Department of Materials Engineering is a scientific centre of basic and applied research and international scientific cooperation in the field of materials and limit states of materials. Research is focused on the field of investigation of the relationship between the structure (or microstructure, substructure) and properties of metallic and non-metallic structural materials, including unconventional types; on the new methods for assessing the resistance of materials to mechanical, physical and chemical stresses (fatigue, electrochemical corrosion, degradation of plastics, etc.); and new directions in the field of materials engineering, with the aim of exploiting the limiting properties of materials in all areas of their application.

     Department educates students in the Technical Materials study programme. It is a modern study programme enabling the acquisition of knowledge based on the current state of scientific knowledge in the field of engineering technology and materials.

     During their tenure, the staff of the Department has achieved many significant results in research. For example, in the field of cast iron crystallization research they have applied and verified cast iron with worm-like graphite for castings of internal combustion engines, for glass moulds and for engineering products of means of transport. In the field of research on the influence of intense ultrasound on the properties of structural materials, prof. Ing. Anton Puškár, DrSc. D., an original school where the issues of damage accumulation and failure of materials under high-frequency cyclic loading are comprehensively investigated. In the field of research on reducing the failure rate of railway vehicle components, the staff of the department has worked out the problems of using new types of steels, applied new renovation methods and proposed new methods of heat treatment.