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ANNUAL REPORT
2011
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FACULTY
OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
PREFACE
OliverMoravčík,Professor,PhD.
DeanoftheFaculty
Ladiesandgentlemen, fessorfromthetechnicalfieldandanassociateprofessorfromthe
pedagogicalfield.Currently,theAccreditationCommissionrequires
we have altogether played our part in making our institution’s theopposite,suchasaprofessorfromthepedagogicalfieldanda
assessmentasuccessin2011. secondsupervisor,andanassociateprofessorfromatechnicalfield.
Hereisanopportunityforabriefrecapandalsothepossibility,at After several months of futile searching we could not meet these
leastinawidersense,toindicatewhattheleadershipofthefaculty, requirements.Consequently,thiswasveryhardforthefaculty.The
allofyoupresenthere,andIwantthisfacultytobecome. originalInstituteofEngineeringPedagogyandHumanitieshadto
Briefly and concisely, the ARRA Agency has noted that we have be gradually transformed after September 2011 into a lecturer’s
takenalargestep,whenwe,intherankingoftechnicalfaculties, cabinet.Engineeringpedagogyatthefacultywillfinallyendonthe
have progressed by 10 positions into the top third of the best 31stofAugust2012,afterdefenseofthelastdiplomathesesinthe
amongthetechnicalfaculties.AmongSTU’ssevenfacultiesweare incriminatedstudyprograms. Iamgoingtoaskthequestion,which
infourthplace.Imustemphasizethatthisisnotbecauseofasig- these days is probably of little interest to people: “Will the peda-
nificantreductioninthenumberofstudents,butisespeciallydue gogicalfacultiesinSlovakiaeducateteachersoftechnicalsubjects
totheimprovementofqualityinourwork’soutcomes--publishing for our secondary technical schools and vocational schools to the
activitiesandanincreaseinthefinancialcapacityofourresearch samelevelaswedid?’’
work.Ifweconsiderthereductioninthenumberofstudents,this Theanswermustbegivenbycompetentofficials;unfortunatelyit
is mainly due to a demographic development in Slovakia. In any willprobablybetoolate.
case, it has not been reflected in our payments. Here is some AverysimilarsituationwithusandalsointhewholeofSlovakia,is
informationforourhonorableguests:threeyearsagowehad,inall inthefieldofstudyprogramsrelatingtoqualityengineering.With
formsandlevels,approximately5400students.Bythe31stofOc- theleaveoftwosupervisorsattheendoflastyear,thestudypro-
tober 2011 we had 3800 students, so we are still most likely the gramsofproductionqualitywillprobablybeforcedtobereaccred-
largestfacultyinSlovakia. ited.Asaresultofthiswewillhavetoreaccreditthisstudyprogram
During the past year, under the rules of the comprehensive inanothercontext,forexample,asapartofmaterialsengineering
accreditationin2009,wehavehadreaccredited17studyprograms technologyormaterialsengineering.
atallthreelevels,duetothequalificationsofthesupervisorsorfor WithspecialsatisfactionIcansaythatourengagementinapplying
accreditationgrantedforonerun.Forre-accreditationwehad14 forfundingfromtheEUstructuralfundshasalongandcontinuous
proposals which were approved without any problems. Problems nature which is still extremely successful. By the way, within the
didarisefortheremainingthreestudyprograms;aftercarefulcon- last month we applied and are applying for projects, totaling 58
siderationwedidnotaskforaccreditationinthestudyprogramsin millionEuros.Thisistheleveloffundingwhichcurrentlyrepresents
thefieldofengineeringpedagogy,althoughweweretheonlytech- thefacultybudgetforfiveyears.Itisalmostunbelievablethatthis
nicalfacultytohavebeensuccessfulinthepastinprovidingthese time also includes the officially authorized construction activities
programs.Wedonotwanttomakeexcuses,buttheoriginalguar- and other activities amounting to almost 23 million Euros; this
antors of these pedagogical study programs, after consultations meanstwofullyequippedconstructionprojectsatourcampuson
withtheaccreditationcommittee,refusedtoacceptthem.Ashort BottovaStreet.
explanation:theoriginalguaranteesin2008werebasedonapro- Wedecidedtostartdiscussingthequalityoftheeducationalprocess
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inalllevelsandbodiesofthefaculty.Theultimategoalisforasig- University Koethen-Anhalt, State Technical Univesity Izhevsk,
nificantreductionofthenumberofstudentswholeavethefaculty UniversidadMarthaAbreuSantaClara,aswellasmanyotherpart-
priortograduation;nearly50percentofmatriculatedstudentsof nersfromtheCzechRepublic,Austria,Germany,Poland,Serbiaand
the faculty leave before graduation. Firstly, it is understood as a Croatia.
wasteoftaxpayers'money.Itisoneoftheimportantdiscussionsre-
latingtothereducednumberofcandidatesforstudy,becauseof Surelythereismorewhichcouldbementionedhere;wewillhave
demographictrends,tostabilizestatestudentsatthefacultyand more to boast about and to complain about here. Let me outline
thus to ensure long-term financial stability of our institution. The where the faculty’s management identifies the key areas for the
mainquestioninthiscontextis:Whatprofileofgraduatesiscalled comingyear:
fortodaybytheprivateandpublicsector,wheremostofourgrad-
uatesfindtheircareers?Itisstillcomparableto20-30yearsago, The fulfillment of the ambitious plan of building a campus on
whentheimportantpartofourpedagogicjudgmentmakersgrad- BottovaStreet.
uatedatuniversity.Werealizethatatthattimetheelitefromsec- Consistent preparation for comprehensive accreditation in 2014,
ondary schools studied; this was 10-13 percent of the yearly in view of the now reactivated, interrupted process of the novel
population.Itissurelyashocktomanyofyouthattodaynearly70 universitylaw.
percentofyoungpeopleinSlovakiastudy.If,basedontheprem- To ensure sufficient resources for 5 percent of the faculty’s co-fi-
ise that each generation’s samples are valid according to Gauss's nancing projects from structural funds, which may already in the
lawofdistributedrandomvariables,meaningthatatthattimeand nearfuturebecomeaKOcriterionforthefaculty;itmayalsopar-
alsotoday,thenumberofgiftedandexcellentstudentsiscompa- alyzethefinancialoperationduetothelatereturnsofprojects.
rable,wecannotapplytheoldproceduresof30yearsagointhe PreparationoftheFP8projectwithforeignpartnersininstitutions
presentpedagogicalprocess.Ifwesaythatitisnotpossibletore- fortheperiodstartingin2014–morethan50BillionEuroshave
ducethelevelofeducation,wewillatleast,inthefuture,haveto beenallocatedtothejointEuropeanResearchArea
defineitinsteadoftalkingaboutitasanimaginaryvariable.Inthis Developmentofaqualitysystemforthefacultywithanemphasis
context,wedonotwanttorepeattheknownfactthatthebeststu- on individual processes to improve the quality of the educational
dentsfromSlovakiastudyabroad. TheCzechRepublicstatesthat processandtherebuildingoftheteacher-studentrelationshiptoa
almost 25,000 students from Slovakia are studying there, and partnershipincludinginvolvedtalentedstudentsintoresearchthat
studyingtechnicalfieldsisnotpopularrightnow,duetotheirdiffi- arealreadyinthesecondstage.
cultyandcomplexity.WhilstmentioningGauss,theapplicationpro-
videsinsightnotonlyonstudents'success,butalsoonthequality Ladiesandgentlemen,letmefinishbythankingyouallforallthe
andthepedagogicalcapabilityofindividualteachers,aswedonot positivethingsyouhavegiventothefacultyinthepastyearthat
wanttodemonizeteachers,studentsorGauss’slaw. have lead me to believe that your enthusiasm, commitment and
However,afurtherprovision,whichisnotyetsufficientlyexploited, identificationwiththefacultyinthecomingyearwillnotfalter.Once
isourdoctoralstudents:wehave200infull-timestudyandalmost againIwishyougoodhealthandluck.
anotherhundredinexternalstudy.Adoctorateweekisscheduled
attheendofthismonth,whereourPhDstudentsfromsixinstitu-
tionswillbemutuallynotifiedabouttheirworkandwilllookforlinks OliverMoravčík,Professor,PhD
tospecificcooperationbetweeninstitutions.Wehavesetclearand DeanoftheFaculty
simplelimitsforthedoctoralpublications,whichwithinoneyearor
at the most two must be of a significantly much higher quality.
Forexample,wewillrequireaminimumofthreeregisteredoutputs
in the electronic databases; therefore students can defend their
dissertations.
AtthispointIwanttothankthemanagement,staffandworkers
from all the economic administrative staff, and of course their
teams.Theyareconsistentlyimplementingachallengetotheman-
agement of the faculty for the conduct of a high level of profes-
sionalism in their work and the introduction of internationally
comparablestandardsintheirdailywork.Theserviceofferedtoour
students and employees by the faculty can now effectively with-
standanycriticismandIampersonallyextremelyproudofthelevel
ofthese offeredservices. Wearetalkingaboutthousandsofstu-
dents,hundredsofemployeesandmillionsofeuros.Themanage-
ment of the faculty will continue to support the mobility of the
administrativestaffinhighlevelEUinstitutionsaswellastheirin-
volvementinprojectsfromStructuralFunds,whicheventheysuc-
cessfullyinitiate,administerandimplement.Ladiesandgentlemen,
thankyou.
Ladies and gentlemen, our success cannot be thought of without
our partners from the government, public and private sectors.
Weassumethatthepartnershipisbeneficialforbothparties.Allow
metodesignatecrucialinstitutionsfromabroadandfromSlovakia,
althoughitiscleartomethatitisnotpossibleatthispointtomen-
tionthemall:theCountyandTownofTrnava,DELCAMwithitsgift
of several million Euros, Beakert, JAVYS a.s., VUJE a.s., Orange
Slovakia,Prvazváračskáa.s.,ŽOSTrnava,HelmholtzzentrumDres-
den-Rossendorf,IFWDresden,TUDresden,TUIlmenau,Univerzita
Miskolc, Univerzita Zagreb-Varaždín, University Kecskemeth,
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MANAGEMENT
OF THE FACULTY
OliverMoravčík,Professor,PhD. JozefPeterka,Professor,PhD. MáriaMišútová,Assoc.Professor,PhD.
DeanoftheFaculty Vice-deans Vice-deans
• Development • BachelorDegree
• InformationTechnologies • AccreditationofBachelorDegree
• Know-howTransfer • MotivationScholarship
• Prognostics • StudyPromotion
PeterSchreiber,Assoc.Professor,PhD. PeterGrgač,Professor,PhD. HelenaVidová,Assoc.Professor,PhD.
Vice-deans Vice-deans Vice-deans
• Research • InternalRelations
• EngineeringandPhDDegrees
• InternationalRelations • PublicRelations
• AccreditationofEngineering
• ProfessionalDevelopment • SecuritySystem
andPhDDegrees
ofAcademicStaff • PublishingActivity
• StudentSocialAffairs
• SocialProgrammesforStaff
• EducationQuality,
• ALUMNI
EducationalProcessInspection
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INSTITUTES DETACHED
OF THE FACULTY WORKPLACES
InstituteofMaterialsScience(UMAT) KomárnoDetachedWorkplace
InstituteofProductionTechnologies(UVTE) DubnicaDetachedWorkplace
InstituteofProductionSystemsandAppliedMechanics(UVSM)
InstituteofIndustrialEngineering,ManagementandQuality(UPMK)
InstituteofSafetyandEnvironmentalEngineering(UBEI)
InstituteofAppliedInformatics,AutomationandMathematics(UIAM)
InstituteofEngineeringPedagogyandHumanities(UIPH)
DIVISIONS
OF THE FACULTY
DivisionofAcademicActivities
DivisionofKnowledgeManagement
DivisionofEconomicalandEstateActivities
DivisionofCommunicationandInformationSystems
DivisionofPersonnelandAdministrationActivities
CentreforTechnologiesTransfer
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SCIENTIFIC
BOARD
Chair Vice-chair Members:
MoravčíkOliver,Professor,PhD. GrgačPeter,Professor,PhD. BalogKarol,Professor,PhD.
BehúlováMária,Assoc.Professor,PhD.
CyrusPavel,Professor,PhD.
ČambálMiloš,Assoc.Professor, PhD.
ČausAlexander,Professor,DrSc.
HorňákFrantišek,Assoc.Professor, PhD.
HrmoRoman,Assoc.Professor,PhD.
JahnátekĽubomír,Professor,PhD.
JanovecJozef,Professor, DrSc.
KalužnýJán,Professor,PhD.
KošturiakJán,Professor,PhD.
KapustováMária,Assoc.Professor, PhD.
PaulováIveta,Assoc.Professor, PhD.
PeterkaJozef,Professor,PhD.
SablikJozef,Professor,PhD.
SakálPeter,Professor,PhD.
SchreiberPeter,Assoc.Professor,PhD.
SoldánMaroš,Assoc.Professor, PhD.
TanuškaPavol,Assoc.Professor, PhD.
TurekováIvana,Assoc.Professor, PhD.
UlrichKoloman,Professor,PhD.
VažanPavel, Assoc.Professor, PhD.
VelíšekKarol,Prof.h.c.,Professor,PhD.
Externalmembers:
FodrekPeter,PhD.,visitingprof. TheFirstWeldingAssociation,a.s.Bratislava
GregarAleš,Assoc.Professor,PhD. FacultyofManagementandEconomyUTBZlín,ČR
HusárPeter,Professor,Dr.-Ing.habil. InstituteforBiomedicineTechnologyandInformatics,BionikgebäudeTUIlmenau,SRN
KorecMatej,PhD. VÚJEa.s.Trnava,Okružná5,91864
KupčaĽudovít,PhD.,visitingprof. VÚJEa.s.Trnava
LapinJuraj,DrSc. ÚMMSSAV,Bratislava
LumnitzerErvín,Professor,PhD. FacultyofMachining,TUKošice
OravecMilan,Professor,PhD. FacultyofMachining,TUKošice
SágaMilan,Professor,PhD. FacultyofMachiningŽU,Žilina
SimančíkFrantišek,Dr. ÚMMSSAVBratislava
ŠvrčekDaniel,PhD.,visitingprof. Agrolets.r.o.Bratislava
ZajacJozef,Professor,PhD. FVTTUPrešov
HonouraryMembersofScientificBoard
Honourarymembers:
AuerE.Michael,Professor,Dr.Sc. IGIP,Austria
BožíkMiroslav,PhD.visitingprof. JAVYSa.s.Bratislava
DollPeter,MSc.Eng. SACHSa.s.Trnava
DudáčekAleš,Professor,PhD. FBEVŠBTUOstrava
GömöryFedor,Assoc.Professor,DrSc. SAVBratislava
IllesBela,Professor,PhD. FMEIMiskolc
KliberJiří,Professor,PhD. FMMIVŠBTUOstrava
LopatkaĽuboš,PhD. SlovenskápoisťovňaBratislava
MikušTibor,PhD. TrnavskýsamosprávnykrajTrnava
ZelískaJozef,MSc.Eng. HBPOSlovakias.r.o.Lozorno
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ACADEMIC
SENATE
Chair ChairofAcademicStaffChamber ChairofStudentStaffChamber
MilošČambál,Assoc.Prof.PhD. PeterSchreiber,Assoc.Prof.PhD. MichalOndruška,Bc.
AcademicStaffChamber Students:
Employees:
KarolBalog,Professor,PhD. JanaBrieniková,MSc.Eng.
AlexanderBilčík,PhD. MiroslavFulier
MilošČambál,Assoc.Prof.PhD. OndrejKimlička
ĽubomírČaplovič,Assoc.Prof.PhD. MiriamaKořínková
RomanHrmo,Assoc.Prof.PhD. BranislavMartančík,MSc.Eng.
MartaKučerová,PhD. MichalOndruška,Bc.
MilanNaď,Assoc.Prof.PhD. MichalSroka,Bc.
IvetaPaulová,Assoc.Prof.PhD.
JozefSablik,Professor,PhD.
PeterSchreiber,Assoc.Prof.PhD.
RóbertRiedlmajer,Assoc.Prof.PhD.
PavolTanuška,Assoc.Prof.PhD.
KolomanUlrich,Professor,PhD.
RóbertVrábeľ,Assoc.Prof.PhD.
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