CEEPUS Tribology BG 0703

Short description, research and educational contributions

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Management (FMEMM) offers Bachelor and Master Degrees, PhD programmes, as well as supervision and training in other Postgraduate studies. The fields of undergraduate studies are the following: Mechatronics and Robotics with the specialization in Mechatronics, Engineering and Management with the specialization in Economic Engineering in Mechanical Field, Mechanical Engineering with the specialization in Equipment for Industrial Processes and Industrial Engineering with the specializations in Machine Construction Technology and Engineering and Quality Management. The Master studies cover the following fields: Computer - Assisted Mechanical Engineering, Modern Processing Technologies and Equipment, Integrated Management of Labour Quality, Environment, Health and Safety, Tribology and Mechanics of Contact, Applied Mechatronics, Techno - Economic Expertise and Evaluation. The PhD studies cover two fields: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering. It is also organizing a postgraduate course entitled "Educational Management".

The graduates from FMEMM possess solid knowledge in the studied subjects, team spirit in the activities of collaboration regarding the integration in project performance at national and regional level, as well as creative, leadership and work organization skills in the respective fields, in various engineering activities, in fundamental and applicative scientific research. The engineers finished the Faculty, are working in the fields of mechanical engineering: in designing, execution and exploitation of plants, technologies and mechanical equipment necessary in wood industry; in the field of mechatronics and robotics gaining knowledge on design and execution of systems and mechatronics products, prototype projects development, know-how on acquisition, maintenance, repairs, adaptation in the fields of: information recording and rendering devices, birotics-related devices, biomechatronic and medical equipment, research devices, motor vehicles mechatronics, optical and ultraacoustic devices, automation and control systems, robotics.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Management has over 30 years of experience in research. Research is centered round tribology, materials science and mechanical processing technology and the students collaborate within the professors' research teams, as well as with other universities in the country. This activity is also supported by exceptional equipment and facilities such as the 3 research halls, robotics room, laboratory with SIDEM numerical command devices, laboratories of informatics and specialized engineering, production halls. Throughout the years, the professionals of the Department have organized many national and international conferences and have participated in other ones. The cooperation in research activities on the national and international level is operating actively as well as many contracts and collaboration agreements with other foreign institutions are concluded.

The topics of education and research of this partner institution for the current project will be in general:

• Optimization of manufacturing technologies and technological equipments

• Improving the characteristics of materials by heat treatment and other processes

• Elastohydrodynamic lubrication and physics of lubrication

• Contact mechanics - micro and nanocontact

• Tribology of contacts with dry and boundary friction

• Dry friction in multibody systems with impact phenomenon

• Biomechanics - interactive damage processes in biomechanical fatigue; influence of initial stresses on biomechanical fatigue; Innovative bioorthopedic methods for bio-joint reconstruction; effects of initial stresses in dental biocontacts.