Goals: acquiring in-depth knowledge on selected research areas of thermodynamics, process modelling and heterogeneous reaction kinetics of metallic and composed materials in equilibrium and non-equilibrium state; Modern laboratory and technological methods of examining heterogeneous equilibria (thermal analyses, determination of activities, etc.); Application of scientific results and research methods in processing previously mentioned materials (development of ... Read more
Goals: upgrading previous theoretical, methodological and experimental knowledge on designing, synthesis and characterisation of metallic materials. Contents: Designing materials with emphasis on mechanical properties; Realisation of hardening mechanisms; Alloying, fast solidification, phase transformations, heat and thermomechanical treatments; Modelling processes of heat and thermomechanical treatments; Computer evaluation and prediction of materials properties; Diffusion controlled processes; Powder metallurgy; ... Read more
Students will get acquainted with the principles in selecting suitable materials for making components and assemblies for various applications in chemical engineering and other engineering branches. Principles of selection will be substantiated with suitable (physical, chemical, mechanical, etc.) properties of materials, with given ‘intrinsic’ and microstructure- dependent and processing-dependent properties. Student will acquire adequate knowledge ... Read more
Goals: acquiring in-depth knowledge on the composition and structure of polymeric materials and polymeric composites and how the composition and structure influences materials properties; knowledge on mechanics of polymeric materials, modern techniques of determining chemical, physical and mechanical properties of polymeric materials with result interpretation, principles of designing polymeric materials and their composites and modelling ... Read more
Goals: acquiring knowledge on ceramics to understand the relations between structural properties and development of microstructure during sintering that determine the properties of ceramics (mechanical, electrical, optical, etc.). Students get acquainted with the structure and properties of ceramic materials, their physical and chemical properties and the technological processes of manufacturing. Further, students will learn the basic principles ... Read more
Goals: acquiring knowledge of materials at nanoscale level and understanding the differences in structure and properties of nanomaterials with other materials at micron- or higher level. Topics: perspectives of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies, nanotools, methods of synthesis, physics of nanomaterials (properties and phenomena), chemistry of nanomaterials (synthesis and modification) and designing nanoequipment. Students will be acquainted with basic ... Read more
Goals: physical properties of new materials. The following classes of materials will be presented: electronic materials and their electrical properties, thermal conductors and insulators, thermo-electrical materials, magnetic materials, superconductors, quasi-crystals, materials for optical applications, micro- and nanotubes and wires, carbon-based materials, materials for storing hydrogen.
Goals: acquiring knowledge needed for development of integral and deepened computer models for analysing processes that occur in materials at various space and time scales during mechanical, thermal, electromagnetic and chemical loads and that occur during testing, manufacturing and use of materials. Constitutive modelling of materials, methods for making non-linear problems discrete in space and ... Read more
Goals: deepen knowledge on elastomechanics of materials. The following chapters will be presented: mathematical fundamentals of linear theory of elasticity, elasticity of isotropic and anisotropic materials, plastic deformation, theory of dislocations, viscoelasticity, elastic instabilities, nonlinear elasticity.
Goals: acquiring experimental methods for microscopic examination of materials. The following methods will be presented: scanning electron microscope (SEM) and microanalysis, transmission electron microscope (TEM), surface methods – scanning tunnelling microscope (STM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) and Auger emission spectroscopy (AES).