Engineering Mechanics
The goal of the course is to capture latest computational and experimental methods used in the field of the mechanics of solids. In the area of computational mechanics, students gain a detailed knowledge of theory and practice of FEM, applied to static and dynamic strength analysis, including nonlinear, buckling and transient problems. In the area of experimental mechanics, students have at disposal a laboratory, which is equipped and utilized in cooperation with a well-known producer of measurement technology – the company HBM. Another important area of study is also the structural reliability assessment and service life assessments, or computational and experimental modelling of dynamic behaviour of engineering structures. Traditionally popular part of the course is also the introduction to bio-mechanics. Students can get familiar with using of latest computational methods in bio-mechanics in three successive optional courses, Biomechanics I-III. They cover the computational stress-strain analysis of living tissues, organs and implants, especially in the field of musculo-skeletal and cardio-vascular systems, respectively. The aim is to manage computational modelling of mechanical behaviour of the most sophisticated materials, biological as well as technical ones. The acquired knowledge can be very useful also outside of medical and biomechanical applications.
During the study of Engineering Mechanics, there are offered various study stays abroad, especially as a part of SOCRATES/ERASMUS programme. Study stays at DCU Dublin, TU Chemnitz and Salford University have been realised recently, new bilateral agreements are signed with partners in Portugal (Lisabon), Germany (Darmstadt) and Poland (Bydgoszcz, Warsava).
Graduates from the study branch Engineering Mechanics keep a high professional adaptability due to a system approach to teaching and the character of education. Accordingly, there is a prospect of getting a job in many branches of economy, as can be documented by our graduates in head positions of design departments of large companies or sales representatives of foreign commercial firms.
Mechatronics
Student of the course Mechatronics will occupy him/herself with the behaviour and properties of mechatronic systems, whose structure consists of mechanical and electronic elements and their behaviour exhibit certain degree of artificial intelligence. Mechatronics presents a synergetic integration of precise mechanics, electro engineering and electronics with an intelligent computer control. These complex technical systems are from the very beginning designed as an interactive ensemble which gives rise to the so called synergetic effect. As a result, final product exhibits better properties than mere combinations of single subsystems of a different type. Teaching courses on Mechatronics, as a self-contained engineering discipline fostered at the Brno University of Technology, are covered by the Institute of Solid Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FME) in collaboration with the Department of Power Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communications (FEEC).
During the study, there are offered various study stays abroad, especially as a part of SOCRATES/ERASMUS programme. Study stays at DCU Dublin, TU Chemnitz and Salford University have been realised recently, new bilateral agreements are signed with partners in Portugal (Lisabon), Germany (Darmstadt) and Poland (Bydgoszcz, Warsava).
Career prospects of our students are versatile thanks to broad scientific basis of mechatronics. Our graduates work in both mechanical and electro engineering companies and the demand for their interdisciplinary qualification still grows. Last but not least, the system approach applied to problem solution in mechatronics now increasingly boosts in economics, biomedicine and business. There is also the possibility to follow up in the master program of mechatronics and later continue in the subsequent PhD program, with a prospect to scientific or academic career.