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BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS FACULTY OF MECHANICAL anno 1871 ENGINEERING CONTENTS 03 PREFACE TO THE READERS YEARS OF THE 04 145 FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY OF 20 THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING NOWADAYS 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 RESEARCH CENTRES AND GROUPS 46 STUDENT ACTIVITIES 51 IMPRESSUM Department of APPLIED MECHANICS Department of BUILDING SERVICE AND PROCESS ENGINEERING Department of ENERGY ENGINEERING Department of FLUID MECHANICS Department of HYDRODYNAMIC SYSTEMS Department of MACHINE AND PRODUCT DESIGN Department of MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Department of MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Department of MECHATRONICS, OPTICS, AND MECH. ENG INFORMATICS Department of POLYMER ENGINEERING PREFACE TO THE READERS 03 Mechanical sciences have a long tradition. Since the ancient times ingenia, the products of the culture of technology, has been saved uptill now. Also, education culture further enriched technical sciences

already taught on university level; and been applied in several fields of economy, respectively. The history of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering looks back on one and a half century, therefore, this makes a significant portion of the two-and-a-half-century-long educational background of university education in technical sciences in Hungary. It is justified to state that the Faculty was able to participate in the industrial revolution. Further, our professors of those times, with significant industrial experiences, applied such high-standard engineering education that the subsequent results affected even territories beyond our borders. Our predecessors’ heritage committed the Faculty to managing former results, and making current mechanical engineering education a worthy partner of the elite universities of the world. All of our efforts aim at training engineers capable of being active participants of the technical development of the globe. To meet the commitments, a double aim

has been specified. On the one hand, to establish and run engineering education recognised beyond national borders; on the other, via industrial partnerships, to participate in the successful cultivation of industrial culture. We trust that existing industrial relationships have already borne substantive results, even so far. The current publication aims at, non-exhaustively, distributing and familiarising our 145-year-long activities to the respected Reader. BME, and the Faculty as a part, is a determining institution of our engineering education. We have to be true to the great predecessors. Among others, D Bánki, T Kármán, and L Heller left an inheritance taken over and followed by our former students either in Hungary or worldwide. It is an honorable duty for us to maintain traditions of the former students, the Nobel Prize winner Dénes Gábor, and György Jendrassik with significant international success in engine development. Our firm belief is that our Departments are good

workshops of developing the culture of technology and modern engineering education. The work of outstanding predecessors shows an ideal, and supplies us with strength at the same time. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering would like to worthily serve the noble heritage when developing the technology of our times. Budapest, 23rd January 2017. Dr. Tibor CZIGÁNY Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Dean 145 YEARS OF THE FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ONE AND A HALF CENTURIES OF EDUCATION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES AT BME Mechanical engineering and its representatives have played an important and decisive role in the cultural history of technology. It became a top priority in the industrial development of Hungary after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise in 1867. Count István Széchenyi (1791-1860) having played a substantive role in the results of the reform era was the first to raise the idea of establishing an independent engineering educational institution in the

1832/36 diet. The Hungarian periodical entitled „Hétilapok – műtudomány és egyéb hasznos ismeretek terjesztése”, „Weekly – on distributing engineering and other useful knowledge”, issued in Eger in 1838 was getting the importance of distributing and cultivating technical literature. In the Dual Monarchy, as modern industry began to develop, it was the period of setting up the large-scale and mechanised industry. The most typical industries of that time were iron and metal industry, machine production, manufacturing vehicles, then, after the turn of the century, electrical engineering and instrument production. The industrial development called for well-trained professionals. Recognising this need, the Minister for Religion and Education, József Eötvös (1813-1871) submitted his draft to the Parliament about the “reorganisation of the Royal Joseph University of Technology” on the 7th April 1870. The Parliament accepted his proposal and King Francis Joseph

confirmed by his “supreme decision” the internal organisational rules of the Royal Joseph University on the 10th July 1871. Education in mechanical engineering sciences dates back to the Industrial School where, in addition to geometry, higher mathematics, natural philosophy and mechanics, machinery and machine design were taught. The first Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was Miksa Bielek (18331917). He was born in Svábócz (Švabovce) in county Szepes. He studied in Késmárk (Kežmarok), Igló (Spišská Nová Ves), Pest and at the University of Technology in Vienna. In 1864 he started teaching at the predecessor of our university (established after the unification of the former Institutum Geometrico-Hydrotechnicum and of the Industrial School) that used the name of Royal Joseph University that time. Miksa Bielek was later Chairman of the Section of Mechanical Engineering of the Association of Hungarian Engineers and Architects. Most of his papers on mechanical

engineering were published in the Bulletin of Natural Sciences and in the Bulletin of the Association of Hungarian Engineers and Architects. Beside Miksa Bielek, Ignác Horváth (1843-1881) from 1869 and Dezső Nagy (1841-1916) from 1870 became professors of machine design. József Sztoczek PALATINE JOSEPH (ÁGOST CANZI,1832) The first Rector of the university was Joseph Sztoczek (1819-1890). The independent University of Technology was established in 1871 with five sections*: Section of Engineering (corresponding to the present Faculty of Civil Engineering), Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, Chemical Engineering and Universal Section. (*Sections were equivalent to the present faculties. Hereinafter we use the term Faculty.) When the Faculty was founded in 1871, only 15 students enrolled in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, but this number rose to 131 by the academic year 1881/82, while by 1899/1900, the Faculty had 800 students. COUNT ISTVÁN SZÉCHENYI (FRIEDRICH

AMERLING, 1836) The University of Technology – thus, also the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering – began training in the academic year 1882/83 in its first independent building in the present Múzeum Boulevard (which today houses ELTE Faculty of Humanities). In the academic year 1882/83, a new by-law was accepted for the university, and this also affected the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The students had to pass the comprehensive exams at the end of 05 „Because there are things to remember in order to have a future” „As far as creative thinking is concerned I learned the most from Professor Donát Bánki. at the university” (TÓDOR (THEODORE VON) KÁRMÁN, 1962) (LAJOS KOSSUTH, 1854) THE FIRST PERMANENT HOME OF THE UNIVERSITY (MÚZEUM KÖRÚT) the 4th and 8th semesters. The subjects of the first comprehensive exam taken after the 4th semester included mathematics, mechanics, engineering physics; while after the 8th term students had to pass comprehensive exams

in theoretical machinery, machine design and mechanical technology. In engineering education, including that of mechanical engineers, the needs of industry were highly considered, which is also shown by the fact that departments for the newly emerging fields were continuously founded and professors with considerable industrial experience were invited to head them. Accordingly, the Department of Electrical Engineering was founded in 1893 with Károly Zipernowsky (1853-1942) as its first professor. Now, his portrait can be seen on the Dean’s chain of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics. Zipernowsky gave lectures on „Electric Plant Equipment” and „Measurements on Dynamo Machines and Transformers”. He illustrated his lectures with slides. He became corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1893. The best-known invention of the „Great Triumvirate” – Ottó Titusz Bláthy (1860-1939), Miksa Déri (1854-1938) and Károly Zipernowsky

(18531942) – is the transformer. THE FIRST HUNGARIAN ENGINEERING PERIODICAL (1838) The statue of Sándor Rejtő (1853-1928) ,professor for the subject “Metals and Cutting”, is standing in the building of the present (2016) Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He was the first engineer to obtain a diploma in mechanical engineering at the University of Technology on 12th November 1877. He became professor and developer of the Department following considerable industrial practice – he was working as industrial supervisor for long years. He built up the Sándor Rejtő laboratory, thus, improving the quality of work at the Department. Lecturers of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering were that time also, until his early death, Ignác Horváth (1843-1881), and Béla Bresztovszky (1872- 1941), founder of the Aero Sports Club of the University. Professor of machine design, Jenő Cserháti (1855-1910) joined the Faculty after his work at the Ganz factory. The career of

Donát Bánki as a lecturer started among these great engineer-professors. DONÁT BÁNKI He was born in Bakonybánk in county Komárom on the 6th June 1859. Greatest mechanical engineer of his time, Professor of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He graduated from the Royal Joseph University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in the academic year 1880/81. At the beginning, he worked as designer at the Machine Factory 1859-1922 of the Hungarian Royal State Railways, then he acted as machine designer and chief engineer in the Ganz & Co. Foundry and Machine Factory for 17 years. His first important invention was the dynamometer, rewarded by the Association of Hungarian Engineers and Architects by the Hollán Ernő Prize, then, one year later, in 1893, the same award was conferred on him for his study “Gas engine theory”. His cooperation with the head of the machine workshop of the University of

Technology, János Csonka deepened gradually. The outstanding achievement of their joint work, submitted on the 11th February 1893, was the patent “Innovations on petrol engines” in which the principle of the carburettor was demonstrated for the first time in the world. He became professor of this Faculty in 1898. In addition to his work as a lecturer, he founded the laboratories of thermal and hydraulic machines. The number of major patents of Bánki is around 20, and nearly 150 papers published by him are known. He became corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1911. In the ademic years 1914/15 and 1915/16 he acted as Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. He died in Budapest on 1st August 1922 Following a productive and successful practice in industry, Donát Bánki (1859-1922) joined the Department of Machine Design (Machine Elements and Hoisting Machines) of the University of Technology in 1898. He was a student of Ignác Horváth, and later acted

as his assistant. He worked in the industry for the State Railways Engine Works and Ganz & Co. Foundry and Machine Factory His cooperation with János Csonka (1852-1939), who obtained the vacant job as head of the machine workshop at the University of Technology in 1876, began in those years and lasted until his death. In addition to his work as a lecturer, Donát Bánki founded the laboratory for thermal and hydraulic machines which was coequal to similar laboratories abroad at that time, in terms of equipment. The number of major patents of Bánki is around 20; and he published nearly 150 papers. He became corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1911. He was invited to foreign universities several times but he refused the invitation. “My patriotic obligation binds me to remain at the Budapest University of Technology and serve the cultural and economic development of my native country” – he wrote in his answer to the invitation of the University in

Zurich. His educational work was continued by Miksa Herrmann (1868-1944) and Emil Schimanek (1872-1955). Miksa Herrmann acted as Minister of Commerce between 1926 and 1929. Emil Schimanek greatly contributed to the establishment of diesel engine production in Hungary (in the Hungarian Arms and Machinery Factory). He designed the first cold storage house in Hungary. THE PATENT OF DONÁT BÁNKI AND JÁNOS CSONKA (1897) Kálmán Kandó (1869-1931) also obtained his diploma in mechanical engineering at our Faculty in 1892, and Donát Bánki had another excellent student, György Jendrassik in 1922. Gusztáv Szabó (1879-1963) worked in the construction department of the Hungarian Railways prior to becoming staff member of the Department of Agricultural Machinery. He played an important role in starting tractor production in Hungary. The founder of the Department of Machine Elements was Ödön K. Jónás (1851-1933), the first mechanical engineer Rector of the University of Technology

(1905). In engineering education teaching subjects of natural sciences has always been top priority. Jenő Hunyady (1838-1889) was the professor of descriptive geometry at that time. The legendary mathematician, Gyula Kőnig (1849-1913) also taught here. Professors of mathematics were also 07 Gusztáv Rados (1862-1942), and József Kürschák (1864-1933). Following József Sztoczek Kálmán Szily (1838-1924), and Mór Réthy (1848-1925) became professors of natural philosophy (physics). (The portrait of Kálmán Szily can be seen on the Dean’s chain of the Faculty of Natural Sciences.) The true success and fundamental condition of modern engineering education was that many lecturers with considerable industrial experience introduced students into “engineering practice”, and reforms in the curriculum supported their efforts. When the most important reform of the curriculum came into effect from the academic year 1898/99, the subject Machine Design was divided into several

subjects: Machine Elements, Thermal Machines, Hydraulic Machines, Hoisting Machines, and Dynamo Machines. JÁNOS CSONKA IN THE AUTOMOBILE DESIGNED BY HIM IN THE GARDEN OF THE UNIVERSITY (1910) KÁROLY ZIPERNOWSKY Member of the “Great Triumvirate”, inventor of transformer was born in Vienna in 1853. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of this university. His scientific interest directed him towards heavy-current Electrical Engineering. Attracting the attention of András Mechwart, he was employed at the Department of Electricity of GANZ Factory founded at that time. He worked on the development of lighting, a first result of 1853-1942 which was the illumination of the palace of Savings Bank in Kálvin square with arc lights in 1879. Great personalities of electricity and electrification: Edison, Siemens and Crompton did not foresee the future of alternating current, and they found that the distribution of high-voltage energy was unsolvable. The „Great

Triumvirate” of Ottó Titusz Bláthy, Miksa Déri and Károly Zipernowsky solved this problem in 1883 by developing the first self-excited AC generator, and in 1885 they presented the first working AC transformer in the world. The new electricity distribution system revolutionised electricity. Modernity of engineering training is proven by the fact that in 1893, at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Technology, the Department of Electrical Engineering was founded and headed by Károly Zipernowsky. He illustrated his lectures with slides. He worked as a professor at this Faculty until his retirement in 1924. He became corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1893. More than 40 patents are related to his name He became president of the Hungarian Electrical Association in 1905. He died in Budapest at the age of 90 in 1942. KING FRANCIS JOSEPH IN THE ASSEMBLY HALL OF THE MAIN BUILDING (1910) KÁLMÁN KANDÓ E l e c t r i c locomotives

known as “Kandó locomotives” have carried his name for decades. He was born in Budapest on the 8th July 1869 He began his secondary school studies in the Lutheran Grammar School at Deák Square and completed them in the teacher training secondary school founded by Mór Kármán (today the school on Trefort Street). (It was the first teacher training secondary school for future secondary school teachers in Europe.) Kálmán Kandó 1869 – 1931 graduated from our university with a diploma in mechanical engineering with “excellent” qualification in 1892. His engineering career started in France but soon became an engineer of the GANZ Factory in Budapest. He was interested in large-scale railway electrification. Based on his design, first mainline electrified railway, the Valtellina line was built in 1902 being, at the same time, the first railway line of the world electrified by high-voltage alternate current. During World War I. he acted as a General Director of the GANZ

Factory He designed the first phase-reversal electric locomotive of the world in 1923, and its serial production began soon. Nearly 70 patents are related to Kandó’s nameThe GANZ Factory achieved outstanding results in the development and production of electric locomotives. His death on the 13th January 1931 came during work, unexpectedly PHASE-CHANGE KANDÓ-SYSTEM ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE (1923) The move of the University of Technology to new premises, in connection with large-scale constructions, positively affected engineering education at the turn of 20th century. Laboratories supporting mechanical engineering education were completed. Their importance was stressed by Rector Lajos Ilosvay (1851-1936) in his opening speech to the academic year 1902 as follows: “There is an essential change in mechanical engineering education. The new university in Lágymányos is the third one in Europe to have a mechanical laboratory.” By these times economic sciences played an important role

in engineering training. The internationally recognised professor of economics, Farkas Heller (1887-1955) taught this subject group to engineering students. The portrait of Farkas Heller can be seen on the Dean’s chain of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences. The greatest scientist of aerodynamics of the 20th century, Tódor (Theodore von) Kármán (1881-1963) got his diploma in mechanical engineering in 1902 and was working as a lecturer of the Faculty for a few years. After World War I., when the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy broke up, Hungary faced new tasks. The territorial shrinkage because of the Versailles (Trianon) Peace Treaty largely distorted the economy of the country. This also affected the education Dénes (Dennis) Gábor (1900-1979), who was awarded the Nobel Prize later, started his studies at this Faculty in 1918. THE „NEW MECHANICAL ENGINEERING” BUILDINGS 09 TÓDOR KÁRMÁN PETRÓCZY-KÁRMÁN-ZUROVECZ-TYPE HELICOPTER at the University of Technology,

including training mechanical engineering. In the late 1920s, several reforms with double objectives were introduced in engineering training in order to modernise education and decrease the overload of students. Demands for three up-todate scientific fields were clearly formulated The Council of the University of Technology decided to organise three sections at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at its meeting on the 31st July 1929 as follows. Machine Design, Electrical Machines and Agricultural Machines. The duration of studies was raised to 9 semesters. As a matter of fact, this decision of 1929 laid the foundation of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, which was practically established only 20 years later. László Verebély (1883-1959), who participated in the electrification of the state railways in Italy, together with Kálmán Kandó (1869-1931), joined the Department of Electrical Engineering of this Faculty in 1929. His name is related to designing the national

electrical network in Hungary and designing the power station in Bánhida. a.ka THEODORE VON KÁRMÁN. Many Hungarian as well as foreign institutions bear his name, along with craters on the Moon and Mars. Our university conferred the Honorary Doctor title on the world famous scientist of aerodynamics in 1962. He was born in Budapest in 1881. He obtained his diploma at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in 1902. Soon thereafter, he went to Göttingen University as a scholar of the Hungarian 1881 – 1963 Academy of Sciences. There he formulated his theory on the repeating pattern of vortices called the “Kármán vortex street.” From 1912 he worked as a professor at the Aachen University of Technology. During World War I. he designed the first military helicopter (PKZ) Meanwhile he was a lecturer of our university. In 1930, he moved to Pasadena (USA) and investigated supersonic flight. In 1936, he founded a rocket research team where the first ballistic missile of the US Army

was developed in the early 1950s. He is recognised as one of the pioneers of rocket science. In 1951, he became president of AGARD, the Advisory Group for Aerospace Research & Development (NATO). In 1963, he was the recipient of the National Medal of Science bestowed by the US President. His fruitful scientific life ended in 1963. The dormitory of our Faculty bears his name, and the Department of Fluid Mechanics cultivates his intellectual heritage. The facilities of the Theodore von Kármán Wind Tunnel Laboratory of the Department of Fluid Mechanics give home to numerous notable national as well as international experimental investigations. Parallelly with setting up new sections, the idea of establishing the Department of Aerodynamics and Aeronautics was raised, it was actually founded in 1934, headed first by Előd Abody (Anderlik) (18961949). (The building of the department – standing at the corner of the present Sztoczek and Bertalan Streets – was designed by the

professor of the University, Iván Kotsis (1889-1980). Előd Abody Anderlik On the basis of Act No. X/1934, the Palatine Joseph University of Technology and Economics came into being as the largest higher educational unit of Hungary with its 98 departments arranged in five faculties. Our Faculty began its work under the name of Faculty of Mechanical ENTRANCE OF THE MAIN (K) BUILDING GYÖRGY JENDRASSIK His diesel engine developments enriched the internationally recognised vehicle production traditions of the GANZ Factory, founded in 1844. He was born in Budapest on the 13th May 1898 He began his studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Joseph University of Technology in Budapest in 1916. He studied in Berlin with the support of Tódor (Theodore von) Kármán in 1919-1920, obtained his diploma in mechanical engineering with 1898 – 1954 the “excellent” qualification in 1922 and became an engineer of the GANZ Factory. The first Ganz-Jendrassik engines were

designed in 1927 and earned international recognition for their inventors soon. The engines were built into multiple unit trains. At that time, Jendrassik was already interested in gas turbines. The first low-performance gas turbine with an independent combustion chamber in the world was built based on his design in 1938. This successful inventor became the director-general of the factory in 1942. Up to the beginning of World War II., 550 Ganz-Jendrassik multiple unit trains were delivered to various countries of the world. In 1947, he felt forced to escape from Hungary He lived in Argentina, then settled in England. 77 patents were recorded in 20 countries under his name. He departed in London on the 8th February 1954 His innovative work – scientific and industrial developing activities – was recognised posthumously in 1990 by the Széchenyi Prize. NEW AND MODERN ENGINEERING LABORATORY IN THE TURN OF THE CENTURY and Chemical Engineering (Section of Mechanical and Chemical

Engineering). FOLLOWERS OF JENDRASSIK WITH PROFESSOR BRODSZKY ON THE LEFT The Faculty – in addition to the generation change – continued to invite experts with notable industrial experience into education. The legendary Professor Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám (1885-1956), “Uncle Patyi” for engineers of all times, stands in the same row as the previous great personalities of mechanical engineering education. Having obtained his diploma in mechanical engineering, he worked as an assistant beside Károly Zipernowsky, and then enriched his knowledge during study trips abroad. Having returned home, he became Assistant Professor beside Miksa Herrmann at the Department of Machine Elements, and from 1926, he acted as a deputy lecturer for the classes Machine Elements, some time later for Hoisting Machines. He became professor of the Department of Machine Design III. (Hydraulic and Conveying Machines) in 1930, then, as of 1932, the Department of Hydraulic Machines. He worked at this

Department until his death. Excellent examples for his publications are his textbooks of “General Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” and “Machine Operations”. The latter one was published in 14 editions. Among others, the career of Zénó Terplán (19212002), professor of the University in Miskolc, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, started from his school. Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám was the first to propose the foundation of the Institute for Further Engineering Education at the Hungarian Congress of Engineers in 1931, as the first of its kind established in Europe in 1939. Ádám Muttnyánszky (1889-1976) joined the Faculty in 1942, and using his great industrial experience, he founded the research and education of kinematics and kinetics in Hungary. His books have withstood 11 this Faculty as Head of this Department teaching „Nuclear Physics” for 3rd- and 4th-year mechanical engineering students. The other one, the Department of Textile Chemistry was

established by Zoltán Csűrös as Head. There were regular factory visits (e.g Elzett Ironmongery Factory, Standard Electrical and Radio Factory, Cable and Wire Rope Factory) demonstrating active contacts to industry and providing opportunity for students to get acquainted with their future workplaces. Professor Verebély with 100 students visited the Power Station at Bánhida and the electric locomotive plant of the Hungarian State Railways in 1942. ZÉNÓ TERPLÁN AND GÉZA PATTANTYÚS-ÁBRAHÁM IN FRONT OF THE LAB OF DPT. OF HYDROMACHINES (1954) the test of time. Mechanical engineer, Ede Kund (1884-1970) taught at the Academy of Economics in Debrecen and Keszthely, while in 1926 he joined the Department of Agricultural Machinery of this Faculty. He became professor in 1940, and acted as Head of Department until 1949. Tibor Szentmártony (Stachó) (1895-1965) began his career as a lecturer of the University of Technology beside József Kürschák (1864-1933), and became professor

of mathematics from 1937. The careers of László Gillemot (1912-1977), József Gruber (1915-1972), and Imre Vörös (1903-1984) also started their academic career at that time, and all the three of them became renowned professors later. The successful relationships between the University of Techology and the industry are well-illustrated by the foundation of two departments by factories in 1938, one of them being the Department of Nuclear Physics. Zoltán Bay (1900-1992) began his work at The University of Technology became entitled to confer the “Honorary Doctor of Engineering Sciences” degree in 1901. This title was awarded first in 1909. The first mechanical engineer becoming Honorary Doctor of the University of Technology was Ottó Titusz Bláthy (1860-1939) in 1917. The first professor of this Faculty obtaining the Honorary Doctor title of the University was Professor Emil Schimanek in 1941. Military operations in Budapest during World War II. inflicted huge damages to the

University Several buildings, like those of the recently completed Department of Aerodynamics, were damaged seriously. GÉZA PATTANTYÚS-ÁBRAHÁM When, in the second half of the 19th century, electricity as a new energy source appeared, engineering creativity seemed to have no limits any more. However, not everybody could feel at ease in the sophisticated world of machinery. One Hungarian engineer certainly possessed this ability: “He – Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám – was one of the last great personalities of the kind of mechanical engineers feeling themselves at home everywhere in the realm 1885 – 1956 of machines.” He was born in Selmecbánya in 1885 He graduated from our university in mechanical engineering in 1907. He had outstanding teachers such as Donát Bánki and Károly Zipernowsky. After study trips abroad, he became teacher of this Faculty in 1909. He remained an engineer having close contacts to industry and economy, and played an important role in the

electrification of several settlements. He read lectures in Machine Design, Hydraulic Machines and Hoisting Machines. His “Mechanical Handbook” had been a reference book for all practicing engineers for decades. On his proposal, the Institute of Postgraduate Engineering Education was founded as the first of its kind in Europe (1939). He gathered all the talented students called “centipedes” at his department. He implanted love for engineering work and made the students understand the importance of scientific work. In the academic year 1938/39 he acted as Dean of this Faculty. The Kossuth Prize was bestowed upon him in 1952. He became corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1953. He passed away in 1956. The Doctoral School of the Faculty bears his name However, teaching began on 3rd April 1945. At that time Farkas Heller acted as Rector of the university and József Liska as the Dean of this Faculty. Political battles of the years and decades after 1945

also affected the University of Technolgy. Imre Vörös (1903-1984) began his career at the Department of Machine Design IV of the University in 1926. He acted as Dean of this Faculty in 1949/50 and Rector of the University in the period between 1950 and 1954. Generations of engineers studied from his textbooks. Until the introduction of part-time and correspondence instruction at BUILDING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MECHANICS DÉNES GÁBOR ALSO KNOWN AS DENNIS GÁBOR. Nobel Prize winner in 1971 for “discovering the method of holography and contributing to its development”. He was born in Budapest on the 5th June 1900. He obtained his GCE in the Hungarian Royal State Secondary School (in Markó Street). Donát Bánki was also a pupil of this school earlier. He was junior chairman of the Group of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the secondary school. He became student of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the 1900 – 1979 Joseph University of Technology in 1918. His

instructors included József Kürschák, Ödön Jónás, Sándor Rejtő, Ignác Pfeifer and Imre Szarvasy. His knowledge of vibration theory obtained at this Faculty greatly contributed to his later scientific results. He continued his studies at the Technische Hochschule in BerlinCharlottenburg from 1920 and got his diploma in electrical engineering in 1924 In 1933, he joined the lights factory, Egyesült Izzó, as a researcher, where he performed successful plasma light bulb experiments. He worked in England from 1934, and as a lecturer of Imperial College from 1947. In 1952, he already had his complete idea about a flat TV tube – both in black-and-white and colour version. Meanwhile, his interest turned to holography: “I call diffraction diagram hologram because it contains holos, i.e everything” (1949) In 1964, he became honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He played an active role in the implementation of the objectives of the Club of Rome. He visited

Hungary several times that time There have been many followers of his idea “Let us invent the future!” all over the world. His life ended on the 9th February 1979. the Budapest University of Technology in 1951, the State Polytechnic of Technology worked from its foundation in 1947 with Professor Imre Vörös as director. Kossuth Prize was first conferred in Hungary in 1948 when it was awarded to two professors of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, László Kozma and Emil Schimanek in the year of its foundation, then to László Gillemot and András Lévai in 1949. In 1951, from among the lecturers of this Faculty, professors László Heller and Imre Vörös, while in 1952, Ádám Muttnyánszky and Géza PattantyúsÁbrahám received the Kossuth Prize. By the academic year 1948/49, the new specialisation draft of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was elaborated, aiming at intensifying practical training. Based on the decree of the Presidium No.15/1949, the Faculty of

Electrical Engineering (with majors in Heavy-Current Engineering and Low-Current Engineering) was formed to which second- and third-year students of our Faculty were admitted, so that diploma degrees were issued in electrical engineering in Hungary first in 1950. A former professor of our Faculty, József Liska (1883-1967) became the first Dean of the new Faculty. Training in heating, ventilation and air-conditioning began in 1950, organised into a department in 1951 called Department of Building Services. The Department of Textile Technology, founded in 1948 extended the educational fields of this Faculty by a new unit called Department of Textile Technology II. Also, in 1951 several new departments were established at this Faculty, including the Department of Production Engineering and the Department of EXAM’S RECORD OF DÉNES (DENNIS) GÁBOR 13 Energy Management (Department of Energetics from 1966 on). At that time, the number of students of the Faculty surpassed 2000. The

decree of the Presidium No. 7/1951 reorganised the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering into two faculties: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Faculty of Production Technology as of 1st August 1953. (On the basis of this decree, the idea of establishing a University of Production Technology was formulated, but was rejected soon).These “two faculties” had one Dean’s Office and one Dean, Imre Vörös. After a short while, the decree of the Presidium No.31/1955 “reunited” these two faculties again. At that time, the mechanical engineer László Gillemot (1912-1977) acted as rector of this university, who started his career as a lecturer of the University of Technology at the Department of Mechanical Technology in 1935. He was a world famous expert of materials structure. From the academic year 1953/54, József Gruber (1915-1972) was the Dean of the Faculty. From 1951 until his death, he headed the Department of Aerodynamics, which, in 1952, was transformed into the Department of

Fluid Mechanics. His major research field was the analysis of flows in blade rows of turbomachines. His work set new ways in fan production in Hungary. He was also the rector of this university between 1961 and 1964. Professor Samu Borbély (1907-1984) gave lectures in Mathematics to students of the Faculty from 1955, so did Gyula Strommer (1920-1995) in Descriptive Geometry. The latter served as Dean of the Faculty between 1981 and 1987. The Department of Industrial Plant Economics headed by István Harsányi (1913-1985) launched a post-graduate training in economics and management for engineers within the framework of this Faculty in the 1950s. Until 1956, János Miklós Beér (b. 1923) gave lectures at our Faculty He had become an internationally recognised scientist in combustion theory and fluidized combustion technologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He received the Doctor Honoris Causa title of BME in 1997. Huba Őry (b 1927), the renowned researcher of

aviation science, professor of the Aachen University of Technology received his engineering diploma at our Faculty in 1949. Also, mechanical engineering diploma was issued by this Faculty to Ferenc Pavlics (b.1928), the designer of “Luna Rover”, the Moon-vehicle used by NASA in the Apollo mission. LÁSZLÓ HELLER He (originally named Mór Schwartz) was born in Nagy­várad (Oradea) on the 6th August 1907. He was the pupil of the Kemény Zsigmond Hungarian Royal State Secondary School where he obtained the General Certificate of Education in 1925. In 1927 he enrolled in the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zurich and obtained his diploma in mechanical engineering in 1931. He defended his doctoral thesis in his Alma Mater in 1948. On the basis of his design, the first highpressure industrial thermal power plant of Hungary, next to the 1907 – 1980 Aluminum Plant in Ajka was built in 1940. At that time, he worked out the cooling of power plants by air without water (called

Heller system). Power plants are “waterintensive”, and problems related to cooling water can be avoided by using the patented system with dry cooling towers where a special slotted fin heat exchanger developed by László Forgó (1907-1985) plays an important role. (Its well-known name is Heller–Forgó system.) These plants with dry cooling have been working until today in 17 countries, saving water equivalent to the needs of 7 million people – mostly in regions poor in water. Heller acted as Head of Department of Energy Management at our Faculty as of 1951. In 1954 he became corresponding member, then in 1962 full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Students of this Faculty got acquainted with secrets of thermodynamics and energy engineering listening to his interesting lectures. He travelled all over the world, working for implementing a modern energy management. His creative life enriching technological culture came to an end on the 8th November 1980. In 1956,

historical events were put into high gears in Hungary. This university made its unparallelled contribution to setting revolutionary examples. The meeting organised in the Aula (Ceremony Hall) of the central building of BME in the evening of 22nd October 1956 ignited the revolution. On the 30th October 1956, more than 500 participants in the auditorium “Aud. Max” of the central building elected the Revolutionary Committee of the University of Technology with a professor of this Faculty, Ferenc Taky (1905-1968) as Chairman. From our Faculty, Professor László Heller, and assistants Tamás Fekete and Gábor Simay similarly became members of the Committee. Samu Borbély A professor of this Faculty was also László Heller (1902-1980) who earned international recognition for the elaboration of the principle of dry cooling and its implementation into practice - together with László Forgó. The Hungarian cooling towers based on their results have been saving the water demand of 7

million people all over the world each year ever since. The Presidium abolished the Faculty of Military Engineering by its decree No.16/1957 Many of HELLER-FORGÓ COOLING TOWER SYSTEM OF A POWER PLANT (TURKEY) LÁSZLÓ GILLEMOT He was born in Budapest on the 7th October 1912. Originally, he wanted to become a mathematician. (In a math competition in the secondary school, he won the second prize, while the first place went to György Hajós who became later a great mathematician.) He enrolled in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of this university in 1930 and obtained his diploma in mechanical engineering in 1935. He became a lecturer of his Alma Mater at the Department of 1912 – 1977 Mechanical Technology and remained there for 40 years. In his doctoral thesis, submitted in 1940, he discussed X-ray examination of welding joints. Manufacturing steel structures by welding started becoming popular that time. For his work in the field of welded bridges, the Kossuth Prize was

awarded to him in 1949. In 1948, he built up the Metal Research Institute, and 1949 the Iron Research Institute. At that time he researched the utilisation of red sludge of aluminum plants and the generation of titanium from bauxite. He was the first to develop a titanium sponge that could be transformed into metallic titanium bars by a special technology in 1957. He made a great contribution to the development of press forming technologies. He was an internationally recognised scientist of material testing. He acted as Rector of this university between 1954 and 1957. He became full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1965. He departed on the 20th August 1977 its staff members continued teaching at other faculties of the University of Technolgy, thus, also at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, among them Dezső Brodszky (1910-1978), who headed the Department of Thermal Machines until 1972. TIMETABLE (1940) The Department of Precision Mechanics–Optics, first headed by

Nándor Bárány (1899-1977), the Hungarian pioneer of applied optics, was founded in 1957. In 1958, the right to confer the “doctor of engineering” (dr. techn) title was returned to the university. In response to the increased educational load, the number of lecturers rose considerably at that time, new buildings were opened, like building D in 1964, and laboratories were also extended. Decree No.3/1961 comprehensively settled the issues of education, a new reform curriculum was elaborated, and the number of practical classes reached 50 % of the total number of classes. With this reform, the major, Engineer-Teacher was launched at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. THE MT (ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY) BUILDING The most outstanding result of the mid 1960s is a new start given to industry and university cooperations. József Varga (1903-1991) served as Dean of our Faculty at that time, when international relations significantly strengthened. A closely related event was that Tódor

Kármán (1881-1963), the internationally recognised scientist of aerodynamics, the former professor of our Faculty was dedicated the Honorary Doctor title of the University on 22nd October 1962. A new dormitory was opened in 1966 and assigned to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in 1969. This dormitory adopted the name of Tódor Kármán in February 1990. The scientific heritage of Tódor Kármán is cultivated now by the Department of Fluid Mechanics. The staff of the Theodore von Kármán Wind Tunnel Laboratory carries out research projects and contract work on both domestic and international levels. Its results achieved were acknowledged by the Prize Industria in 2004. The subsequent decades brought whirling processes in Hungarian economy and industry, constituting challenges for engineering training, thus, also for education of future mechanical engineers. In 1967, the two, then existing, technological universities in Budapest were united under the name of Budapest University

of Technology (BME). In 1968, the major in Vehicle Engineering taught at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, and the corresponding Department of Gas Engines and Automobiles were attached to the Faculty of Transportation Engineering. In 1971, at the time of the 100th anniversary of the independent University of Technology, almost 2000 full-time students were studying at this Faculty. Besides, about 800 part-time students and more than 300 students in distant learning courses were preparing for their career in mechanical engineering. Within the centennial celebrations, on 13th September 1971, the title of Honorary Doctor was 15 conferred, among others, to the renowned professor of mechanics of this Faculty, Ádám Muttnyánszky. As part of a modernised curriculum, computer science classes began at the Faculty in September 1971. Launching a major in Machine Design in 1975 also originated from educational reform processes. Later, a long-term development plan of the University of

Technolgy, comprising the curricula of the various faculties was elaborated. The process included the modernisation of course material, therefore, writing new textbooks and reconsidering international cooperation. The University introduced engineering courses in English for foreign students in 1984. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering has been an active participant of these courses from the very beginning. To a great extent, this contributed to the international compatibility and competitiveness of mechanical engineering education in Budapest. The Act on Education of 1985 was modified by the Act No. XXIII/1990 As a consequence, this opened new opportunities and brought new challenges to the university simultaneously with the change of regime in Hungary. The newly elected University Council had its meeting on 12th November 1990, where Professor Pál Michelberger was elected as Rector, and Zoltán Vajna became the Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. This period can be

characterised as the revival of scientific and educational work and the respectful continuation of the traditions laid by the internationally recognised professors of this Faculty. The Széchenyi Prize was granted first in 1990. The following professors of our Faculty were awarded JÓZSEF GRUBER Obtaining his degree in mechanical engineering at this University in 1938, he began his career at the Ganz Factory. Later on in his career, he delivered lectures at the Institute of Aerodynamics of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Between 1947 and 1950 he worked as a design engineer for the Machine Factory of Zugló. This career lasted until 1947. In 1951 he was appointed as Professor and Head of Department at the Department of Fluid Mechanics of 1915 – 1972 our Faculty, positions he held for the rest of his life. He headed the Department until his death. His major field of research was the analysis of the interblade flowfield in cascades. With his work, he established a scientific

school that attracted significant international recognition and interest. The results of his research work were published in several scientific papers. His research was organically associated with the demand of industry, and marked new directions for fan production in Hungary. Professionally, he was a highly recognised engineer, and a member of several well-famed international associations. József Gruber was the Dean of the Faculty between 1953 and 1955. He played a significant role in establishing a state-of-the-art system of education for mechanical engineers, which was based on the needs of the industry. He was also the rector of this University between 1961 and 1964. He found it important to strengthen the international relations of the university, as well as to recognize the work of his former students - who later became world-famous scientist - , among them Theodore von Kármán, and therefore awarded them Honorary Doctor titles.To give honour to his scientific and educational

life-work, a commemorating ceremony was held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on 12th November 2015. this high-ranking prize: András Lévai (1993), Zoltán Vajna (1997), Tibor Konkoly (1999), Károly Molnár (2007), János Ginsztler (2010) and Gábor Stépán (2011). Seeking new ways, a major in Industrial Design Engineering was launched at the Faculty in 1996. Another major in Energy Engineering was started the same year. The Faculty had had scientific and educational cooperations with more than 80 foreign universities since the turn of the Millennium. It is worth mentioning that those students admitted into mechatronics engineering reached the highest results in the admission process. Research at the departments of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering serves both engineering education and OUR STUDENTS VISITING PÁL PÁTZAY, THE FAMOUS SCULPTOR technological development as demonstrated by the department profiles on the following pages. The more than one-and-a-half centuries of

teaching mechanical engineering sciences, and the 145 years of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, set up at the independent University of Technology in 1871, constitute an integral part of the history of Hungarian higher education, industry and sciences. It also constitutes a non-separable part of the technological development in Hungary, and through creative work of our engineers, it is integrated in the worldwide technological progress. The models of our predecessors motivate present professors, staff members and also students reaching worthy results in the industrial and technical development of the future. History written by Honorary Professor DR. JÓZSEF NÉMETH, CSc, PhD DEANS OF THE FACULTY OF MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEANS OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 1871/72-1874/75 1875/76-1876/77 1877/78-1881/82 1882/83-1884/85 1885/86-1886/87 1887/88-1890/91 1891/92-1897/98 1898/99-1900/01 1901/02-1903/04 1904/05-1906/07 1907/08-1909/10 1910/11-1911/12

1912/13-1913/14 1914/15-1915/16 1916/17-1917/18 1918/19-1919/20 1920/21-1921/22 1922/23-1924/25 1925/26-1926/27 1927/28-1928/29 1929/30-1930/31 1931/32-1932/33 1933/34 Miksa Bielek Vince Wartha Dezső Nagy Géza Ghyczy Alajos Schuller István Fölser Emil Asbóth Ödön K. Jónás Sándor Rejtő Pál Lázár Ferenc Wittmann Károly Zipernowsky Adolf Czakó Donát Bánki Emil Schimanek Miksa Herrmann Béla Bresztovszky Gusztáv Szabó Béla Bresztovszky Farkas Heller Vilmos Misángyi Imre Pöschl Béla Pogány 1934/35 1935/36 1936/37 1937/38 1938/39 1939/40 1940/41 1941/42 1942/43 1943/44 1944/45 1945/46 1946/47 1947/48 1948/49 Béla Pogány Aladár Vendl László Verebély Elek Sigmond Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám Géza Zemplén Ödön Vajda István Náray-Szabó Előd Abody Zoltán Csűrös József Liska Jenő Plank Ödön Vajda Jenő Plank Ödön Vajda DEANS OF THE FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 1949/50 1950/51-1952/53 1953/54-1954/55 1955/56-1956/57 1957/58-1962/63

1963/64-1964/65 1964/65 1964/65-1971/72 1972/73-1980/81 1981/82-1986/87 1987/88-1990/91 1990/91 1991/92-1993/94 1994/95-2000/01 2001/02-2007/08 2008/09-2011/12 2012/13- Imre Vörös Imre Rázsó József Gruber Endre Reuss Elemér Rácz Imre Rázsó Kornél Kunos (proxy) József Varga Gyula Béda Gyula Strommer István Artinger Zoltán Vajna (proxy) Zoltán Vajna Károly Molnár Antal Penninger Gábor Stépán Tibor Czigány OUR PROFESSORS WHO BECAME MEMBERS OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Donát Bánki (1859-1922) Nándor Bárány (1899-1977) Samu Borbély (1907-1984) Tibor Czigány (1963- ) László Gillemot (1912-1977) János Ginsztler (1943-) László Heller (1907-1980) Ignác Horváth (1843-1881) András Lévai (1908-2003) József Liska (1883-1967) László Monostori (1953-) István Nagy (1931-2015) Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám (1885-1956) András Prékopa (1929-2016) János Prohászka (1920-2012) Imre Rázsó (1904-1964) Sándor Rejtő (1853-1928) Károly Reményi

(1934-) Gábor Stépán (1953-) György Sitkei (1931-) Zénó Terplán (1921-2002) Zoltán Vajna (1928-) László Verebély (1883-1959) Károly Zipernowsky (1853-1942) 17 FELLOWS OF THE FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (2016) THE FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING NOWADAYS THE MISSION OF THE FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IS TO PRESERVE AND EXTEND THE BODY OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR COPING WITH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROBLEMS IN INDUSTRY WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIETY. THIS MISSION IS REALISED BY UNIVERSITYLEVEL TRAINING INTEGRATED WITH RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND BY INTRODUCING THE BEST STUDENTS TO SCIENTIFIC WORK WITHIN THE PHD TRAINING Delivering high-standard MSc courses in a wide context of mechanical engineeringrelated different majors and specialisations is considered a primary task of this Faculty. Therefore, BSc training was primarily tailored – in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Energy

Engineering and Industrial and Product Design branches – to properly prepare students for further education in MSc, then, in certain cases even further, to PhD training, generally speaking, for life-long learning and continuous renewal of their knowledge. BSc courses of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty transfer knowledge and competences certified by a diploma, issued by the Faculty at the end of the first cycle of education, that enables students to enter any MSc training in mechanical engineering offered in Europe or in any well-developed industrial regions of the world. The MSc diploma issued by this Faculty certifies knowledge recognised and preferred not only by the Hungarian industry when employing mechanical engineers, but also by international companies. Taken all round, by all roleplayers of the industry, it is qualified the most prestigious Hungarian diploma in engineering. Accordingly, the Faculty invites the most talented students attracted by this profession to its

courses directly connected to mechanical engineering and integrating diverse engineering fields. The goals specified in our mission are attained in cooperation with the students in an environment that preserves the traditional values of our University education, and sensitively follow the rapid changes in science and technology. Active relationships in training and research with dominant higher educational institutions of mechanical engineering in Europe are of top priority for the Faculty. This helps MSc students and enables PhD students to start building a network of international relations as early as in their university years. Determining elements of the above are our international relations that comprise reception of foreign students, our MSc training, in particular majors, open to the world, BSc and MSc courses conducted in English and international students exchange agreements. Training objectives formulated in the mission of the Facutly are achieved in several steps. A

traditionally strong element of training at all levels is the solid background in mathematics and interdisciplinary natural sciences necessary for mechanical engineering tasks. Similarly, laboratory work offering practical insight into major fields of mechanical engineering jobs is also essential. This foundation makes our graduated engineers innovative and, that is why, they can be employed in a wide spectrum of jobs during their careers. On this basis, conveying the scientific knowledge fundamental for several-decade-long professional careers of mechanical engineers comes first that is followed by the introduction to direct practical activities in cooperation with the industry, thus, ensuring the ability to interact with teams of engineers already at the very beginning of their work. The results of this work are positively recognised both by the industrial partners and by the engineers graduated from our Faculty. 21 Dr. TIBOR CZIGÁNY, Dean, Full Professor, corresponding member

of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His main research area is developing polymer composites and its technologies. Out of his over 300 publications more than 200 were written in a foreign language; the totted impact factor exceeds 150, while the number of independent cites is almost 3000. Editor-in-Chief of Express Polymer Letters with the highest impact factor in Hungary. Officer and member of numerous international and domestic professional and scientific organisations. A founding professor; so far 17 of his PhD students have obtained their doctoral degree. BSC COURSES •• BSC in Mechanical Engineering •• BSc in Mechatronics Engineering •• BSc in Energy Engineering •• BSc in Industrial Design Engineering MSC COURSES •• MSc Mechanical Engineering •• MSc in Mechanical Engineering Dr. PÉTER BIHARI Vice-Dean for Education Dr. ÁDÁM KOVÁCS Vice-Dean for Scientific and International Affairs Dr. IMRE ORBULOV Vice-Dean for Finance Modelling (in English) Dr.

TIBOR SZABÓ Head of Dean’s Office •• MSc in Mechatronics Engineering •• MSc in Energy Engineering •• MSc in Building Service and FACULTY MANAGEMENT All mechanical engineering and closely related activities of fundamental importance for the Hungarian economy are decisively represented at this Faculty. Our mission is to follow international trends, predict considerable and fundamental changes and introduce them into the education. In harmony with international trends, we represent the integrating role of mechanical engineering among various fields of engineering. The Faculty maintains fruitful contacts to other engineering faculties of BME that historically outgrew of mechanical engineering foundations. The Faculty intends to be a driving force and initiator of interdisciplinary training programmes in a steadily changing industrial and economic environment. BSc and MSc courses in Energy Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial and Product Design are demonstrative examples

of this approach. Research at this Faculty is strongly related to the current needs of the local and global economy. As part of its mission, the Faculty works on basic research fields where new perspectives can be opened up for industry via participating in Hungarian and international projects, respectively. Mid-term research cooperation with companies directly interested in research, development and innovation, the involvement of these companies in our long-term basic research projects with their directions jointly set, as well as the transfer of Process Engineering the latest internationally competitive scientific knowledge and technological development trends are of similarly outstanding significance for our Faculty. The aforementioned complex model proves to be a long-term remuneratory investment into the future. Finally, as a national centre of mechanical engineering, the Faculty is permanently available for the industry with its professional know-how and competence to support

quick and effective solutions of practical engineering problems requiring non-standard approach or deeper expertise than usual. www.facebookcom/bmegpken/ www.gpkbmehu/English/ •• MSc in Industrial Design Engineering PHD COURSES •• Providing PhD degree within the Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám Doctoral School in Mechanical Engineering DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MECHANICS Dr. GÁBOR STÉPÁN, full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Head of Department, Full Professor, Head of the Doctoral School “Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám”. His research fields include stability theory of delayed systems and applications of non-linear vibrations: machine tool vibrations, dynamics of vehicle wheels, control of robots and human balancing. The delayed dynamic model that explains the generation of phantom traffic jams, a research with considerable international attention, has been elaborated under his leadership. He is member of editorial boards of numerous international journals, serves

as the Chairman of the Section of Engineering Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. HERITAGE The predecessor of the Department, the Department of Theory of Machine Design and Applied Mechanics was founded in 1867. During the next era, teaching of mechanics subjects was shared by the Faculties of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering. Béla Bresztovszky headed the Department from 1914 for 27 years. Between 1942 and 1959, Ádám Muttnyánszky acted as Head of Department. He restored the Department after the war and reorganised the education of mechanics. In 1951 the Department was split for eight years. The newly formed Department II and the re-united Department of Applied Mechanics were headed by György Kozmann between 1951 and 1971. He played a significant role in establishing the postgraduate engineering education. Endre Reuss, the internationally recognised founder of modern plasticity theory, coauthor of the Prandtl-Reuss theory joined the Department of Applied

Mechanics I in 1953. The next Head of Department, Gyula Béda (1971-1995) introduced new subjects (Continuum Mechanics, Analytical Mechanics). Since 1995 Gábor Stépán has been acting as Head of Department. Engineering Mechanics provides a scientific foundation of mechanical engineering. The Department introduces students to the analysis of solid bodies, to the related computational and measurement methods necessary for practical engineering work, as well as to research and development. EDUCATION The Department of Applied Mechanics takes part on all the three levels (BSc, MSc and PhD) of mechanical engineers’ training in the Bologna system. In the BSc programmes, the Department teaches Statics, Strength of Materials, Dynamics, Vibrations and Fundamentals of Finite Element Method for Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics students, while it contributes to the education of Energy Engineering, as well as Industrial and Product Design students with one subject each. We are

responsible for two BSc specialisations (Mechanical Engineering Development and Mechanical Engineering Modelling) and for one MSc specialisation (Applied Mechanics). The department initiated, formed and has been responsible for the MSc programme in Mechanical Engineering Modelling in English, the popularity of which has been rapidly increasing not only among foreign but also Hungarian students in the last years. We teach 12 subjects in BSc and 29 subjects in MSc courses (such as Continuum Mechanics, Plasticity, Thermomechanics, Experimental Methods of Mechanics, Robot Dynamics, Nonlinear Vibrations, Machine Tool Vibrations). Within PhD training, in addition to consultation with students, staff members deliver lectures to the students of the Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám Doctoral School in Mechanics. All basic subjects and some special ones are taught both in English and German to Hungarian and foreign students. Training is supported by a computer laboratory and a vibration measurement

laboratory where students can implement their theoretical knowledge in practice. The Department has succeeded and participated in numerous educational exchange programmes both in Europe and America (Erasmus, Atlantis), thus, there are foreign students in the English speaking courses every year, and our students have the opportunity to study one or two semesters abroad. We also contribute to the education of young scientists. At the National Scientific Students’ Associations Conference (OTDK), the Sections of Applied Mechanics and Analytical Mechanics are launched each year where the most talented students who are supervised by the lecturers of the Department, can present their research results. In addition to our experienced lecturers, 1-2 PhD students join the Department each year to take part in research and education. 23 RESEARCH The staff of the Department of Applied Mechanics carries out cutting-edge research in the field of solid-body mechanics. The major research topics

include transient chaotic motions, stability and nonlinear vibrations of delayed dynamic systems, suspensions, wheel dynamics, parametrically excited vibrations, digitally controlled systems, robotics, robot controls, human balancing, mechanisms, finite elastic-plastic deformations, theoretical and numerical analysis of constitutive equations containing geometrical and material nonlinearity, finite element methods, fatigue analysis, micro-continuum deformations, strength analysis of micro-electromechanical systems, fracture mechanics and dynamical analysis of composites. During the past 10 years, researchers of the Department have been involved in several international research projects including bilateral projects with Spanish, French, German, English and Chinese partners. We act as coordinators or principal investigators in various EU projects. The project SIREN, supported by the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant, lead by Gábor Stépán, started in 2014 and aims at

increasing the productivity of cutting processes by reliable prediction of machine tool chatter. Lecturers of the Department coordinate 7 research projects financed by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) and further 5 international research programmes. Research results are published in peer reviewed journals of high impact factor and at high-ranking international conferences. The annual cumulated impact factor of the papers written by the staff of the department is about 25. The internationally recognised level of our research is confirmed by the fact that our departmental studies receive more than 250 independent citations registered by SCI every year. Staff members regularly provide consultancy to industrial partners. Prominent partners of the department include: Knorr-Bremse Break Systems, Furukawa Electric Institute of Technology (FETI), Nuclear Power Station in Paks, BoschRexroth, Visteon, Olajterv/oil industry, ALCOA-KÖFÉM, Vegyterv/chemical industry, Hungarocopter,

Thyssen Krupp Production Systems, WOCO Gummitech, Siemens, and Grundfos. www.mmbmehu/mm en/ DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING SERVICE AND PROCESS ENGINEERING Dr. LÁSZLÓ KAJTÁR, PhD, CSc, Associate Professor His main research field is air-conditioning and comfort theory. He deals mainly with the thermal comfort and indoor air quality of office buildings, and with the energetic examination of buildings and building engineering systems. Until 2015, four of his students obtained PhD degree. The new Macskásy laboratory of air-conditioning was built under his guidance. He has 201 publications, for which he received 108 independent references. VicePresident of the Budapest and Pest County Chamber of Engineers and member of the Committee on Architecture of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate. Member in scientific committees of several prestigious international conferences. HERITAGE The Department of Building Services and Process

Engineering was established in 2007 by the unification of the Department of Building Service Engineering and the Department of Process Engineering. The new unified department was headed by Péter Láng from 2008 to 2015. Since 2016, the Head of Department has been László Kajtár. The establishment of the Department of Building Service Engineering was initiated by Árpád Macskásy in 1951, and he became the first Head of Department. Later on József Menyhárt and László Bánhidi and, until the unification of the aforementioned two departments, László Garbai acted as Heads of Department.The predecessor of the Department of Process Engineering, the Department of Chemical Machinery and Agricultural Industries, was established in 1949 under the leadership of Emil Bass. Then Balázs Szántay, followed by Sándor Szentgyörgyi, headed the Department. The Department, the name of which changed to Department of Chemical and Food Engineering, and then to Department of Process Engineering,

was headed by Károly Molnár from 1988 to the unification of the two departments concerned. The mission of the Department is to train engineers able to elaborate concepts of Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) and technological machinery and processes, to model, design, operate and maintain them; carry out IT, control and safety tasks of these systems and system elements. EDUCATION The Department of Building Service and Process Engineering takes part in the education at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering on all the three levels: BSc, MSc and PhD. In the BSc course of mechanical engineers, this Department is not only responsible for the Building Service Engineering specialisation but also teaches most subjects. Lecturers of the Department in the field of process engineering are responsible for several subjects of the specialisation of Process Engineering. The Department is also in charge of the Building Energetics and the Energetics in Chemical Industry

specialisations, within the BSc programme of Energy Engineering. The independent MSc course in Building Service Engineering and Process Engineering was launched on the initiation of the industry in the academic year 2009/2010. The Comfort Building Service Engineering specialisation and the MSc courses of Mechanical Engineering the Process Engineering specialisation also admits engineers with BSc diploma obtained in another higher educational unit. This Department trains also environmental engineering students of the Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology both in BSc and MSc courses. The students can complete their theoretical knowledge by practical skills not only in laboratories of the Department but also within laboratory exercises or internships at various companies (such as IMI Hungaria, LG, Grundfos, Főtáv, Geberit, Uponor, Daldrop, Richter, EGIS, MOL). The Stokes pilot plant laboratory of unit operations, hydraulics and heat supply, and the Macskásy laboratory of

air-conditioning were completely refurbished with the significant support of the industrial partners. MOL, the Hungarian Oil Company, provides annual support to the Department within the framework of a cooperation agreement. Lecturers are supported in their work by demonstrators selected from the most excellent students. RESEARCH In the field of HVAC the accent is on comfort research, heat supply and heating systems, ventilation systems, as well as gas and water supply, district heating and sewer systems. However, the priority research field is the definition of requirements and technical parameters on the basis of probability theory and risk analysis. Research topics of the above HVAC systems are connected to system elements and issues of complex systems. Any industry related to unit operations, where material flows are transformed (such as chemical industry, pharmaceutical and oil industries, environmental protection and biotechnology), 25 offer topics to research. Typical

devices to use include separation columns, heat exchangers, mixers, tanks, pressure vessels and pipeline systems. Operations and equipment of heat and mass transfer, their construction and modelling, experimental testing, control and instruments belong to the foundation topics. University Research projects: Efficiency improvement of airconditioning systems, Technology and equipment development for decreasing SO2 and CO2 emissions. Projects of the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)/ research office of NKTH and NKFIH: Research of renewable materials and liquids diffusion processes, Investigation of effectiveness, heat and moisture transfer characteristic of regenerative energy recovery under low ambient air temperature, Increase of efficiency of distillation and absorption processes, Improvement of special new batch distillation processes and configurations, Supply of comfort spaces with high-quality air, Optimum design of new environment-friendly batch rectification systems,

Investigation of heat and mass transfer processes during convection drying, Research and development of new biological sewage purification equipment and technologies, Participation in „PIAC-13” projects with industrial partners (DAKÖV Dabas és Környéke Vízügyi Kft, OPTIMA Klíma Zrt.) Typical R&D projects: Study of air-conditioning, indoor air quality and thermal comfort of office buildings and hotels, Study of economical development of chilled water systems, Optimization of temperature schedule and parameters of district heating systems, Mathematical modelling of heat storage, Building physical revision of a standard building, determination of dimensioning parameters of HVAC systems, Investigation of radiation asymmetry and impact of floor temperature causing thermal discomfort involving human subjects, Modelling of pressure distribution caused by wind around a building or building group, Design of the continuous and batch distillation of a basic material of the

pharmaceutical industry, Determination of evaporation rate in the pools of a nuclear power plant, Measurement of salt solubility data, Capacity increase of a coke oven gas purification system, Experimental investigation of heat transfer and hydrodynamic characteristics of heat exchangers, Development of plastic rain water container/cistern, Pilot plant spray and fluidisation drying experiments. www.epgetbmehu/en/ DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ENGINEERING Dr. GYULA GRÓF, PhD, Head of Department, Associate Professor, mathematician-engineer, graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Research fields are analysis and modelling of energy systems, theory of heat conduction, development of methods and devices for determination of thermo-physical properties. He is an elected official and active member of Hungarian and international scientific organisations for several years, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering, Editor-in-Chief of the Hungarian periodical,

Energiagazdálkodás (Energy Management). He was awarded the Knight’s Cross of Order of Merit of Hungary in 2015. HERITAGE The Department of Energy Engineering dates back to the Institutum Geometricum and to the subjects of power machines and energy plants taught by Ignác Horváth and later by Ottó Petzval. Miksa Bielek, followed by Emil Schimanek, delivered lectures about heat engines for 30 years from 1904. Zoltán Komondy managed the Department of Steam Engines and Refrigerators from 1946. László Heller established the Department of Energy Management in 1951, and András Lévai succeedingly established the Department of Power Plants in 1953. In 1978 they were merged into the Institute of Thermal and Systems Engineering, headed by Imre Szabó. The Department of Heat Engines was founded in 1960, and was headed by Dezső Brodszky until 1972. It was directed by Gábor Bassa until 1989 and later by Antal Penninger. The Department of Energy was established in 1992 directed by

Gergely Büki, then László Rádonyi from 1996. The Department of Energy Engineering, in its present form, was established in 2002. It was headed by Antal Penninger until 2008. The mission of the Department of Energy Engineering is to define the development pathways in energy engineering and to educate students in a way that enables them to solve issues with scientific sophistication through developing responsibility for future generations. EDUCATION The Department offers undergraduate programmes (BSc) in mechanical engineering, energy engineering, mechatronics and product design, and postgraduate programmes (MSc) in mechanical engineering, energy engineering and mechanical modelling. It also offers research programmes (PhD) and specialised education in energy production. The Department pioneered the establishment of energy engineering education in Hungary, and it has been coordinating the education programmes ever since. It played a key role in introducing the two-level

education system, as well as in establishing the BSc and MSc courses in energy engineering. Crucial core subjects are offered by the Department including Engineering Thermodynamics I-II, Heat Engines, Energy Engineering I-II and Energy Supply. Besides, providing solid theoretical background in core subjects, the Department pays special attention to laboratory practice and measurements. All students of mechanical engineering and energy engineering can work in a high-quality laboratory where measurements can be carried out on modern and traditional power machines, and on equipment like micro-turbine, gas engine, condensing boiler, fluidization heating unit, heat pump, internal combustion engine and steam turbine. A renewable energy laboratory and a modern, training, local substation also serve practice-oriented education. The Department also prepares the students with energyengineering-related knowledge in law and economics, and often invites specialists from the government, companies

and civil societies to deliver lectures. Students can study modern computational methods of thermodynamics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics, simulation tools of energy processes and systems, symbolic mathematical and engineering software products in a new computer laboratory with 18 workstations. The Department has been a member of a Consortium of five universities for four years, as a result of a successful EU tender within the Erasmus Mundus programme (www. mastereurope-me3.org) 27 RESEARCH At the Department of Energy Engineering, research is carried out in the field of systems and machinery, connected with transformation and efficient utilisation of energy, as well as economic, social and natural processes. The Department contributes to solving social dimensions of energy challenges through basic research, applied research and experimental development for harmonised and environmentalfriendly utilisation of energy, in order to provide their competitiveness and supply security.

Economic basis of research activities is provided by a wide range of industrial R+D projects and, by means, obtained within grants published by the Hungarian Scientific Fund (OTKA), by the research office NIH and the EU. Resources are continuously invested in the development of the laboratory. In addition to Hungarian institutions, the Department cooperates with Canadian, German, French, Portuguese, Polish and South-African universities in various fields. Staff members of the Department actively participate in scientific organisations; the editorial board of the periodical Energiagazdálkodás (Energy Management) is located in the Department. The Department represents Hungary in the International Energy Agency (IEA) Implementing Agreement for Cooperation in the Field of Fluidized Bed Conversion (www.iea-fbcorg) The Department takes part in the elaboration of background studies about social and economic aspects of energy supply, makes proposals for policy and regulation, works for

leading companies of the industry on technological and economic issues related to direct and CHP generation projects. It develops solutions in a new approach for power station control. As a result of research of air pollution by energy industry, a measurement system and a software for determination of pollutant dispersion have been developed. Numerous pilot programs for the utilisation of renewable energy sources have been completed with the participation of the Department. The water regime researches contributed to the expertise of NPP Paks to reach the level of developed countries. Continuous research was carried out on the test benches in relation to the utilisation of renewable fuels and to the determination of effects of fuel additives in IC engines. http://www.energiabmehu/english/indexphp DEPARTMENT OF FLUID MECHANICS Dr. JÁNOS VAD, DSc, Full Professor has been Head of the Department since 2009. He earned his PhD degree in 1997 in axial flow turbomachinery. His main fields

of research and education include fluid mechanics, fluid machinery, flow measurement techniques, industrial ventilation, as well as technological processes and their modelling. He has established the basis of multiple cooperative ventures with Hungarian, Italian, Austrian, German and British research institutions. He is a member of the Editorial Board of IMechE Journal of Power and Energy, and is among the head organisers of the Conference on Modelling Fluid Flow. HERITAGE The predecessor of the Department of Fluid Mechanics, the Institute of Aerodynamics, was established in 1934. The new building of the Department was opened in 1938, and one of the largest wind tunnels in Central Europe was put into operation. The wind tunnel, which was initially used for aircraft research, still plays a major role in the aerodynamic studies, pollutant dispersion and urban climate investigations, as well as many other research topics actively being pursued at the Department. Under the leadership of

the former heads of the department, József Gruber, Tibor Szentmártony and Tamás Lajos, the department’s key areas of research have been: acoustics, aeroelasticity, atmospheric processes, environmental technology, flow control, fluid machinery, HVAC and vehicle aerodynamics. The capacity and facilities of the Theodore von Kármán Wind Tunnel Laboratory provide unique wind tunnel and flow measurement opportunities in Hungary. The Department also utilises state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics and computational acoustics tools in order to model phenomena, both in educating the engineers of tomorrow and in solving R+D assignments. The role of the Department of Fluid Mechanics is to educate the engineers of tomorrow and to carry out R+D assignments with regard to gas, liquid and vapor flow phenomena and processes, including naturally occurring and industry-related flow phenomena. EDUCATION The educational assignments of the Department can be sorted into three major

complementary groups: theoretical and empirical considerations; computer simulation methods – supported by our computer cluster; and measurement techniques – supported by the readiness of our laboratory facilities. The Department is responsible for the following subjects and subject groups, most of which are taught in both English and Hungarian: Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Air Quality Control, Building Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Engineering Meteorology, subjects pertaining to Environmental Technology and Environment Protection, Fluid Machinery, Fluid Mechanical Measurement Techniques, Fluid Mechanics, Gas Dynamics, Industrial Ventilation, Large-Eddy Simulations, Multiphase and Reactive Flow Modelling, Noise Protection, Technical Acoustics and Measurement Techniques, Technological Processes and Modelling of Mechanical Engineering Systems, Turbulence and its Modelling, Vehicle Aerodynamics, and Water Treatment. The Department is responsible for and/or holds BSc

courses in Mechanical Engineering and in Mechatronics, as well as MSc courses in Energy Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering Modelling. The Department is highly involved in educating the PhD students of the Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám Doctoral School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, with special regard to the subprogram, Mechanical and Energy Engineering Systems and Processes. An important element applied by the Department in educating engineers involves sharing industrial expertise and applied R+D results with the students. Engineering students participate in hands-on training via industrial case studies and field-work, laboratory and project assignments, and those interested in learning more about fluid-mechanics-related subjects can get involved in the programs hosted by the Department’s student division. We have close ties with multiple Italian, British and German universities, providing our students with opportunities for student mobility. RESEARCH

Traditionally, the Department has actively engaged with Hungarian, as well as foreign industrial companies and institutions in projects requiring consultation and applied 29 R+D expertise. This activity encompasses the main process industries – including steel production, energy engineering, food industry, gas purification, pharmaceutical industry, as well as chemical and water treatment. The Department also partakes in research projects related to the automotive industry, thermal engineering and HVAC – within this, flow control – and atmospheric flows. The wind tunnel testing of buildings and structures makes the Department an important partner of the construction industry. Computational fluid dynamics and within this large-eddy simulations are important tools that provide the Department with further opportunities. Computational aero-acoustics is a research field of the Department which is dynamically developing. Acoustic simulations are well supported by the Békésy György

Acoustic Laboratory’s background in measurement technology. This knowledge is supplemented with the Department’s phased array microphone system, which is unique in Hungary, the funding for its development being attained through OTKA and NKFI grants. Laboratory investigations play a key role in our research, especially, in accordance with international trends, the use of laser optical flow diagnostics. Our newest instrument is a two-component Laser Doppler Anemometer, which has been attained together with the Department of Hydrodynamic Systems. Since 1999 our most important foreign research and development partner has been the world-famous Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Belgium, which is supported by NATO. The computational and physical (laboratory) modelling of flows for engineering purposes is an area which is developing quickly. As an international forum for research results, the Conference on Modelling Fluid Flow (CMFF) is organised in Budapest by the department

every third year, with the participation of fluid technology researchers from more than 30 countries. Due to the high quality of this event, international journals publish CMFF special issues, presenting the most outstanding contributions from the conference. In the last few years, the average age of the Department staff members has been approximately 35 years, which is reflected in the momentum and ambitious work of this Department team. www.arabmehu/english/ www.karman-wtlcom www.youtubecom/user/karmanwtl DEPARTMENT OF HYDRODYNAMIC SYSTEMS Dr. GYÖRGY PAÁL, DSc, Head of Department, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineer, Mathematical Engineer, returned to Hungary in 2002 after a 5-year stay in England and a 10-year stay in Germany, Head of Department as of 2008. He has worked in many fields of fluid mechanics. Present major research fields include self-sustained unsteady flows and noise generated by them, as well as hemodynamic analysis of intracranial aneurysms. Dr PAÁL

published 84 scientific papers, 16 of them in renowned international journals. He is an elected representative of the Committee on Fluid and Thermal Engineering of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and was member of several juries for distributing project funds. HERITAGE Founded in 1899, the Department was called Department of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machines. Its first professor was Donát Bánki who is world-wide known for the theoretical elaboration of the cross-flow turbine. Bánki, the outstanding designer and inventor (carburettor, engines) died in 1922 and a new Head of Department, professor Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám was appointed only in 1930 who is still the most reputed engineer-pedagogue of Hungarian engineering higher education. In addition to enriching the Hungarian engineering literature by numerous books, he extended the scientific research of the Department to pneumatic transport. The Department became the Department of Hydraulic Machines in 1952. Under the

leadership of József Varga, research on cavitation became intensive, while Olivér Füzy introduced the numerical computational methods. Between 1974 and 2008, László Pápai, László Kullmann and Gábor Halász headed the Department, respectively. The name of the Department has been Department of Hydrodynamic Systems since 2003. Continuing traditions of great professors, the Department of Hydrodynamic Systems cultivates both mathematical modelling and modern precise measurement techniques with the same ambition. Both education and research are carried out at the highest possible scientific and ethical level. EDUCATION In the subjects taught by the Department, transfer of knowledge based on natural sciences (thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, mechanics and mathematics) is decisive. Developing experimental skills is another important aspect of education. Great attention is paid to consequent and correct grading. Basic BSc courses include: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering,

Mechanical Operations in Chemical Industry, Analysis of Technical and Economic Data, and Applied Statistics. Common feature of these classes is to get the students to understand the fundamental engineering processes, develop a unified energy-oriented approach, and introduce them into statistical methods and error estimation of measurement techniques both theoretically and practically. The total number of theoretical and practical classes in these subjects is almost the same. Many classes are taught also in English and German The special subjects of the BSc courses and the MSc course constitute the other group of classes. They include but are not limited to: Fluid Machinery and Systems, Selected Chapters of Fluid Mechanics Technology, Numerical Flow Modelling, Dynamics of Fluid Flow Systems, Fluid Mechanical Design, etc. To develop practical skills of the students, the subject Individual Project was introduced in which one or two students with a staff member spend a whole semester by

solving an engineering problem requiring intensive work, independence, innovation and use of literature. At the end of the semester, the students give a presentation on the results before other students and staff of the department. As far as possible, students select the topic of their thesis or diploma work based on their individual projects, or results of work in the Groups of Scientific Students’ Association and develop this topic at an industrial company or at the Department. In PhD courses, having an increasing importance, personal consultation and independent work have crucial significance. The PhD students join the scientific network of the world and work on current problems interesting also for leading institutions, write competitive publications. 31 RESEARCH The Department is committed to become a decisive factor in the science of fluid mechanics in Hungary. The Department aims at achieving this by using theoretical, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and experimental

tools. In basic research, it is active in the following fields: description of self-sustained flows and noise generated by them; medical fluid dynamics, including analysis of brain aneurysms and description of arterial and venous blood flows by network computational methods; applying optimisation, e.g in generating pump schedules with minimum energy consumption or improving efficiency of pump impellers; stability analysis of hydraulic pressure relief valves; cavitation research both for single bubbles and bubble clouds; stationary and transient computation of pipe networks for full and partially filled pipes; mixing of non-newtonian liquids. The Department carries out research mostly within projects of the scientific fund OTKA and international bilateral cooperations, publishing the results in prestigious international periodicals. Its members actively attend international scientific conferences. In general, the Department does applied research in cooperation with its industrial

partners. There are many waterworks among its clients but it gets various commissions from a wide range of companies. Several of our customers are renowned international companies. These projects include operational problems of fluid machinery, carrying out stationary and transient pipe network simulations, multiphase 3D numerical flow simulations, optimisation problems, design of pneumatic transport machinery, expertise in lawsuits, design tasks. For research purposes, this Department continuously improves the computer facilities both in terms of hardware and software. Instruments and measurement devices of our 900 m2 laboratory are permanently modernised. It has pump measurement stations, various pressure and volumetric flow rate transducers and flow velocity measurement devices, as well as modern data processing systems. In a self-maintained workshop the Department is able to design and build highly specialised measurement rigs. www.hdsbmehu DEPARTMENT OF MACHINE AND PRODUCT

DESIGN Dr. PÉTER HORÁK, PhD, Head of Department, Associate Professor. Main research fields include geometry of gear drives, simulation of their contact relations, modelling of the heat development, of the friction and lubrication conditions. More than 50 publications were presented mainly with co-authors in conferences proceedings and high-level journals. He has been participating in the work of the Committee on Mechanical Structures of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for several years. He is responsible for the Industrial Design Engineering education at BME and chair of the Commission for Design Engineering. Member of the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) since 2002. HERITAGE The Department of Machine and Product Design is the successor of the previous Department of Machine Elements and Department of Agricultural Machinery. Most famous professors of the Department of Machine Elements include Miksa Bielek, Donát Bánki, Miksa Herrmann and Imre Vörös. The curriculum of the

major in Machine Design was worked out in 1969, and the training began in the specialisation of Machine Design under the leadership of József Magyar. The most distingushed professors of the Department of Agricultural Machinery formed in 1889 were Pál Lázár, Gusztáv Szabó and Imre Rázsó. From the Department of Machine Elements and Department of Agricultural Machinery, the Institute of Machine Design headed by László Varga was established in 1976. As of 1990, János Marosfalvi became Director of the Institute making a great contribution to the introduction of education of product design engineers at BME. Between 1997 and 2008 the Institute worked under the leadership of Director Tibor Bercsey who established the present department. Between 2008 and 2013 the Department was headed by Károly Váradi who introduced the project-based works in the curriculum of the Machine Design specialisation. Péter Horák has been the Head of Department since 2013 The mission of the Department

of Machine and Product Design at BME is to provide students with knowledge and skills in the field of machine and product design enabling them to solve engineering tasks a scientific approach for the benefit of the society, as well as to prepare future engineers for their social responsibility as members of the future elite of the country. EDUCATION The Department plays a significant role in the multilevel Bologna system of training mechanical engineers in BSc, MSc and PhD courses. The BSc subjects of Fundamentals of Machine Design, Fundamentals of CAD and Machine Elements are compulsory for all students. Practices are held in our own well-equipped classrooms, and for computational laboratory work two laboratories, for 24 students each, with modern computers. Within Machine Elements subject, students carry out related measurements and simple mounting tasks in the laboratories of the Department. From the 5th semester of BSc training, students can also select the specialisation of

Machine Design where industrial design tasks guided by lecturers are solved by using the latest computer-aided design programs. Students are introduced to the fundamentals of automation technology within the FESTO pneumatics laboratory. Within the framework of the classes of Machine Design and Structure Analysis, the students acquire the analysis and design of static and moving machine structures. The students of the specialisation get an inside view into the basics of the modern finite element modelling available for static calculations. Having obtained the BSc diploma, the best students can continue their studies in MSc courses of Machine Design and Agricultural Machine Design supervised by this Department. The Department takes an active part in the English and German BSc, as well as in the Mechanical Engineering Modelling MSc programs. An independent programme of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is the BSc course entitled Industrial Design Engineering introduced in Hungary by

the Department of Machine and Product Design. During the training, within the class of Integrated Product Design, the students even build the model of their designed product or equipment in the model workshop of the Department each semester. Subjects of industrial design are instructed by Ferenczy-Prizeholder lecturers. The best students can go on with their studies in an MSc course. Students graduated from this Department won the Hungarian Design Award of the Hungarian Design Council several times in the past few years. Utilising international connections of this Department, some students can spend a semester at the University of Technology in Delft, Kaiserslautern or Karlsruhe. The Department has always been supporting student organisations, the Design Szakosztály, the B-terv and the Műszakik Pneumobil building team for several years. 33 RESEARCH Research at the Department of Machine and Product Design is carried out - in harmony with education - in three fields: machine design,

agricultural machine design and product design. In all the three fields there are: basic research (e.g productstructure-based modelling and resource-oriented optimisation of design process, frictional behaviour and failure mechanisms of structural elements made of polymers, elastomers, ceramics and composites, discrete element modelling of soil and agricultural plants), applied research (e.g design ecology – theory and practice of environment-oriented design, design and development of machine elements, assembly, machine systems, and agricultural machines, for example EUREKA, development of cereal huller), and experimental development (such as the operative program of GVOP: technology and device development for decreasing climate change impacts, effect of tillage machines and processes on soil CO2 emission, mechanisation of technologies for production and utilisation of biological raw materials and energy carriers). Application of fuzzy systems and neural networks in technical

projects. Development of the diagnostic systems of the ITER fusion reactor. In research the Department successfully cooperates with higher educational and research institutions, and institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA GAB, MTA ABMB, Szent István University, University of Miskolc, University of WestHungary, University of Óbuda, College in Kecskemét, MOME, NAIK, MGI), and development centres of the industry (like Knorr Bremse Hungária Kft., Mediagnost Kft, Ratipur Kft, MEGOSZ and MEGFOSZ companies, Dräxlmaier Hungária Kft., C3D Műszaki Tanácsadó Kft., DESIDEA Stúdió, Alex Bútor Kft, EDAG Hungary Kft., Magyar Toyo Seat Kft) The Department publishes its R+D+I results in Hungarian and international journals, and demonstrate them in exhibitions. Based on results of student projects, theses and diploma works, products designed by the Department and built-in cooperation with industrial partners won numerous awards in Hungary and abroad in the past years.

(AGRO+MASHEXPO Innovation Prize: 2010 SX mulch seeding machine, 2011 FF2300 front loader; Hungarian Design Award 2010, anti-theft glass billets, guide light switch family; Hungarian Innovation Award 2010, 3E environmentfriendly machine system (high recognition). www.gt3bmehu/en/ DEPARTMENT OF MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Dr. TIBOR SZALAY, PhD, Head of Department, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineer His main research fields are measurement, analysing and modelling the cutting process and the on-line monitoring solutions, especially for the micro-machining processes. He has been member of the Committee on Materials Science and Technology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for several years and actually he is the secretary of the Subcommittee in Manufacturing Systems. In his more than 100 publications several university text books, chapters of scientific books and papers of international reviewed journals can be found He was awarded the Knight’s Cross of Order of

Merit of Hungary in 2015. HERITAGE The Department of Manufacturing Science and Engineering of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) is the successor of the Department of Production Engineering founded in 1951. Its founding Department Head was Ferenc Bíró Successors: from 1956 to 1957 Egon Lechner, from 1957 to 1970 Ferenc Lettner, and between 1970 and 1975 István Kalászi. From 1975 to 1999 Mátyás Horváth was acting as Head of Department, during this period new research and education fields were opened up. He was followed by Gusztáv Arz until 2005, then the Department was headed by Gyula Mátyási till 2013. Presently the Head of the Department is Tibor Szalay The large factory-like laboratory of the Department was opened in 1953. The activities of the Department integrate the fields of cutting processes, production planning (automation and IT), assembly, engineering measurement techniques and control engineering, design and application of manufacturing

equipment, robotics and computer-integrated manufacturing. The mission of the Department of Manufacturing Science and Engineering is to provide high level theoretical and practical knowledge, enabling students to participate in various manufacturing engineering activities. Our aim is to facilitate the development of the scientific field where our Department is active. EDUCATION The main goals of the educational activity of this Department are to teach students the most important manufacturing, assembly and measurement processes, traditional and modern manufacturing and assembling equipment, industrial mechatronics systems (metalcutting machine tools, industrial robots, CNC and CAD/CAM applications), production tools (cutting tools and devices), most modern control systems and their programming (CNC and PLC control), traditional and computational methods of production, solutions supporting planning, implementation and operation of production systems, as well as production

informatics. A practice-oriented curriculum complements the theoretical foundation. The laboratory is equipped with traditional and CNC machines, a flexible production system, measurement instruments, robots and ultra-precision NC equipment, as well as classrooms, with computers, for education, to support groups of Scientific Students’ Associations, and other activities related to departmental research. In the BSc programme, the task of this Department is to provide graduate engineers with the knowledge and skills to recognise, understand and solve problems arising in engineering practice. In the MSc, and especially, in the postgraduate PhD programs the department prepares students for scientific research, the acquisition, employment and improvement of up-to-date theoretical and practical knowledge. This level is characterised by projectbased study method where a student or a team of students solve a problem that is generally given by one of our industrial partners. The project can

also be a theoretically complex research and development task. The Department introduces the fundamentals of manufacturing engineering to all the students of mechanical engineering, mechatronics, industrial and product design. Our Department is responsible for various BSc and MSc specialisations in mechanical engineering and mechatronics. Internship with industrial partners forms part of the curriculum, organised by leading Hungarian mechanical engineering companies and small- and medium-sized enterprises. In many cases the students complete their final project with these companies as well. RESEARCH The level of development of industrial states is determined by the most important production activities of their economies, namely advanced technology and 35 information technology. Therefore, we carry out research in the following fields: supervision, diagnostics, optimisation and adaptive control of cutting processes, ultra-precision and micro-machining, machining of nano-textured

materials, machining of hard materials, environment-friendly mechanical engineering technologies, construction and production of noncircular gear-wheels, knowledge-based process planning, production planning and scheduling, assembly optimisation, NC technology, construction of manufacturing devices (measurement instruments, devices, tools), measurement technology, process measurement, quality assurance, design of machine tools manufacturing systems, industrial robotics and robot applications, service robotics, rehabilitation robotics, rapid prototyping , production planning and control, production networks, Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, information technology in production, intelligent production processes and systems, cyber physical production systems, digital factories. The Department intends to be one of the driving engines of the currently running developments and changes of Industry 4.0 in the field of manufacturing applications. The research activities are based on four

pillars. Basic research is carried out by the support of the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund. Next, the Department conducts applied research in cooperation with foreign and Hungarian universities, departments, industrial partners within EUfinanced projects (Inco-Copernicus, FP5, FP6, FP7, ALL, H2020). Third, students take part in research activities as members of the Scientific Students’ Associations, or during the completion of their final project. Finally, the Department is involved in the realisation of national strategic programs in cooperation with industrial and research institutions and supported by the Hungarian Government. We also contribute to industrial innovation processes. In 1999 the Department won the Hungarian Innovation Prize for the introduction of rapid prototyping technology. The EU-supported REHAROB project won the Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2007. Some of the important industrial partners of the Department are: Alcoa, Amadea, AUDI, CAD-CAM

Solutions, Carbosint, Continental, Direct-Line, Enterprise Group, Evopro, Excel Csepel, General Electric, GraphIT, Gravitas 2000, Grundfos, Kaliber, Knorr-Bremse, Mitutoyo Hungária, NCT, Seco Tools, SemiLab, Siemens, Smartus, SMC, Zeiss. www.manufbmehu/?lang=en DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Dr. PÉTER JÁNOS SZABÓ, DSc, Head of Department, Full Professor. His main research field is the fine structure investigation of solid materials by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. He founded the first EBSD (Electron Back Scattering Diffraction) laboratory in Hungary. He is the secretary of the Materials Science and Technology Scientific Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS). Scholarships: Széchenyi Professor Fellowship, Széchenyi István Fellowship, Bolyai János Fellowship. In 2014 he won the Bolyai-Plaquette of HAS. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal, „Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering”. HERITAGE The present

Department is the successor of the Department of Mechanical Technology and Department of Electrical Materials Technology. The distinguished professors of the Department have been Sándor Rejtő, Vilmos Misángyi, László Gillemot, Ferenc Vasvári Nagy, János Prohászka, and those who are still alive, István Artinger and János Ginsztler. During these more than 125 years the name and the structure of the department have been modified several times, the number of the teaching and research staff, as well as that of the students, has changed considerably, and the number of staff members with scientific degrees has increased significantly. Since the last change of name in 2004, we have been working under the name of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. From the second half of 2009 onwards, all teaching and research staff have been working in the same MT building. Some workshops and training laboratories are located in hall G. After 7 years of leadership László Dévényi

forwarded the position of Head of Department to Péter János Szabó. The mission of the Department has been, since its foundation in 1889, training and research in materials science and technologies including the training of specialist engineers and PhD students. Due to the scope of this science, we only specialise on metals, ceramics and particularly on composites. 37 EDUCATION RESEARCH In the second semester, we deliver lectures to students of Mechanical Engineering (about 400 students) in Materials Science and Testing, where we focus on an advanced demonstration of the relationship the structure of materials and their properties, and also on their deeper testing. In the same semester, our Department, together with the Department of Polymer Engineering, instruct about 200 Engineering Management students in Materials Engineering class. Research is done in reasonably located and well-equipped laboratories, also used in training. Some examples of our equipment: scanning

electron-microscope with EDS and EBSD, optical microscopes, hardness testing equipment, universal mechanical testing machines, a composite laboratory, welding robots, and forming machines. The Department provides high-level training from BSc to PhD. In the first semester of the BSc program we first meet the students of Mechatronics, Energy Engineering, and Industrial Design Engineering (roughly 300 students). We deliver lectures in Materials Engineering as a basic subject. The subject concentrates on demonstrating connections between materials structure and properties, and also the basic technologies are also described here. In the third semester about 380 students attend our Metal Technology lectures on material production, major technologies and material selection strategies, which are fundamental for engineers. In the “Materials Technology” specialisation of our BSc training, we work together with the Department of Polymer Engineering to provide the students with a theoretical

foundation of the major technologies. About 70 students choose this specialisation every year. In several specialisations of the MSc course, we deliver lectures in Materials Science as a compulsory subject to roughly 180 students. Within the Materials Technology specialisation we provide industry-motivated high-level knowledge of major technologies, and materials testing in our renewed laboratories. The main subjects and topics are welding, materials forming, heat treatments, materials testing and special materials. The Department takes part both in the full-time and part-time PhD training of Hungarian and foreign students, and also plays an important part foreign-language university training (English, German). The postgraduate Welding Engineer training launched 50 years ago has been accredited since 1993, thus our Welding Engineer students can obtain the internationally acknowledged diplomas: EWE (European Welding Engineer) and IWE (International Welding Engineer). The main research

fields include industrial materials design and testing, the development and fabrication of metallic foams and metal-matrix composites, the development of welding technologies, the failure analysis of materials exposed to stress and elaboration of life extension technologies, the development of special materials (ultrafine grained metals and lath martensite), as well as the development of related material testing (microscopic, electron-microscopic, magnetic and other destructive and non-destructive) methods. We completed a research project supported by the FP-7 programme in the field of “Development of titanium dental implant having excellent antibacterial properties”. We also successfully completed the research projects supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) entitled “The effect of carbon and alloying elements on the properties of lath martensite” and “Infiltrating of micro hollow spheres”. Our newest project is “Composite behaviour of lath

martensite”. Additional funds for development come from vocational training contribution, innovation and industrial agreements, as well as from Research University projects. The results are published in international periodicals with an impact factor and in Hungarian journals, as well as at international and Hungarian conferences. Several Department staff members have been involved in organising Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering Conferences in Hungary for several years. In several scientific research projects we cooperate with Hungarian and foreign universities and research institutes. We have especially good connections with partners from Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Slovenia, the United States of America and South Korea. www.attbmehu/en DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS, OPTICS AND MECH. ENG INFORMATICS Dr. PÉTER KORONDI, DSc, Head of Department, Full Professor. His main research fields include ethorobotics, cognitive telemanipulation and the sliding mode control of

variable structure systems. Chairman of the MTA Committee on Electrical Engineering. Active volunteer and elected official of the international professional organisations of IFAC, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and the PEMCCouncil. He spent two years, between 1993 and 1995, at the Laboratory of Intelligent Mechatronics at Tokyo University, Japan. He became Head of Department in 2013, empowered by the gained experiences in Japan and as a professor of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of BME. HERITAGE The Department underwent several separations and mergers, the name was changed several times in the past 60 years. The predecessor of the Department was founded by the Kossuth Prize holder and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Nándor Bárány in 1957 by the name of Precision Mechanics and Optics. As the Head of Department, he was followed by Olivér Petrik, Zoltán Kaposvári, Attila Halmai and György Ábrahám. By today, electronics became an

increasingly important part of precision mechanics and optics instruments, and the Department has developed to encompass mechatronics, teaching mechatronic sciences since the late 1980s. The Department gained its current name and form in 2007, when György Ábrahám merged the Department, already under the name of Department of Mechatronics, Optics and Instrument Technology, with the Mechanical Engineering Informatics Department, headed by László Monostori which was previously formed from the Institute of Thermal Energy and Systems Engineering headed by Imre Szabó, and the Information Engineering Laboratory at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The mechatronics perspective of the Department strengthened and broadened by the mergers and the related changes of personnel with competencies, such as biomechatronics and ethorobotics. Presently, the products associated with the Department are the colour vision correction glasses, MOGI Robi, 3D Motion Capture Laboratory and the Spinal

Mouse. EDUCATION The Department plays a significant role in the education of the Mechatronics Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Energy Engineer and Industrial Design Engineer BSc and MSc programmes of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, as well as in the education of PhD level programmes. Our Department hosts the Mechatronics Engineer education of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, and oversees the Mechatronical Instruments, Optomechatronics, Biomechatronics and Adaptive Systems Mechatronics specialisations. The scientific field of Mechatronics is integrative, therefore our basic subjects are pervaded by the systematic approach and synergy of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer control, in addition to maintaining connections to the competencies of various departments and faculties, which ensures the coordinating role of the Department. Our Department introduced the education of biomechatronics and biologically inspired design to the Hungarian

Mechanical Engineering programmes.The Department has been engaged in the practice and education of optics, precision mechanics, measurement and instrumentation technology, data processing since its foundation. All of these are represented in the education. The Department is the host for the informatics and programming courses and Control Theory, System Engineering of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The Department is highly invested in both the traditional and the most recent ways of talent management. The classical education for the new scientific generation is based on the works prepared for the conferences of Scientific Students’ Associations (TDK). Our students contribute in a considerable number to the TDK conferences at the Faculty and also on national level. In addition, the Mechatronics Section student group also operates with the professional support of the Department. The Department encourages the student projects that require creativity and the preparations for

engineering competitions (Pneumobil, RoboCup, Eurobot, Robonaut, WRO Advanced Robotics Challenge). The Department organises the Micromouse competition since 2015. RESEARCH Mechatronics: Ethorobotics, which places the human-robot relationship to a new, ethologically inspired basis. We developed a new family of mobile robots that are capable of social interactions 39 and can express emotions based on ethological models. An artificial system was created that can express attachment towards humans, as users. Further research: cognitive telemanipulation, robot control systems, humanmachine interactions, robust sliding mode control of variable structure systems. Optics (Applied and Engineering Optics): Colour Science, Colour Vision, Colour Measurement; Computation and Measurement of Optical Transfer Function, Moire Measurement Technology; Photometry, Radiometry and Spectroradiometry; Measurement, Instrumentation Technology and Precision Engineering: The research of mechanical constructions

which provide mainly the transfer of information instead of the transfer of power and energy and contain structure units that are 2-3 times smaller in the order of magnitude than typical in classicalmechanical engineering. Informatics: Image processing, 3D and other computer simulations, healthcare applications; Biomechatronics: The Department is engaged in both major research directions of biomechatronics, such as bionics, which improves the quality of life by the development and research of diagnostic and therapeutic devices, endoprotheses, and particularly motion analysis, as well as biomimetics which implements structures and mechanisms by copying the natural systems into artificial materials and machines Development and implementation: LabVIEW applications; Electronic- and Servo-pneumatic systems; Sensor and actuator technology; Mechatronic instruments, FEM in Mechatronics. International relations: The department continuously participates in the technical committees of IEEE, IFAC,

IASTED, CIE, ICVS and PEMC-Council. The most important international background to these activities is provided by the iSpace Laboratory Network coordinating research groups engaged in the research of intelligent spaces by the Japanese–Hungarian and Norwegian– Hungarian joint laboratories as well as space projects of NASA and ESA. www.mogibmehu /?&lang=en DEPARTMENT OF POLYMER ENGINEERING Dr. TAMÁS BÁRÁNY, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Department. His main research field is the development of self-reinforced polymer composite materials and elastomers. Out of his 75 publications, almost 60 are in English language, his summarised impact factor exceeds one hundred, and the total number of his independent citations is more than 700. He is member of numerous national and international professional and research organisations, a member of the editorial board of many periodicals, Chairman of the Committee on Fibre and Composite Technology of the Hungarian Academy of

Sciences, has received the Junior Prima Award, Bolyai plaquette and János Bolyai Research grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS). HERITAGE The history of the Department dates back to 1871, when the Department of Engineering Technology was established. Head of Department Sándor Rejtő conducted extensive research into wood, textile, paper, and milling industry technology, in addition to the technology of metals, and laid the foundation of their teaching. For the education of non-metallic materials, especially textiles, the first standalone department was established in 1948. The three departments of this research field were united in 1959 to form the Department of Textile Technology and Light Industry. In 1992, the name of the Department was changed to Department of Polymer Engineering and Textile Technology and continued to work under the leadership of Tibor Czvikovszky, changing its scientific profile considerably. The teaching and research of polymers was further

strengthened by Tibor Czigány as Head of Department between 2001 and 2014. He greatly reformed the subjects taught. The name of the Department was changed to Department of Polymer Engineering in 2004. Our department was the first among Hungarian higher education institutes to obtain the ISO 9001 Quality System Certificate in 2002. This system, and the ISO 14001 environmental management system implemented in 2014 are audited and renewed each year. The laboratory of the Department of Polymer Engineering was accredited by the Accreditation Board of NAT in 2004, and received the title of Strategic Research Infrastructure in 2010. EDUCATION The Department of Polymer Engineering participates in education at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering on all levels of the Bologna system, BSc, MSc and PhD, and also provides further training to industrial partners in numerous fields. The Department also teaches polymer-related compulsory foundation subjects in English and German in the BSc

courses of the Faculty. Together with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the Department is responsible for the Material Technology specialisation in the BSc course of the Faculty. The students of this specialisation have a wide variety of subjects to take such as Technology of Polymer Composites, Application Technologies of Polymers, Polymer Processing, and Injection Moulding. On average 4050 students prepare their BSc thesis and do their final exams at the Department annually. The independent MSc specialisation, named Polymer Engineering, is one of the specialisations with the highest number of students within the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. MSc students can study subjects meeting higher industrial requirements, including but not limited to Polymer Materials Science, Polymer Parts Design, Composite Structures and their Design, Extrusion Technologies, Design of Injection Moulds, Rapid Prototyping in the Polymer Industry, Polymeric Foams and Elastomers, Polymers

and Composites in Transport Engineering, or even Injection Moulding Simulation. Both BSc and MSc students can acquire the necessary skills in the testing and processing technologies of raw materials in the Department’s well-equipped laboratory. As a result, the number of students working in Scientific Students’ Associations projects based on various industrial projects is extraordinarily high, and the implementation of their results in industry is above average. The Department actively participates in PhD training, on average 10-12 PhD students work at the Department, most of them with a state scholarship. On average 3-4 of them obtain their PhD degree every year, typically in industry-related research fields. 41 RESEARCH Research at the Department of Polymer Engineering is connected to polymer processing and includes the modification of material properties, optimisation of processing parameters, simulation and modelling of technological processes, development of new materials,

and developing novel applications. Major current topics include the recycling of polymer materials, the development of processing technologies of biodegradable polymers, the application of polymer materials in medicine, and the development of hybrid, nano and self-reinforced composites. Laboratory facilities of the Department are excellent even internationally due to continuous investments in instruments and equipment. Available material testing devices include computercontrolled state-of-the-art universal tensile testing machines, impact testers, a scanning electron microscope with an EDS fixture, an optical microscope with a computer-aided evaluation system, acoustic emission measuring equipment, DMA, DSC and TGA devices, rubber industrial vulcameter, atomic force microscope (AFM), heat deflection temperature tester (HDT), heat and climate chambers, a thermal camera, a high-speed camera and other testing equipment. The laboratory houses the following polymer processing machines:

injection moulding machines, extruders, vacuum forming machines and presses, blown film extrusion and blow moulding machines, two roll mills, state-of-the-art rapid prototyping devices, a reactive injection moulding machine, different welding machines, an autoclave, etc. The Department is involved in a great variety of Hungarian and international research projects fulfilling a great number of industrial orders, and has bilateral connections and fruitful cooperation with several universities, as a result of which many development results and papers are published in journals with an impact factor. The international acknowledgement of the scientific work of the Department is also reflected by the fact that the impact factor of the Express Polymer Letters journal (http://www.expresspolymlettcom) published by the Department is the highest (2.965 in 2015) among all Hungarian periodicals. http://www.ptbmehu/fooldalphp?l=a www.expresspolymlettcom RESEARCH CENTRES COOPERATION RESEARCH

CENTRE FOR BIOMECHANICS Dr. RITA KISS, Doctor of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Director, Full Professor. Main research fields: determination of the physical, mechanical properties of human, animal origin and their components, analysis of different human and animal motion, and biomechatronics. More than 160 publications including 100 in foreign languages and with more than 500 independent citations. She is member in the Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; member of editoral boards of many international and Hungarian scientific journals; Member of the Advisor Board of IASTED. The president of the Research Center is Dr. Lajos Borbás THE MISSION Founded in 2002, the Biomechanical Cooperation Research Centre is an organisation established for the coordination of biomechanical research and development, with members currently including 12 departments of the Faculties of Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Transport and Vehicle

Engineering of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The primary aims of the establishment of the Centre are as follows: to make biomechanical research work at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics more efficient both in terms of intellectual capacities and infrastructure; to utilise existing research assets more economically and optimally; to support research in the field of biomechanics; and to provide a laboratory background for it, duly accredited by the National Accreditation Authority. Theoretical and experimental research at the Centre is focussed on the investigation of biological systems of human and animal origin and their components, and on the specification of their material properties in various test settings. Our research work is also supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund within the auspices of the National Research, Development, and Innovation Office. Further activities of the Research Center include the development of various

measurement technology procedures; analysis and development of medical devices and equipment, as well as implants for human medical care; and the spatial reconstruction of examination records made by medical imaging techniques. www.biomechbmehu/ 43 BME-AUDI HUNGARIA COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE Dr. ÁKOS BERECZKY, PhD, Director of the BME-AUDI K3, Mechanical Engineer. He earned his PhD degree in 2002, Associate Professor at the Department of Energy Engineering since 2007. He participated in and led many successful R+D projects and has international experiences abroad. Elected member of the Committee on Fluid and Thermal Engineering of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), and Chairman of the Internal Combustion Engines Sub-Committee, member, since its foundation, of the Hungarian Section of the Combustion Institute, where he is Member of the Board. His research fields are heat engines, in particular, internal combustion engines and their emissions, control and the utilisation of

renewable fuels. He has more than 135 publications, 13 articles published in ranked journals. The president of the Research Centre is Dr Antal Penninger MISSION The BME-AUDI Cooperative Research Centre (BME-AUDI K3) is an association which is made up of departments and research groups of BME created to meet the production technology, research, development and professional-supply needs of the AUDI HUNGARIA Zrt. (AH) with the utilisation of the mechanical, mechatronic and electronic knowledge available at the BME faculties. The BME – AUDI HUNGARIA Zrt. cooperation has been developing since 2002. The original objective was to practically utilise the industrial project results of engine research in university training and courses, as well as to mutually exchange experiences and know-how, coordination of research and organisation of training programs and lectures. In order to improve and simplify cooperation efficiency and integrate it into the structure of BME, the BME-AUDI K3 was

established, as the legal successor of the former Institute, in January 2010. BME- AUDI K3 has been formed between the University and AH to cover technological, as well as R+D and expert needs, allowing the optimal use of the scientific potential available at BME. The cooperating Departments are from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics and Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering. bme-audi-k3.audihu/ MTA-BME LENDÜLET HUMAN BALANCING RESEARCH GROUP Dr. TAMÁS INSPERGER, Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor, leader of the MTA-BME Momentum Research Group on Human Balancing. His research fields include stability analysis of time-delay systems, machine tool vibrations, and human balancing. He is known as the co-elaborator of the semidiscretization numerical method for the stability analysis of parametrically excited time-delay systems and the actand-wait concept for control systems

with feedback delays. He is the co-author of more than 60 journal articles and a scientific book. He is the editor of two international journals THE RESEARCH GROUP was founded in 2016 at the Department of Applied Mechanics. The main research field is the modelling of human balancing tasks with special attention to the reflex delay and sensory uncertainties. Stabilisation of unstable equilibria and orbits by means of feedback control is a highly important task in engineering and science. It is more efficient to start quick movements from an unstable position than from a stable one, while the energy demand of the control process is relatively small. Maintaining balance is also a vital ability for humans: falls are leading causes of accidental death and morbidity in the elderly. Therefore understanding the nature of mechanisms that maintain human balance is a highly important task. There are several models in the literature describing human motions. However, the equations of the

underlying mathematical model are not generally established, even for simple tasks such as stick balancing at the fingertip. The goal of the research group is to give the equations, which describe the mechanism of human balancing, using experimental data and appropriate mechanical models. The research group cooperates with neurologist Prof. John Milton (The Claremont Colleges) related to the biological aspect of human balancing. hbrg.mmbmehu/ RESEARCH GROUPS MTA-BME RESEARCH GROUP ON DYNAMICS OF MACHINES AND VEHICLES Dr. GÁBOR STÉPÁN, full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Head of Department, Professor, Head of the Doctoral School “Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám”. His research fields include stability theory of delayed systems and applications of non-linear vibrations: machine tool vibrations, dynamics of vehicle wheels, control of robots and human balancing. The delayed dynamic model that explains the generation of phantom traffic jams, a research with considerable

international attention, has been elaborated under his leadership. He is member of editorial boards of numerous international journals, serves as the Chairman of the Section of Engineering Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. THE RESEARCH GROUP members are employees of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, but besides the research work, they actively participate in the fulfillment of educational duties of BME Department of Applied Mechanics. The research group was founded more than 20 years ago; presently Gábor Stépán, full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences coordinates the activities of the group. The research work focuses on the application of dynamics-related theoretical results in two topics: Safety in transportation: The stability of towed wheels – and in general, the dynamics of the tyre-road contact is investigated in this topic, together with the analysis of dry friction models, that can be utilised for the proper design of vehicle brakes. Increase of

productivity in transport-related technologies: There are still open questions regarding the reliable design of computer-controlled robots that are widely used in the automotive industry. The members of the research group do theoretical and experimental research work in relation with the control of under-actuated robots and the vibrations induced by the digital effects. As a recognition of the results, partly achieved by the research group, professor Stépán won a European Research Grant for the examination of the dynamics of machining. www.mmbmehu/~gjd/ 45 MTA-BME RESEARCH GROUP FOR COMPOSITE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Dr. TIBOR CZIGÁNY, Dean, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His main research area is developing polymer composites and its technologies. Out of his over 300 publications more than 200 were written in a foreign language; the totted impact factor exceeds 150, while the number of independent cites is almost 3000. Editor-in-Chief of Express Polymer

Letters with the highest impact factor in Hungary. Officer and member of numerous international and domestic professional and scientific organisations. A founding professor; so far 17 of his PhD students have obtained their doctoral degree. THE RESEARCH GROUP was founded on 1st July 2012 on the basis of the Research Group for Process Metallurgy led by László Gillemot, János Prohászka and János Ginsztler between 1961 and 2011. The new Research Group kept its values, traditions, however, expanded its research areas following and adapting to the present international trends, new research directions, long-term European Union priorities, international research goals and the strategy of the BME Research University. The main objectives of the MTA–BME Research Group for Composite Science and Technology were to develop new structural and functional materials, to improve the materials developed earlier, to determine material properties and to optimise processing technologies within the

three, closely related, research topics of hybrid composites, nanocomposites and biocomposites. The goals of the hybrid composites topic are to develop hybrid composites with polymer matrix for automotive applications, hybrid composite reinforcements with polymer matrix for transmission line wires, and to explore the structural and functional properties of composites wires and metal foams with alumina matrix. The target of the nanocomposites research topic is to produce nanofibres with electrospinning method, and to use these fibres in composite technology and analyse their properties. In biocomposites topic the purposes are to develop and analyse biomaterials consciously planned for medical therapy, and to focus functional properties of biodegradable materials produced from renewable resources. www.ptbmehu/kutato/indexphp?l=a STUDENT ACTIVITIES COLLEGIATE COURSES, SELF-MOTIVATED COMPANIES COLLEGIATE COURSE OF ENERGY It was in 2002 that the aforementioned formation was established

with the aim of acquiring current information of the specific field concerned, and on running researches in industry, in addition to the university basics stretching through the curricula of the university studies. The Course was called into being with the generous support of some Hungarian scientific associations, and with the active participation of mechanical and electrical engineering students. The major activities, the collegiate students participate in and benefit from, are as follows: active participation in weekly presentations on designated topics, field trips, and visiting significant forums or international meetings such as International Youth Conference of Energy, further to these, organising and managing the Summer Academy on Energy. After all, the Collegiates play an active role in preparatory consultation, and tendering operation, thus, assisting the students of BME. The Collegiates are highly supported by the available internal training system, and the available

chances of participating in international professional conferences. of students showing interest in machine and industrial product design. Its major activities are to support and realise common design projects, organise and manage field trips and presentations enhancing professional development, and finally gather students committed to design under an umbrella. COLLEGIATE COURSE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COLLEGIATE SUBCOURSE OF BUILDING SERVICE ENGINEERING: The aim of this Course is to make the different fields and aspects of building service engineering popular. Collegiates take part in several appealing presentations and field trips, and in this way, getting acquainted with practical applications to widen their professional knowledge. Collegiates are regularly upgraded professionally, as it is one of the main aims, by organising project tasks and courses to follow. The professional, isolatedly operating, agil student sections decided to integrate in 2012 at the Faculty of

Mechanical Engineering. In this way, numerous opportunities opened up to tackle professional engineering tasks, and the aim is to deepen complementary knowledge obtainable during university studies. COLLEGIATE SUBCOURSE OF SHAPING TECHNIQUES: The very aim of this section is to give a physical chance to students to try the theoretically rigid processes of shaping technics by their own hands. As part of acquiring practical engineering skills, the Collegiates can dug deep in the practical knowlegde of freehand forging, shaping slabs, or moulding. To solidify the experience, there is theoretical training running parallel with practice, and field trips also colour grey workdays. COLLEGIATE SUBCOURSE OF AERODYNAMICS: This particular section has been working on, since its establishment, how inevitable it is to examin arial and liquid media in mechanical engineering. Their aim is highlight those features of aerodynamics that go beyond university teaching materials. Among others, the

Collegiates work on numerical simulations and wind tunnel measurements needed to validate. COLLEGIATE SUBCOURSE OF DESIGN: The aim of this Course is to support and widen the professional activities COLLEGIATE SUBCOURSE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING: The major aim of this section is to provide an overall practice-oriented picture on mechanical technologies, equipment and processes associated with chemical, pharmaceutical, food and oil industry to all interested and concerned. Organising presentations, field trips, skill developing courses and offering projects also make an organic part of their profile. COLLEGIATE SUBCOURSE OF MANUFACTURING: The main target of this section is to attract the audience closer to the world of cutters. The very basis of their activities is practical work during which Collegiates can acquire the most important cutting technologies. Besides, inivited speakers of the field concerned are frequent visitors there, and field trip challanges are also welcomed by

Collegiates. COLLEGIATE SUBCOURSE OF WELDING: Such a course aims at deepening the knowledge on welding acquired at the university. Further to this, there is emphasis on providing information on basic processes and equipment in order to integrate welding science into their competence. 47 to the dormitory dwellers of Tódor Kármán Dormitory, that of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Setting up, maintaining infrastructure, ans supporting users int he best possible way is a challanging task. Besides, services listed here are also their competence: electronic correspondance, web servers, as well as the wifi network currently being developed there. COMPETING TEAMS There are quite a few student teams present at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty participating in international challanges such as Formula Students, Motostudents, Pneumobil Competition Shell-Eco Marathon, and Dutch Solar Challange. According to the advertised aims, presentations, field trips, competitions are

organised in order to solidify the acquired scientific knowledge of the Collegiates, the welding engineers of tomorrow, and in this process they may enrich their own industrial contacts. COLLEGIATE SUBCOURSE OF HEAT ENGINES: Very much according to the name of the section, the main field of work here is the family of heat engines. The aim of the organisation is to secure professional experiences and project-oriented tasks that may form Collegiate engineers with appropriate expertise, who, after graduation, are capable of integrating into the blood-circulation of the industry. COLLEGIATE SUBCOURSE OF MECHATRONICS: The major aim of this section is to complete the education of mechatronics Collegiates, to open up opportunities to implement activities related to mechatronics. The offer they attract students with stretches from organising presentations on space research, consultations aiming at assisting tests; while being part of varied field trips the way is open to get to know the role

players of the industry. COLLEGIATE SUBCOURSE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY: The task of this course is to organise and implement professional presentations, field trips, individual and fieldwork on medical-engineering reasearches and projects. The aim is to widen the Collegiates’ approach on the applicability of their engineering knowladge obtained during their university studies, and the clear vision of the relationship between the frontiers of the two disciplines. COLLEGIATE SUBCOURSE OF POLYMER ENGINEERING: As these days polymers are so much graining ground in the industry, this section sets its aim at introducing the interesting world of plastics to the most possible students. The course specifies its tasks in organising theoretical and practical training during which Collegiates can deepen and widen their professional knowlagde. COLLEGIATE SUBCOURSE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: The job taken by this section is securing internet access STUDENT ACTIVITIES PROGRAMMES FRESHMAN CAMP

This is an appealing offer to newcomers, the first time that they can establish contact with the university and their fellows of their study groups. In the camp, in groups of 15-20, they get well-equipped with information on the educational system of the university; also get together in different team building competitions, and sports programs. CRUISING FOR FRESHMEN Cruising is an admirable activity of seeing Budapest highligted - espespecially for freshmen. Each year a specific theme of the event determines the contents and clothing of the cruisers program and event. Participants are dressed accordingly, and the boat is decorated harmoniously. Disembarking is normally followed by a full-night amusement. FRESHMEN BALL Freshmen Ball looks back to a long tradition. It is organised in November each year. The event is opened up by a freshmen dance with dancers in breath taking traditional ball clothing. The colours are black and white After the opening dance freshmen take a serious

oath of university students that is followed by the Dean’s Address. In the rest of the evening famous music bands entertain the audience. Similarly to cruising, organising the ball is also laid on a specific thematic content. The decoration of the ballroom makes a nice balance between ballroom atmosphere and thematic specifications. WEEK FOR PROFESSION AND CULTURE The series of events arranged in March-April time is arranged in the main aula of the Tódor Kálmán Dormitory. All week in the afternoons presentations with mastery, interviews with well-named professors, experts and sportsmen are on such as dr. Gábor Stépán, former dean of the Faculty, dr. Gábor Zacher, toxicologist, Ibolya Görög, protocol expert, Károly Härtlein, physisist, and László Cseh olimpic medalist swimmer. This week hosts also the 49 Kármán Day, in the frames of which students compete in 12 groups of 8-9 students each in finding creative professional solutions to exercises prepared for them

by the departments of the faculty. Solutions are evaluated by the respective departments. TRISECT EVENING Those students who already have passed three –fourth of their studies are invited to a dinner of the Faculty Dormitory named after Tódor Kálmán in a fancy dinner to celebrate the achievements so far, and together remember the time has already passed. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DAYS – SLIP These days are, by no doubt, the oldest arrangements of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. During the traditional April event the students can get freed from the world of evaluation and assessment and have some leasure with their friends for four days. Each afternoon 200 members of 7 -8 teams of competitors face the challange of professional evaluation; and can prove their efficiency in several tasks to prove their ability of an engineering student. Finally, in the evenings the concerts of invited music bands entertain approximately 1000 students. RING OR BADGE I N I T I AT I O N

CEREMONY, GRADUATE BALL- This event is one of a highly ranked events of our Faculty. This is organised in an informal way in the frames of a dinner where graduating students and professors meet with no obligations or protocol before the final exam. After dinner a few teachers present a mocking diploma defence scenes that is normally appreciated by laughter. This is when life music enters, and keeps togetherness, entertainment and nostalgy live until late at night in a ballroom atmosphere. SPORTS LIFE The Sports Section of Mechanical Engineering is organised twice a year, one in each semester. The indoor football championship lasts for 14 weeks and the participating teams are between 10 and 14. The non-stop 24-hour football championship is regularly a spring program. Some 25-30 teams from different faculties compete with one another in this scheme. The November Evening on the Ice program attracts normally some 400 people to skate and ease in between the mid-terms of the Fall semester.

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