The total number of classrooms and laboratories at the faculty, in which teaching is planned during the academic year, is 67. Classrooms for teaching are divided into general classrooms and auditoriums for teaching common subjects and special classrooms and laboratories that are specific to a particular study program. Specific rooms / locations / laboratories / equipment and related activities of the study program. 1. Laboratory of experiemntal measurements The laboratory is focused on the realization of experimental measurements of electrical and mechanical variables. The laboratory equipment allows the realization of strain gauge measurements (HBM QuantumX system), temperature measurements using thermocouples or a Flir thermal camera, vibroacoustic measurements, dynamic characteristics of vibrating mechanical systems (Bruel&Kjaer PULSE system) and measurements in the field of noise and noise insulation (Bruel&Kjaer sound level meter, impedance tube). For the field of mechatronics, the laboratory is equipped with components and programmable modules of the Arduino, Boe-Bot and Raspberry Pi programmable systems, the Bioloid modular system, a 3D printer, a CNC milling machine, models of robotic arms and components for controlling electric motors. The laboratory has 8 computers with internet connection. The laboratory is used for the practical part of the teaching of the subjects Mechatronic Systems and Modeling of Mechatronic Systems. The laboratory is used for solving project tasks within the subject Bachelor Project and also Bachelor Theses. Students acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies that are listed in the graduate profile. 2. Laboratory of numerical simulations The laboratory is focused on numerical methods, mainly focused on the application of the finite element method in the field of stress-strain analyses, thermal and fluid analyses, electromagnetic analyses, coupled tasks, static and dynamic problems, contact tasks, as well as in the field of modeling and numerical simulations of technological processes of forming, welding and heat treatment. The finite element simulation software ANSYS is used to solve problems and tasks. In addition, the Wolfram Mathematica program systems are installed in the laboratory. The DEFORM program system is designed specifically for the simulation of forming and heat treatment processes. The SYSWELD program system is used in the laboratory to simulate welding and heat treatment processes. The JMatPro program system is used to calculate the material properties of metallic materials. The laboratory consists of two rooms, in which there are a total of 32 computers with internet connection. The laboratory is used for teaching part of the subjects Mathematics I., Modeling of Thermal Processes and Modeling of Mechatronic Systems, as well as solving project tasks within the subjects Bachelor Project and Bachelor Thesis. In this laboratory, the student will acquire the knowledge, skills, and competencies listed in the graduate profile. 3. Control Systems Laboratory The laboratory represents the basic level of production and technological process control. It includes a system for collecting and processing data from the technological process, as well as the implementation of control algorithms through programmable logic controllers (PLCs) or industrial controllers that are able to communicate with a higher-level superior system. The technical infrastructure of the laboratory includes common parts used by several workplaces, such as internal electrical power distribution including protective elements, internet connection including active and passive network components, data bus distribution, as well as prepared signal lines and connection options for external signal sources. The laboratory is divided into individual workplaces, which consist of the following parts: a) Complex Process Research Workplaces (CCP) This workplace includes the models and components specified below: ● Hybrid Production System A physical model combining elements of process and industrial automation, which enables the simulation of complex operations and processes typical of enterprises in the mechanical engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. ● Model of connected vessels A set of five identical laboratory models designed to simulate technological processes in the field of process automation and to conduct related experiments. b) Research workplaces for development and design of control systems (PRS) The workplace is equipped with software tools for computer-aided design and documentation of automated control systems. It also contains hardware components and work panels enabling simulation and testing of designed solutions. The equipment includes a server with input-output cards, which, using specialized software, enables simulation of various technological processes. Real signals from simulated processes are fed through a connection switchboard to the inputs and outputs of real control devices. Another part of the workplace consists of a decentralized control system (DCS), which includes industrial control systems, engineering, operator and maintenance systems, as well as other subsystems and modules specified below. c) Cooperative reconfigurable smart manufacturing system in the context of the concepts of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 This is a direct physical extension of the Hybrid Manufacturing System, which includes: ● a set of workplaces with a reconfigurable workspace, a collaborative type robotic manipulator and a system of shared universal collaborative effectors, including a portable inspection system, ● an autonomous collaborative mobile platform equipped with a collaborative robotic manipulator, a system of replaceable universal collaborative effectors and a portable inspection system, ● robotic workplaces focused on static and dynamic visual inspection, ● a heterogeneous multi-robotic cell with a shared workspace. 4. iCIM Laboratory - Research workplaces of distributed production and technological process control systems (DSC) The specialized laboratory covers the technological and visualization level of enterprise management. Its workplaces are interconnected, while at the same time communicating with the superior system and the level of enterprise management. The laboratory designed in this way creates conditions for research and development in a wide range of hardware, communication and software means of automated control, knowledge systems, as well as archiving and distribution of knowledge towards superior systems. The modular production system represents a physical model of a modular production system, which allows the simulation of complex operations and processes typical for enterprises of the automotive, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering industries. It contains partial technologies represented in all industrial sectors, and therefore its use is not limited to a specific industrial sector. It allows solving tasks associated with industrial automation and related information technologies. III. Laboratory of Integration of Information and Control Systems The laboratory represents an integrated information system at the corporate management level, equipped with the necessary hardware infrastructure, including a server, operating system, backup disk system and twenty client computers. The core of the laboratory consists of the following systems and tools: ● a system for planning and controlling production (ERP), ● a system for document management (ECM), ● a Business Intelligence tool (BI), ● a tool for acquiring knowledge (KDD), ● a tool for process mining (PM), ● a simulator of production and service processes and logistics systems with the possibility of their optimization (SIMUL_VOP), ● a database management system (SRBD), ● supporting equipment of the laboratory. 5. Laboratory of Information Technologies The laboratory is focused on teaching information and Internet technologies, graphic systems and the development of information systems. It supports modern approaches to modeling, controlling and optimizing processes using knowledge methods, fuzzy control systems, genetic algorithms and neural networks. It also enables computer-aided modeling of signals and dynamic systems, as well as work with selected modeling methods and their application in the analysis and synthesis of control circuits. The laboratory provides the possibility of using the services of operating systems in the design and implementation of process control program systems, as well as the application of graphic systems in the field of industrial process automation. The equipment also allows for the study of the implementation of communication data networks in various areas of use, planning and designing comprehensive communication structures. The technical equipment of the laboratory consists of 25 personal computers connected to the server and the Internet. 6. Laboratory of Logical Machine Programming (PLC) The laboratory is equipped with ten full-fledged workstations based on Siemens SIMATIC S7-300 programmable logic machines. Thanks to the connection of PLCs with a series of physical and virtual models inspired by real practice, which reflect the wide possibilities of their industrial use, the laboratory is particularly suitable for mastering the basic principles of PLC programming using the STEP7 and TIA Portal software tools. Working with real devices allows students to understand in detail the basic principles of the functioning of PLC systems, including their hardware and software architecture. By completing subjects in the given laboratories, students will acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies that are listed in the graduate profile of the study program.
Information provision of study programmes is provided by the workplaces of the Department of Science, Research and Library and Information Services of the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology SUT in Trnava: https://www.mtf.stuba.sk/sk/odbory/odbor-poznatkoveho-manazmentu.html?page_id=1850 Academic Library: https://www.mtf.stuba.sk/sk/odbory/odbor-poznatkoveho-manazmentu/akademicka-kniznica-1.html?page_id=17421 AlumniPress Publishing House: https://www.mtf.stuba.sk/sk/odbory/odbor-poznatkoveho-manazmentu/vydavatelstvo-alumnipress-1.html?page_id=17423 Provision of study literature: • permanent acquisition of study literature financially secured by a special fund in the faculty budget, • online availability of electronic scripts for all study programmes implemented at faculty through the Academic Information System (AIS) and the ELVIRA digital library, • unlimited access to study literature for students using self-service borrowing and returning stations, • access to study literature for students with specific needs. Provision of electronic information resources: • access to world bibliographic databases: https://www.stuba.sk/sk/zamestnancov/aktuality-a-informacie/virtualna-kniznica/elektronicke-informacne-zdroje.html?page_id=3832 • electronic access to Slovak Technical Standards: https://www.stuba.sk/sk/diani-na-stu/prehlad-aktualit/normy-stn-spristupnene-pre-studentov-stu.html?page_id=13811 • access to patent information: https://www.stuba.sk/sk/zamestnancov/aktuality-a-informacie/virtualna-kniznica/patentove-databazy-a-registre.html?page_id=8811 • access to the digital archive of final theses (the academic library is building a digital archive of final theses according to individual study programs), • access to digital objects of publishing activities and reviews for publishing activities (the publishing activity records staff digitize all outputs of publishing activities carried out at the faculty), • access to e-books in the SUT fund: https://www.stuba.sk/sk/vyskume/virtualna-kniznica-stu/virtualna-kniznica/e-knihy-na-stu.html?page_id=16728 Providing the study programmes with the services of the AlumniPress Publishing House: • implementation of publishing activities in accordance with the Statute of the faculty publishing activities and the faculty's editorial plan approved by the editorial committee, management and scientific council of the faculty, • publishing scientific monographs of faculty employees, which are electronically available at: https://www.mtf.stuba.sk/sk/odbory/odbor-poznatkoveho-manazmentu/vydavatelstvo-alumnipress/vedecke-monografie-na-predaj.html?page_id=13562 • promotion OpenAccess policy and use of the Creative Commons public license. Information provision of study programmes through information systems used at the faculty: AIS - academic information system, through which activities are provided in the following areas: • education (student records, study progress, study programmes, study programme supervisors, electronic scripts, study literature, e-learning and testing), • research (project records, habilitation theses records), • economy (student social affairs), • operation (room reservations, timetable, car requests), • quality and satisfaction/other (document server, e-mail server, wifi-eduroam). ARL (Advanced Rapid Library) - publishing activity record system, through which activities are provided in the following areas: • education (records and digitization of students' final theses), • research (records of publishing activity and feedback, records of academic library users, online catalogue of the academic library, loans in the academic library). ELVIRA Digital Library – contains electronic textbooks, monographs and e-books. Access is based on login as in AIS. https://www.mtf.stuba.sk/sk/odbory/odbor-poznatkoveho-manazmentu/akademicka-kniznica-1/digitalna-kniznica-elvira.html?page_id=17427
Study programmes are implemented in full-time form with the fact that selected pedagogical activities (e.g. submitting semestral works focused on information technologies) can also be implemented remotely. In an emergency situation, most subjects can be implemented fully remotely, as was the case in the academic years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. The rules for transitioning to the distance form are regulated by the Study Regulations of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, as amended by Addenda No. 1 and 2. – Article 48. https://www.stuba.sk/sk/studium/legislativa-v-oblasti-vzdelavania/studijny-poriadok-stu.html?page_id=4560 Part of the teaching in the full-time combined method of study is implemented remotely using information and communication technologies and supporting study materials. More information is provided in the course information sheets. During the emergency situation, courses can be delivered remotely via Google Meet or Microsoft Teams.
The guaranteeing workplace has long-term cooperation with partners from practice: SKARTEK s.r.o., Qintec a.s., ProCS s.r.o., ALANATA a.s., VÚJE a.s., Humusoft s.r.o., FESTO s.r.o., Schneider Electric Slovakia s.r.o. Employees of the above companies are directly involved in teaching selected chapters of professional subjects, giving professional lectures and are also members of the commission for state final exams. Final theses and professional practice are carried out by students in many companies, including: SEGULA Slovensko s.r.o., IAC Group s.r.o., BOGE ELASTMETALL SLOVAKIA a.s., Bratislavská Teplárenská a.s., Stellantis Slovakia, Predictive Data Science s.r.o., Hella Slovakia Front-Lighting s.r.o. In cooperation with FESTO s.r.o., the Skills Slovakia - Slovak Young Mechatronics competition is regularly organized.
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Gyms, workout spaces, climbing wall, three swimming pools, multi-use courts and other sport fields in faculty and dormitory premises are available to STU students.
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