Design and Process Engineering
· Designing, construction, calculation, technology of manufacturing, technical preparation of manufacturing including assembly and testing,
· Thermal and nuclear power plant devices such as steam and combustion turbines, steam generators, steam power plants and heating plants including nuclear power stations, industrial power engineering and their environmental aspects,
· Water turbines, hydrodynamic and hydrostatic pumps, piping systems, hydroelectric power plants, and pumping stations,
· Machinary and devices for chemical industry, food-stuff industry, and biotechnological treatment lines,
· Construction, modelling and theoretical studies of machines and devices for cutting, forming machines, industrial robots, and manipulators,
· Machine parts and mechanisms, methodology of designing machine elements and working mechanisms of general application with consideration of stochastic qualities of inputs, including the application of special types of machines and devices,
· Cars, vans and lorries, buses, trailers, semi-trailers, and motorcycles,
· Combustion engines for all types of vehicle drives, simulation of combustion engine thermomechanical systems, dynamics of driving gear, engine accessories, ecology,
· Machines and devices for in-plant handling of material and handling between operations, for the mining and transport of building materials, for passenger conveyance in buildings,
· Aerodynamic calculation and designing, flight mechanics, fatigue and durability of aircraft constructions, aeroelasticity of aircraft,
· Quality of machine industry production.

1. Adaptove Force-Torque Control for Robots for Industrial Applications

   The theme is focused of development F&D dynamic adaptive force-torque control of industrial robots. The output deals with a general system that can be applied on various problems or aspect of engineering manufacturing.

   Tutor: Singule Vladislav, doc. Ing., CSc.

2. Anticorrosion regenerative approaches and their application in the machines maintenance and medical rehabilitation

   The work is orientated to the analysis of the corrosion reasons, its arising and growing mechanism in given surroundings, including of the chosen parameters of its acceleration and deceleraton and anticorrosion protections. These parameters should be verifying on the experiments. Based on the obtained results from the experiments should be designed the model of the regeneration and used in the field of the machines maintenance and medical rehabilitation.

   Tutor: Bělohoubek Pavel, doc. Ing., CSc.

3. Design and control of bio-robotic joints

   The work is orientated on the design, movement and control analysis of chosen human body joints - the joints of human hand fingers. Based on the analysis will be make the specifying, modelling and verifying of the chosen movement parameters in the field of robotics and medical rehabilitation on the developed experimental equipment. The conclusions of this work should be eseful for the robotics, medical rehabilitation and regeneration of the human hand fingers.

   Tutor: Bělohoubek Pavel, doc. Ing., CSc.

4. Heuristics Algorithms for Production Scheduling

   Suggested scientific work is aimed to the field of Heuristics Algorithms for Production Scheduling and their application for manufacturing control. The goal is to design those intelligent algorithms, develop and verify program code. It is necessary to develop the methodology regarding applications of the heuristics algorithms in manufacturing systems. Developing of appropriate SW support is also required.

   Tutor: Simeonov Simeon, doc. Ing., CSc.

5. Intelligent MES

   The goal of suggested scientific work is to develop a methodology and algorithms for intelligent MES for controlling in manufacturing enterprises using simulation methods, artificial intelligence, and heuristic algorithms. Developing of appropriate SW support is also required.

   Tutor: Simeonov Simeon, doc. Ing., CSc.

6. New algorithms for APS

   Suggested scientific work is aimed to the field of Advanced Planning and Scheduling Systems and their application for manufacturing control. The goal is to design intelligent algorithms, develop and verify program code. It is necessary to develop the methodology regarding applications of the new algorithms in manufacturing systems. Developing of appropriate SW support is also required.

   Tutor: Simeonov Simeon, doc. Ing., CSc.

7. Production Planning and Scheduling Systems Using Theory of Constrain (TOC/OPT)

   Suggested scientific work is aimed to the field Production Planning and Scheduling Systems Using Theory of Constrain (TOC/OPT) and their application for manufacturing control. The goal is to design those algorithms, develop and verify program code. It is necessary to develop the methodology regarding applications of the Theory of Constrain in manufacturing systems. Developing of appropriate SW support is also required.

   Tutor: Simeonov Simeon, doc. Ing., CSc.