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
NTC MILESTONES
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 ( for modelling materials with a complex inner structure and redistribution of masshttp://sfepy.org
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, Plzeň,