Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Teaching Profile
n Basic courses in the Machine and
Equipment Construction Bachelor’s
programme;
n Specialized courses in the Automotive
and Material Handling Engineering
Master’s programme;
n Automotive and Handling Engineering
specialization in the doctoral programme
(cars, vans and trucks, buses, trailers,
semi-trailers, and motorcycles; internal
combustion engines for all types of
vehicle drives, simulation of internal
combustion engine thermo-mechanical
systems, dynamics of drivelines, engine
accessories, ecology; machines and
devices for in-plant handling of material
and handling between operations,
for the mining and transport of building
materials, for passenger conveyance in
buildings);
Research Areas
... in cooperatin with Division of Aircraft
and Automotive Technology of NETME
Centre
n Powertrain dynamics;
n Mechanical losses;
n Vehicle system dynamics;
n Vehicle external aerodynamics;
n Noise, vibration and harshness;
n Alternative fuels;
n Fatigue of machine parts;
n Ecological aspects of car operations;
n Rapid prototyping;
n Three dimensional machine part scanning;
n Car body deformation evaluation;
n Designing frameworks of transport and
building machines;
n Simulation of material flows in mass
production;
n Simulation and experimental verification
of compacting process of vibratory rollers;
n Simulation of processes of mixing by
particulate substances.
Specialized Laboratories and Equipment
n Engine dynamometers
(braking power up to 1,200 kW);
n Vehicle dynamometer
(two braking axles up to 750 kW);
n Laser vibrometers;
n Facilities for acoustic measurements
(acoustic camera, acoustic proximity etc.);
n Facilities for combustion pressure indications
and thermodynamics analyses;
n Rapid prototyping tools
(3D scanners and printers);
n Hardware in the loop facilities;
n Facilities for vehicle dynamic measurements
(Correvits, GPS sensors, Mbox);
n Flow benches;
n Commercial and in-house software tools
(CAD, FEM, MBS, CFD, NVH, fatigue,
tribology).
Other Activities
n Long-term cooperation with leading
European industry partners from
automotive area;
n Long-term cooperation with top
European research universities and
research centres;
n Formula Student team;
n Member of research centres.
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