The research orientation of the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology corresponds with its pedagogic profile and the long-term SUT orientation. As amended by section 30, paragraph 1, subparagraph c of Act 131/2002 of the Coll. on Universities and as amended by other acts, the Faculty Scientific Board evaluates the Faculty's activity in the field of science and technology once a year.
Orientation of the research
The scientific and research activity of FMST SUT research and pedagogical staff is carried out in the following forms:
- research and pedagogical projects within Slovak grant agencies
- projects solved within international programmes
- projects of international collaboration
- projects of applied research and development
- projects of contractual research and development
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materials research with a focus on the research, development and technological processing of the basic and new kinds of technical materials,
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research, development and optimization of new technologies of industrial production oriented particularly on the technological processing of modern technical materials and ecologically clean processes and products, numerical simulation of technological processes
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process identification, automation andcontrol, as well as information support for technological, production and organization systems,
- research and verification of managerial control principles and their organization structures,
- quality control and certification of processes and products,
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safety and reliability of technological equipment and systems, while emphasising the analysis methods and systems synthesis,
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humanities and social sciences with emphasis on the improvement and innovation of the teaching methods and forms in the training of technical intelligentsia.
The Faculty of Materials Science and Technology with the seat in Trnava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava was evaluated in five areas of reasearch in the complex accreditation of activities. Five areas related to the faculty study programmes:
Research area |
Evaluation |
Machining |
A |
Metallurgical and assembly sciences |
A |
Information sciences, automation and telecomunication |
B |
Engineering and technology |
B+ |
Pedagogical sciences |
B - |
Research activities
In year 2010 the research projects VEGA, KEGA, APW and others were worked out and solved at the faculty. The number of projects in year 2010 from particular agencies and grant schemes are as follows:
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Number |
Projects VEGA (Research grant agency) |
35 |
Projects KEGA (Cultural and education agency) |
12 |
APVV (Agency for support of research and development) |
9 |
6. framework programme |
1 |
7. framework programme |
2 |
Projects MŠVVaŠ SR |
2 |
Other foreign projects |
4 |
Foreign relations
FMST SUT forms cooperation on the base of good partnership relations which are typical with mutual cooperation, profit in the area of research activities or experience change or education.
Active cooperation of our organisation reflected in closed agreements with foreign partners is proof of the necessity of searching for new partnerships and cooperations according to this base.
Institutes which signed the contracts on cooperation with the faculty:
Foreign institute |
Town (state)
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Brandeburg university of technology |
Cottbus (Germany) |
Leibniz Institute for Study of Solids and Material |
Dresden (Germany) |
Fachochschule Anhalt, Wirtschaft und Gestaltung |
Koethen (Germany) |
Faculty of Machining, University of Ljubljana |
Ljubljana (Slovenia) |
Moscow Institute of Energy |
Moscow (Russia) |
Institute of photonics and electronics AV ČR |
Prague (Czech Republic) |
Buehler GmbH |
Düsseldorf (Germany) |
Ukrainian Academy of Engineering and Pedagogy |
Charkov (Ukraine) |
Faculty of applied informatics and robotechnology UGATU UFA |
Ufa (Russia) |
Faculty of economy, management and financies UGATU UFA |
Ufa (Russia) |
Baotou Research Institute of Rare Earths (BRIRE) |
Baotou (China) |
National Institute of R and D for Materials Physics |
Bucharest (Romania) |
Faculty of Physics University of Bucharest |
Bucharest (Romania) |
Pohang University of Science and Technology |
Pohang (South Korea) |
Fakulty of Organization and Informatics University of Zagreb |
Zagreb (Chroatia) |
Bekaert |
Zwevegem (Belgium) |
Faculty of Machine Building Technical University of Cluj-Napoca |
Cluj-Napoca (Romania) |
Instytut technologii eksploatacji |
Radoma (Poland) |
Innovation Center of Materials Diagnostics and Application at ČVUT |
Prague (Czech Republic) |
University of Miškolc |
Miškolc (Hungary) |
Forschungszentrum Dresden - Rossendorf |
Dresden (Germany) |
Institute for Systematic Coaching and Organisation Advisory |
Berlin (Germany) |
Exchanges
The students of FMST SUT participate in exchange programs of short-term and also long-term scholarships. In 2010 the faculty had 28 agreements in the programme Erasmus. The dominant Erasmus partners are institutes in the Czech republic (5 agreements), Poland (6 agreements), Germany (4 agreements), and Hungary (3 agreements).
Business travels and foreign guests
Development of positive relations with international partners is reflected in the number of foreign guests and business travels of our employees to foreign institutes. The following diagram shows a positive trend in this area:
Foreign visitors to the faculty
Sobrino Daynier Rolando Delg |
Cuba |
Bielak Róbert |
Austria |
Schumi Thomas |
Austria |
Liedl Gerhard |
Austria |
Matysiak Waldemar |
Poland |
Melezinek Adolf |
Austria |
Vrba Igor |
Serbia |
Strbac Branko |
Serbia |
Baczkowski Andrzej |
Poland |
Berce Petru |
Romania |
Gyenge Csaba |
Romania |
Aleksandrov Aleksandar |
Bulgaria |
Hajkowski Jakub |
Poland |
Nyers Jozsef |
Serbia |
Nemedi Imre |
Serbia |
Santa Robert |
Serbia |
Sovilj Bogdan |
Serbia |
Ungureanu Nicolae |
Romania |
Cotetiu Radu |
Romania |
Ros Olimpia |
Romania |
Alic Carmen |
Romania |
Ratiu Sorin Aurel |
Romania |
Alexa Vasile |
Romania |
Kiss Imre |
Romania |
Ros Victor |
Romania |
Dobovicek Sandro |
Croatia |
Wetzig Klaus |
Germany |
Boesman Peter |
Belgium |
Belina Károly |
Hungary |
Tóth Ákos |
Hungary |
Georgieva Julian |
Bulgaria |
Sýkorová Libuše |
Czech republic |
Danyi József |
Hungary |
Hegedüs Zoltán |
Hungary |
Kocsis Andrasz |
Hungary |
Aišman David |
Czech republic |
Pinter Ištván |
Hungary |
Bikic Sinisa |
Serbia |
Bukurov Masa |
Serbia |
Hodolic Janko |
Serbia |
Piotrowski Andrzej |
Poland |
Boral Piotr |
Poland |
Kukielka Leon |
Poland |
Kiedrowicz Marek |
Poland |
Oancea Gheorghe |
Romania |
Kroupa Aleš |
Czech republic |
Hřibňák David |
Czech republic |
Petrkovska Lenka |
Czech republic |
Machado Norge Isaílas Coello |
Cuba |
Rodríguez Angel Silvio Machado |
Cuba |
Glistau Elke |
Germany |
Illés Béla |
Hungary |
Telek Peter |
Hungary |
Osterwalder Konrad |
Japan |
Poljakova Tatjana |
St. Helen |
Smith Karl |
USA |
Quadrado Carlos Jose |
Portugal and Azures |
Dowd Peter |
Australia |
Stern Elsbeth |
Switzerland |
Atman Cynthia J. |
USA |
Taylor Kevin |
UK |
Karapetrovič Stanislav |
Canada |
Wächter Bernd |
Belgium |
Bielak Róbert |
Austria |
Pospichal Robert |
Austria |
Schumi Thomas |
Austria |
Kostka Peter |
Czech republic |
Iovu Mihail |
Moldavia |
Procházková Oľga |
Czech republic |
Zavadil Jiří |
Czech republic |
Pedlíková Jitka |
Czech republic |
Jirková Hana |
Czech republic |
Malina Jiří |
Czech republic |
Aišman David |
Czech republic |
Kučerová Ludmila |
Czech republic |
Lukovics Imrich |
Czech republic |
Bilek Ondrej |
Czech republic |
Liedl Gerhard |
Austria |
Schumi Thomas |
Austria |
Bielak Róbert,PhD. |
Austria |
Samardzić Ivan |
Croatia |
Stoić Antun |
Croatia |
Kozak Dražan |
Croatia |
Ivandić Zeljko |
Croatia |
Varga Gyula |
Hungary |
Membership in international organisations
The faculty cooperated on the international level in significant scientific and technical organisations in the last year. The FMST SUT is an institutional member in five international specific institutions. Specific members of the faculty (55 individual memberships) are active in different international or world organisations in different positions, from members to chairs, vice-chairs and members of councils.
Membership in international professional organisations
Association for thermal processing of metalsInternational Society for Engineering Pedagogy - IGIP
European Platform of Women Scientists
European Network Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health (ENETOSH)
Europalliance for innovations
Memberships in the Slovak professional organisations
Slovak Natural Gas and Crude Oil Union
Association of Industrial Ecology in Slovakia
Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Slovak Society for Quality
Slovak Society of Ergonomics
Slovak Society of Maintenance
Automobile Cluster
Approved rights to provide the habilitation process
FMST SUT has the right to habilitate (approve the title "associate profesor") and inaugurate (approve the title " profesor") in the study majors:
5.2.7. Machining Technology and Materials
5.2.14. Automation
5.2.26. Materials
5.2.50. Production technology
5.2.52. Industrial Engineering
8.3.5. Occupational Health and Safety
5.2.57. Quality of Production
New Professors and Associate Professors in year 2010
Professor of Emeritus
On the 15.2.2010 the rector of STU Magneficencia Prof. Ing. Vladimír Báleš, DrSc. awarded the title of professor of emeritus to Alexander Janáč, Professor, PhD.
Visting profesor
On the 21.4.2010 visiting profesor Daniel Švrček, PhD. was awarded by the decree.On the 21.4.2010 visiting profesor Peter Fodrek, PhD was awarded by the decree.
On the 09.11.2010 visiting profesor Dr. Andreas Kolitsch from Forschungszenter Dresden-Rossendorf (Research Center) was awarded by the decree.
Associate Professor
The rector of the University of Žilina named new associate professor after accomplishement of the habilitation process Milan Naď, PhD.