Education

Modern education in materials engineering

The Department of Materials Engineering provides education in the field of modern structural materials, materials technologies and advanced methods of analysing and modelling material properties.

The educational programme combines solid scientific foundations with practical skills required in modern industry. Courses are delivered within the Materials Engineering programme at the second-cycle (Master’s) level, particularly within the following specialisations:

  • Materials technologies
  • Composite engineering

Learning through experience

An important element of the educational process is laboratory training conducted in the department’s modern laboratories. Students have the opportunity to work with professional research equipment and learn methods used in modern materials engineering.

The laboratory programme includes, among others:

  • hardness testing using the Brinell, Rockwell and Vickers methods
  • macro- and microscopic metallographic analysis
  • analysis of the structure and properties of steels, cast irons and non-ferrous alloys
  • analysis of heat treatment processes and phase transformations
  • non-destructive testing of materials
  • X-ray structural analysis of materials
  • testing of composite material properties

Thanks to this, students gain practical skills in identifying material structures, analysing their properties and interpreting research results.

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Specialised technology laboratories

The educational process is supported by specialised technological laboratories, where students learn modern methods of manufacturing and processing materials.

Welding laboratory

Students learn modern material joining technologies such as:

  • gas and arc welding
  • welding using MMA, GMAW and GTAW methods
  • metal resistance welding
  • brazing processes
  • robotised plasma transferred arc powder surfacing (PTA)

Foundry laboratory

Classes include the design and production of castings and the analysis of casting processes, including:

  • preparation of technological documentation for castings
  • testing of moulding sand properties
  • production of aluminium alloy castings
  • precision casting using the lost-wax method
  • analysis of casting defects and casting quality

Biomaterials laboratory

Students learn about materials used in medicine and their functional properties, including:

  • metal biomaterials for orthopaedics and dentistry
  • titanium, cobalt and noble metal alloys used in implantology
  • dental composites
  • corrosion testing of biomaterials under laboratory conditions

Material modelling and simulations

Material property modelling and numerical simulations play an important role in the study programme. Students learn how to use modern engineering tools for strength analysis and modelling physical phenomena occurring in materials and structures.

The courses include, among others:

  • preparation of numerical models
  • finite element method (FEM) analysis
  • modelling of contact phenomena
  • dynamic and structural stability analyses

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Knowledge based on scientific research

The educational programme is based on the current research results obtained in the department. Staff members publish numerous articles in renowned scientific journals and are authors of monographs and textbooks in the fields of materials engineering, materials technologies and biomaterials.

Selected publications of the department’s staff are available in the Digital Library of Lublin University of Technology, providing students with access to the latest research results and modern technological knowledge.

Preparation for careers in modern industry

Graduates of the Materials Engineering programme gain competencies enabling them to work in many industrial sectors, including:

  • aerospace and automotive industries
  • energy and machinery industries
  • biomedical sector
  • research laboratories and R&D institutions

By combining theoretical knowledge with practical laboratory skills, students are prepared to design, analyse and implement modern material solutions in a knowledge-based economy.

Gain competencies needed in modern industry

We teach modern materials technologies by combining laboratory practice, simulations and research-based knowledge.

European Funds – PL2022 project

Project co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund, Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development 2014–2020 "PL2022 – Integrated Development Programme of Lublin University of Technology" POWR.03.05.00-00-Z036/17