Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
General description
The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague experienced with mechanical engineering all phases of its development starting from the onset of the industrial revolution up to the present time and often paid here an active role. The 17 Faculty departments cover the entire sphere of mechanical engineering from mathematics and physics over materials and technologies up to individual types of machines and processes and enterprise economics. Details on a number of them can be found on further pages. Their 150 years lasting history is an extensive one and represents not only a great commitment but also a hopeful promise of further development of the faculty for industry in the Czech Republic based on our mechanical engineers.
Key Research Facilities, Infrastructure and Equipment
We design manufacturing processess and systems. Based on deep knowledge of manufacturing technologies, with emphasis on the quality assurance and using digital twin for process planning and control. Educational and research and development activities of our department are focused on mechanical engineering technologies. Our students gain knowledge on designing technologies of production processes and systems. Such fundamentals enable them to realize the potential of individual production technologies and to use this knowledge in further context in creating concepts of new production processes and systems and/or rationalizing existing ones. Production and analytical technologies:
- GE Additive Concept laser M2
- Okuma GENOS L200 – multifunctional 4D lathe
- 5-AXIS CNC MACHINING CENTER MU-400VII
- CNC 5 axis tool and cutter grinder
- CNC cylindrical grinding machine
- CNC surface grinder
- CAM software and postprocessors (NX, Catia, Hypermill, Powermill, etc..)
- Computed tomography Zeiss Metrotom 1500
- Zeiss Prismo
- Zeiss UPMC 850 CARAT
- Fully automated microhardness tester TSI FM 100
- Metallographic laboratory equiped by Struers
- Experimental device for testing machinability of materials
- Residual stress profile measurement method by continual etching
- Roundness Mahr MFU 100
- Surface texture, Roughness and contour
- Mahr MarSurf LD 120 – hi-precision contour/roughness analysis
- Mahr CM Expert confocal microscope
Contact person
Contact us to know more about our location and work environment. Please use the main contact for questions related to administrative matters. Please contact the supervisors/group leaders of respective research groups regarding feasibility of your research proposal with regard to the research group activities.
Your future supervisors
Libor Beránek
Libor Beránek
I am the head of the Department of Machining, Process Planning and Metrology focusing on additive manufacturing using Laser beam Powder bed fusion and quality inspection using CMM and CT technologies. 12 years ago I founded Metrology center of Carl Zeiss at our university for Czech Republic which helps us to connect with industrial companies and their problems on daily basis where on a position of deputy Vice-Dean for Public Relations and Cooperation with Industry I am responsible for coordination of our relations with industrial partners. Regarding education I am responsible for the education of Additive manufacturing and Industrial metrology to our students. Regarding the industrial applications, we focus on development and transfer of technologies in our partners production processes.
About the position
The successful candidate will be based at the Department of Machining, Process Planning and Metrology in the city of Prague. The Postdoctoral fellow will join the research team for Additive manufacturing that is focused on study of process parameters on surface integrity and properties of parts made by PBF. Our actual topic is A Data Driven ML-Enabled Modelling for surface integrity of nickel-based superalloys in LPBF process. We provide a whole production chain from development of 3D printed parts and their application within areas of conformal cooled tooling and lightweighting applications. The key research infrastructure and equipment of this research group include GE Additive Concept M2, CNC machines including 5-axis Okuma Milling Center and 5axis grinder Micronex, Zeiss Metrotom 1500 computed tomograph, Zeiss Prismo and UPMC CMMs, Mahr CM Expert confocal microscope to evaluate surface texture.
The fellow may also have the opportunity to carry out secondments in the non-academic sector, in cooperation with our industrial partners, e.g. Aero Vodochody, Valeo or other companies.
Given the main focus of our research group, the expected outputs of the fellowship are high-level scientific publications, new collaborative research projects, etc.
Potential areas of knowledge of the applicants that can be a good fit for our research group are PhD in additive manufacturing, machine learning enabled modeling of production processes for surface integrity or mechanical properties prediction.
Additional knowledge or experience the applicant would be good to have. Example: programming languages, statistical methods applied to biosciences, etc.
We are a young collective and searching for a person that works and thinks independently with a proactive attitude who is able to produce high-level scientific publications and motivated to help to transfer own research into the industry.
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