS SECTOR IN SLOVAKIA." The professional publication presents an open access approach in the publishing house IntechOpen, LONDON. 

2017 INVITED LECTURE

Bola som pozvaná ako hosť prezentovať odborný príspevok na konferencii MEM2017 vo Zvolene na Technickej univerzite, Drevárskej fakulte. Príspevok bol súčasťou výstupu vedeckého projektu: VEGA č. 1/0741/16 (2016-2018): „Controlling inovácií priemyselných podnikov pre udržanie a zlepšenie ich konkurencieschopnosti“.

2016 PROJECT " The company"
World of business
and economical education

In the period 2016-2019, I implemented the student project "Ja Firma" through the non-profit organization JA SLOVENSKO. The student project was focused on the creation of entrepreneurial entities - companies. The entire project took place in 5 steps: Motivation and ideas, Organization, Founding a company, Ready to do business, Liquidation of the company and other opportunities. As part of the project, an exhibition of products associated with sales was held, we were visited by TV Košice, students from Poprad.

2011 DATABASE
Department Library Information System

we prepared and managed the departmental library information system created by the team: Ing. P. Virdzek, Ing. K. Teplická. This application served as a database of information about semester projects, students' bachelor's theses, students' diploma theses, doctoral dissertations.

2010 STUDENT AWARD

Award for the best diploma thesis with the topic: Evaluation of quality costs in a company. Author of the diploma thesis: Ing. Michaela Brezovská, supervisor: doc. Ing. K. Teplická, PhD. The awards were presented by the Slovak Society for Quality as part of the competition “Award for the best thesis in the field of quality management 2010″.