The Silesian University of Technology

THE SILESIAN UNIVERSITY

OF TECHNOLOGY

THE SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

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THE SILESIAN UNIVERSITY

□F TECHNOLOGY

The Silesian University of Technology is one of the biggest and the oldest universities in Poland. It has been fulfilling successfully its academic mission for over sixty years now. Founded in 1945 in Gliwice, the university continues the teaching and scientific research traditions of Technical University in Lvov. Establishing a technical university in the heart of the most highly industrialized region of Poland gave it a character of an extremely important aca­

demic centre strongly impacting the whole of Upper Silesia.

The Silesian University of Technology, thanks to its scientific research potential and its strong academic staff, is a rapidly developing technical university, excellently combining academic tradition with modern teaching methods. The university constant­

ly meets new initiatives and challenges. We systematically adjust our teaching directions to the constantly changing labour market and young people’s expectations. Every year we open new pro­

grammes. At as many as five departments there are five-year Master of Science studies also taught in English. We actively co­

operate with numerous scientific research centres all over the world, both in the field of research and teaching. Many scientific exchanges of students and researchers are taking place.

We also care about the development of student entrepreneur- ship.This is why we participate in the creation of Technopark and enterprise hub incubators organising courses and trainings in enterprise.

Today, the high ranking of the Silesian University of Technology among Polish universities, the careers of Its alumni and the unwa­

vering interest in our studies confirm the established position of our university as one of the best in Poland.

Being open to innovation and modern technologies, our highly qualified academic teaching staff allow us to train engineers pre­

pared for the constantly changing demands of the labour market.

Prof. M arian D olipski p rof. W ojciech C hole w a

DSc Eng DSc Eng

Prof. R yszard W ilk

DSc Eng

RECTOR

Prof. W o jcie ch Z ieliński DSc Eng

FROM THE RECTOR

VICE-RECTOR FOR SCIENCE A ND CO-OPERATION

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FOR EDUCATION

THE SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

H IS T O R IC A L B A C K G R O U N D LO CATIO N S TR U C TU R E FACULTIES U N IT S E D U C A TIO N A N D R E S E A R C H

S T U D E N T O R G A N IZ A T IO N S W H Y S H O U L D YOU S T U D Y HERE?

PAST AND PRESENT

THE SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

A B R I E F H I S T O R Y

The Silesian University of Technology is one of the biggest technical universities In Poland. Its rich, over 60-year-old, tradition makes it the oldest in Upper Silesia and one of the oldest in the country.

The University was founded on May 24, 1945 and Gllwice was chosen for its seat despite initial plans to locate it In Katowice. What made the city stand out from other places in Upper Silesia was space potential it offered. Here, em pty buildings, grouped in a small area, could be converted and used for d idactic and adm inistrative purposes as well as

turned Into halls of residence fo r students and teachers. The co n ce p t w ent along with a far reach­

ing visio n to e sta b lish an a c a d e m ic d is tric t.

A nother strength of G liwice were research w orkers and students of the form er Technical University in Lvov w ho were resettled here after W orld W ar II.

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The fo u n d a tio n o f the S ilesian U niversity of Technology fulfilled the idea which had been pre­

sent in the consciousness of the Silesian com m uni­

ty for a long time. Since research developm ent and didactic activity were essential to support this high­

ly industrialized and having great prospects area, the first actions to set up a technical university in this region were taken as early as in the late 1920s.

The inauguration cerem ony of the first academ ic year was held in Gliwice on O ctober 29, 1945.

At the tim e the University had a student population of 2750. It used educational curricula taken from the Technical University in Lvov at four faculties:

C hem ical, Electrical, M echanical and Civil En­

gineering and em ployed nearly 200 academ ics.

The outstanding teaching staff, made up m ainly of professors of the form er Technical University in Lvov, were one of the strongest assets of the University since its foundation.

L O C A T I O N S T R U C T U R E

6 TYCHY 7 DĄBROWĄ GÓRNICZA The Silesian University of Technology was founded

as the scientific and didactic base for the most industrialized region in Poland and one of the most industrialized areas in Europe: Upper Silesia.

The Silesian province lies in the south of Poland.

It borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia; it covers 12,000 square kilometers. There are 68 towns and cities in Silesia, 22 of which fulfill big city func­

tions (universities, institutes and research centers).

The population is nearly 4.9 m illion (the record den­

sity per square kilom eter - over 398 people). Every fifth w orking Pole is em ployed in Silesia. The Silesians are fam ous for their traditional culture of w ork which guarantees high qualification of w ork­

ers and their solidity.

As far as com m unication infrastructure, accessibili­

ty of transport and industrial base are concerned, Upper Silesia takes the first place in the country.

Until recently, Silesia was mainly associated with heavy industry, which is undergoing a deep restruc­

turing process at the mom ent. Other trades, partic­

ularly the autom otive industry, are developing rapidly.

Nine fa cu ltie s o f th e S ilesian U niversity of Technology are located in Gliwice - the main seat of the University, and the remaining three in Katowice and Zabrze. Besides, lectures are held in Rybnik, Bytom, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Tychy and Sosnowiec, covering the w hole area of Upper Silesia.

The Silesian University of Technology is a self-gov­

erning, autonom ous state university m anaged by elected one-person and collective bodies. The Rector constitutes the suprem e one-person body, and the Senate is a collective body of academ ics.

Vice-Rectors are responsible for individual sectors:

Vice-Rector fo r Education, Vice-Rector fo r Science and C o-operation with Industry, Vice-Rector for O rg a n iza tio n and D eve lo p m e n t and also the Chancellor.

The organizational structure of the University entails 3 levels. The basic unit is constituted by a faculty, with institutes and departm ents acting as internal faculty units. The institutes and departm ents are fur­

ther divided into divisions, which carry out research and teaching related to particular scientific d isci­

plines. The University also contains extrafaculty, interfaculty and supporting units.

U N I T S R E S E A R C H A N D T E A C H I N G F A C U L T I E S

At the m om ent there are twelve faculties at the Silesian University of Technology:

Faculty of Architecture

Faculty of Autom atic Control, Electronics and C om puter Science_____________ ___

Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Chemistry

Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of M ining and G eology

Faculty of Materials Science and M etallurgy Faculty of Energy and Environmental En g i n ee ri n g______________________

Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Organization and M anagem ent Faculty of Transport

Moreover, there are som e supporting, interfaculty and extrafaculty units.

■ Central Library

■ Publishers of the SUT

■ PhD School

■ Foreign Languages Teaching Center

■ Sports Centre

■ Research Center for Teaching Techniques

■ Career Guidance and Student Prom otion Centre

■ Geom etry and Engineering G raphics Centre

■ Engineering Education Centre

■ C om puter Centre

■ Biom edical Engineering Centre

■ Foreign Culture Prom otion Centre

■ G raphic Centre of the SUT

■ Centre for the Education in M echatronics

At the m om ent about 32 thousand students study at 39 specializations com prising the w hole range of engineering activities. Five faculties run courses in the English langua ge, thus a d ju stin g to the European educational market and enabling foreign students to study at the University.

The Silesian University of Technology invariably belongs to the group of to p Polish technical univer­

sities and tops rankings of technical universities.

The university proves its high position by outstand­

ing academ ic achievem ents and num erous nation­

al and international successes. High level of educa­

tion is ensured by highly qualified academ ic staff, co-operation with m any research centres in Poland and abroad, and research oriented at active co­

operation with industry. Location in the centre of the biggest industrial region in Poland and one of the biggest in Europe, enables com prehensive scien­

tific co-operation in m any fields essential fo r the economy.

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Number of academic 1 7 5 0 ! teachers

Number of graduates 1 2 5 0 0 0

Number of PhD

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Number of post-doctoral 5 5 0 1

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W H Y S H O U L D Y O U S T U D Y HERE?

S T U D E N T S ’ L I F E

D uring a c a d e m ic s c h o o l ye a r th e university is v ib ra n t w ith life in s p ire d b y S tu d e n t Self- G o ve rn m e n t and lots o f s tu d e n t o rg a n iza tio n s.

S tu d e n ts are involved in cultu ra l, sp o rts and to u ris t o rg a n iza tio n s, in 59 s c ie n tific a sso cia tio n s and also in o th e r o rg a n iza tio n s m o tiva tin g th e m so c ia lly and in te rn a tio n a lly p ro v id in g th e m w ith the p o s s ib ility o f in te rn a tio n a l e xchang e, a p p re n ­ tic e s h ip and s u p p o rtin g c o n ta c ts w ith fu tu re em ployers.

The S ilesian U niversity o f T e ch n o lo g y C a m p u s is one of th e b ig g e s t in P oland. It c o m p ris e s 10 s tu ­ d e n ts hostels in G liw ice and 1 in Zabrze, a g u e st hou se “ S E Z A M ” and 3 canteen s. The stu d e n ts hostels p ro vid e 3213 beds.

E x c e lle n t an d e ffic ie n t s p o rt s e c tio n s m a d e th e S ilesian U niversity of T e ch n o lo g y w on the C h a m p io n s h ip s o f Polish U niversities.

The S ilesian U niversity o f T e ch n o lo g y is o n e of th e b ig g e s t in o u r country, a m o d e rn te ch n ica l university w ith 60 years o f exp e rie n ce in d id a c ­ tics, research and scie n tific activities.

The presence o f Poland in the European Union sets fo r h ig h e r e d u c a tio n , a n d th e S ilesian U niversity of Technology itself, new tasks. The m ost im p o rta n t one is to prepare students to w ork on a d e m a n d in g European m arket. O ur university

is perfectly prepared fo r the task th a n ks to n u m e r­

ous em inent specialists and experts, broad foreign contacts and advanced scientific research, aim ed m ainly at cooperatio n w ith industry.

D yn a m ic ch a n g e s o f c o n te m p o ra ry Silesia, being o p e n to th e w o rld and y o u n g g e n e ra tio n cre a tiv­

ity, th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f in n o va tio n s and in n o va ­ tive te c h n o lo g ie s as w ell as a c a d e m ic ch a ra cte r o f th e c itie s , all th e s e m a k e th e S ile sia n U niversity o f T e ch n o lo g y an ideal p lace to s tu d y and an e xce lle n t in ve stm e n t in y o u r future.

THE SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

F a c u lty o f A r c h it e c t u r e

F a c u lty o f A u t o m a t ic C o n tr o l, E le c tr o n ic s and C o m p u te r S c ie n c e

F a c u lty o f C ivil E n g in e e rin g F a c u lty o f C h e m is tr y

F a c u lty o f E le c tr ic a l E n g in e e rin g F a c u lty o f M in in g and G e o lo g y

F a c u lty o f M a t e r ia ls S c ie n c e and M e ta llu r g y F a c u lty o f E n e rg y and E n v iro n m e n ta l E n g in e e rin g F a c u lty o f M a th e m a tic s and P h y s ic s

F a c u lty o f M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e rin g

F a c u lty o f O r g a n iz a tio n and M a n a g e m e n t

F a c u lty o f T r a n s p o r t

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

S T R U C T U R E

D e p a rtm e n t of Urban and Country Planning

1 D e p a rtm e n t of A rc h ite c tu ra l Design and Fine A rts

( Dep a rtm e n t of Design and New Technologies in A rc h ite c tu re j ( D e p a rtm e n t of Office Prem ises A rc h ite c tu re and Design S tra te g y 1

"D e p a rtm e n t of H isto ry and Theory of A rc h ite c tu re ____________ _J

The Faculty is equipped with Computer Laboratory and Faculty Library.

C O U R S E S

Co u r s e i n: M l A R C H I T E C T U R E A N D T O W N P L A N N I N G (full-time MSc and part-time BSc,

part-time supplementary MSc (extramural), full-time post-graduate).

In the academic year 2008/9 a new field of study is to be started.

M l I N T E R I O R A R C H I T E C T U R E (full-time BSc courses)

P O S T - G R A D U A T E S T U D I E S

■ 1 Preservation o f A rch ite ctu ra l M o n u m e n ts and Town Planning

M i

Interior D esign

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S patial P lanning and D e ve lo p m e n t and L a n d sca p e A rch ite ctu re The Faculty also offers foundation course for candidates and computer courses.

The studies in archi­

te c tu re were com­

menced at the Sile­

sian University of Technology in 1945.

The independent Fac­

ulty of Architecture was established in 1977. Earlier, in the years 1 9 4 9 -5 4 , the Division of Architec­

ture operated within the Faculty of Building and Engineering.

The Faculty Board is entitled to award DSc degrees in Technical Sciences.

S tu d e n ts o f o u r Faculty can p a rticip a te in w o rk s h o p s , s tu d e n t tra in in g s in de sig n and history, o u td o o r p a in tin g and d ra w in g sessions. T here is a variety of scie n tific so cie tie s and stu d e n t o rg a n iza tio n s.

E d u ca tio n a l p ro ce ss is fo c u s e d on d e v e lo p in g of d e s ig n in g skills and creativity.

O ur u n d e rg ra d u a te s enter and are rew arded in n u m e ro u s c o m p e titio n s held both at h om e and a b ro a d , in c lu d in g p re s tig io u s c o m p e titio n fo r th e best g ra d u a tio n d e sig n o rg a n ize d a n n u a lly by th e A sso cia tio n o f Polish A rch ite cts, S o cie ty o f Polish Town P lanners and M inister o f Infrastructure.

The g ra d u a te s of o u r Faculty are w ell p re p a re d to w o rk creatively in a cc o rd a n c e w ith th e nee d s arising fro m hum an b io lo g ic a l o rg a n ism and p s y c h o lo g ic a l-s o c ia l ch a ra cte r o f hum an nature.

P rofessional ta rg e ts o f a rch ite cts and to w n pla n n e rs are a chieved th ro u g h p ro ­ g ra m m in g o f va rio u s in ve stm e n t p rojects, a rch ite ctu ra l de sig n and to w n pla n n in g c o o rd in a te d w ith s p e cia lists in o th e r lines o f business, and th ro u g h p ro je c t a rch i­

te c t’s and in v e s to r’s supervision.

O ur g ra d u a te s are also w ell pre p a re d to w o rk in offices o f spatial p la n n in g and tow n d e v e lo p m e n t as w ell as in a rc h ite c tu ra l-b u ild in g a d m in istra tio n institutions.

D egrees g ranted by th e S ilesian U niversity o f T e ch n o lo g y are re co g n ize d th ro u g h ­ o u t E urope. This p ro vid e s o u r g ra d u a te s w ith the p o s s ib ility o f bein g e m p lo ye d b o th in P oland and a b road.

Krzysztof Gasidfo DSc Eng Arch Associate Prof. of the SUT

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RESEARCH WORK C O - O P E R A T I O N

M em bership of: ■ EAAE - European Association For A rch ite ctu ra l E d ucation ; ■ A sso cia tio n of European Schools of Landscape Architecture (Le Notre).

Co-operation with: ■ International Association for People Environmental Behavior Studies (JAPS);

■ Internationale Bauausstellung Eurest-Pueckler- Land in Germany; ■ Del Bianco Foundation in Italy;

■ National Vestige of Cultural Heritage - Stary Halicz, Ukraine, etc;

International w orkshops in design studies in 14 sis­

ter universities in Europe within the fram ew ork of Socrates-ERASMUS Programme; Aachen, Cottbus, Kassel (Germany), G oeteborg (Sweden), Saint- Étienne, M arseille-Luminy (France), Sevilla (Spain), C ovilha, C oim bra (P ortugal), B o lo g n a (Italy), B russels (B elgium ), C openh agen (Denm ark), Ankara (Turkey).

The Faculty of Architecture at the SUT continues traditions of the Lvov Technical University. The Faculty of Architecture was founded by professors:

Tadeusz Teodorowicz-Todorowski, Zygm unt Majerski and W lodzim ierz Buc.

The full-tim e teaching staff currently am ounts to around a hundred em ployees, including twelve pro­

fessors and associate professors. Besides, a num ­ ber of architects and town planners renowned in professional circles fo r their achievem ents are em ployed part-time.

We co-operate successfully with the Association of Polish Architects, Society of Polish Town Planners, C ham ber of Architects and Town Planners, local authorities and Silesian Voivodeship self-govern­

ment.

Num erous research projects concerning architec­

tural design, town and country planning, theory and history of architecture, revitalization of urban areas, restoration and preservation of monum ents, as well as evaluation of buildings and objects m anage­

ment, are carried out at the Faculty.

Participation in research program m es and grants results in innovatory studies, m onographs, confer­

ence publications, architectural designs and other artistic work, awarded at home and abroad. The artistic w ho rendered great service to Upper Silesia region are awarded with the prof. Zygm unt Majerski Medal established and granted annually by the Faculty of Architecture.

Every year national and international cyclical con­

ferences are organized by the Faculty, including:

■ “Theory and Practice in Contemporary Architecture” - held in Rybna since 1996

■ “Architecture - Technology - Health”

- (ATZ) since 2003

■ “ Urban Landscape Renewal” - since 2005

■ “ Conference of Doctoral Students of Faculties of A rchitecture” - (KDWA) since 2005

All the conferences m entioned above are regarded as significant scientific m eetings crow ned by book publications. The Faculty issues a sem i-annual

“Architecture and Town P lanning” .

The Faculty Art Gallery has been w orking since 2005 presenting achievem ent and w orks of stu­

dents the staff and Faculty graduates. During two years, num erous exhibitions and vernissages took place.

S T R U C T U R E

In s titu te of In s titu te of In s titu te of A u to m a tic C ontrol E lectro nics ] C om puter Science

C O U R S E S

The Faculty offers th re e ty p e s o f co u rse s and a m a cro -co u rse (in E nglish) w ith th e fo llo w in g H onours:

Co u r s e i n: M A U T O M A T I C C O N T R O L A N D R O B O T I C S (BSc, MSc, PhD studies, both full-time and extramural)

w it h h o n o u r s in: ■ A u to m a tic c o n tro l

■ R obotics

■ M e a su re m e n t system s b C o m p u te r c o n tro l system s

b

D ata p ro ce ssin g and c o n tro l in b io te c h n o lo g y

Co u r s e i n: W t B I O T E C H N O L O G Y (currently BSc courses, MSc to be opened after 2008)

w it hh o n o u r s in:. B B io -c o m p u te r scie n ce

Co u r s e i n: WM E L E C T R O N I C S A N D T E L E C O M M U N I C A T I O N S (BSc, MSc, PhD studies, both full-time and extramural)

w it h h o n o u r sin: b E le ctro n ic e q u ip m e n t a T e le co m m u n ica tio n s

b

B io m e d ica l e le ctro n ics b R a d io e le ctro n ics a M icro e le ctro n ics

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Co u r s e i n: ■ ■ C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E (BSc, MSc, PhD studies, both full-time and extramural)

w ith h o n o u r sin: b D atabases

a C o m p u te r scie n ce in m e d icin e a C o m p u te r scie n ce in c o n tro l system s

b

The Internet and m u ltim e d ia system s a S ystem softw are

b

C o m p u te r ne tw o rks and system s

C o u r s e in : BH M A C R O - C O U R S E s t u d i e s i n En g l i s h

(currently run as MSc homogeneous studies in English)

w it h h o n o u r sin: b C o m p u te r c o n tro l system s

a E le ctro n ics and te le c o m m u n ic a tio n s

a D atabases, c o m p u te r ne tw o rks and system s

Co u r s e i n: ■ ■ B I O M E D I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G A N E W C O U R S E ! (currently BSc courses, MSc to be opened after 2009)

P O S T - G R A D U A T E S T U D I E S

■ 1 C o m p u te r netw orks, m ic ro c o m p u te r system s and data b a se s MM G eospatia l in fo rm a tio n syste m s (GIS)

P H D C O U R S E S (full-and part-time)

■ I A u to m a tic c o n tro l and ro b o tics

■ I E le ctro n ics

■ I C o m p u te r S cience

ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Qn December 3 0 th , 19B 3, the Ministry for Higher Education issued th e decree establishing the Fac­

ulty of A utom atic Control. It s ta rte d its independent ac­

tivity on February 15th, 1964. The pre­

sent name was ac­

cepted in the acade­

mic year 19B 4/1985.

The Faculty Board is entitled to award PhD degrees in Tech­

nical Sciences and DSc degrees in Au­

tom atic Control and Robotics, Electron­

ics and Com puter Science.

Prof. Jerzy Rutkowski DSc Eng Prof. of th e SUT

The Faculty co -o p e ra te s w ith 42 te c h n ica l universities w ith in th e EU an d th e USA and ta ke s part in S o cra te s/E ra sm u s s tu d e n t e xch a n g e p ro g ra m m e .

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C Ü - Ü P E R A T I O N

The Institute of Autom atic Control has developed a several-year co-operation with significant foreign centres am ong others w ith: Rice University, H ouston (USA); U niversity o f Texas, H ouston (USA); Technical University of Novosibirsk (Russia);

L.A.A.S. du C.N.R.S., Toulouse (France); ADERSA, Paris (France); University of Helsinki (Finland);

Nottingham Trent University (England); University of England (England); L’Universite de Montreal (C anada); AO /ASIF Research Institute, Davos (Switzerland); Centre fo r Mathematics, Am sterdam (Holland); University of Kiev (Ukraine); Uppsala University School of Engineering (Sweden).

The Institute participates in such international pro­

jects as COPERNICUS/DYCOMANS, ERASMUS and POLONICUM.

The Institute of Electronics co-operates with foreign research centres, including am ong others: The In­

stitute of Biom edical Engineering in Brno, The Departm ent of Biom edical Engineering at the St.

Petersburg State University; Max- Planck’s Institute at the University of Potsdam (Germany); the LAMIH Laborato ry of the U niversity in Valenciennes

(France); Ingelectric GmbH, Munich (Germany);

University of California in San Francisco (USA);

the FIAT C om pany in Turin.

The research staff of the Institute of Electronics takes part in such international programs as COPERNICUS, SABAYECK and COLUMBUS.

The Institute of C om puter Science co-operates with the University of Versailles (France); the University of Arizona (USA); Project Autom ation Com panies (Italy); ALDEC (USA); CEGELEC (France); Deutche Electronen Synchrotron (Germany).

R E S E A R C H W O R K

Research Activity at the Institute of Autom atic Control refers to broadly understood autom atic control, robotics, system analysis and signal pro­

cessing. The results gained in the follow ing areas should be mentioned: control theory in the incom ­ plete inform ation conditions, adaptation and pre­

diction control as well as expert system s in this field, broadly understood superficial intelligence mainly including intelligent control and visual sys­

tem s w ith a p p lic a tio n s in ro b o tics, c o m p u te r

integrated production system, real tim e sim ula­

tions, current m easurem ent problem s in view of system analysis and control in biom edical and biotechnological systems.

Research Activity of the Institute of Electronics refers to the analysis, synthesis and design of elec­

tronic and telecom m unication circuits and system, special m icroelectronic technologies, digital signal processing, application of signal processors, pro­

gram m able controllers and m icrowave technique.

The staff also w orks on the synthesis and autom at­

ic recognition of Polish speech m ethods, new sen­

sor design and easily tested electronic systems.

The Institute of C om puter Science carries out research on all the main areas of com puter science, including the elaboration of software, the design of data bases and data warehouses, m icrocom puter science system s and the theory of digital robots, design of com puter science equipm ent, com puter networks, com m unication reports and safety in co m p u te r science. The Institute organizes the annual conference on com puter networks.

A C H I E V E M E N T S

The Faculty has got im portant achievem ents in both the research and im plem entation w orks such as:

■ Elaboration of new control adaptation a lg o ­ rithms, prediction algorithm s and algorithm s with variable structure; significant contribution to and m odification of the existing design m ethods for regulators; construction of laboratory stands for active noise suppression and heat exchanger control.

■ The fo u n d a tio n of the Laboratory of Signal P rocesses as well as the L a borato ry of Specialised Integrated Circuits Design; prepara­

tion of the “ FUZZY-FLOU” system used for assist­

ing the decision-m aking process; im plem enta­

tion of the control system for vertical plane etch­

ing in the C olum bus steel w ork in South Africa.

■ Elaboration of software m odules ensuring safety of inform ation in com puter system s as well as m odules for com puter system s of hospital m an­

agem ent; system s of oral com m unication with com puters for a blind user; system of visualisa­

tion for algorithm s, com puter data collection and m onitoring of city councils.

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S T R U C T U R E

D epartm ent of the Theory of Building | [Labora t ory of Building S tru c tu re s

C O U R S E S

The Faculty offers both full-tim e and part-tim e (extram ural) courses organized in three-stage system o f studies:

- B Sc o n e -sta g e c o u rse s (8 sem .) - c o m p le te d w ith B Sc T hesis and th e D ip lo m a in BSc, - M Sc tw o -sta g e co u rse s (3 sem .) - co m p le te d w ith M Sc Thesis and th e d e g re e of MSc, - PhD three-stage courses (8 sem.) - com pleted w ith D octoral Thesis and the title of PhD MSc.

The E uropea n C re d it Transfer S ystem (ECTS) has been entered in b o th fu ll-tim e and part- tim e (extram ural) studies.

The offered c o u rse s have H o n o u rs in:

AT THE BSc LEVEL:

■ T ransportation E nginee ring and In fra stru ctu re (full-time and extramural studies)

■ E nginee ring o f B u ild in g P rocesses (full-time and extramural studies)

■ B u ild in g and E nginee ring C o n stru ctio n s (full-time and extramural studies)

■ G e o te ch n ics and U rban U n d e rg ro u n d C o n s tru c tio n s (full-time studies)

■ M acro -C o u rse s - in En g l i s h (full-time studies)

D e p a rtm e n t of Building S tru c tu re s D e p a rta m e n t of Roads and Bridges |

D e p a rta m e n t of Building Engineering Departm ent of S tru c tu ra l Engineering

FACULTY OF CIVIL ENG INEER ING

■ C o n s tru c tio n and A rc h ite c tu re (full-time studies), CKI - Rybnik

■ U rban E n g in e e rin g (full-time and extramural studies), CKI - Rybnik AT MSc LEVEL:

■ T ra n sp o rta tio n E n g in e e rin g and In frastructure (full-time and extramural studies) DIPLOMA PROFILE:

h R oads C o n stru ctio n

■ E n g in e e rin g o f B u ild in g P rocesses (full-time and extramural studies) DIPLOMA PROFILE:

■ E n viro n m e n ta lly F riendly Civil E nginee ring

■ T e ch n o lo g y and M a n a g e m e n t

■ B u ild in g and E n g in e e rin g S tru ctu re s (full-time and extramural studies) DIPLOMA PROFILE:

■ U rban and in d u stria l E nginee ring

■ B ridges

■ G e o te ch n ics and U n d e rg ro u n d C o n stru ctio n s

■ C o m p u te r A id e d C o n stru ctio n A n alysis and D esign

The B Sc stu d ie s have been in tro d u c e d w ith an o b lig a to ry a p p re n tic e s h ip w h ich stu d e n ts have e ith e r in state o r fo re ig n co m p a n ie s. The stu d ie s have also offered m o d e rn w ays o f e d u ca tio n in fo rm o f in te g ra te d p ro je c ts (solving p ro b le m s instead o f te a c h in g su b je cts). This m o d e rn m ulti-level system o f stu d ie s w as rew arded w ith The G reat A w ard o f Civil E n g in e e rin g P resident (W ielka N a g ro d a P rezydenta Izby B u d o w n ictw a ) in 2 0 0 3 .

The Faculty was found­

ed as one of the four faculties which gave rise to The University of Technology.

The Faculty Board is entitled to award academic titles (PhD and DSc],

The Faculty was given a positive appraisal by S ta te Accredition Commitee (Państwo­

wa Komisja Akredy­

tacyjna) in 2 0 0 3 .

( Departm e n t of Building Processes D e p a rtm e n t of G eotechnics

Jan Ślusarek DSc Eng Associate Prof. of the SUT

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FACULTY OF CIVIL ENG INEER IN G

C Q - O P E R A T I O N

The Faculty is a m em ber of the Association of European Civil Engineering Faculties and an active participant of EUCEET - European Civil Engineering Education and Training - the project which assem­

bles 131 partners including 101 civil engineering departments from 29 European countries. Since the academic year 2004/2005 the Faculty has participat­

ed in realization of the REPROCITY (Restoration and Protection of City Environment) project, the 6th Framework Program of the European Union with co­

operation of 11 foreign partners.

The Faculty students can study one sem ester at any of the European partner universities or they can have a sem ester apprenticeship abroad (the pro ­ gram m e of students exchange ERASMUS including Socrates and Leonardo da Vinci program m es).

Both the students and the staff exchange is orga­

nized in co-operation with universities in England, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Denmark, Portugal and Turkey. Foreign students can take M acro­

courses which are conducted in English. The stu­

dents of Construction and Architecture can get a Polish and Danish BSc diplom a as a part of the contract w ith Vitus Bering Denm ark University College in Horsens.

R E S E A R C H W O R K

The Faculty is rewarded the first category in the group of consistent units G4 (Civil Engineering and Architecture). The research activity of the Faculty staff com prises all the fields connected with design of structures, building materials and building tech­

nologies, transportation engineering and infrastruc­

ture: ■ development of the theory of structures (par­

ticularly those exposed to the effects of mining sub­

sidence), ■ reinforced-concrete, prestressed-concre- te steel, ■ tim bered skeletal structures, ■ testing of soil, foundations and structures, ■ continuous media m echanics and mechanical system dynam ics in a non-classical approach, ■ scientific basis for exploitation, renovation and conservation, ■ new methods and techniques in bridge construction and exploitation of bridge structures in areas exposed to mining subsidence, ■ transportation infrastructure design and construction, including the development of the theory of pavements and soil improvement techniques in mining subsidence areas, ■ design, construction and exploitation of town infrastructure including the infrastructure subjected to m ining sub­

sidence, ■ testing of durability of materials and struc­

tures, ■ ecological buildings, ■ management, infor­

mation, organization, com puter and decision-m ak­

ing systems for building companies, ■ techniques

and testing of building materials and products.

The Research activity of the Faculty staff also com ­ prises modern problem s in civil engineering with a special treatm ent of com puter simulation of structure behaviour with the use of FEM and BEM, elasto-plas- tic m odelling of structural materials and soil, applied rheology of three-phase media with a special atten­

tion to concrete mixtures, probabilistic methods and the theory of stochastic processes in the analysis of design problems and artificial intelligence systems with special applications of the theory of fuzzy sets, genetic algorithm s and neural nets.

In the last 5 years the Faculty staff m em bers have published over 550 articles including 44 books and m o nograp hs. Nearly 30 research pro je cts (all accepted by Science and Research Committee) have been done.

The Faculty co-operates with the construction industry of Silesia region in preparing technical opinions and expertise on all of types of building and civil engineering structures considering m ining deform ations influence on buildings, assessm ent and consulting of building and structural design, reconstruction, refurbishm ent strengthening and m odernisation of civil engineering structures, trans­

port system s design in urban areas, traffic engi­

neering and environm ental protection.

A C H I E V E M E N T S

The Faculty has significant achievements in the range of research work, didactic activity and co-oparation with industry. Since the Faculty was founded over 60 years ago 13000 graduates have been given acade­

mic degrees and titles.

The Faculty Board has given 252 titles of PhD in tech­

nical science and 24 titles of DSc.

Among prizes and awards that have been won by the Faculty staff in recent years there are several prizes and honours of Ministry of Science, Higher Edu­

cational System and Technics, National Education Ministry, Ministry of National Education and Sports, Ministry of Spatial Economy and Civil Engineering, Ministry of Infrastructure and Ministry of Regional Development and Civil Engineering. They have been awarded for achievements in the didactic and educa­

tional areas, significant research achievem ents including doctoral dissertations, assistant professor theses and other publications.

Apart from this, the Faculty students have been rewarded several times in nation-wide and interna­

tional Sessions of Student Research Societies and won first prizes in the competitions for the best MSc theses, organized by the Polish Association of Civil Engineers.

Prof. Jerzy Suwiński

DSc Eng Prof. of the SUT

FACULTY OF C H E M IS TR Y

S T R U C T U R E

D e p a rtm e n t of Inorganic C hem istry and Technology

D e p a rtm e n t of Physical C hem istry and Technology of Polymers

D e p a rtm e n t of Organic Chemistry, B iochem istry and Biotechnology

D e p a rtm e n t of Chemical Organic Technology and P e tro ch e m istry D e p a rtm e n t of Analytical and General

C hem istry

D e p a rtm e n t of Chemical and Process Engineering

C O U R S E S

From the academic year 2007/2008 the Faculty runs the following three-level courses:

■ 1st level: 3,5 year BSc studies,

■ 2nd level: 1,5 year MSc studies,

■ 3rd level: 4 year PhD studies,

■ 2,5 year extramural suplementary MSc studies.

Co u r s e i n: BB3 C H E M I S T R Y

WITH HONOURS AT 2nd LEVEL IN: ■ B i o c h e m i c a l p rO C e S S e S

■ B io analytics

■ M aterials and special su b sta n ce s

Co u r s e i n: * C H E M I C A L T E C H N O L O G Y

w ithh o n o u r sat2nd levelin: ■ O rg a n ic ch e m ica l te c h n o lo g y

■ In o rg a n ic ch e m ica l te c h n o lo g y and e n viro n m e n t p ro te ctio n

■ T e ch n o lo g y of p o ly m e rs and p lastics

■ A na lytica l c h e m is try fo r q u a lity c o n tro l an d e n viro n m e n t p ro te ctio n

■ C o m p u te r scie n ce in ch e m ica l ind u stry

WITH HONOURS AT 1st LEVEL AT DĄBROWA GÓRNICZA IN:

■ C hem ical te c h n o lo g y in in d u s try and e n viro n m e n t

INTERDEPARTAMENTAL COURSE IN :B H B I O T E C H N O L O G Y

w ith h o n o u r s a t 1st le v e l in: ■ Industrial b io te c h n o lo g y

C o u r s e in :

mm

C H E M I C A L A N D P R O C E S S E N G I N E E R I N G

w ith h o n o u r s a t 2nd le v e l in: ■ C hem ical eng in e e rin g

■ E n viro n m e n t p ro te c tio n in ch e m ica l in d u stry

m a c r o-c o u r s e: ■ ■ I N D U S T R IA L A N D E N G IN E E R IN G C H E M I S T R Y

STUD IES IN ENG LISH

w ith h o n o u r s a t 2nd le v e l in: ■ Specialty Materials and Fine Chemicals

■ Proces Engineering for Green Technologies

The Faculty is enti­

tled to confer the sci­

e n tific deg re e s of PhD and DSc within the range of chemical te c h n o lo g y , c h e m i­

cal engineering and chemistry.

The Faculty is enti­

tle d to a p p ly fo r granting the title of p ro fe sso r in these fields.

The Faculty of Chemistry has been organizing courses in CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND CHEMICAL AND PROCESS ENGINEERING. In the year 2002/2003 the integrated course of stud­

ies INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY was launched with all the lectures and class­

es in English. In the academic year 2003/ 2004 a new course of studies CHEMISTRY was intro­

duced. In the year 2005/2006 a new course in BIOTECHNOLOGY was launched by three bod­

ies: The Faculty of Chemistry, The Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering and The Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science. The Faculty of Chemistry directs its candidates into specialization of INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. In the year 2005/2006 the first-level course in CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY IN INDUSTRY AND ENVIRON­

MENT PROTECTION was opened in Dąbrowa Górnicza.

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C O - O P E R A T I O N RESEARCH WORK

A C H I E V E M E N T S

The staff of the Faculty co-operate with several aca­

dem ic centres eg. Utah State University, Logan (USA), Iowa State University (USA), University of M ichigan (USA), University of Barcelona (Spain), Technical U niversity of Kiev and Technical University of Lvov (Ukraine), Universite de Rennes (France), Universita La Sapienza and Universita di B ologna (Italy), University College (Great Britain), Universities in Heildelberg and Essen, University of C am pinas (Brasil), C olle g e o f T echnolog ical Studies (Kuwait) and National Research Center (Egypt). The co-operation refers to research in sev­

eral fields, the exchange of professors, young aca­

dem ics with PhD, PhD course students and MSc course students as well as running PhD studies in

“the joint supervision” system.

of num erous technological solutions im plem ented In industry fo r example: the ecological m ethod of wet quenching of coke, the coagulation-sedim en- tation m ethod of coke-water tar separation, the m ethod of titanium dioxide recovery from the sludge, the new type of low -pow er boiler for central heating systems, the technolo gy of polyoelfines waste conversion into crude fluid fuel fractions, the technology of platinum covering of the turbine blades in the plane engines, the technolo gy of off­

setting the heat-resistant platinum alum inute coat­

ings on the creep-resistant alloy, m odernization of galvanic processes to avoid harmful for the envi­

ronm ent chrom ium com pound (VI) and cadm ium com pound.

In the recent years the Faculty has organized many prestigious international conferences am ong them:

18th Marian S m o lu ch o w ski S ym posium on Statistical Physics Fundam entals and A pplications - 2005, International Polymer Sem inar - 2005, CAPE - Forum - 2006.

Research activity of the Faculty com prises basic and applied sciences, focusing on: ■ kinetics, process and technologies of therm al decom posi­

tion (steam cracking hydropyrlosis) of carbohy­

drates and their catalytic transform ations, (dehy­

drogenation, oxidative coupling , isom érisation);

■ synthesis, structure and reactivity of five-and six- elem ent heterocyclic systems; ■ chem istry of phos­

phorous yields; ■ metal com plexes in organic ch e m istry o xid iza tio n of o rg a n ic c o m p o u n d s ;

■ synthesis and reaction of peroxy com pounds;

■ engineering of chem ical reactions; ■ m acrom ol- ecular chem istry; ■ physical chem istry and tech­

nology of polym ers, synthesis and m odification of polym ers; ■ structure and physical properties of polym ers and polym er membranes, gas and ion transportatio n in polym ers and polym er m em ­ branes; ■ catalytic processes in technolo gy and environm ental protection coke technology; ■ distri­

bution and process technology of liquid hydrocar­

bons; ■ utilization of heavy industry waste; ■ tech­

nologies and theory of inorganic and electrochem i­

cal processes; ■ utilization of chosen heavy indus­

try products, new technologies, and the theory of

inorganic and electrochem ical processes; ■ o p ti­

mization of technical and apparatus solutions of industrial processes; ■ static analysis and m acro kinetics of inorganic processes; ■ phase transfor­

mations and interface processes in m ulti-com po­

nent systems; ■ substances of special clarity and properties; ■ utilization and disposal of industrial waste; ■ corrosion, and protection against it;

■ industrial chem ical analysis and eco-analysis, analysis of biological materials, new reactions and analytic reagents; ■ heat and mass exchange;

■ crystallization, filtration, mixing sedim entation, distillation, pneum atic transportation, gas cleaning, drying; ■ new solutions fo r the structure of heat exchangers, distillation an absorption colum ns, loose material dryers, sedim entation tanks with fill­

ings, equipm ent for the gas cleaning and separa­

tion, static mixers and apparatus solutions in the field of applied biotechnology.

The scientific activities of the staff are very modern and diverse. They are m ostly connected with health problem s and natural environment.

The academ ic m em bers of the staff are the authors

S T R U C T U R E

In s titu te of Power S ystem s Engineering and C ontrol

In s titu te of M easurem ents and A u to m a tic Control in E lectrical Engineering In s titu te of Industrial E lectrical Engineering and Inform a tics

D e p a rtm e n t of E lectrical Machines and Devices

D e p a rtm e n t of Power Electro n ic s , E lectrical Drives and Robot i c s D e p a rtm e n t of M ech a tronics

C O U R S E S

The faculty offers MSc and BSc courses In:

Co u r s e i n: WM E L E C T R I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G BSc courses,

MSc courses,

BSc courses (extramural), BSc courses In Rybnik,

BSc courses (extramural) In Rybnik.

Co u r s e i n: mm E L E C T R O N I C S A N D T E L E C O M M U N I C A T I O N S BSc courses,

MSc courses,

MSc courses w it h h o n o u r sin.-

■ O p tro n ic s and fib re -o p tic s te c h n iq u e Since 2008 new courses will be run in:

■ 1 C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E m M E C H A T R O N C S

Faculty of Electrical Engineering also offers full-tim e and extramural PhD courses.

P O S T - G R A D U A T E S T U D I E S

■ i E lectric e n e rg y m arket. E nergy audi. D istributed e n e rg y g e neratio n and e -in fra stru ctu re in m u n icip a litie s

■ i Innovative te c h n o lo g ie s In p o w e r e n g in e e rin g

■ 1 M e a su re m e n t syste m s and p ro g ra m m a b le c o n tro lle rs

■ 1 O rg a n iza tio n and a c c re d ita tio n of laboratorie s

The Faculty of Electri­

cal Engineering is one of the first four facul­

ties of the Silesian University of Technolo­

gy established on 2 4 th May 1945.

The Faculty Board is entitled to award PhD and DSc de­

grees in electrical engineering.

FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENG IN EER IN G

Lestaw Topor-Kaminski DSc Eng Associate Prof. of the SUT

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RESEARCH WORK C O - O P E R A T I O N

A C H I E V E M E N T S

Most im portant achievem ents of the Faculty of E lectrical E nginee ring are as fo llo w s: Digital Generator-Transformer Protection System (CZAZ- GT type); com parator of self-inductance étalons (awarded Siemens Prize in 2003); tools for testing m easurem ent standards of the highest precision for the Central Office of Measures in Warsaw; control system fo r high-pow er electric and resistance fur­

nace; new m ethods for optim ization and m odifica­

tion of electrical circuits with deform ed waveforms which take into account optim um waveform s and m inim ization of real power losses; turbogenerators The Faculty co-operates with foreign scientific cen­

tres and universities all over the world. The most im portant of them are the follow ing: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and C om m unication BUT, Brno - Czech Republic; W right State University, Dayton - USA; University of Central Florida - the USA; FH M agdeburg - Germany; Technical U niversity of C atalunya, B arcelona - Spain;

University of Catania - Italy; PGTU Mariupol - Ukraine; NPUT N ovosybirsk - Russia; Bundesan- stalt, Braunschweig - Germany; VBS, Ostrava - Czech R epublic; In stitu t S u p é rie u r Industriel Pierrard - Belgium; University of East London - Great Britain; Louisiana State University - USA;

Technical U niversity of Tokyo - Japan; SVST, Bratislava - Slovakia; University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich - Germany; University of W indsor - Canada.

Research and developm ent activity conducted in the faculty is focused on:

IT and telecom m unication system s in generation, transm ission and distribution of electric energy, m odelling and sim ulation of interference in electric power systems, diagnostics of electric power sys­

tems, electrical metrology, calibrators and co m ­ parators of electrical quantities, autom ation and control, digital and m icroprocessor technology, fun­

dam entals of electronics, electrom agnetic com pati­

bility, designs of electric circuits and electronic sys­

tems, signal processing methods, quality control of electrical energy, designs of power supply systems for com m utator m otors, electric and hybrid cars, analysis of e le ctro m a g n e tic fields in electrical machines, application of signal processors in the control system s of electrical machines, m odernisa­

tion of design of electric m otors and turbo-genera­

for the national electric pow er system; m ethods for determ ining electro-m agnetic parameters of elec­

tric machines based on the results of m easure­

ments and field-circuit com putations; power elec­

tronic frequency drives; m icroprocessor-controlled pow er e lectronic drives; S im ulator - UMSA - W indsor University; w ind pow er station 160 kW;

technology of HTS superconductors; walking robot XEXOR; eight-legged robot OKTOPOD.

tors, power electronic drives, electrotherm al sys­

tems, m icroprocessor control of power drives, ener­

gy conversion in wind and solar pow er stations, m obile and walking robots, m echatronics.

S T R U C T U R E

Department of Mining Electrification and Automation D e p a rtm e n t of Mineral Processing and W aste U tilization

In s titu te of Mining M echanisation

D epartm ent of Mining Management and Safety Engineering

In s titu te of D eposits E xtra ctio n In s titu te of Applied Geology D epartm ent of Geomechanics, Underground

C onstruction and Surface Safety Management

Museum of D eposit Geology in M emorial of Czestaw Poborski

C O U R S E S

C o u r s e in : ■ ■ M IN IN G AND GEOLOGY (full-time MSc courses)

WITH HONOURS INI

■ Automatic control and power engineering in mining

■ Underground structures and land surface protection

■ Deposits exploitation and waste utilization

■ Mining geodesy

■ Mining and prospecting geology

■ Environmental m anagem ent of mining areas

■ Mining, construction and road machines

■ Processing of solid minerals and marketing

■ Geotourism

■ Organization and econom ics of mining

(part-time and extramural BSc courses) WITH HONOURS INI

■ Automatic control and power engineering in mining

■ Underground structures and land surface protection

■ Deposits exploitation and waste utilization

■ Mining geodesy

■ Mining and prospecting geology

■ Environmental m anagem ent of m ining areas

■ Mining and drilling machines and equipm ent

■ Processing of solid minerals and m arketing

■ Organization and econom ics of mining

Co u r s e i n: M A N A G E M E N T A N D P R O D U C T I O N E N G I N E E R I N G (full-time MSc courses)

w it h h o n o u r sin:

b Geotourism

a Water m anagem ent

b

Organization and econom ics of mining

b

Techniques and organization of occupational safety and hygiene

(part-time and extramural BSc courses)

w it h h o n o u r s in:

b

Mining organization and econom ics a Techniques and organization

of occupational safety and hygiene

The F a cu lty w as establishe d in 1950.

It is entitled to c o n ­ fe r PhD and DSc d e g re e s in m ining e ngine ering and ge­

ology engineering.

Starting with the academ ic year of 2008/2009 new fields of study will be opened:

■ I S A F E T Y E N G I N E E R I N G mm M E C H A T R O N I C S

RESEARCH WORK

G eological prospecting

E conom ically efficient extraction of mineral deposits A pplication of energy-efficient and reliable m achines C om pliance with all safety regulations

Protection of the natural environm ent

FACULTY QF M IN IN G A N D GEOLOGY

Prof. Krystian Probierz DSc Eng Prof. of th e SUT

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C O - O P E R A T I O N

A C H I E V E M E N T S

The Faculty co-operates with all Polish universities and research institutes committed to modern mining engi­

neering. The co-operation with foreign research cen­

tres includes: Technical University in Ostrava, Czech Republic; Carol's University in Prague, Czech Republic; Moscow Mining National Institute, Russia;

Mining University in Yekaterinburg, Ugol Irkuck Russia; Technical University in Donieck, Kiev Technical University, Ukraine; Technical University in Dnipro- dzerzhynsk, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, RWTH, Aachen, Germany; Technische Universität Freiberg, Germany; TU Dresden, Germany; Chemnitz Institut Materialfluss und Fordertechnik Maschinenbau, TFH- Bochum, FH-Bielefeld, Germany; Montanuniversiteat Leoben, Austria; Technical University of Belgrade, Serbia; Technical University in Kosice, Slovakia; NME Technical University in Miscolc, Veszprem University Hungary; Patras University, Greece; University of Nottingham, Cambridge University, Doncaster College, Great Britain; Rijks Geologische Dienst, RGD in Heerlen, Holland; E.T.S. de Enxeneria de Minas Universldade de Vigo, E.T.S. de Ingenieros de Minas Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior Ingenieros de Minas Universidade de Oviedo, Universidade de Oviedo Campus de Mieres, Spain; ISS Ins. Welcome, Republic of South Africa;

Univessite de Lille, Centre de Recherches Exploration-

Production Elf-Aquitaine Pau, France; Japanese Institute of Geology in Tsukuba, Japan; Chinese University of Mining and Geology in Beijing, China;

Institute of Engineering and Mining Surveyors Fremantle, Australia; Universidad de la Serena, Facultad de Ingeniria, La Serena, Universidad Católica del Notre Antofagasta, Chile; Vinacoal Hanoi, University of Mining Science and Technology Hanoi, Industrial and Mining Consulting Compay - Vinacoal Hanoi, Vietnam.

The achievements of the Faculty of Mining and Geology concern all pillars of modern mining tech­

nologies, especially: automation and control of coal processing, applications of fuzzy sets in modelling and simulation tests and control of coal processing technologies, tests on fire hazards and fire protection measures, control of hazards from stray currents, con­

struction of modern mining machinery, experimental and com puter-aided tests on the dynam ics of machines, experimental and theoretical complex test­

ing of mining machines and equipment, physical and mathematical modelling of dynamical phenomena in cutting, loading and transporting machines, tribologi- cal phenomena, improvement of the structure and organization of mining companies, implementation of modern management methods, surface protection,

rectification of mining damage and reclamation of post-mining and post-industrial areas, experimental tests on strain and strength of rock, mechanics of anisotropic and discontinuous rock forms, mining extraction under engineering structures and bounce hazards, forecasts and assessment of bounce haz­

ards, location of shocks epicentres, designation of seismic parameters of the rock mass and optimization of the systems of seismometers in coal mines, assess­

ment of the impact of shocks on earthen structures, filling, utilization and disposal of waste from mining operations, hydraulic and pneumatic transport, venti­

lation and air-conditioning systems in mines, fire con­

trol, control of gas and dust explosions, occupational safety and hygiene in mining, control and prevention of water-induced hazards, assessment of geological, engineering and hydro-geological conditions in deposits, geology and geo-physics of coal deposits- predominantly of the Carbonic formations - including heat fields and paleo-fluxes, petrology and quality of coal resources of Upper Silesian Coal Basin, protec­

tion of coal resources and provision of power engi­

neering safety, designation of the directions of waste rock and waste minerals recycling, construction of digital mining maps.

Graduates of the Faculty of Mining and Geology hold advisory posts in national, regional and local state administration agencies. Employees of the Faculty

served as rectors, and deputy rectors. Three Faculty professors were conferred the Honorary Doctorates:

Professor Miroslaw Chudek, Professor Walery Szuscik, Professor Bernard Drzçzla. Our staff mem­

bers include experts appointed by the President of Chief Mining Office to explain complex problems involved in mining, they are often exerts in commis­

sions operating at the Ministry of Economy. The Faculty employees are members of many scientific societies and organizations and committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences. They are active in edito­

rial and program commissions of many Polish and international publications. In 2006 the team headed by Associate Professor Marek Jaszczuk, DSc Eng, was granted the award bestowed by the President of the Council of Ministers for outstanding research and technical achievements. The Faculty organized sever­

al editions of post-graduate courses in “ Modern Mining” for engineers from Vietnam within the frame­

work of the co-operation with VINACOL (Vietnamese Coal Corporation). Among numerous conferences organized by the Faculty, there is “The Sustainable Mining” conference held regularly since 2000, the out­

come of which is edited in Academic Fascicles (Mining series) of the Publishers of Silesian University of Technology to celebrate the Miners' Day. Since 2006 the Faculty has also published a quarterly: “Mining and Geology”.

Prof. Leszek Blacha

□Sc Eng

S T R U C T U R E

i Dep a rtm e n t of M e tallurg y 1

f Pep a r t me n t of P rocess Modelling and Medical Engineering 1

[ D e p a rtm e n t of E lectrotechnology 1

i D e p a rtm e n t of P rocess Energy ~ 1

I D e p a rtm e n t of M echanics and M a te ria ls 1 [ D e p a rtm e n t of Technology of M e tal Alloys and Com posites I

[ D e p a rtm e n t of M a te ria ls Science I

( D e p a rtm e n t of Technological Processes M anagem ent

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1 C om puter La borato ry ETO 1

C O U R S E S

The Faculty offers fu ll-tim e ,e ve n in g and extram ural M Sc and B S c c o u rse s in K atow ice,T ychy and B ytom w ith th e fo llo w in g h o n o u rs to cho o se :

Co u r s e i n: H T E C H N I C A L A N D C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E E D U C A T I O N

w it h h o n o u r s in: ■ M achine and D evice D ia g n o stics

■ E co lo g ica l Industrial P rocesses

■ In form ation M a nagem e nt

■ C o m p u te r S cience in T ech n o lo g ica l P rocesses

■ C o m p u te r-a id e d M aterial E nginee ring

FACULTY OF MATERIALS SCIENCE A N D METALLURGY

Co u r s e i n: ■ WITH HONOURS IN: ■

Co u r s e i n: WITH HONOURS IN:

n M A T E R I A L S S C I E N C E

Q uality E n g in e e rin g ■ M etallic M aterials S urface E n g in e e rin g ■ C e ra m ic M aterials C o m p o s ite s a n d Polym ers

H M E T A L L U R G Y

P rocess Pow er E nginee ring

Plastic W o rkin g and H eat Treatm ent of M etals

E nvironm enta l P rotection and W aste M aterials M a n a g e m e n t P recision and A rt C asting P rocesses

M etal P roce ssin g in C ar Industry

Co u r s e i n: M A N A G E M E N T A N D P R O D U C T I O N E N G I N E E R I N G

w ith h o n o u r sin: ■ O pera tio n a l Safety o f M achines

■ Industrial Safety

■ C o m p u te r S cience in M a n a g e m e n t M edical E nginee ring

F o u n d ry P ro d u ctio n E nginee ring R ecycling T e chnolog ies

O rg a n iza tio n and M a n a g e m e n t in Industry T e ch n o lo g ie s fo r E nvironm enta l P rotection,

R enew ab le S ources o f E nergy M aterials M a n a g e m e n t

In te g ra te d M a n a g e m e n t S ystem s

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The Faculty emerged in the course of transform ing the Faculty of Metallurgy, founded on June 13, 19B9. The present organizational stru c­

tu re was settled a fter it was separat­

ed from the Institute of Organization and Management C1995), which became a sep­

arate Faculty of Or­

ganization and Man­

agement, as well as separated from the Institute of Transport C2002), which became a separate Institute of Transport.

The Faculty has full academic rights in materials science and metallurgy.

The Faculty offers also fu ll-tim e PhD c o u rse s in: M M A T E R I A L S S C I E N C E A N D M E T A L L U R G Y as w ell as p o st-g ra d u a te stu d ie s and s p e c ia lis tic courses.

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