Research Profile and Infrastructure

 

 

INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL METALLURGY, METALFORMING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Prof. ZOLTÁN GÁCSI / femtangz@uni-miskolc.hu

 

  • Developing environmental friendly solder materials for the automotive industry
  • Solving material scientific problems of solder materials and solder joints
  • Calculating phase diagrams using ESTPHAD 
  • FEM modelling of melt flows in melts stirred with rotating magnetic field 
  • Directional crystallization experiments in rotating magnetic field
  • Fine structure analysis / failure analysis of metallic components
  • Examinations on phase transformations of TRIP/TWIP steels and SMAs
  • Sampling-free measurement of residual stresses by X-ray diffraction
  • Optimisation of lifetime enhancing technologies 
  • Investigating the evolution of residual stresses during fatigue 
  • Researches on amorphous metals / MMCs / nitridizing technologies

 

  • OPTICAL MICROSCOPE / SEM WITH EDS / TEM / AFM / RAMAN SPECTROMETER / DSC
  • XRD TEXTURE / ODF / RESIDUAL STRESS 
  • HARDNESS TESTER / UNIVERSAL MECHANICAL TESTER WITH FURNACE AND CLIMATE CHAMBER 
  • CRYSTALLIZER WITH ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELD 

 

INSTITUTE OF ENERGY AND QUALITY AFFAIRS

Prof. ÁRPÁD BENCE PALOTÁS / arpad.palotas@uni-miskolc.hu

 

  • Research on the potentials of energy utilization of low quality brown coal
  • Research on the renewable-based heat supply of small settlements, with prime focus on biomass-based heating
  • The remediation of heavy metal contaminated industrial sites by applying phytoextraction
  • Research on the material processing and secondary utilization of rubber waste 
  • Urban air quality: prevention and/ or removal of smog
  • Solar to thermal conversion: researhes on solar panels, solar parabolic dishes
  • Solar to electricity includes photovoltaics: researches on stirling engines, artificial photosynthesis
  • Waste energy harvesitng options: researches on piezzoelectric floor, traffic lanes / wind energy 
  • Utilization of geothermal energy 

 

  • DERIVATOGRAPH / TG / DTA / TMA/ CALORIMETER / PYROMETER / GAS CHROMATOGRAPH
  • CHNSO ANALYZER / FLUE GAS ANALYZER
  • ASH FUSIBILITY TESTING INSTRUMENT
  • ELECTRIC FURNACE / SOLAR SYSTEMS 
  • EXPERIMENTAL PELLET FIREBOILER
  • HOT BENDING / MULTIFUNCTIONAL TESTER 

 

 

INSTITUTE OF METALLURGICAL AND FOUNDRY ENGINEERING

 Prof. TAMÁS KÉKESI / kekesi@uni-miskolc.hu

 

  • Developing foundry technologies / casting simulations / high pressure and die casting technologies
  • Researches on moulding materials
  • Melting and melt treatment technology optimization
  • Calculation of thermal- and casting technology parameters
  • Examination of sand reclamation
  • Waste disposal and technological utilization
  • Definition of HDPC technological parameters on casting part properties
  • Casting defect analysis
  • Developing environmental friendly and efficient recycling methods of metals from primary and secondary resources 
  • Studying physical and chemical processes of plasma treatments
  • Developing coatings for different substrates

 

  • LOW PRESSURE DENSITY DETERMINTATION 
  • CAD DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR MEAUSEREMENT AND EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL PARAMETERS 
  • WINCAST / NOVAFLOW&SOLID / FLOW3D

 

CHEMICAL INSTITUTE

Prof. JÁNOS LAKATOS / mtasotak@uni-miskolc.hu

 

  • Development of active materials of reactive barriers focusing on the dead biomass and coals
  • Research on atomspectrometric sources, development of emission-spectrometric analytical methods
  • Chemical synthesis in microreactor
  • Studies on chemical degradability of antibiotics and pesticides
  • Examinations on the possibilities of removing EDC and PPCP materials from waters
  • Developing an electrochemical method and related equipment to demolish organic water contaminations, production and application of carbon nanosorbents and catalysts

 

  • ICP WITH AN AXIALLY VIEWED TORCH
  • NANO PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSER AND ZETA-SIZER
  • LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH
  • FTIR
  • SURFACE AREA AND POROSITY ANALYSER
  • GA CHROMATOGRAPH-MS  FID, ECD AND MSD DETECTOR
  • LIQUID PHASE MICROREACTOR

 

INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS AND POLYMER ENGINEERING

Dr. TAMÁS SZABÓ / polsztam@uni-miskolc.hu

 

  • Evaluation of hetero-modulus ceramics
  • Development of technical ceramics
  • Designing environmental friendly construction materials
  • Research and development in the field of nonmetallic prosthetic implant materials, main focus on uhmwpe polymer products
  • Development of implant wear and life cycle evaluating applications and equipments 
  • Recycling and processing of secondary raw polymeric materials
  • Monitoring of changes in chemical and mechanical properties of technical polymers during recycling
  • Process evaluation and testing of polymer components for the automotive industry

 

  • DMA / THERMAL CUNDUCTIVITY MEASURER
  • INSTRUMENTED IMPACT TESTER / SCRATCH TESTER
  • TRIBOMETER / POROSIMETER / LASER DILATOMETER / DSC / HEATING MICROSCOPE
  • SEM WITH EDS PROBE / XRD
  • DEPOLARIZATION SPECTROMETER / FTIR / RAMAN
  • INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS