Basic enzymology. Classification of enzymes. Structure and properties of proteins. Enzymatic catalysis. Enzyme activity and stability. Basic thermodynamics and enzyme kinetics. Industrial enzymes. Sources and production of enzymes. Handling enzymes. Biotechnological processes in finishing textiles. Industrial applications. Enzymes and textile care. Micro-organisms and enzymes for decolourisation. Enzymes in bleaching. Biotechnology in the development of new ... Read more
Review of contemporary chemical and mechanical technologies of textile functionalisation regarding the chemical structure of fibres, constructional parameters of fabric, effects and properties of modified textile fibres, functionalisation of synthetic fibres with organic and inorganic additives in the process of fibre spinning, use of applied techniques of functionalisation in different processes of textile finishing, review ... Read more
The course is focused on the study of methodologies of computer-aided design and prototyping products. The study includes both design and technological aspects of producing and processing bitmap and vector images and graphics as well as methods of creating patterns by repeating. Analytical nature of the course is enabled with the involvement of processing and ... Read more
Digital image: acquisition, digitisation, pixel. Colour-, greyscale- and binary image, image formats, bitmap vs. vector graphics. Software for digital image processing and analysis. Histograms and point operations: changing brightness or contrast, global thresholding, histogram equalisation, arithmetic and logic operations. Linear and nonlinear filters: filter matrix (kernel), convolution, smoothing and sharpening, noise removal. Detection of edges ... Read more
Advanced technologies for processing ready-made clothing (special technologies, seamless) and advanced systems for management and production control, specific testing methods and equipment for ready-made clothing industry. Advanced multilayered textiles/clothing – comfort, comfort evaluation and test methods. Advanced design systems: construction, modelling, simulation, processes control systems. Traditional and computer aided 2D/3D clothing anthropometrics. Advanced systems for ... Read more
Methods for recognising potential consumers’ needs. Creative design tools. Verification and selection of potential design ideas. Procedures, methods and criteria for qualitative evaluation in the design phase and later when the ideas are converted into concepts and models. Modes of testing prototypes with experimental and analytical methods. How to apply for a patent. Design as ... Read more
Notice, realise, understand, explain, describe and critically judge visible and hidden, compositional, aesthetic and communicative (positive and negative) characteristics of photography, starting from artistic analysis and synthesis to the creation of new independent photographic work based on visual photographic solutions with variations on a selected theme, problem or motif. Specific and high sensitivities in individual ... Read more
The aim of the course is to obtain skills for programming and numerical calculation with an emphasis on textile and graphics problems. Postgraduate students acquire knowledge of programming by using mathematical programming tools, which is essential in analysing signals and processing digital images. In the first part, the lectures for programming include an introduction to ... Read more
Candidates are acquainted with the basic principles of modern analytical techniques and the practical choice and use of these techniques in research work in the field of graphic and textile technology. Transformations of substrates in real samples. Separation methods and use of these techniques in research work. Comparison of classical and modern instrumental methods and ... Read more
Causes of colour formation. CIE regulations for colour measurement. Colour systems and colour spaces. Theories of colour vision. Colour appearance models. Regulations concerning dyed material preparation. Numerical evaluation of colour deviations. Instruments for colour measurement. Errors in colour measurement.