Politehnica University of Timis oara

1. Politehnica University Timișoara, ROMANIA Politehnica University of Timisoara Presentation 2017 2017

2. Timișoara - Romania Krakow Timisoara

3. Timișoara –City of Roses

4. About us Established in 1920, shortly after the Unification of Romanian territories, PolitehnicaUniversityof Timisoara was the answerto one of the requirements of the Romanian society of the time, namely the formation of engineers. • 10 faculties • 25 departments • 26 research centers • 13500 students • over 123000 graduates • 800 teaching staff • 700 administrative and additional staff

5. About us Established in 1920, shortly after the Unification of Romanian territories, PolitehnicaUniversityof Timisoara was the answerto one of the requirements of the Romanian society of the time, namely the formation of engineers. • 10 faculties • 25 departments • 26 research centers • 13500 students • over 123000 graduates • 800 teaching staff • 700 administrative and additional staff

6. About us • 54 study programs at bachelor level; • 60 at master level programs; • 13 PhD schools; • High rate of employment of graduates; • Intense participation in national and European research; • Collaboration agreements with national and multinational companies; • Member in various international organizations; • Over 190 collaboration agreements with universities from abroad. The didactic activity of Politehnica University of Timisoara is organized in line with the Bologna paradigm.

7. Partnerships withUniversities Bilateral agreements with more than 190 universities

8. Partners from industry • Multinationalcompanies: • National companies • Continental • Alcatel-Lucent • IBM • Flextronics • ABB • National Instruments • Texas Instruments • SSI • Schaefer • Draexlmaier • BRD GroupeGenerale • Dacia Renault • TRW • Microchip • Oce Software • Coca-Cola • Procter&Gamble • Linde • Kathrein • Mentor Graphics • Hella • Orange • HUF • Autoliv • SIPA Engineering Romania • Zoppas Industries • Elster • METRO • ENEL • Elba • Aquatim • Azomures • Romtelecom • Saguaro technology • Lasting Group • Hidroelectrica • Termocentrale • ASTRA • Energoterm • DURA Automotive Systems • Transelectrica • BEGA Group

9. Campus UPT

10. Faculties Faculty of Architecture and City Planning Faculty of Automation and Computer Science Faculty of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications Faculty of Electrical and Power Engineering Faculty of Engineering in Hunedoara Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Management in Production and Transportation Faculty of Communication Sciences

11. Department Mechanics and Strength of Materials - History • Polytechnic School in Timisoara was established in 1920, shortly after the unionof Romanian territories. • The Strength of Materials Laboratory was opened in 1923 in the presence of King FERDINAND and Prime Minister I. C. BRATIANU. • The lab was equipped with the support of the Rector of Politehnica School from Timisoara professor Traian LALESCU and Strength of Materials professor C. C. TEODORESCU. • First tests with students were held in 1923, and the first student “Laboratory notebook” was published in 1924. • In 1931 the laboratory was visited by King CAROL the Second and Prime Minister N. IORGA.

12. Department Mechanics and Strength of Materials– Research Infrastructure • static testing machines • fatigue testing machines • FLIR 40 Thermograph • Digital Image CorrelationSystem • NDT ultrasonic • Load cells, data acquisition systems • SEM, TEM • EDX, XRD • Additive Rapid Prototyping machines • SolidWorks, Abaqus, Digimat, Ansys, Cosmos M, Beasy

13. Department Mechanics and Strength of Materials– Research fields • Mechanical testing of metals, polymers, composites, foams and structures • Fatigue testing • Fracture mechanics and structural integrity • Impact and repeated impact testing • Creep tests • NDT • Experimental Stress Analysis (Thermoelasticity, DIC and photoelasticity) • Numerical Stress Analysis

14. Department Mechanics and Strength of Materials– Research projects • Micro-mechanical modeling of cellular materials with refinements on fracture and damage, Contract 172/2011 (2011 – 2016) • HIGH PERFORMANCE LIGHTWEIGHT PANELS WITH A NEW OPTIMIZED DESIGN FOR ADVANCED AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES, Contract 206/2012 (2012 – 2016) • MICROSTRUCTURE - MECHANICAL PROPERTIES RELATIONSHIP FOR METALLIC FOAMS,Bilateral Agreement ROMANIA - SLOVAKIA, Contract 653/2013 (2013 – 2014) • Transfer of knowledge for fatigue strength evaluation of steering • wheels skeleton, Contract 89/2016 (2016 – 2018) • Transfer of knowledge for dashboard and Head-Up Display optimization through testing and modelling of advanced materials, Contract 93/2016 (2016 – 2018)

15. Politehnica University – Role in the project • WP 3. Optimization using computer methods properties of new materials and structural elements made ​​of them • Evaluation of the mechanical properties of the new composites using Finite Element Analysis methods • Determination of optimal compositions

16. Politehnica University – Role in the project • WP 4. The research into the application of new materials – comparison functional properties materials • Experimental determination of the mechanical and thermal properties of the new composite materials • Static tests • Fracture mechanics tests • Dynamic tests • Fatigue tests • Heat transfer

17. Politehnica University – Role in the project • WP 5. Analysis of practical applications of new materials for construction application and testing prototype components in laboratory as well as validated it in relevant environment • Mechanical testing of composite structures and portotypes • Static tests • Dynamic tests • Fatigue tests • Heat transfer

18. Advanced Materials and Structures 2018 • International conference Advanced Materials and Structures 2018 • 95th anniversary of the Strength of Materials Laboratory • Timisoara, 26-31 March 2018 • ISI Proceedings – IOP • Special topic regarding eco-friendly composites

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