CURRICULUM SUMMARIES
OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL STUDY PROGRAMME OF POLYMER TECHNOLOGY
1. year
1. Physisics in engineering
Objectives of the course
Students learn about basic physical concepts, phenomena and laws and how apply them to
simple cases. The subject develops scientific manner of thinking and prepares students for the
study of technical subjects. Lessons are conducted through lectures with demonstrational
experiments and laboratory exercises, which are based on individual work.
2. Engineering mathematics
Objectives of the course
Knowing and understanding basic concepts from the field of mathematics on the university level.
Lessons are conducted through lectures with seminar work, which are partially designed on
individual work.
3. General chemistry
Objectives of the course
Students learn about fundamental chemical laws and meets with the basis of quantitative
treatment of properties and structure of matters and chemical processes. Lessons are conducted
through lectures with demonstrational experiments and laboratory exercises, which are based on
individual work.
4. Electrical engineering
Objectives of the course
Students learn about fundamental laws of electricity and their use at solving problems of the
field. They meet with bases of four main areas of electrical engineering: electrostatics, direct
current, magnetism and alternating current. They also learn about the basic electrical
measurements, operation of the machines and the basics of semiconductor elements. Lessons
are conducted through lectures and laboratory exercises, where the students obtain practical
experience from electrical measurements and experience with work with electrical equipment.
5. Computer integration I
Objectives of the course
Students learn about computer applications and their development in the field of constructing
and designing. Within the project the students will meet with computer supported constructing.
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Within the exercises the students will learn in practice about computer constructing by individual
use of modern CAD package.
6. Technology and mould planning
Objectives of the course
The purpose of the course is to acquaint students with the area of polymer material processing
technologies and the systems needed for their smooth functioning. A special emphasis will be on
key technologies for polymer processing, the necessary tool and hardware support. Students will
also learn about the necessary equipment linked to the polymer processing. Students need to
learn about basic concepts from the following areas:
- Key technologies for processing of plastics
- Tool making (types of tools for processing of plastics, tool sets and systems, basic components
of tools, tool materials, systems for tool montage, drives in tools)
- Machines ( types of machines for processing of plastics (hydraulic, mechanical, electrical,
hybrid), machine control, machine drives), devices (peripheral machine units with the purpose of
ensuring smooth production, manipulators, robots, conveyer belts, separators, mills, storage
tanks)
7. Company economics
Objectives of the course
The purpose of the course is to obtain knowledge from the field of economics and business
efficiency. Students learn about appropriate tools for analyzing the business of a company, which
are important for proposing suitable solutions and business decision making. The subject is about
analyzing and business decision making in the area of combination of factors with lowest costs to
achieve a given output, the study of different market structure and the behaviour of companies
regarding the offer design, prices, total income and accruals. Within this framework the subject
provides insight on production, costs and company decisions in different market structures and
time periods, sales prices, investments in fixed and operating assets and the components of the
accruals of a company.
8. Technical English
Objectives of the course
Students learn about fundamental laws of English/German language and acquaint themselves
with the importance of life-long learning and acquisition and evaluation of information.
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2. year
1. Polymer chemistry
Objectives of the course
The purpose of the subject is acquisition of knowledge from the field of polymer chemistry.
Polymer materials are present in a wide quantity and value in all areas of human activity. Their
professing and use are especially separated from synthesis and characterization. At processing
and use it is very important that the user knows many of the material`s characteristics, which
depend on the basic chemical properties of the material. In the course the emphasis is given on
basic knowledge about the ways of polymerization, the impacts of polymerization on the
properties, shape and size of macromolecules, diversification and crosslinking. Students will be
introduced to independent, logical and critical treatment of synthesis and programming of the
architecture of the macromolecules and their impacts on the characteristics and use.
2. Polymer composites
Objectives of the course
In the first part of the course the students learn about structural composition and real
microstructure of polymer composites. They about the structure, properties and the role of matrix,
reinforcing phases and interphases between both constitutive elements of the composite and
acquaint themselves with the impact of reinforcing phase distribution by the volume of the matrix
on the composite characteristics.
Examples of planning the properties of the composite properties in relation to orientation and the
proportion of fiber, determination of minimal and critical proportion of fibers and the choice of
suitable matrix are presented. In the second part the students acquaint themselves with the most
important types of polymer composite materials and basic technological manufacturing processes.
3. Material science
Objectives of the course
The purpose of the course is to learn about materials with which we deal in chemical industry.
The emphasis of the subject is on understanding the interdependence between the ways of
linking basic material components and their properties or micro- and macro-structure of the
materials.
4. Transport phenomena
Objectives of the course
The objective of the subject is to acquaint the students with the properties of fluids and gases
and their rheological properties and to introduce students to an understanding the mechanics of
fluids and its application into the hydrodynamic operations. The students are acquainted with
the basics of heat and mass transfer and the method of calculating devices for heat and mass
transfer.
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5. Computer integration II
Objectives of the course
Students acquaint themselves with computer application and their development in the area of
spatial constructing, design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM). At the lectures they learn the
theoretical bases, basic components and methods which are used in spatial construction and
manufacturing with the computer. At the exercises the students will learn in practice about
spatial modelling and constructing on the computer by individual use of modern CAD package.
6. Material testing and quality assurance
Objectives of the course
Students learn about basic tests for determining the mechanical, physical and chemical
properties of materials, especially polymer materials and polymer-based composites. Students
learn about quality assurance systems and acquire basic knowledge of statistical methods and
their significance.
7. Basic dimensioning and industrial design
Objectives of the course
To provide students with basic knowledge of modern approaches to the design and dimensioning
of products with the purpose to ease their later integrate into individual processes within
companies. In the area of dimensioning to give an overview of techniques for correct
dimensioning of individual construction details and then upgrade them with the tolerance
analysis both on the example of individual components as well as sets. This is a kind of a link
between construction and production process.
To provide future experts, which will be involved into an interdisciplinary way of work and
development – creation of new products, with information about WHAT industrial design is and
what it offers; WHY and WHEN to include it as an important discipline into the development –
creation of new product. To explain that it is very important to include industrial design into
development – creation projects at the very beginning of the development process – creation of
new product, as soon as the guidelines and approaches are defined.
8. Project management
Objectives of the course
The objective of the course is acquainting students with the basics of planning, management,
monitoring and supervision, projects and participation in a project team.
9. Business finance
Objectives of the course
The objective of the course is to provide students with comprehensive insight into the area of
financing. Thus the students first acquaint themselves with the function of money and securities.
After that they gain starting knowledge on the function of financial market and financial
institutions. This is followed by an explanation of selected topics from the area of international
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finance. Corporate finance shows the basics of financial management, the principles and rules of
financing in companies. The students acquaint themselves with basic categories and objectives of
financing and with key financial decisions in a company, from providing funds, their investment,
management of assets and to their returning.
3. year
1. Polymer engineering
Objectives of the course
Within the course the students acquaint themselves with basic polymer processes and the
analysis and planning of polymer processes.
2. Technology and polymer processing
Objectives of the course
Students learn about basic chemical an physical properties and acquaint themselves with the
process of processing of plastics and all the accompanying elements, like products made from
plastic masses, polymer materials, injection moulding tools, injection moulding machines and
processing technologies. Lessons are conducted through lectures with demonstrational
experiments and laboratory exercises, which are based on individual work.
3. Computer integration III
Objectives of the course
Students get acquainted with the use of computer-aided simulations in the area of structural and
rheological analyses. At the lectures the students will acquaint themselves with the usefulness
and importance on the computer-aided analyses and with theoretical foundations of numerical
methods on which the simulations are based. At the exercises the students will in practice
acquaint themselves with numerical simulations when using modern computer programme,
which they will need to know how to use by following guidance.
4. Mechatronics and asset maintenance
Objectives of the course
Students learn about the basics of mechatronics, which derives from knowing mechanical
systems, theories of control and regulations, computing, sensorics and informatics. The content
of the subject is given at lectures and supported with laboratory exercises at the analysis and
synthesis of mechatronic systems.
At the lectures the development of modern maintenance strategies are presented, from reactive
approaches to approaches which focus on reliability. Some important strategies, such as RCM
and TPM are presented in detail.
5. Fundaments of production management
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Objectives of the course
Production management (abroad the term operations management is used) is an especially
important, interesting and demanding field, the primary task of which is to create new products
and services on which we all depend and at the same time present the basic reason for the
existence of different organizations.
The purpose of the subject is to present the production management to the students, who wish
to understand the nature and activities of production management. The area of production
management is introduced to students of economics as well as engineering, from which it can be
concluded that the production management is especially close to the students of interdisciplinary
study programmes. The acquired skills are a help in praxis in designing, management and
improving the systems with which we wish to achieve efficient production or service activity.
Efficient production and service activity is the basis for achieving competitive advantages of
organizations, industries, regions and countries.
Optional module MANAGEMENT
1. Introduction to management
Objectives of the course
The purpose of this subject is to introduce the students into the essence of the management
studies by studying the fundamentals of management (management as leading a business and
directing people toward results/outcomes, systemic treatment of organizations and companies,
interest theory of the organization policy, mental/contextual background in cultures and
philosophy of the organization, outcomes and guidance toward improving the quality of
operations as a basis for realization of interests of the participants), managing affairs and
decision-making and other management tasks for controlling organization and achieving
outcomes (designing and planning, organizing and coordinating, managing people to the
outcome, controlling).
2. Introduction to law
Objectives of the course
The purpose of the course is to acquaint the students with basic characteristics of the legal
system and its subsystems, thus the basics of jurisprudence, the structure of the legal system and
the basics of the public and private law. Through the study of the subject the students meet with
substantive and formal (procedural) characteristics of legal norms and acquaint themselves with
the basics of their forming, interpretation and use in praxis.
3. Marketing
Objectives of the course
Within the subject the students learn about generally valid characteristics of exchange processes
in the supply and sales area of production, trade and service organizations. Through this they
qualify themselves for understanding the marketing way of addressing the problems faced by the
organizations. They also learn the bases of decision-making regarding marketing activities of the
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organizations, they qualify themselves for cooperating in development – designing of new
products, services, marketing mix, the role of a manager in marketing organizations by the
activity of the business. Typical contents include modern concept of marketing, characteristics
and strategies of marketing between organizations and consumer marketing.
Optional module MOULD DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING
1. 3D mould design
Objectives of the course
The purpose of the subject is the implementation of obtained knowledge on a practical example
in the form of conducting a comprehensive project in the area of tool construction. By utilizing
modern instruments for construction of products and tools the student has to independently
design an entire tool construction of a tool in a 3D environment. They have to obtain knowledge
from the area of 3D tool constructing by the use of simulations of injection moulding of plastics.
With the use of modern instruments for simulations of injection moulding of plastics they have
to be able to assess the ability of the process of processing of plastics.
2. 3D digitalization and reverse engineering
Objectives of the course
The purpose of the course is to acquaint the students with modern methods of archiving the tool
geometry, the procedures for their rapid restoration and with obtaining information for very
complex and PROSTOPOVRŠINSKI (free surface) products.
3. Mould manufacturing technologies
Objectives of the course
The purpose of the subject is to acquaint students with the technologies of tool making. Within
the course the students will meet with classic production technologies used for tool making,
which are based on the principles of conventional and non-conventional technologies and on
technologies with defined cutting geometry as well as those without the defined cutting
geometry.
Students will also acquaint themselves with the procedures of prototype technologies with the
emphasis on the RTT (Rapid tooling technologies).
Optional module POLYMERS
1. Polymers in coatings
Objectives of the course
- Acquisition of basic concepts in the area of surface and colloid chemistry and the
interactions at the boundary surfaces of oriented polymers
- Understanding physico-chemical properties of the boundary surfaces
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Introduction to the methods for determination of surface characteristics of the oriented
polymers and the stability of colloids
Understanding the usefulness of surface and colloid chemistry
2. Functional polymers
Objectives of the course
Technical significance of the majority of polymer materials is based on their mechanical,
electrical or magnetic properties. Those should be as independent as possible from the impacts
of external factors.
Aside from these, so called conventional polymers, we also know polymer materials which are
not important because of their properties they have under certain conditions, but because of
their reaction to the change of these conditions. These materials are called functional polymers.
Within this course the students meet with some of the representatives of this kind of materials
(nanomaterials and nanotechnologies; conductive polymers, polymers for storing energy or
mass, UV stable polymer materials …).
3. Polymer materials from renewable resources and technologies
Objectives of the course
Students learn about the importance of renewable materials and acquaint themselves with the
possibilities of their acquisition and their use in the engineering practice. Some examples of
improving the existing and the development of new products with inclusion of alternative
materials are analyzed.
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