lndustrial Machinery Engineering
9.133.00.00 lndustrial Machinery Engineering
Qualification awarded: Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering by Specialіty of Machine Building
Entry year: 2024
Mode of study: full
Program duration: 4 years
Institute: Department of Doctoral and Post-graduate studies
Number of credits: 43 ECTS credits of the educational component of the educational and scientific program
Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework: NQF Level 8 (Third cycle of QF-EHEA / EQF Level 8)
Field(s) of study: Mechanical engineering
Specific admission requirements: The program of professional entrance tests for persons who have obtained a previous level of higher education in other specialties provides for verification of the person's acquisition of competencies and learning outcomes determined by the standard of higher education in the specialty 133 Industrial mechanical engineering for the second (master's) level of higher education.
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning: Provided that the previous level was obtained in another country, nostrification is required, which is carried out by the Lviv Polytechnic.
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements: The dissertation for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy is an independent comprehensive study that offers a solution to a complex problem in the field of mechanical engineering or on its border with other specialties, the results of which have scientific novelty, theoretical and practical significance. The dissertation should not contain academic plagiarism, falsification, fabrication.
Characteristics of the educational program: The educational - scientific program is based on normative provisions and the results of modern scientific research in the field of mechanical engineering, design methods, experimental studies, modeling, parametric optimization of structures, control of parameters and diagnostics to ensure the reliability of machines, which solve current problems and tasks in the field of mechanical engineering: design, calculations, manufacture, operation and repair of mechanisms and machines, creation of rational structures, improvement of the quality and efficiency of their work; development and improvement of manufacturing processes and technological equipment; research of dynamic processes in energy, technological, transport and other machines, devices and apparatuses, creation of methods for assessing their structural strength, durability and reliability at the stages of design, production and operation and directs the applicant to the solution of current tasks and problems in industrial mechanical engineering.
The educational - scientific program provides general scientific, professional, language competences and universal skills of the researcher, as well as in-depth knowledge in the chosen specialty.
Програмні результати навчання: 1. The ability to demonstrate meaningful knowledge of the relevant field of mechanical engineering and understanding of the philosophical methodology of scientific knowledge, psychological and pedagogical aspects of professional and scientific activity, own scientific outlook and moral and cultural values, which will provide an opportunity to critically analyze the situation in the field of mechanical engineering.
2. The ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge and understanding of the classical and modern methodological and methodological base of research in the selected field of scientific research for the successful organization and conduct of scientific research in the relevant field of mechanical engineering, successful public defense of their results at scientific seminars and specialized scientific councils;
3. Ability to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of a foreign language, necessary for oral and written presentation of the results of scientific research, conducting professional scientific dialogue, full understanding of English-language scientific texts.
4. The ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the philosophical methodology of scientific knowledge, psychological and pedagogical aspects of professional and scientific activity, one's own scientific outlook and moral and cultural values.
5. Ability to independently conduct scientific research and make decisions. The ability to plan and set research objectives, choose methods of experimental work, interpret and present the results of scientific research, give practical recommendations for their implementation in production.
6. The ability to evaluate the technological system for its modeling and simulation as an object of research; to be able to choose appropriate methods of research and modeling, principles of building models; apply the obtained models for process and equipment design; determination of optimal process schemes and equipment operation modes; optimize management of production processes.
7. Knowledge of failure models that are used to describe mechanical devices and systems of basic reliability indicators; ways of ensuring reliability indicators. Ability to calculate probabilistic characteristics of failure models for individual elements of mechanical devices and systems; calculate reliability indicators for non-renewable and renewable mechanical devices and systems; select the required type of backup and the number of backup elements.
8. Ability to choose methods and means of technical control of parameters of technological machines; the ability to assess measurement accuracy; knowledge of the procedure for identifying reliable information about the object, which includes mathematical and (or) logical processing of control results; the ability to analyze the influence of the main parameters of the elements on the functional indicators of the equipment.
9. The ability to competently and reasonably use mathematical apparatus to solve industry problems;
10. The ability to use a variety of peripheral devices, methods and methods of effective use of information system hardware to solve practical problems.
11. The ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of historical and modern trends, scientific development and practical experience in the development of mechatronic control systems of aggregates and car systems based on the analysis of the used conceptual, methodological and methodical principles.
Academic mobility: Within the EU Erasmus+ program on the basis of bilateral agreements between Lviv Polytechnic National University and educational institutions of partner countries.
Work placement(s): Pedagogical practice
Programme director: Vasyl Dmytriv
Occupational profiles of graduates: Employment in the positions of scientific and scientific-pedagogical workers in scientific institutions and institutions of higher education, as well as in the positions of highly qualified workers in research, project, design institutions and divisions of enterprises.
Other program features: The educational component of the program is implemented during 4 semesters, with a duration of 43 credits and has disciplines in the corresponding 3 cycles that provide: language competences, universal skills of the researcher, knowledge in the chosen specialty, disciplines of the student's free choice.