Course: Branch Seminar

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Course title Branch Seminar
Course code TUFMI/TP2SM
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Smolka Petr, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Cars - future concepts with respect to sustainable growth. 2. Architecture - modern trends, the influence of new materials on the construction and function of buildings. 3. Biosensors - health monitoring, controlled drug release. 4. Nanomaterials - overview, applications (technology, medicine). 5. Cars - perspectives of combustion engines, progressive new designs of internal combustion engines. 6. Image analysis and its utilisation (face recognition). 7. Data storage media of today and tomorrow. 8. Technology of displays, tactile layers with haptic response. 9. Conductive polymers - concept, perspectives. 10. Traction bateries, fuel cells. 11. Magneto and electro rheologic fluids - principle and use. 12. Micro and nano carbon tubes - structure, properties, use. 13. Additive manufacturing, reverse engineering. 14. Industry 4.0.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Individual work of students
  • Participation in classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 62 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Elementary skills acquired at secondary school, particularly from physics, chemistry and materials science, supported with knowledge obtained during the previous study.
Elementary skills acquired at secondary school, particularly from physics, chemistry and materials science, supported with knowledge obtained during the previous study.
Skills
Basic computer skills.
Basic computer skills.
learning outcomes
Knowledge
describe the use of biosensors
describe the use of biosensors
list the types of nanomaterials
list the types of nanomaterials
describe the use of image analysis
describe the use of image analysis
describe the use of carbon tubes
describe the use of carbon tubes
describe magneto- and electro-rheological materials
describe magneto- and electro-rheological materials
Skills
discuss the use of biosensors
discuss the use of biosensors
discuss the use of nanomaterials
discuss the use of nanomaterials
discuss the use of hive tubes
discuss the use of hive tubes
discuss the use of magneto- and electro-rheological materials
discuss the use of magneto- and electro-rheological materials
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Skills
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Analysis of a presentation
Analysis of a presentation
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Conversation
Conversation
Recommended literature
  • Groover M.P. Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, and Systems. 2010. ISBN 978-0470467008.
  • Macaulay D. The New Way Things Work. 1998. ISBN 978-0395938478.
  • Macaulay D. The Way Things Work. 1988. ISBN 978-0395428573.
  • Schwartz M.M. Encyclopedia of Smart Materials. 2002. ISBN 978-0471177807.
  • Srivatsan T.S. Additive Manufacturing: Innovations, Advances, and Applications. 2015. ISBN 978-1498714785.
  • Tilley R.J.D. Understanding Solids: The Science of Materials. 2002. ISBN 978-1118423288.


Study plans that include the course
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