Materials Engineering

Module aim

To develop students' pedagogical competence, adapted to the individual educational practice, successful and modern planning, organizing and managing the study process.

Description

The subject reveals close connections between subject, scientific and educational competencies of a teacher. During lectures, seminars, and independent work, higher education didactics is analyzed, emphasizing student-centered studies, international and national higher education space, forms and methods of communication, methodologies in academic environment with different groups of society. The basis of studies consists of reflexive experiential learning, which helps to develop doctoral students' analytical and critical thinking, ability to evaluate their own and others' decisions, promotes a holistic and responsible approach to their activities.

Module aim

To introduce the most innovative research methods and methodologies providing specialized knowledge for the solutions to the scientific research and other areas problems.

Description

Science philosophy. Prevention of plagiarism. Search for scientific information. Scientific information bases. How to write and publish a paper in a journal indexed in Web of Science. Modern software tools for research planning and scientific results publishing. Modern software tools for research planning and scientific results publishing Knowledge transfer, commercialization and patenting.

Module aim

To introduce the most innovative research methods and methodologies providing specialized knowledge for the solutions to the scientific research and other areas problems.

Description

Science philosophy. Search for scientific information. How to write and publish a paper in a journal indexed in Web of Science. Big data and its analytics. Modern software tools for research planning and scientific results publishing. Quantitative methods for cross-sectional data analysis. Modern software tools for processing and vizualization of experiments results. Statistical processing of the research data and development of empirical models. Knowledge transfer, commercialization and patenting.

Module aim

To introduce the most innovative research methods and methodologies providing specialized knowledge for the solutions to the scientific research and other areas problems.

Description

Science philosophy. Prevention of plagiarism. Search for scientific information. Scientific information bases. How to write and publish a paper in a journal indexed in Web of Science. Modern software tools for research planning and scientific results publishing. Modern software tools for research planning and scientific results publishing Knowledge transfer, commercialization and patenting.

Module aim

The aim is to provide the Ph.D. students which the knowledge on the microorganisms, their influence on the building materials and the outcomes.

Description

Modern methods of the microorganism detection. Plant-based and traditional building thermal insulating materials. Biological additives for the building materials. Bio-cementation and bio-cements. Biological plastics.

Module aim

To analyse fundamentals of bulk and powder composite system development, with a view to their effective use in constructions and surface functional coating.

Description

Course material presents: classification of composites; criterion for composite design; composite structure and properties; major composites components along with physical and chemical processes caused by their interaction. Course mainly focuses at the metal matrix based composites, ceramic materials and their use in composites. The powder composites are analyzed as well .

Module aim

To provide latest knowledge about the features of design durability and residual life assessment of metal products, modeling of material degradation and fatigue phenomena, prediction models of residual life, variety of testing methods and equipment.

Description

Prediction the residual life and design durability of metal products and structures is very important in assessing the technical condition and safety of various designed and operated objects. The module provides doctoral students with an understanding of material degradation and fatigue phenomena, criteria and their modeling methodologies. The material taught in the module provides information about analytical prediction models of residual life and design durability. The module reviews the features and conditions of existing experimental methods, analyzes the specifics and structural features of various dynamic test equipment.

Module aim

To provide knowledge about new metal composites properties and weldability, fundametals of their welding processes , joints structure and design features

Description

Course material presents: bacis information about new metal matrix composites properties, physical-chemical and stucture features, weldability, fundamentals of metal composites laser, beam, stir, diffusion, induction, thermite, arc, ultrasonic, solid-state welding, brazing and soldering processes, joints structure and design features

Module aim

To give fundamental knowledge about microbial fuel cells, their design, materials, principle of operation, practical implementation and application.

Description

In this course, the fundamentals of electrochemical and bioelectrochemical processes are studied, as well as reactions on anode and cathode, and mass transfer phenomena.

Module aim

To provide up-to-date knowledge of microscopy techniques used to analyze the microstructures of materials.

Description

This module is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of advanced microscopy techniques for the analysis of material microstructures at various scales, ranging from the microscale to the nanoscale. Students will learn the principles behind different microscopy methods, their applications in materials science, and how they can be employed to characterize material properties and analyze microstructural features. Special emphasis will be placed on techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), including their variants and applications for mechanical and topographic analysis, as well as in corrosion and defect studies.

Module aim

To analyze the characteristics of raw materials, additives, assessing their impact on the structure, properties, durability of clay and ceramic materials; to explain thespecifics of structure formation and reveal the possibilities for modifying.

Description

The module provides knowledge about the structural formation characteristics of clay and ceramic materials, the physical and chemical processes occurring in clay materials at different production stages, as well as the possibilities for modifying the structure of clay and ceramic materials and their relationship to the properties and durability of products, along with the potential applications of clay and ceramic products. Understanding and the ability to manage the studied chemical, physical, and technological processes or phenomena will contribute to effective scientific work in the fields of materials, construction, and environmental engineering.

Module aim

To analyze the principles of creating functional and multi-component coatings, to be able to select the most suitable coating composition and method of formation and to evaluate the quality of the formed coating.

Description

The material of the module presents: the physical characteristics of thin surface films, the purpose and application of the coatings, the technological methods of films forming and the control of the properties of coatings.

Module aim

Provide the latest knowledge about the production technologies, characteristics of the structure formation and the variety of research of the properties of different porous materials.

Description

Every day people come into contact with porous materials, which surround them, and widely used in many engineering fields as well. A general introduction to porous materials provides PhD students with an understanding of the classification, properties and uses of porous materials. The material taught in the module provides information on the production technologies of porous materials of different nature, their practical application in different civil engineering structures (thermal insulation, sound absorption, vibration damping, etc.). The main properties of porous materials and various methods of determining these properties were analyzed in the module.

Module aim

To give knowledge on building materials with conglomerate structure, new building materials design, production technology and application in construction, implementation of building materials quality control and conformity assessment

Description

Building conglomerates and their application. Mineral binders: cement, lime and gypsum. Principles of building materials hardening. Microstructure of conglomerates. Chemical and mineral admixtures. Aggregates and their properties. Optimization of aggregates granulomatry. Reological and technological properties of mixtures. Microstructure and properties of hardened conglomerates. Corosion and durability of conglomerates. Optimization of mixtures.

Module aim

To provide a deeper knowledge about building materials durability

Description

The effect of operating conditions and ambient environment on building materials. Resistance of building materials to moisture and the impact of water, frost, chemical agents, abrasion, temperature. The phenomena of corrosion occurring in building materials. Types of corrosion. Durability of porous building materials and test methods. Methods of predicting frost resistance. Combined effects of corrosion and frost resistance on the durability of building materials.

Module aim

Take a fundamental knowledge about advanced thermal insulating materials, their properties, production methods

Description

Production technologies, raw materials and their preparation. Classification of thermal insulating materials and general technical requirements. Structure. The main properties of these materials. Neorganic thermal insulation materials. Organic thermal insulation materials. Testing methods. Use thermal insulating materials in new and renewable structures.

Module aim

To provide doctoral students with knowledge about thermal insulating polymeric materials, their production, the peculiarities of structure formation and relevant performance properties.

Description

The module provides knowledge about the production, physical and chemical processes occurring during the production of thermal insulating polymeric materials, the peculiarities of structure formation and the possibilities of its modification with fillers of inorganic and organic origin, relevant performance characteristics, and the interpretation of the obtained results. The synthesis of raw materials used in producing these products and the effect of raw material technical parameters on hardening, structural parameters and performance are also examined.

Module aim

Provide the Ph.D. students with knowledge about the properties, structure and theoretical bases of production processes of refractory materials; familiarize with the possibilities of modification of refractory materials.

Description

The module provides knowledge about the classification of refractory materials, their properties, the physical and chemical processes that occur during their production and at high temperatures, the peculiarities of the formation of the material structure and its modification possibilities, as well as the hardening mechanisms of refractory concrete with different binders and the effect of various loads on the durability of refractory materials is discussed.

Module aim

To provide deeper knowledge about the structure and properties of materials, as well as methods for researching the structure of materials and their application

Description

The material definition. Materials classification. Atomic structure of materials. Cristal structure of materials. Properties of materials. Liquid materials and rheology. Metals. Ceramics. Cement and concrete. Polymer materials. Composite materials. Materials corrosion and degradation. Electrical, thermal, optical properties of materials. Atomic spectral (emission and absorption) analysis, X-Ray fluorescence analysis, optical microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy (atomic force microscopy, tunelling microscopy), X-Ray microanalysis, X-Ray diffraction analysis, IR spectroscopy, differencial thermal and thermogravimetrical analysis.