Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Teaching Profile
n General courses on mechanics in Bachelor’s
and Master’s programmes – Statics,
Kinematics, Dynamics, Strength of
material I, II, Technical Mechanics;
n Specialized programmes in:
Mechatronics (Bachelor’s and Master’s
degree), Engineering Mechanics and
Biomechanics (Master’s degree);
n Doctoral study in Engineering
Mechanics – mechanics of solids,
mechatronics, biomechanics.
Research Areas
... in cooperation with Division of Virtual
Design and Testing of NETME Centre
n Constitutive models and limit states for
special types of materials (particle and
fibre composites, elastomers, laminates);
n Strength design and optimization
of compound containers for extreme
pressures;
n Numerical simulation of selected
technological operations;
n Two parameter fracture mechanics;
n Measurement of residual stress;
n Dynamics of rotor systems;
n Noise and vibrations;
n Modelling of dynamic properties
of interactive dynamic systems;
n Research and development
of mechatronic systems;
n Biomechanics of human musculoskeletal,
cardiovascular and auditory systems.
Specialized Laboratories and Equipment
n Dynamics Laboratory – Bruel&Kjaer
PULSE analyser with a wide range
of options in vibro-diagnostics, noise
measurement and modal properties of
machine systems;
n Laboratory of Experimental Mechanics
and Laboratory of Experimental
Strength of Materials – UPM 100
central measuring station, two Spider
measuring amplifiers , MGC plus system
with 16 channels for dynamic measurements;
n Applied Mechanics Laboratory – device
for identification of constitutive relations
of rubber;
n Mechatronics Laboratory (MechLab) –
software based on Matlab/Simulink and
hardware tools – multipurpose I/O card
MF624; dSPACE DS1103 with AutoBox;
National Instruments cRIO and
USB 6216; microcontrollers
PIC32/PIC33f with complete support for
code generation from Simulink;
n Computing Laboratory – FEM programs
Ansys, Abaqus; Maple and Matlab simulation
and computing systems; continuously
updated HW.
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