THE SILESIAN UNIVERSITY
OF TECHNOLOGY
THE SILESIAN
UNIVERSITY
OF TEC H N O LO G Y
I THE S IL E S IA N
; U N I V E R S lf e ^
yD F TECHNOLC
O F T H E S IL E S IA N U N IV E R S IT Y O F T E C H N O L O G Y P ro fesso r W ojciech ZIELIŃSKI DSc. ENG
V IC E R E C T O R F O R E D U C A T IO N P ro fesso r Ryszard K. WILK, DSc. ENG
V IC E R E C T O R F O R O R G A N IZ A T IO N A N D D E V E L O P M E N T P ro fesso r W ojciech CHOLEWA DSc. ENG
VICE RECTOR FOR RESEARCH AND COOPERATION WITH INDUSTRY P ro fesso r M arian DOLIPSKI DSc. ENG
PREFACE
T h e S ilesian U niversity o f Technology, b e in g o n e o f th e b ig g e st te c h n ic a l u n iv e rsitie s in P o lan d a n d th e first fo u n d ed in Silesia has su ccessfu lly b e e n p u rs u in g its m issio n o f e d u c a tio n , re s e a rc h a n d d e v e lo p m e n t.
In view o f P o lan d 's p e n d in g a cc essio n to th e E u ro p e a n U n io n , o u r c o u n try faces n e w c h allen g e s a n d Polish h ig h e r e d u c a tio n in s titu tio n s , in c lu d in g o u r university, m u s t be re a d y to re s p o n d . T h e m o st im p o rta n t task is to te ac h an d co ach g ra d u a te s fo r effective p e rfo rm a n c e in d e m a n d in g E u ro p e a n m ark e ts. O u r U niversity is fully p r e p a r e d fo r this, th a n k s to w ell-q u a lified te a c h in g staff, w id e s p re a d c o n ta c ts w ith fo re ig n p a r tn e r s a n d ad v an c ed re s e a rc h a n d d e v e lo p m e n t w o rk s g e n e ra lly fo c u se d o n th e n e e d s o f industry.
T h e re fo re , I am c o n v in c e d th a t stu d ie s at th e S ilesian U niversity o f T ech n o lo g y p ro v id e o p p o r tu n itie s fo r su c c e ss
ful e n try in to a d u lt a n d p ro fe s s io n a l life, w h e re a s c o o p e r a tio n w ith o u r U niversity offers g o o d p ro s p e c ts o f o b ta in in g c o m p e te n t e x p e rtis e , h ig h ly d e v e lo p e d re s e a rc h w o rk s a n d p ro je c ts fa cilitatin g e c o n o m ic g ro w th .
R e c to r o f th e Silesian U n iv e rs ity o f T e c h n o lo g y
Professor W o jc ie c h
T H E P A S T
T H E P R E
THE PAST A N D THE PRESENT
O R IG IN
T h e S ilesian T echnical U niversity b a se d in K atow ice w as fo u n d e d p u r s u a n t to th e d e c re e o f th e P re sid e n t o f th e N atio n al P e o p le ’s C o u n cil d a te d May 24 1945, fo llo w in g lo n g -la st
ing effo rts to esta b lish a te c h n ic a l u n iv ersity in th e d istric t o f U p p e r Silesia u n d e r ta k e n
sin ce th e late 1920s. ’
To p ro c u r e staff m e m b e rs fo r th e n ew te c h n ic a l u n iv e rsity in K ato w ice,/"P rofessor, W ładysław K uczew ski, e n tru s te d w ith th e m a n a g e m e n t o f th e o rg a n is a tio n a l "works,- tu r n e d to Silesia as w ell as to th e A cadem y o f M ining in Cracow , w h e re tech n ica l-facu l- ties h a d a lre a d y b e e n o rg a n iz e d w ith th e p ro s p e c t o f th e ir su ccessiv e tra n s fd rm a tib n to \ an in d e p e n d e n t T echnical U niversity in Cracow.
Talks b e tw e e n P ro fesso r K uczew ski a n d th e C racow O rg an isin g C o m m itte e w e re c b h . - ^ - i le fo u r te c h n ic a l facui-rC . e lu d e d by th e re s o lu tio n to tra n s fe r th e s tu d ie s c o m m e n c e d at th e fo u r te c h n ic a l
ties in C raco w to K atow ice, u n til p e rm a n e n t facilities fo r th e se a t o f th e n e w j u n iv e rsity w e re fo u n d in th e d istric t o f U p p e r Silesia.
O n J u n e 21, 1945 th e Tow n C o u n cil o f G liw ice a n d th e m a n a g in g b o a rd b f th e ! T echnical U n iversity sig n e d an a g re e m e n t c o n c e rn in g th e o rg an isatio .n .<
th e u n iv e rsity c a m p u s o u t o f sev eral b u ild in g s a n d h o u s e s a llo tte d fo r th is p u rp o s e .
W hile so m e o f th e b u ild in g s w e re read y for an im m e d ia te u se , others^
re q u ire d m a jo r re p a ir w o rk s. N e v erth e less, th e U niversity a d m in is tra : tio n b e g a n fu n c tio n in g o n J u n e 26 1945, an d , c o n seq u e n tly , o n Ju ly 4 th e sam e y ear th e R e c to r’s O ffice p u b licly a d v e rtise d fo r university, p o sts.
At th e sam e tim e, o n A ugust 6, 1945 th e e n tra n c e re q u ire m e n ts f6' c a n d id a te s a n d e n tra n c e e x a m in a tio n s w e re a n n o u n c e d fo r the»-, facu lties o f chem istry, ele c tric a l e n g in e e rin g , b u ild in g and»*
m ech a n ic a l e n g in e e rin g b a se d in G liw ice, a n d th e fo^ir A facu ltie s w h ich so far h a d o p e ra te d in C raco w w e re s u b - " y i s e q u e n tly tra n s fe rre d to th e ir n e w lo c a tio n in G liw ice
TH E PAST AN D
L O C A T IO N
The final decision to transfer the university seat from Katowice to Gliwice was a n n o u n ce d in March 1946, only to confirm the already existing state o f affairs.
The to w n o f Gliwice h ad several advantages including building an d h o u sin g resources co n cen trated in a relatively small area, w hich w o uld enable the accom m odation o f teaching and adm inistrative units, as well as th e organisation o f the university cam pus. Such a so lu tio n was co nsisten t w ith the vision o f creating a technical university w ith its ow n cam pus and facilities, w hich w ou ld have a m ajor im pact o n th e ch aracter o f the w hole tow n.
Another, even m ore im p o rtan t advantage o f locating a technical university in Gliwice was the availability o f th e form er academ ics o f th e Technical University in Lvov, w ho had b een evacu
ated here after World War II.
IN A U G U R A T IO N C E R E M O N Y O F T H E FIR S T A C A D E M I C Y E A R
T h e in a u g u ra tio n c e re m o n y o f th e first acad em ic y ear w as h e ld o n O c to b e r 29, 1945.
At th a t tim e, th e U niversity c o n siste d o f fo u r facu lties (Faculty o f C hem istry, Faculty o f E lectrical E n g in eerin g , Faculty o f B uilding, Faculty o f M echanical E n g in eerin g ) w ith 54 d e p a rtm e n ts , em p lo y in g ap p ro x im a te ly 200 acad em ic staff.
THE PRESENT
S T R U C T U R E
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th e e le c te d b o d ie s, in c lu d in g : R ecto r - w h o c o n s titu te s th e s u p re m e o n e -p e rs o n body,
a n d S en ate- a co llectiv e b o d y o f acad em ics. T h e R ecto r is assisted by th re e Vice-Rectors- vG T Y
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re s p o n s ib le for: E d u c a tio n , R esearch, O rg a n iz a tio n an d also by th e A dm m istnftive M anager.
THE PAST AN D
B A S IC U N IT S - F A C U LT IE S
After re c e n t re s tru c tu rin g th e U niversity co n sists o f 12 basic u n its-facu lties:
• Faculty o f A rch ite ctu re
• F aculty o f A u to m atic C o n tro l, E lectro n ics a n d C o m p u te r S cience
• Faculty o f Civil E n g in e e rin g
• Faculty o f C hem istry
• Faculty o f E lectrical E n g in eerin g
• Faculty o f M ining a n d G eology
• Faculty o f P ow er a n d E n v iro n m e n ta l E n g in e e rin g
• Faculty o f M ath em atics a n d Physics
• Faculty o f M echanical E n g in e e rin g
• F aculty o f M aterials S cience a n d M etallurgy
• Faculty o f O rg a n isa tio n a n d M an ag em en t
• Faculty o f T ra n sp o rt
T h e facu lties are b a s e d in G liw ice, K atow ice a n d Z abrze.
O T H E R U N IT S
O th e r u n its in c lu d e in s titu te s, c e n tre s a n d o th e r s u p p o rtin g u n its.
T h e U niversity also in c lu d e s a su b sid iary E n g in e e rin g E d u c a tio n C e n tre in Rybnik ( r u n n in g full-tim e as w ell as p a rt-tim e BSc e n g in e e rin g c o u rse s in th e stu d y lin es o ffered by th e Faculty o f Civil E n g in ee rin g , Faculty o f M ining a n d Geology, H eat E nergy a n d E n v iro n m e n ta l E n g in e e rin g a n d Faculty o f O rg a n isa tio n a n d M an ag em en t.
T h e U niversity also in c o rp o ra te s th e fo llo w in g in te rfa c u lty u n its :
• C e n tra l Library
• P u b lish ers o f th e S ilesian T echnical U niversity
• F o reig n L anguages T eaching C en tre
• S p o rts C e n tre
• G e o m etry a n d E n g in e e rin g G rap h ics C en tre
• R esearch C e n tre fo r T eaching T ech n iq u es
• C a re e r G u id a n c e a n d S tu d e n t P ro m o tio n C en tre
• R esearch C e n tre for T eaching T ech n iq u es
• C o m p u te r C e n tre
A C A D E M I C S TA FF
In 1945 th e co re o f th e a ca d em ic staff c o n siste d o f fo rm e r p ro fe sso rs o f th e T echnical U n iversity in Lvov. N u m e ro u s fu tu re p ro fe s s o rs o f th e S ilesian T echnical U niversity w ere also fo rm e r ju n io r te a c h in g staff m e m b e rs o r s tu d e n ts o f th e Lvov T echnical U niversity, n o t to m e n tio n th e a d o p te d te a c h in g p ro g ra m s a n d cu rric u la. ■ A , ,
T h u s, su c h p a rtic u la r ties b e tw e e n th e n ew te c h n ic a l u n iv e rsity a n d th e fo rm e r T echni . ' ;< ^ U niversity in Lvov w e re to b e c h e rish e d in th e years to com e. , / . - ■ . ' ^ ^ • T h e in c re a sin g n u m b e r o f acad em ics sin ce th e fo u n d a tio n o f th e S ilesian te c h n ic a l ^ : U niversity u n til th e y ear o f 1968 is illu s tra te d by th e d iag ram b elo w : \ -U ] . V . $ £
1 s M I : , \ ifcC *
■ ^ U S YEARS 1 9 4 5 - 1 9 6 8
900
600
Other academic teachers . Academic year
DSc w orkers (including professors)
THE PRESENT
THE PAST A N D
I h e e x c e lle n t te a c h in g staff w as a m a jo r ad v an tag e o f th e new ly fo u n d e d Silesian le c h m ca l University, d is tin g u is h in g it from o th e r Polish u n iv e rsitie s an d fully justifying its lo c a tio n in Gliw ice.
P re se n t n u m b e r o f acad em ics is illu stra te d by th e d ia g ra m below.
YEARS 1 9 9 5 - 2 0 0 2
1 5 1 7
2000 1800
1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0
iHMBi . «He mmmmmm . ■
DSc workers Professors Other academic Total
(including professors) teachers
1 8 7 9
1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/2001
Academic year
Academicteachers
C O U R S E S
R e s tru c tu rin g o f th e U niversity has b e e n a c c o m p a n ie d by ch an g e s in th e syllabi.
T his p ro c e s s is by n o m e an s c o m p le te d , as th e re c e n t e c o n o m ic a n d p o litic al d e v e lo p m e n ts have a n im p a c t o n th e in c re a se d d e m a n d fo r u n iv e rsity e d u c a tio n a n d c o n tin u o u s p ro fe s s io n a l d e v e lo p m e n t c o u rse s. P ro fessio n al k n o w le d g e a n d g o o d e d u c a tio n have b e c o m e an im p o rta n t asset, w o rth y o f m a jo r in v e stm en ts, w h ich is m a n ife ste d in th e in c re a sin g n u m b e r o f s tu d e n ts e n te rin g th e U niversity each year, fo r basic MSc .as''well' as post-M Sc a n d PhD c o u rses.
T h e S ile sia n T e c h n ica l U n iv ersity o ffers c o u rs e s in 30 e n g in e e r in g (¿iscip lyjesi w ith o v er 140 H o n o u rs, in c lu d in g : full-tim e MSc c o u rse s, full-tim e a n d parU tirhe B£
c o u rse s, as w ell as s u p p le m e n ta ry MSc co u rse s.
O p tio n a l PhD c o u rs e s a n d p o st- MSc c o u rse s are o ffered in th e m o st n e e rin g d isc ip lin e s, en jo y in g in c re a sin g p o p u larity .
S everal p o st- MSc c o u rse s are ru n in English o r F rench.
THE PRESENT
Number of students
THE PAST A N D
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN 1 9 9 0 - 2 0 0 3
19467 35 000
30000
27 293 25 000
23158
15000 10 000 258
1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 ' 2002/03 A ca d e m ic yea rs _ _
fu ll-tim e p a rt-tim e w eek-end e xtra-m ural cou rses total
16
Extra-mural courses
THE PRESENT
S T U D E N T S ’ LIFE
A part fro m th e e d u c a tio n a l offer, th e U niversity p ro v id e s its s tu d e n ts w ith o p p o rtu n itie s o f le a d in g active acad em ic life, s u p p o r te d by th e o p e r a tio n c u ltu ra l, s p o r t a n d to u ris t o rg a n is a tio n s a n d re s e a rc h so cie ties, c o -o rd in a te d by S tu d e n t Self- G o v e rn m e n t.
R E S E A R C H W O R K
B esides te a c h in g , th e U niversity is d e e p ly involved in re se a rc h . T h e U niversity staff in c lu d e s n u m e r
o u s e m in e n t sp e cia lists a n d e x p e rts in m any fields o f e n g in e e rin g , w h o g u a ra n te e th e to p q u ality o f re s e a rc h activities. T h an k s to its a d v an tag eo u s lo c a tio n in th e in d u s tria l h e a rtla n d o f P oland, w h ic h is also o n e o f th e b ig g e st in d u s tria l area s in E u ro p e , th e U n iversity en jo y s m u ltila te ra l c o o p e r a tio n w ith in d u s try a n d o th e r re se a rc h c e n tre s in th e m o st im p o rta n t fields o f th e Polish econom y. J o in t re s e a rc h a n d d e v e lo p m e n t p r o jects as w ell as in d iv id u a l c o n ta c ts b e tw e e n th e u n iv e rsity staff a n d o th e r in d u stria l, re se a rc h a n d aca d em ic c e n tre s p r o m o te th e tra n s fe r o f m o d e rn tech n o lo g y , im p ro v in g , at th e sam e tim e, th e s ta tu s a n d im age o f o u r U niversity.
INTERNATI
COOPERATI
INTERNATIO NAL COOPERATION
IN T E R N A T IO N A L R E L A T IO N S O F F IC E
In tern atio n al Relations Office at th e Silesian University o f Technology (the SUT) is responsible for internation al co o p eratio n o f the University. The m ain activities o f In ternatio nal Relations Office include organization o f trips to conferences for th e em ploy
ees o f th e University an d supervision o f all in tern atio nal projects a n d p rogram m es in w hich the SUT is involved. The p e o p le in charge o f in ternatio n al program m es are:
- Mrs D anuta Obracaj - th e H ead o f th e Office
- Dr Jerzy MoScinski - Institutional C o o rd in ato r for In tern atio n al Affairs - Socrates/Erasm us pro g ram m e - Mrs J o a n n a D enkow ska (out-going stu d en ts)
and Ms D anuta Kowol (in-com ing stu d ents)
- 6th Fram ew ork Program m e - Mrs Katarzyna Markiewicz-Sliwa
The contact for th e office is:
The Silesian University o f Technology In tern atio nal Relations Office
ul. Akademicka 2A 44-100 Gliwice
tel/fax + 4 8 32 2318085, e-mail: dw zz@ polsl.gliw ice.pl
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IN T E R N A T IO N A L C O O P E R A T IO N
Trip to M albork o rg a n ise d for in -co m in g s tu d e n ts.
A cadem ic y e a r 1998/1999
T h e S ilesian U niversity o f T ech n o lo g y c o n tin u e s its c o o p e ra tio n in v ario u s fields w ith in te rn a tio n a l p a rtn e rs. This c o o p e ra tio n is b a se d o n b ilate ra l a n d g o v e rn m e n t a g re e m e n ts, c o m m o n p a rtic ip a tio n in E u ro p e a n p ro je c ts a n d in d iv id u al c o n ta c ts o f th e em p lo y ees. At th e m o m e n t th e SUT is involved in b ilate ra l a g re e m e n ts w ith 60 u n i
versities a n d re se a rc h cen tre s.
Trip to G d an sk o rg a n ise d for in -co m in g stu d e n ts.
A cadem ic y e a r 1998/1999
INTERNATIO NAL COOPERATION
COOPERATION WITHIN INTERNATIONAL PR O G R AM M ES
5 th fram e w o rk p ro g ra m m e o f th e E u ro p e a n C o m m u n ity fo r re s e a rc h , te c h n o lo g ic a l d e v e lo p m e n t a n d d e m o n s tra tio n activities
In 1998 th e R egional C o n ta c t P o in t w as c re a te d at th e Silesian U niversity o f Technology. T he aim o f RCP's activity w as to p r o m o te th e p a rtic ip a tio n o f Polish re s e a rc h team s in 5 FP. Now, RCP p ro v id e s S ilesian re s e a rc h e rs w ith in fo rm a tio n o n th e o p p o r tu n itie s o f a p p lic a tio n fo r EU fu n d s fo r scien tific research .
In 2002 th e m ain activity o f RCP w as to d isse m in a te in fo rm a tio n o n th e la te s t calls in 5 FP (calls o n jo in in g th e ex istin g p ro je c ts a n d o n esta b lish in g C e n tre s o f E x cellen ce), a n d to p re p a re th e re s e a rc h e rs fo r th e p a rtic ip a tio n in 6 FP a n d E u ro p e a n R esearch Area.
In 2002 th e re s e a rc h e rs from th e SUT to o k p a rt in 10 p ro je c ts w h ich w ere fin an ced from th e EU fu n d s.
T h e call fo r e sta b lish in g th e C e n tre s o f E xcellence a n d C o m p e te n c e w as m et w ith in te re s t at th e SUT. T h an k s to very active cam p aig n r u n by RCP, 18 a p p lic a tio n s w ere s u b m itte d to fo u r th e m a tic p ro g ra m m e s. EC g ra n te d fu n d s to th e fo llow in g C e n tre s o f E xcellence:
• E n v iro n m e n ta l B io te c h n o lo g y R esearch C e n tre DEMETER
• C e n tre fo r E nergy E fficient T ec h n o lo g ies a n d System s in I n d o o r E n v iro n m e n t E n g in e e rin g ENER-INDOOR
• O p tim a lisa tio n , S im u la tio n a n d E n v iro n m e n ta l Im p act o f E nergy System s an d P rocess OPTI-ENERGY
• C e n tre o f E xcellence in Physics a n d T ech n o lo g y o f S e m ire d u c to r In terfa ces a n d S e n so rs CESIS
• C e n tre o f E x cellence “G liw ice a b s o lu te D ating M e th o d s” GADAM C e n tre
• D u rab ility a n d R eliability o f Railway W heel Sets TRANSMEC
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S O C R A T E S /E R A S M U S
T h e S ilesian U niversity o f T ech n o lo g y has b e e n a n active p a rtic ip a n t o f S o cra
tes/E rasm u s p ro g ra m m e sin ce it w as m a d e available for Polish u n iv e rsitie s. In 1997 th e first a p p lic a tio n to th e E u ro p e a n C o m m issio n w as m a d e a n d e n a b le d th e U niversity to tak e p a r t in th e p ro g ra m m e s ta rtin g fro m th e acad em ic y ear 1998/1999.
T h e a p p lic a tio n w as s u p p o r te d by p re v io u sly sig n ed b ila te ra l a g re e m e n ts w ith 36 E u ro p e a n u n iv e rsitie s. S o crates/E rasm u s p ro g ra m m e has b e e n very p o p u la r am o n g s tu d e n ts o f th e SUT. T h e fo llo w in g y ear th e p ro g ra m m e s p re a d to all th e F acu lties o f th e U niversity. Each y e a r th e n u m b e r o f sig n e d a g re e m e n ts a n d th e re fo re th e
o p p o r tu n itie s fo r th e SUT s tu d e n ts to stu d y in th e E u ro p e a n U n io n in c re ase d . y . y , ^ In th e p r e s e n t aca d em ic y ear 2 0 0 2 /2003 th e S ilesian U niversity o f Technologv^exe- t 'y ; - V c u te s th e fifth y ear o f S o crates/E rasm u s p ro g ra m m e a n d h o ld s a h igh p o s itio n 1
a m o n g Polish u n iv e rsitie s in th e ra n k in g o f s tu d e n ts e x c h a n g e d w ith in th g '£ro3’V/
g ram m e.
T h an k s to th e fo rm u la o f th e p ro g ra m m e , a p a rt fro m fin an c in g e x ch a n g e o f s tu d e n ts ' Je|
it is also p o s sib le fo r th e e m p lo y ees o f th e SUT to go a b ro a d w ith lectu resy cln trjon- - ' ito rin g visits o r to fin an c e o th e r co sts, e.g. th e co st o f in tro d u c in g ECTS syste
th e SUT.
C o n ta c t m e e tin g fo r in-& o u t-g o in g S o crates/E rasm u s s tu d e n ts.
Z b ro sław ice stab le A u tu m n 2001
INTERNATIO NAL COOPERATION
Table 1. T he d e v e lo p m e n t o f S o crate s p ro g ra m m e at th e S ilesian U niversity o f T ech n o lo g y
Year N u m b e r o f
a g re e m e n ts
N u m b e r o f d e p a rtin g
s tu d e n ts
N u m b e r o f arriving s tu d e n ts
N u m b e r o f e m p lo y ees leaving o n
le c tu re s
Average a m o u n t o f th e sc h o la rs h ip
p a id
1998/99 36 85 10 26 382
1999/00 51 146 11 20 346
2000/01 70 138 14 19 298
2001/02 78 146 17 44 241
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1 9 9 7 /2 0 0 2 - 51 5 52 109 -
W ith in th e co n fin e s o f th e S o crate s p ro g ra m m e (M inerva c o m p o n e n t), o u r U niversity tak es p a r t in
“LABLINK - V irtual S tu d e n t ex ch a n g e by lin k in g la b o ra to rie s ” p ro je c t. T h e m a in o b je ctiv e o f the p ro je c t is to d e v e lo p th e m e th o d o lo g y a n d o rg an iz e d is ta n t la b o ra to ry e x p e rim e n ts u se fu l in the e d u c a tio n o f e n g in e e rs.
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THE SUT in involved in 3 th e m atic n etw o rk s o u t o f all: “T h em atic N e tw o rk s” p r o jects.
• T h e F aculty o f Civil E n g in e e rin g p a rtic ip a te s in EUCEET p ro je c t (E u ro p e a n Civil E n g in e e rin g E d u c a tio n T raining) w h ich asse m b les 59 F acu lties o f Civil E n g in e e rin g fro m sig n ifican t, E u ro p e a n u n iv e rsities.
• T h e Faculty o f A rch ite ctu re p a rtic ip a te s in th e EU p ro g ra m m e L eN otre. T he p ro g ra m m e is aim ed at th e la n d sc a p e a rc h ite c tu re sc h o o ls a n d facu lties o f a rc h ite c tu re w h ich ru n c o u rse s o n th e su b je ct. T h e o b jectiv e o f this p r o g ram m e is to c o m p a re th e c u rric u la o f la n d sc a p e a rc h ite c tu re at E u ro p e a n u n i
v ersities
• T h e I n s titu te o f A uto m atic C o n tro l tak es p a r t in th e th e m a tic n e t w o r k -
“THEIERE. T h e n a tic H a rm o n is a tio n In E lectrical a n d In fo rm a tio n E n g in e e rin g in E u ro p e ” w h ich assem b les m o re th a n 80 u n iv e rsitie s fro m th e EU c o u n trie s .' a u to m a tic c o n tro l, ro b o tic s, e le c tro n ic s, c o m m u n ic a tio n a n d in fo rm atics. -Jit £ ¡ $ 4 /
hi .cu ro p c w n ic n dbs>cniDic:> m o re uidii ou um verM iici* iro m m e l u countries». / , - T h e m ain go als o f th e p ro je c t in c lu d e th e rev iew a n d analysis o f c u r r ic p l^ o f V'
First Bicycle Tour around Gliwice for Socrates/Earsmus students Autumn 2000
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v a rio u s u n iv e rsities. T h e p ro je c t also aim s at th e m o d ific a tio n a n d d e v e lo p ^ V A j y J m e n t o f th e c u rric u la in th e above m e n tio n e d fields.
INTERNATIO NAL COOPERATION
L E O N A R D O D A V IN C I
In 2002 THE SUT b e g a n a n e w L e o n a rd o d a Vinci p ro g ra m m e “M obility for In d u s tria l P lacem en t P ro g ram m e M P3”. T he aim o f th e p ro g ra m m e is to se n d s tu d e n ts fo r in d u s tria l p la c e m e n ts in th e EU c o u n trie s . It is a n tic ip a te d th a t 20 s tu d e n ts w ill go fo r tra in in g fo r th e p e rio d o f a b o u t 22 w eeks.
In 2002 In te rn a tio n a l R elatio ns O ffice a p p lie d fo r a sim ilar p ro je c t “M obility for In d u s tria l P la c em en t P ro g ram m e fo r s tu d e n ts - MP4-S” w h ich p ro v id es th a t 30 s tu d e n ts w ill go fo r in d u s tria l p la c e m e n t. T his p ro je c t is fin an c ed by N atio n al Agency o f L e o n a rd o d a Vinci p ro g ra m m e a n d w ill b e im p le m e n te d in th e aca d em ic y e a r 20 0 3/2004.
A part fro m p ro g ra m m e s c o n n e c te d w ith s tu d e n ts ' tra in in g , th e fo llo w in g u n its o f th e SUT b e ca m e p a rtn e rs in so m e p io n e e r p ro jec ts:
• “C hem ical L ab o ra to ry Safety T rain in g S ystem ” - a p ro je c t o n im p ro v e m e n t o f safety s ta n d a rd s in c h em ical la b o ra to rie s, c o o rd in a te d by th e F aculty o f C h em istry
• “I n te g r a te d K n o w led g e -B a sed I n te r D isc ip lin e S tu d y P ro g ra m m e o n th e W eb site” - a p ro je c t o n in tro d u c tio n to th e w e b site o f an e d u c a tio n a l m o d u le c o n n e c te d w ith d esig n in g a n d p ro d u c tio n o f tr a n s p o r t m a ch in es, c o o rd in a te d by th e Faculty o f T ra n sp o rt
• “In te r a c tiv e a n d U n ifie d E -B ased E d u c a tio n a n d T ra in in g in E le c tric a l E n g in e e rin g ” - a p ro je c t o n in tro d u c in g in teractiv e m o d u le s fo r d is ta n t te a c h ing in th e field o f e le c tric a l e n g in e e rin g , c o o rd in a te d by th e Faculty o f E lectrical E n g in e e rin g
C E E P U S P R O G R A M M E
The SUT co o p erates w ithin CEEPUS program m e th ro u g h p articip atio n in fo u r following projects:
• PL-013 p ro ject “D evelopm ent, testing and processing o f co n tem p o rary functional, co n stru ctio n al and tools m aterial” - co o rd in ated by th e Faculty o f M echanical - E ngineering
• CZ-13 p ro ject - c o o rd in ated by th e Faculty o f Materials Science an d M etallurgy
This p ro g ra m m e , w h ich is fin an c ed by B u reau fo r A cadem ic R eco g n itio n arid In tern atio n al Exchange, enables th e participants to organize co m m o n sem inars, su m m e r- courses and visits for a large n u m b er o f stu d en ts, PhD stu d en ts an d lecturers.
S T R U C T U R E
TH E F A C U LT Y
The studies in archi
tecture were com
menced at the Silesian University of Technol
ogy in 1945. The inde
pendent Faculty of Architecture was esta
blished in 1977. Earli
er, in the years 1949- 54, the Division of Architecture operated within the Faculty of Building and Engi
neering.
D e p a rtm e n t o f U rb an a n d C o u n try P lan n in g D e p a rtm e n t o f B u ildin g a n d Service A rch itectu re
D e p a rtm e n t o f A rch itectu re a n d In d u stria l T ran sfo rm a tio n s
- D iv isio n o f M e th o d o lo g y o f E n v iro n m e n ta lly F rie n d ly A rch ite ctu re D esign
- D ivision o f D esign a n d T ran sfo rm a tio n o f In d u s tria l O bjects a n d Areas
- D ivision o f Art
D e p a rtm e n t o f H isto ry a n d T h eo ry o f A rch itectu re - D ivision o f T h eo ry a n d H isto ry o f A rch itectu re
- D iv isio n o f P re s e rv a tio n o f H is to ric a l M o n u m e n ts a n d th e H isto ry o f Polish A rch itectu re
D e p a r tm e n t o f C o m p o s itio n a n d T ec h n ical F u n d a m e n ta ls o f A rch itectu re
- D ivision o f C o m p o sitio n
- D ivision T echnical F u n d a m e n ta ls o f A rch itectu re
D e p a rtm e n t o f Office B uildings A rch ite ctu re a n d D esign S trategy T h e Faculty is also e q u ip p e d w ith C o m p u te r L ab o rato ry a n d Faculty Library.
The Faculty Board is entitled to award DSc degrees in Technical Sciences.
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O F A R C H I T E C T U
C O U R S E S
T h e Faculty offers full-tim e MSc a n d p art- tim e BSc c o u rse s A rch ite ctu re a n d Tow n P lanning.
It also offers post-M Sc c o u rse s in:
- Post-MSc C o u rse in Tow n a n d C o u n try P lanning,
- Post-MSc C o u rse in P reserv atio n o f C u ltu ral M o n u m en ts a n d Tow n P lanning.
C O O P E R A T IO N
T h e aca d em ic staff tak es p a rt in th e TEMPUS p ro je c ts o n a rc h ite c to n ic issues. T h ey c o -o p e ra te w ith sev eral acad em ic c e n tre s su ch as: S tra th cly d e U niversity in G lasgow , E in d h o v en T echnical versity a n d C h alm ers T echnical U niversity. T h e acad em ics also c o o p e ra te w ith fo reig n re se a rc h in s titu te s o n p riv a te basis.
ESEARCH O R K
T h e Faculty c o n d u c ts n u m e r- l|o ja s R e s e a r c h p ro je c ts. A m ong
im p o r ta n t d o m a in s are
rid c o u n try p la n n in g in re s p e c t
?7. m e e n v iro n m e n ta l p ro te c tio n , h o u s in g c u ltu re a n d la n d sc a p e a rc h ite c tu re , - a rc h ite c to n ic s tu d ie s o n h o u s in g an d
service o b je c ts a n d th e ir tran sfo rm a-
tio n s, m |
- b u ild in g b io c e n o th ic s,
THE FACULTY
stu d ie s o n eco lo g ical a n d en ergy-effi
c ie n t b u ild in g s,
tra n s fo rm a tio n s o f in d u s tria l s tru c tu re s a n d co m p lex es a n d c re a tio n o f a n ew g e n e ra tio n in d u s tria l facilities,
sem io tic a sp ects o f a rc h ite c to n ic a n d u rb a n space,
tre n d s an d ch an g e s in style in Polish a rc h ite c tu re ,
c o n n o ta tio n s a n d fo rm al e q u iv a le n ts o f a rc h ite c to n ic a n d u rb a n c o m p o sitio n s, te c h n ic a l b ases fo r th e a d a p ta tio n o f th e e n v iro n m e n t fo r th e d isab led .
vised by th e U n ited N riiions /D ev elo p m e n t P ro g ram a n d th j|U n ited^N ati^> ns C e n tre fo r H u m a n
First a n d se c o n d p la ce .ii T g ^ f o p e tfa q f i fo r p os ti nclu s trial larid>~de\'e^ptti^ ^ {t a s u b u rb o f K arolinaT n
m sdn m ter- Cdesign^ o f‘
ris h in g to n ,
O F A R C H I T E C T U R E
A C H IE V E M E N T S
A m ong th e m o st im p o rta n t a ch iev em en ts o f th e Faculty s h o u ld b e m e n tio n e d : - Tow n a n d c o u n try p la n n in g in th e e c o
logically e n d a n g e re d e n v iro n m e n t. T h e b o o k w as p u b lis h e d in 1996.
- T h e m e th o d o f a c o m p le x sele c tio n o f
“H o rtu s ” p la n ts - a m a n u a l p u b lis h e d in 1994 a n d th e n e x t n e w e x te n d e d e d i
tions.
- P ro ject stu d ie s a n d re c o n s tru c tio n a n d m o d e rn is a tio n o f th e Teatr Polski (Pol
ish T h e a tre) in Wroclaw.
- P ro ject o f th e T re a tm e n t a n d R ehabilita
tio n C e n tre in K atow ice.
- T h e d istin c tio n in th e C o m p e titio n for th e b e s t b u ild in g in th e K ato w ice V oivodeship - d e sig n a n d im p le m e n ta tio n o f th e GOZG h ig h -rise in Zabrze.
- O rg a n isa tio n o f a n a n n u a l in te rn a tio n a l c o n fe re n c e in Rybna o n “T h e T h eo ry a n d P ractice in M o d e rn A rch ite c tu re”.
- A b o o k “P ro b lem s o f tra n s fo rm a tio n o f p o s tin d u s tria l a re a s ” p u b lis h e d in 1998, - P u b lic atio n o f a b o o k “M odel tra n sfo r
m a tio n o f p o s t in d u stria l a n d p o llu te d are a s” (to g e th e r w ith P ro g ram o f Bal
an c e d M a n ag e m e n t o f D e v e lo p m e n t o f K atow ice U rb an A g g lo m eratio n , su p e r-
R epublic),
- First p la ce a n d tw o distin n a tio n a l c o m p e titio n for E u r o p e a n E m b assy (in Tokyo, C a iro a n d B eijin g o rg a n iz e d by K o n sta n z 15 n (G erm any),
. irajfcfoiaizflfe T h ird aw ard in in te r n a tio n a b g o tio n for e x p e rim e n ta l b u ild in g '
in Ljubljana (Slovenia) ^
THE FACULTY OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL
On December 30th, 1963, pursuant to the decree issued by the Minister for Higher Education, the Faculty of Automatic Control was established and it started its indepen- i dent activity on Febru- jj ary 15th, 1964. The
| present name was accepted in the acade
mic year 1984/85.
The Faculty Board is entitled to award PhD degrees in Technical Sciences and DSc degrees in Automatic Control and Robotics, Electronics and Com
puter Science.
S T R U C T U R E
In s titu te o f A utom atic C o n tro l In s titu te o f E lectro nics
In s titu te o f C o m p u te r Science.
C O U R S E S
T h e Faculty offers th re e typ es o f c o u rse s a n d a m a cro -co u rse (in English) w ith th e fo llow in g H o n o u rs:
C o u rs e in - AUTOMATIC CONTROL AND RO BOTICS
w ith H o n o u rs in:
- A u to m atic co n tro l, - R obotics,
- M e a su re m e n t system s, - C o m p u te r c o n tro l system s.
C o u rs e in - ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS w ith H o n o u rs in:
- E lectro n ic e q u ip m e n t, - B iom ed ical electro n ics, - M icro electro n ics, - T eleco m m u n icatio n s.
C o u rse in - COMPUTER SCIENCE w ith H o n o u rs in:
- System softw are,
- D atabases, c o m p u te r n etw o rk s a n d system s.
- C o m p u te r scien c e in c o n tro l system s.
E L E C T R O N I C S A N D C O M R U T
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M a cro -co u rse in - AUTOMATIC CONTROL AND R O B O T IC ^
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOM MUNICATION, COMPUTER^
SCIENCE w ith H o n o u rs in:
- A utom atic C o n tro l, R obotics, - M e a su re m e n t System s, - C o m p u te r C o n tro l System s, - E lectro n ic A p p aratu s, - B io m ed ical E lectronics, - M icro electro n ics, - T eleco m m u n ica tio n s, - System S oftw are, - D atabases,
- C o m p u te r N etw o rk s a n d System s.
T h e Faculty ru n s full-tim e BSc stu d ie s at th e E n g in e e rin g E d u c a tio n C e n tre in R ybnik a n d p art-tim e BSc stu d ie s as w ell as c o m p le m e n ta ry MSc stu d ie s in th e th re e c o u rse s m e n tio n e d above.
W ithin th e ERASMUS p ro je c t th e faculty offers s tu d e n ts ’ e x ch an g e w ith th e u n iv e rsities in H o llan d , G erm any, G reat B ritain, F rance a n d P ortugal.
T h e Faculty also offers post-M Sc c o u rse s in:
- C o m p u te r N etw o rk s, M ic ro c o m p u te r System s a n d D ata - P ro g ra m m a b le C o n tro lle rs a n d C o n tro l System s
- S patial In fo rm a tio n System s, - C o m p u te r System s
an d PhD c o u rs e s in:
- A u to m atic C o n tro l a n d R obotics (fu ll-and p art-tim e) - E lectro n ics a n d T e lec o m m u n ic a tio n
- C o m p u te r S cience
C O O P E R A T IO N
fT-he Institute o f Automatic Con- :roi hâs developed a several-year :b-operation w ith significant for-
Universfi ' Univers!
ERASMUS and POLONIUM,
THE FACULTY OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL
ign'centres am ong others with:
ice.,University, H ouston (USA);
as, H ouston (USA); Technical o f Novosibirsk (Russia), L.A.A.S du Toulouse (France); N ottingham University, University o f Reading (Eng- L’Universite d e M ontreal (Canada);
AO/ASIF Research Institute, Davos (Switzer- C entre for Mathematics, Amsterdam
¡(Holland); University o f Kiev (Ukraine); Upp
sala University School o f Engineering, Upp
sala (Sweden).
The Institute participates in such internation
a l p ro jects as COPERNICUS/DYCOMANS,
The Institute o f Electronics co-operates with foreign research centres, including am ong others: the Institute o f Biomedical Engineer
ing in Brno, the D epartm ent o f Biomedical Engineering at the Electronic University o f St.
Petersburg (Russia); Max-Planck’s Institute at the University o f Potsdam, the LAMIH Labora
tory o f th e University in V alenciennes (France), Ingelectric GmbH, Munich (Ger
many), University of California in San Francis
co, the FIAT Com pany in Turin.
The research staff o f the Institute o f Electron
ics takes p art in such international program s as: COPERNICUS, SABAYECK and COLUM
BUS.
The Institute o f C om puter Science co-oper
ates w ith the University o f Versailles, the Uni
versity in Lille (France), the University o f Ari
zo n a (the USA), th e co m p an ies Project Autom ation ( Italy ), ALDEC ( the USA ), CEG- ELEC (France ) and D eutsche Elektronen Syn
chrotron ( G erm any).
R E S E A R C H W O R K
Research activity at the Institute o f Automatic C ontrol refers to a broadly u n d ersto od auto
matic control, robotics, system analysis and signal processing. The results gained in the following areas should be m entioned: control theory in die incom plete inform ation condi
tions, adaptation and prediction control as w ell as expert systems in this field, broadly u n d ersto o d superficial intelligence including mainly intelligent control systems and visual
E L E C T R O N I C S A N D C O M P U T E R
systems with applications in robotics, com p u te r integrated p ro d u ctio n systems, real time simulations, current m easurem ent p ro b lems in view o f systems analysis and control in biom edical and biotechnological systems.
Research activity o f the Institute o f Electronics refers to the analysis, synthesis and design o f electronic and telecom m unication circuits and systems, special m icroelectronic tech
nologies, digital signal processing, applica
tions o f signal processors, program m able con
trollers and microwave technique. The staff also works o n the synthesis and automatic recognition o f Polish speech m ethods, analy
sis o f biom edical pictures, non- destructive testing m ethods, new sensor design and easi
ly-tested electronic systems.
The Institute o f C om puter Science carries o u t research o n all the m ain areas o f com puter science, including elaboration o f software, data basses and data w arehouses design, m icrocom puter science systems and the th eo ry o f digital robots, design o f com puter sci
ence equipm ent, com puter networks, com m unication reports and safety in com puter science. The Institute organises the annual conference o n co m p u ter networks.
A C H IE V E M E N T S
A m ong th e m o st im p o rta n t a ch ie v em en ts o f th e F aculty s h o u ld b e m e n tio n e d th e p a rtic ip a tio n o f th e staff in re s e a rc h a n d im p le m e n ta tio n w o rk s su c h as:
- E la b o ra tio n o f n e w c o n tro l alg o rith m
in c lu d in g a d a p ta tio n ,,p fced îc tio rian d vjari able s tru c tu re a lg o rith m s, sig n ifican t c rin -^
tr ib u tio n to a n d m o d i f i c a t T o n : o f s t-i ing d e sig n m e th o d s for rfe
s tru c tio n o f la b o ra to ry stan o th e rs , active n o is e 1 sb japïessi e x c h a n g e r c o n tro l; '
- T h e fo u n d a tio n o f th e Labor
n al P ro ce sses, th e L a b o ra to ry o t 5>pe-.
cialised In te g ra te d C ircu its D esi ra tio n o f th e FUZZY-FLOU assistan c e o f d ecision-m aking, tio n a n d im plem entation!, o f sy ste m fo r v e rtic a l p la n e g ! C o lu m b u s R ep u b lic o f S o u th miH,
- E la b o ra tio n o f so ftw are m o d u le s ing safety o f in fo rm a tio n in c o m p u t terns, m o d u le s fo r c o m p u te r èysjL&fns o h o s p ita l m a n a g e m e n t, o ral ^Comm tio n w ith th e c o m p u te r fo r a b lin d v isu alisatio n system fo r a lg o rith m s, co p u te r d a ta c o lle c tio n and» fm o n i to rin g c to w n co u n cils.
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. fjfD e p a rtm e n t o f B ridge C o n s tru c tio n D e p a rtm e n t o f B uilding S tru c tu re s D e p a rtm e n t o f T ra n sp o rta tio n D e p a rtm e n t o f B uild in g P rocesses D e p a rtm e n t o f T h e o re tic a l M echanics D e p a rtm e n t o f G eo tec h n ics
D e p a rtm e n t o f B uild in g E n g in eerin g
D e p a rtm e n t o f th e T h eo ry o f B u ild in g S tru ctu res L ab o rato ry o f B uilding
C O U R S E S
T h e Faculty offers full-tim e MScE a n d BSc* c o u rse s a n d p art-tim e BSc c o u rs e s w ith H o n o u r s in th e fo llo w in g e n g in e e r in g d iscip lin es:
MSc o n e-stag e c o u rse s w ith H o n o u rs in*:
- B u ild in g a n d e n g in e e rin g stru c tu re s
- M an ag em en t a n d te c h n o lo g y in civil e n g in e e rin g - H ighw ay a n d m o to rw a y c o n stru c tio n .
MSc tw o-stage c o u rse s w ith H o n o u rs in';:
At th e BSc level-
■jm*.as? » - B u ild in g a n d e n g in e e rin g stru c tu re s, - M an ag em en t a n d technology,
- T ra n s p o rta tio n e n g in e e rin g ,
- E n v iro n m en ta lly frien d ly civil e n g in e e rin g , At th e MSc level
- B u ild in g a n d e n g in e e rin g stru c tu re s, - E n g in eerin g o f b u ild in g p ro cesses,
- T ra n s p o rta tio n e n g in e e rin g a n d in fra stru c tu re .
C IV IL E N G IN E E R IN G
BSc stu d ie s in R ybnik w ith H o n o u rs in*:
- e n g in e e rin g (full-tim e a n d p art-tim e stu d ie s), - C o n s tru c tio n a n d a rc h ite c tu re (full-tim e stu d ie s BSc p a rt-tim e c o u rse s in Gliwice:
- B u ild in g stru c tu re s,
- M a n ag em e n t a n d technology, - T ra n s p o rta tio n e n g in e e rin g .
S ince th e acad em ic y e a r o f 1998/1999 a n e w tw o -stag e sy stem at MSc stu d ie s h as b e e n in tro d u c e d w ith in th e TEMPUS p ro je c t. T h e stu d ie s last 6 years- fo u r at th e BSc level a n d tw o m o re a t th e MSc level. At th e b e g in n in g o f th e 2 1 st c e n tu ry th e system , in c o m b in a ^ ® tio n w ith th e PhD stu d ie s, w ill c re a te a u n ifie d th ree -sta g e sy stem fully a d ju ste d to th e E u ro p e a n s ta n d a rd s.
E - stu d ies a d ju ste d to the EC s ta n d a rd s w ith in the TEMPUS p ro ject
* - stu d ies w ith no en rolm en t continued.
C O O P E R A T IO N
T h e faculty is th e m e m b e r o f th e E u ro p e a n A sso ciatio n o f Civil E n g in e erin g F aculties a n d p a rtic ip a n t o f th e EUCEET p ro je c t (E u ro p e a n Civil E n g in ee rin g E d u ca tio n a n d T raining) CQmpyising m o re th a n 60 E u ro p e a n civil e n g in e e rin g faculties. W ithiiffthe TEM
PUS p ro je c t w h ic h aim s at th e m o d e rn iz a tio n o f e d u c a tio n a l
THE FACULTY OF
tÔe^feGülty c o -o p e ra te s w ith six
R E S E A R C H W O R K
o p e a n u n iv ersities: U niver
ity Of L o u g h b o ro u g h , Brad- O niversity a n d G lam o rg an n iv e rsity in G re a t B ritain , p litecn ico di T orino in Italy, ideK la’B eira In te rio r in P ortugal
ns P olytechnic in D en m ark , a rtic ip a tio n in th e SOCRATES p ro -
’ts e n a b le s s tu d e n ts ’ a n d staff ex ch an g e th e u n iv e rsities in G reat B ritain, D en- m ark, P o rtugal a n d S pain. A d o z e n o r so s tu d e n ts p e r y e a r a re stu d y in g a b ro a d fo r o n e sem ester. F o r fo reig n s tu d e n ts th e classes a re d e liv e re d in English. T h e b ro a d s c ie n tific 'c o -o p e ra tio n re su lts in th e p a r
tic ip a tio n in in te rn a tio n a l re se a rc h p ro - ects a n d scientific c o n fe re n c es.
T h e Faculty is o n e o f tw o faculties th a t w e re a w a rd e d th e h ig h e st categ o ry in re se a rc h activity. R esearch a n d d e v e lo p m e n t activity o f th e Faculty co m p rise s all th e fields c o n n e c te d w ith th e Analysis a n d D esig n o f B u ild in g S tru c tu re s, B u ild in g M aterials B u ild in g T echn o lo g y a n d T rans
p o rta tio n E n g in eerin g , in c lu d in g m ainly:
- T h eo ry o f b u ild in g s tru c tu re s, te stin g o f m aterials, e le m e n ts a n d c o m p le te s tru c tu res,
- C o m p u te r s im u la tio n s o f s tr u c tu r e b e h a v io u r w ith th e assistan ce o f th e MES a n d MEB,
T h e Faculty has sig n ifican K ach iovymribtsj in teach in g , researcH a n d _ co,-Qperintop!>* , w ith industry. M ore th a n 11000 graduatST have o b ta in e d .MScYiVcl'BSc d e g r c ^ ^ ^ p s ^ » th e Faculty w as fo u n d e d C rn o r eCt haUA&O years ago. T h e Faculty B oaixf fiitf a w a r d e ^ ^ 213 PhD d e g re e s a n d 14 DSc d e g re e s i n \ ^ te ch n ical sciences. T h e re a re 8 ^ 'f e o lS - ^ n d m o n o g ra p h s a m o n g n u m e ro u s
C IV IL EN G IN EER IN G S
\ /A C H IE V E r/lE
- E la b o ra tio n o f c o n stitu tiv e m o d e ls o f s tru c tu ra l m a teria ls a n d su b so il,
- E lab o ra tio n s in th e field o f a p p lie d rh e- o lo g y o f th ree -stag e d is p e rs e d m e d ia m ain ly m o rta rs a n d c o n c re te m ix tu res, - E nergy-efficient a n d e n v iro n m e n ta lly -
frien d ly civil e n g in e e rin g ,
- T ra n s p o rta tio n system s, traffic e n g in e e r
ing a n d tr a n s p o rta tio n in fra stru c tu re in m in in g areas.
In th e last th re e years 38 re se a rc h p ro je c ts re g is te re d by th e Faculty staff w e re a c c e p t
ed a n d fin an c ed by th e C o m m itte e for Scientific R esearch.
tio n s w ritte n by th e Faculty staf th e m have b e e n trans.l
la n g u ag es a n d p u b lis h e d abrc C lose c o -o p e ra tio n w ith in d u s tr th e s o lu tio n o f c u r r e n t p ro b le m s g ers o ff m u tu a l ben efits.
Physical m e a su re m e n ts C o m p u te r scien ce in cl The Faculty was estab
lished in 1945 as one of the first four facul
ties of the Silesian Uni
versity of Technology.
The Faculty Board is entitled to award PhD and DSc degrees in Chemistry, Chemi
cal Technology and Chemical Engineering.
TH E FAC U LTY
S T R U C T U R E
In s titu te o f O rg an ic C h em istry a n d T ech n o lo g y
In s titu te o f C hem istry, In o rg a n ic T ech n o lo g y a n d E lectro c h em istry In s titu te o f C hem ical a n d Process E n g in eerin g
D e p a rtm e n t o f A nalytical a n d G e n e ra l C h em istry
D e p a rtm e n t o f Physical C h em istry a n d T ech n olog y o f Polym ers D e p a rtm e n t o f C oal a n d C ru d e Oil C h em ical T echnology D e p a rtm e n t o f C hem ical a n d P rocess A p p aratu s C o n s tru c tio n
C O U R S E S
T h e Faculty offers full-tim e MSc c o u rse s in th e fo llo w in g d isci
p lines:
C o u rse in: CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY w ith H o n o u rs in:
- O rg anic ch em ical technology,
- In o rg a n ic ch em ical te c h n o lo g y a n d electro ch em istry , - T ech n o log y o f p o ly m ers a n d plastics,
- C hem ical te c h n o lo g y o f coal, c ru d e oil a n d re n e w a b le raw m a te rials
in ch em ical technology, in ch em ical industiy.
I
C o u rs e in: CHEMICAL AND PROCESS EN GINEERING
w ith H o n o u rs in:
- C hem ical a n d p ro c e ss e n g in e e rin g
- E n v iro n m en ta l p ro te c tio n in ch em ical e n g in e e rin g - C o m p u te r s c ie n c e a n d p ro c e s s c o n tr o l
O F C H E M I S T R Y
M r - J P V A S
: . . - y ■ Ny
C o u rse in: MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERIN w ith H o n o u rs in:
- M a n ag e m e n t in ch em ical in d u stry
In th e aca d em ic y e a r o f 1999/2000 th e Faculty sta rte d p art-tim e BS s tu d ie s in C hem ical T echnology w ith H o n o u rs in C hem ical h a z ards.
T h e Faculty also ru n s full-tim e PhD c o u rse s in chem istry, ch em ical te c h n o lo g y a n d ch em ical e n g in ee rin g .
C O O P E R A T IO N
T h e staff o f th e faculty c o -o p e ra te w ith several acad em ic ce n tre s, e.g. Io w a S tate U niversity (USA), K ansas U niversity o f L aw rence (USA), U tah S tate U niversity (USA), th e Technical U niversity o f Kiev a n d Technical U niversity o f Lvov (U kraine), U n iv ersite’ d e R en n es (F rance), U niversita d a S ap ien za a n d U niversita di B o lo g n a (Italy), U niversity C ollege, L o n d o n (G reat B ritain), Vysoka T echnicka Skola, B ratislava (Slovakia) a n d th e N atio n al R esearch C e n tre (Egypt). T h e c o -o p e ra tio n refers to re se a rc h in sev eral fields, th e ex ch a n g e o f p ro fe sso rs, y o u n g acad em ics w ith a PhD d e g re e , PhD co u rs e s tu d e n ts a n d MSc c o u rs e s tu d e n ts, as w ell as ru m iin g PttD ; co u rs e s in th e “ jo in t-su p e rv isio n ” system . 'm L j I
Dean
prof. dr hab. inż. Jerzy Sowiński
¡S E A R C H fÔ R K v
W g J ;St_. f \tesgarch activity o f th e Faculty .Comprises basic a n d a p p lie d scien ces, fo cu sin g o n : k in e m a t
ics. p rb c fe s jahd te c h n o lo g ie s o f th e rm a l d e c o m p o sitio n (steam crack in g hydropy- -olisis) o f c a rb o h y d ra te s a n d th e ir catalyt- tra n s fo rm a tio n s ( d e h y d r o g e n a tio n ,
>xidative co u p lin g , iso m é risa tio n ); syn
th esis, s tru c tu re a n d reactivity o f five-and six -elem en t h etero cy clic system s; chem -
*'stry o f p h o s p h o r o u s ylids; m e tal com - in o rg an ic ch em istry; o x id izatio n o f
TH E F A C U LT Y
o rg an ic c o m p o u n d s; sy n th esis a n d reac tio n o f p ero x y c o m p o u n d s; e n g in e e rin g o f c h e m ic a l re a c tio n s ; m a c r o m o le c u la r ch em istry; physical ch em istry a n d te c h n o l
ogy o f p o ly m ers, sy n th esis a n d m o d ifica
tio n o f p o ly m ers; s tru c tu re a n d p h ysical p ro p e rtie s o f p o ly m ers a n d p o ly m e r m e m b ran es, gas a n d io n tr a n s p o rta tio n in p o ly m e r s a n d p o ly m e r m e m b ra n e s; catalytic p ro c e sse s in te c h n o lo g y a n d e n v iro n m e n tal p ro te c tio n ; co k e tech n o lo g y ; d is trib u tio n a n d p ro c e s s te c h n o lo g y o f liq u id h y d ro c a rb o n s; u tiliz a tio n o f c h o s e n heavy in d u s try w aste; te c h n o lo g ie s a n d th e o ry o f in o rg an ic a n d e le c tro c h e m ic a l p ro c e sse s;
u tilisa tio n o f c h o s e n heavy in d u s try p r o d u cts; n e w te c h n o lo g ie s a n d th e th e o ry o f in o rg an ic a n d e le c tro c h e m ic a l p ro cesse s;
o p tim is a tio n o f te c h n ic a l a n d a p p a ra tu s s o lu tio n s o f in d u stria l p ro cesses; static analysis a n d m a cro kin etics o f in o rg a n ic p ro c e s s e s ; p h a s e tr a n s f o r m a tio n s a n d in te rfa c e p ro c e s s e s in m u ltic o m p o n e n t system s; s u b sta n c e s o f a sp ecial clarity a n d p r o p e r tie s ; u tilis a tio n a n d d is p o s a l o f in d u stria l w aste; c o rro s io n a n d p ro te c tio n
O F C H E M I S T R Y
ag ain st it; in d u stria l ch em ical analysis an d eco-analysis, analysis o f b io lo g ical m a te ri
als, n e w re a c tio n s a n d analytic reag e n ts;
h e a t a n d m ass ex ch an g e; crystallisation, filtratio n , m ixing, s e d im e n ta tio n , d istilla
tio n , p n e u m a tic tra n s p o rta tio n , gas clean ing, drying; n e w so lu tio n s fo r th e s tru c tu re o f h e a t ex ch a n g ers, d istilla tio n a n d a b s o rp tio n c o lu m n s, lo o se m ate ria l d ry ers, s e d im e n ta tio n ta n k s w ith fillings, e q u ip m e n t fo r th e gas clean in g a n d s e p a ra tio n , static m ixers.
feren ce s: III C ongress,joF CHemical Tech
n o lo g y (G liw ice 5-8 Sep. 200t)), V I,N ation- al Analytic C o n ference
2000), In te rn a tio n a l S em in ar Q u a lity S afety M an ag e— - P h are JEP 1 3 4 4 4 -9 8 ^ \G § tro ri1 6-7 Nov. 2000). .
A m ong th e g re a te s t initiatives ' ty at n a tio n a l scale co o rd iriatid r
. I, j
03-16 re se a rc h p ro je c t sh o u ld Abe 'm e n tio n e d , w h ich in v olved 27 C hem istry, fac
A C H IE V E M E N T S
In th e re c e n t years th e Faculty h as o rg a n ised m a n y p re stig io u s in te rn a tio n a l con-
ical su b sta n c e s at ch em istry an faculties.
u ltie s o f P o lish u n iv e rs itie s a n d w as d e s ig n e d fo r e la b o ra tio n -p f c o ip p le x o rg a n iz atio n al sy stem o f m a n a g e m e n t o f c h e r '
The Faculty was t founded on May 24th, [ 1945 as one of the first f four faculties of the ! Silesian University of i Technology. The Facul- j ty Board is entitled to I award PhD and DSc degrees in Electrical Engineering.
THE FACULTY OF
S T R U C T U R E
In s titu te o f P o w er System s E n g in eerin g a n d C o n tro l
In s titu te o f M easu rem e n ts a n d A u to m atic C o n tro l in E lectrical E n g in eerin g
In s titu te o f T h e o re tic a l a n d In d u s tria l E lectrical E n g in eerin g D e p a rtm e n t o f E lectric M achines a n d A p pliances
C O U R S E S
T h e Faculty offers BSc a n d MSc c o u rse s in:
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING w ith H o n o u rs in:
- A utom atic c o n tro l a n d m e a su re m e n ts in electrical e n g in e e rin g - E lectric m a ch in es a n d ap p lian ce s
- E lectric p o w e r e n g in e e rin g
- E lectrical e n g in e e rin g in tra n s p o rta tio n - C o n v e rsio n a n d u tilisa tio n o f electric energy.
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS w ith H o n o u rs in:
- P o w er e n g in e e rin g electro n ics.
I T h e Faculty also ru n s th e fo llo w in g p o s t-g ra d u a te co u rses:
- E lectric E nergy M arket afte r th e e n a c tm e n t o f th e n e w E nergy Law.
- (O rg an isatio n a n d A ccred itatio n o f L ab o rato ries.
And:
- 4-year sta tio n a ry PhD c o u rs e in M o d e rn P ro b lem s o f Electrical E n g in eerin g .
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERIN'
C O O P E R A T IO N
T h e Faculty staff c o -o p e ra te w ith several fo reig n scientific c e n tre s a n d u n iv e rsitie s su c h as: SVST B ratislava (Slovakia), Vysoka SkdlE B an sk a (C zech R ep ublic), T echnische U niversität M ag d eb u rg (Ge:
m any), F a c h h o h sc h u le Trier, F a c h h o h sc h u le D a rm sta d t, Fach h o h s c h u le R eg en sb u rg , T echnical U niversity in D u isb u rg (Gel*-, m any); PGTU M ariu p o l (U kraine), C o rk In s titu te o f Technology, C o rk (Irela n d ); W right S tate U niversity D ay to n OH- (USA); U niver
sity o f W indsor, W in d so r (C an ad a); N ovosibirskij S tate Technical University, ( Russia ); U niversity in C atania, (Italy); Electric P ow er R esearch In stitu te , ( USA ) Physikalische T ech n isch e B u n d e sa n stalt, B ra u n sc h w e ig (G erm an y ) A ristotle U niversity o f T h essalo n ik i (G reece), T echnical U niversity in Tokyo (Jap an ), T echnical U niver
sity o f C atalu n y a in B a rcelo n a (S pain), E n sto Sekko Oy (F in n la n d ), In s titu te S u p e rio r T echnica L isbon (P ortugal)
i.
THE FACULTY OF
p ro c e s s o r m e a s u re m e n t ancl safety sys
te m s; s h o rt-c irc u it id e n tific a tio n ; o p ti
m u m a u to m a tic c o n tro l sy stem s fo r th e p ro te c tio n o f d is trib u tio n n etw o rk s; o p ti
m u m p u rc h a s e o f electrical e n e rg y by in d u s try a n d w h o le sa le a n d final rates;
d esig n a n d te c h n o lo g y o f m e a s u re m e n t tra n s d u c e rs o f electric a n d n o n -e le c tric p a ra m e te rs; p ro g ra m m a b le m e a s u re m e n t system s; p recise m e a s u re m e n t o f electric p a ra m e te rs a n d capacity s ta n d a rd s; th e q u ality o f electrical e n e rg y a n d e le c tro m ag n etic co m p atib ility in th e sy stem s o f d is to rte d vo ltag e a n d c u rre n t; c o m p u te r m e th o d s o f e le c tro m a g n e tic field c o m p u ta tio n s; n o n -lin e a r m o d e ls o f electrical m ach in es; p o w e r a n d e le c tro n ic c o n v e r
sions; m ic ro p ro c e s s o r c o n tro l o f electric drives; c o n tro l a n d re g u la tio n o f e le c tro th e rm a l system s; p o w e r a n d e le c tro n ic d riv es w ith e la stic jo in ts ; d riv e s w ith m a ch in es o f p e r m a n e n t m ag n ets; electric drives o f vehicles; c o n tro l o f so la r a n d w in d p o w e r statio n s; tra d itio n a l driv e sys
te m s o f d ire c t a n d a lte rn a tin g c u rre n t;
d e s ig n a n d te c h n o lo g y o f e le c tric m ach in es; m e c h a tro n ic s; analysis o f p a ra sitic p h e n o m e n a in in d u c tio n m ach in es.
iS E A R C H
»•.TOCs /v V /l — ■■rO R K \ /
M 1 Ircjr*;a rc h a n d d e v e lo p m e n t 'A ctivity c o n d u c te d in th e Facul- e d (p n ( o v e rh e a d lo w a n d m e d i
u m vo ltag e lines; high-voltage so lid c o n d u c to rs in th e SF6 in su la tio n ; reliability, .¡ciency a n d d e v e lo p m e n t o f electric iwer system a n d its e le m e n ts; fo recast
ing o f th e d e m a n d fo r electrical en ergy;
d ig ita l m o d e llin g a n d s im u la tio n o f p ro c e sse s in electrical e n g in e e rin g ; m icro-
e a s u re m q n t
‘»ion fo r t h ^ ts im W arsaw1
ELECTRICAL ENGINEE
A C H IE V E M E N T S
A m ong th e m o s t im p o rta n t ach iev em en ts o f th e Faculty s h o u ld b e m e n tio n e d : th e m ic ro p ro c e s s o r system s o f e le c tro e n e r getic c o n tro l a u to m a tic s (system CZAZ, first in P o lan d ), m ic ro p ro c e s s o r fau lt fin d e r in electric p o w e r lines, c o m p u te r sys
tem ROZWÔJ fo r p o w e r e n g in e e rin g , c o n tro l m o d e l fo r th e rm a l p o w e r statio n , p re p a ra tio n o f m e th o d o lo g y a n d so ftw are for th e lo c a tio n a n d ch o ice o f p a ra m e te rs for th e stab ilisers o f th e n a tio n a l electric p o w e r system ; p a rtic ip a tio n in th e im p le m e n ta tio n o f re fo rm s in th e Polish electric p o w e r e n g in e e rin g a n d in th e c re a tio n o f th e m o d e l fo r th e e n e rg y m ark et; e la b o ra tio n o f p o w e r theory, c re a tio n of, first in P oland, in d u s tria l fre q u e n c y drives w ith c u rre n t in v e rte r 2 5 0 k \^ 500V; in d u ctiv e h e a tin g s y ste m (W in d so r U n iv ersity );
ap p lic a tio n o f m ic ro p ro c e s s o r c o n tro l in ele ctric d riv es a n d p o w e r e n g in e e rin g e le ctro n ic c o n v e rte rs (ENEL); im p le m e n ta tio n o f m ic ro p ro c e s s o r system o f l6 0 k W w in d p o w e r p la n t c o n tro l (NOWOMAG);
m o d e rn iz a tio n o f tu r b o g e n e ra to rs fo r th e in crease in p o w e r ratin g , e la b o ra tio n o f
m e th o d o lo g y a n d algoi an d m ech an ic al calci m ach in es fo r state^ele n eerin g ; p re p a ra tio n ^ o f to o ls fo r th e testing;, s ta n d a rd s o f th e h ig h e st C en tral Office o f M easurerne an d a t th e Physikalisch Technis san stalt in G erm any.
T h e c o u rs e in: M ining a n d G eology offers H o n o u rs in:
- M ining electrificatio n a n d a u to m a tic c o n tro l
- U n d e rg ro u n d e n g in e e rin g a n d la n d su rface p ro te c tio n - M ining te c h n o lo g y a n d w aste m a n a g e m e n t
- M ining Surveying - M ining G eo lo gy
- E n v iro n m e n ta l m a n a g e m e n t o f m in in g areas - M ining m a ch in ery a n d d rillin g e q u ip m e n t - P ro cessin g a n d m a rk e tin g o f so lid m in erals
C o u rse in: M an ag em en t a n d P ro d u c tio n E n g e e n e rin g offers H o n o u rs in :
- G eology fo r T o urism - W ater m a n a g e m e n t
- O rg a n isa tio n a n d e c o n o m ic s o f m in in g
- M eth o d s o f m a n ag in g o c c u p a tio n a l safety a n d h y gien e
THE FACULTY OF
S T R U C T U R E
D e p a rtm e n t o f M ining E lectrificatio n a n d A u to m atic C o n tro l In s titu te o f M ining M ech an isatio n
D e p a rtm e n t o f M ining M an ag em en t a n d R e stru c tu rin g
D e p a rtm e n t o f G eo m ec h an ics, U n d e rg ro u n d E n g in e e rin g a n d Land S urface P ro te c tio n
D e p a rtm e n t o f M ineral P ro cessin g a n d W aste U tilisation In s titu te o f M ining T ech n o lo g y
D e p a rtm e n t o f A p p lied Geology.
M u seu m o f M ining D ep o sits in m e m o ria l o f C zeslaw P o bo rsk i
C O U R S E S
The Faculty o f Mining and (ieology was opened in 1950. The Faculty Board is enti
tled to award PhD and DSc degrees in mining engineering.
M IN IN G A N D GEOLOGY
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A part fro m five-year full-tim e MSc c o u rse s th e Faculty ru n s:
- th re e a n d a h a lf - y e a r p art-tim e BSc co u rse s - tw o- y ea r p art-tim e p o s t - BSc c o u rse s - th re e -y e a r e x tra m u ra l p o s t - BSc c o u rse s - p o s t - MSc stu d ie s a n d PhD c o u rse s
C O O P E R A T IO N
T h e Faculty c o -o p e ra te s in th e field o f m in in g , g eo lo g y a n d envi
ro n m e n ta l p ro te c tio n w ith all c o u n te rp a rt Polish re se a rc h in sti
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