NEW TECHNOLOGIES – RESEARCH CENTRE

Introduction

► Self-financing research institute at UWB

► Modern computing and laboratory

equipment

► Direct cooperation with industry

► FTE: 90, turnover: CZK ~ 90 mil.

► Projects of problem-oriented research

► Institutional resources

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NTC IN FIGURES

The year 2013

►5 utility models

►23 applied outcomes

►118 publication outcomes

Human Resources [FTE]

Financial Resources [in thousands of CZK]

Percentages of Financial Resources

KEY COMPETENCES

► Materials technologies

► Laser technologies

► Strength analyses

► Convection of heat and heat transfer

► Human body modelling and monitoring

► Interdisciplinary activities

► Combination of experiments and computations

MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES

► Silicon-based materials for 2nd and 3rd generation solar cells,

technologies of transparent conductive oxides to be applied in

photovoltaics, photonics and microsystems technology

► Thin-film depositions using PVD and CVD technologies

► (Geopolymer) composites (mechanical and civil engineering)

► Polymer-based technologies (controlled release of medication, sensors)

► Optimization of fuel cell membranes

MATERIALS RESEARCH

► Materials morphology for catalytic convertors, microfluid equipment,

granulation and microstructures of forms of medicine

► Intelligent designs of the microstructure of tablets and other forms of

medicine and their application in the pharmaceutical industry

► Materials characteristics by means of

► X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy

► Electron and optical microscopy

► Profilometry, nanoindentation, tribology

LASER TECHNOLOGIES

► Application of powerful lasers

to develop manufacturing systems

in the field of welding of plastics

and metals, thermal processing

and coating, micromachining and marking

► Application of thermal imaging methods in process

control and non-destructive verification

► Development of technological procedures,

prototyping of components, piloting of technologies

STRENGTH ANALYSES

► Strength, thermal and

dynamic computations

► Analysis of strength and

lifetime of mechanical

equipment

► References from the field of nuclear power engineering

and the automotive industry

► Focus on applied research for industrial partners

► Flexible approach to problems in the field of Computation Fluid Dynamics,

coupled problems and experimental analyses

► Numerical simulations

► Experimental analyses

► Power engineering

► Automotive industry

► Aviation technology

CONVECTION OF HEAT AND HEAT TRANSFER

HUMAN BODY MODELLING

► Quick analysis of impacts

(motion of a vehicle’s occupants)

► Inverse dynamics (analysis of muscular tension)

► Description of injuries, including clinical applications

(tissue tension during childbirth)

► Hybrid approach (combination of

MBS and FEM), scalable models

of a desired weight, age and sex

► Development of a unique FEM solver (http://sfepy.org)

for modelling materials with a complex inner

structure and redistribution of mass

HUMAN BODY MONITORING

► From the first idea up to a functional prototype

► Optimized hardware and software for

continuous on-line contact and non-contact

measurement (temperature, EMG, acceleration, posture)

► Software for control, transfer,

visualization and analysis of data

► Links to an individualized virtual human model

(respecting the weight and basic antropometry)

in order to better represent a specific individual

► Detection of muscle strain, optimization of rehabilitation

CONTACT INFORMATION

University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

New Technologies – Research Centre

Univerzitní 8, 306 14 Plzeň, ntc@ntc.zcu.cz, http://ntc.zcu.cz