Materials engineering
- Major metal forming operations – general classification and characterization
- Role of the process and material parameters in metal forming
- Major heat treatment operations of ferrous and nonferrous metals – general classification and characterization
- Basic mechanical properties of engineering materials and methods of their determination
- Phase transformations in binary alloys
Environmental engineering, mining and energy
- Thermodynamic of thermal processes
- Methods of energy processing and development
- Renewable and conventional energy sources
- Thermal processes of renewable solid fuels and wastes
- Management and economy of municipal wastes
- Exhaust gas purification technologies
- Soil reclamation
- Environmental protection
- Monitoring of environmental pollutants
- Sustainable development
Information and communication technology
- Numerical simulations:classification of mesh based and mesh free techniques
- Parallel and distributed calculations: implementation approaches with respect to hardware architecture
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques
Biomedical engeneering
- Basic concepts and definitions: biomaterial, biocompatibility, bioactivity, medical device, implant, transplant, artificial organ, hybrid organ
- The relationship between the structure, properties and manufacturing methods of different types of biomaterials: metallic, polymeric, ceramic and composite
- Classification of biomaterials by: material type (metals and alloys, ceramics, polymers, carbons, composites, hybrids) and behavior in the biological environment (biostable, degradable, resorbable)
- Application of metals, polymers, carbons, composites, calcium phosphate bioceramics, bioactive glasses in medicine, e.g. in surgery, orthopedics, cardiac surgery, dentistry
- Surface engineering and surface modification techniques
- Methods of analysis: structure, microstructure and properties of biomaterials
- Biological response to the implant
- Biomaterials testing in vitro and in vivo
- Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Mechanical engineering
- Basic mechanisms of heat transfer - convection, radiation, conduction
- Basic laws of fluid flows
- Heat transfer with the phase change - boiling, condensation
- Heat transfer intensification methods for convection
- Heat exchangers
- Numerical methods used in modelling heat transfer and fluid flow
- Identification of the thermal boundary conditions
- Methods and devices used in measurements in thermal engineering
- Balance of energy and mass of thermodynamic systems
- Thermodynamic cycles
- Thermodynamics of moist air
- Basic methods of obtaining and processing heat energy