The faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the CTU in Prague is a basic element in the system of education and
research in the Czech Republic. It has a very old tradition, as a direct descendant of the Engineering School
in Prague, the first of its type in Central Europe, founded as early as 1707.
The Department of Materials Engineering is one of the leading departments in the Faculty and highly reputable
in the Czech Republic. It covers a whole range of metallic, polymeric and composite materials in modern
mechanical engineering. It develops the theoretical concept of relationships between material properties and
its internal structure. Research facilities are focused on optimisation of end-use properties and diagnostics
of materials as a basis for life-cycle design in the machining industry. The Department has specific skills
in the study of precipitation and recrystallization processes in steels, aluminium alloys and model alloys,
degradation processes and fracture behaviour of metallic materials, properties of microalloyed steels, mutual
relationships among structure, processing condition, deformation and fracture behaviour of polymeric
materials and composites.
In the HYMM project, CTU's role is the investigation and research of basic materials, Life Cycle Analysis,
and material tests.
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