BUDAPEST

UNIVERSITY OF
TECHNOLOGY
AND ECONOMICS

FACULTY OF
MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
anno1871
 CONTENTS
03 WELCOME
04 140 YEARS OF THE FACULTY OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING

18 THE FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

TODAY*

20 Department of
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

22 Department of
FLUID MECHANICS

24 Department of
ENERGY ENGINEERING

26 Department of
BUILDING SERVICE AND PROCESS ENGINEERING

28 Department of
MACHINE AND PRODUCT DESIGN

30 Department of
MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

32 Department of
HYDRODYNAMIC SYSTEMS

34 Department of
MECHATRONICS, OPTICS AND MECH. ENG. INFORMATICS

36 Department of
APPLIED MECHANICS

38 Department of
POLYMER ENGINEERING

40 COOPERATION RESEARCH CENTRE FOR

BIOMECHANICS

41 BME-AUDI HUNGARIA COOPERATIVE RESEARCH

CENTRE
*The list of Departments is in the alphabetical order of their
Hungarian denominations.
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WELCOME
140 years comprise today the life of four generations. In the
history of industry and engineering, this period has seen a
series of changes reshaping the whole world, economy and
human life. Human mind, seeking at all times new ways, has
contributed to these great changes by “miracles”.

At present, countless results of engineering contribute to our

close or broad environment. They seem to be so evident to us
that we do not remember when these devices were conceived
or who the inventor was.

We – lecturers and students of the Faculty of Mechanical

Engineering at the Budapest University of Technology and
Economics, our scientific and industrial partners – are
pleased and proud that our forerunners in mechanical
engineering as well as our present staff have always made
their great contributions to engineering culture.

The 140-year history of this Faculty demonstrates how

important the provision of conditions for engineering
education has always been. Results of our industrial and
scientific partners have proven it.

We can raise the question whether we utilize properly the

heritage of our predecessors: Donát Bánki, László Heller
and László Gillemot. As an answer to this question, we
present this brochure. Understanding the past, popularizing
the achievements of our predecessors, caring for their
heritage, we outline the present by showing scientific results,
educational work and industrial contacts of our departments.

I think – and hope that many others share this opinion – that
all this constitutes an integral part of the Research University Budapest, 25th March 2011
strategy “Where to in the future, University of Technology?”.
In this Research University program, our Faculty acts as
gestor in charge of the research area Sustainable Energy.
It is a complex program with a great responsibility, but an
excellent chance for all of us. Let us make use of it. A 140-year Dr. Gábor Stépán
history of our Faculty, one and a half centuries of education in Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
mechanical sciences in Hungary obliges us to do so. Dean
140 YEARS OF FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ONE AND A HALF CENTURIES OF EDUCATION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES AT BME
“Because there are things to remember
in order to have a future”
(Lajos kossutH, 1854)
M
echanical engineering and its
representatives have played an
important and decisive role in the
cultural history of technology. It became a
top priority in the industrial development
of Hungary after the Austro-Hungarian
Compromise in 1867.
In the Dual Monarchy as modern industry
began to develop, it was the period of
setting up the large-scale and mechanized
industry. The most typical industries of
that time were iron and metal industry,
machine production, manufacturing of
vehicles, then, after the turn of the century,
electrical engineering and instrument
production. The industrial development
called for well-trained professionals.
Recognizing this need, the Minister for
Religion and Education József eötvös
Ágost Canzi - Palatine Joseph (1832) The Ganz Factory (1867)
As far as creative thinking is concerned I learned the
most from Professor Donát BÁNKI... at the university.”
(1813-1871) submitted his draft to the
Parliament about “reorganization of the
Royal Joseph University of Technology” on
the 7th April 1870. The Parliament accepted
his proposal and King Francis Joseph
confirmed by his “supreme decision”
the internal organizational rules
of the Royal Joseph University on
the 10th July 1871.
The first Rector of the university
was Joseph Sztoczek (1819-
1890). The independent University
of Technology was established in
1871 with five sections*: section
of engineering (corresponding
to the present Faculty of Civil
Engineering), Mechanical Engineering,
Architecture, Chemical Engineering and
Universal Section. (*Sections were
equivalent to the present faculties.
Hereinafter we use the term
Faculty.)
The first Dean of the Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering was
Miksa Bielek (1833-1917). He
was born in Svábócz (Švabovce)
in county Szepes. He studied
in Késmárk (Kežmarok), Igló
(Spišská Nová Ves), Pest and at
József Sztoczek
the University of Technology in
Vienna. In 1864 he started his
(Tódor (Theodore von) kármán, 1962)
teaching work at the predecessor of our
university (established after the unification
of the former Institutum Geometrico-
Hydrotechnicum and of the Industrial
School) that used the name of Royal
Joseph University that time.
Miksa Bielek was later Chairman
of the Section of Mechanical
Engineering of the Association
of Hungarian Engineers and
Architects. Most of his papers
on mechanical engineering
were published in the Bulletin
of Natural Sciences and in the
Bulletin of the Association
of Hungarian Engineers and
Architects.
Education in mechanical engineering
sciences dates back to the
Industrial School where in
addition to geometry, higher
mathematics, natural
philosophy and mechanics,
machinery and machine
design were taught. Between
1857 and 1862 Vince
HauSzmann gave lectures
in practical mechanics at the
Polytechnic, while Miksa Bielek
began teaching applied mechanics
and machine construction in 1864.

Beside Miksa Bielek, Ignác HorvátH
(1843-1881) from 1869 and Dezső nagy
(1841-1916) from 1870 became professors of
machine design.
When the Faculty was founded in 1871,
only 15 students enrolled at the Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering, but this number
had risen to 131 by the academic year
1881/82, while by 1899/1900, the Faculty had
800 students.
The University of Technology – thus also the
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering – began
training in the academic year 1882/83 in its
first independent building in the present
Múzeum Boulevard (which today houses
ELTE Faculty of Humanities).
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The subjects of the first comprehensive
exam taken after the 4th semester included
mathematics, mechanics, engineering
physics; while after the 8th term they had to
pass comprehensive exams in theoretical
machinery, machine design and mechanical
technology.
In engineering education including that
of mechanical engineers, the needs of
industry were highly considered, which is
shown also by the fact that departments

In the academic year 1882/83, a new by-law

was accepted for the university, and this
also affected the Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering. The students had to pass the
comprehensive exams at the end of the 4th Francis Joseph at the BME (1910)
and 8th semesters.

The first engineering periodical in Hungarian language (1838) Central Building of BME designed by Alajos Hauszmann

Donát Bánki
(1859 – 1922)
H e was born in Bakonybánk in
county Komárom on the 6th
June 1859. Greatest mechanical
engineer of his time, Professor of
the Faculty of Mechanical Engi-
neering, corresponding member
of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences.
He graduated from the Royal
Joseph University of Technology,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
in the academic year 1880/81.
At the beginning, he worked as
designer at the Machine Factory
of the Hungarian Royal State
Railways, then he acted as machine
designer and chief engineer in the
Ganz & Co. Foundry and Machine
Factory for 17 years.
His first important invention was
the dynamometer, rewarded by
the Association of Hungarian
Engineers and Architects by the
Hollán Ernő Prize, then, one year
later, in 1893, the same award was
conferred on him for his study “Gas
engine theory”.
His cooperation with the head
of the machine workshop of the
University of Technology, János
Csonka became closer and closer.
The outstanding achievement
of their joint work, submitted on
the 11th February 1893, was the
patent “Innovations on petrol
engines” in which the principle of
the carburettor was demonstrated
for the first time in the world.
He became professor of this
Faculty in 1898. In addition to his
work as a lecturer, he founded
the laboratories of thermal and
hydraulic machines.
The number of major patents of
Bánki is around 20, and nearly
150 papers published by him are
known. He became corresponding
member of the Hungarian Academy
of Sciences in 1911.
In the academic years 1914/15 and
1915/16 he acted as Dean of the
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
He died in Budapest on 1st August
1922.
for the newly emerging fields were
continuously founded and professors with
considerable industrial experience were
invited to head them.
First permanent home of the University
Accordingly, the Department of Electrical
Engineering was founded in 1893 with
Károly zipernowSky (1853-1942) as its first
professor. Now, his portrait can be seen on
the Dean’s chain of the Faculty of Electrical
Engineering and Informatics.
The best-known invention of the „Great
Triumvirate” – Ottó Titusz BlátHy (1860-
1939), Miksa Déri (1854-1938) and Károly
zipernowSky (1853-1942) – is the
transformer.
zipernowSky gave lectures on
„electric plant equipment” and
„measurements on dynamo
machines and transformers”.
He illustrated his lectures with
slides. He became corresponding
member of the Hungarian Academy
Sándor Rejtő
of Sciences in 1893.
The statue of Sándor rejtő (1853-
1928) professor for the subject “Metals and
Cutting” is standing in the building of the
present (2011) Department of Materials
Science and Engineering.
He was the first engineer to obtain a
diploma in mechanical engineering at
the University of Technology on the 12th
November 1877. He became professor of
the department following considerable
industrial practice – he had worked as
industrial supervisor for long years. He
built up the laboratory, thus improving the
quality of the work of the department.
Lecturers of the Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering were that time also Ignác
HorvátH (1843-1881) – until his early
death – and Béla BreSztovSzky (1872-
1941), founder of the Aero Sports Club of
the University.
Professor of machine design Jenő cSerHáti
(1855-1910) joined the Faculty after his
work at the Ganz factory.
The career of Donát Bánki as a lecturer
started among these great engineer-
professors.
Following a productive and successful
activity in industry, Donát Bánki (1859-1922)
joined the Department of Machine Design
(Machine Elements and Hoisting
Machines) of the University of
Technology in 1898. He was a
student of Ignác HorvátH, and
then acted as his Assistant.
He worked in industry for State
Railways Engine Works and
Ganz & Co. Foundry and Machine
Factory. His cooperation with
János cSonka (1852-1939) – who
obtained the vacant job as the head
of the machine workshop at the
University of Technology in 1876 – began in
these years and lasted until his death.

János Csonka in the automobile designed by him in the garden of the University (1910)
In addition to his work as lecturer, Donát
Bánki founded the laboratory for thermal
and hydraulic machines which was equal to
similar laboratories abroad at that time in
terms of equipment.
The number of major patents of Bánki is
around 20; and he published nearly 150
papers.
He became corresponding member of
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in
1911. He was invited to foreign universities
several times but he refused the invitation:
“My patriotic obligation binds me to remain
at the Budapest University of Technology
and serve the cultural and economic
development of my native country” – he
wrote in answer to the invitation of the
University in Zürich.
His educational work was continued by
Miksa Herrmann (1868-1944) and Emil
ScHimanek (1872-1955). Miksa Herrmann
acted as Minister of Commerce between
1926 and 1929. Emil ScHimanek greatly
contributed to the establishment of diesel
engine production in Hungary (in the
Hungarian Arms and Machinery Factory).
He designed the first cold storage house in
Hungary.
Kálmán kanDó also obtained his diploma
in mechanical engineering at our Faculty
in 1892, and Donát BÁNKI had another
excellent student: György jenDraSSik in
1922.
Gusztáv SzaBó (1879-1963) worked in the
construction department of the Hungarian
Railways prior to becoming staff member of
the Department of Agricultural Machinery.
He played an important role in starting the
tractor production in Hungary.
Founder of the Department of Machine
Elements was Ödön K. jónáS (1851-1933),
the first mechanical engineer Rector of
the University of Technology (1905).
In engineering education, teaching subjects
of natural sciences has always been top
Károly Zipernowsky
(1853 – 1942)
M ember of the “Great Triumvi-
rate”, inventor of transformer
was born in Vienna in 1853. He
graduated from the Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering of this
university. His scientific interest
directed him towards heavy-
current Electrical Engineering.
Attracting the attention of András
meCHwart, he was employed at
the Department of Electricity of
GANZ Factory founded at that time.
He worked on the development
of lighting a first result of which
was the illumination of the palace
of Savings Bank in kálvin square
with arc lights in 1879.
Great personalities of electricity
and electrification: Edison,
Siemens and Crompton did not
foresee the future of alternating
current, and they found that
the distribution of high-voltage
energy was unsolvable. The „Great
Triumvirate” consisting of Ottó
Titusz BlátHy, Miksa Déri and
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Károly Zipernowsky solved this
problem in 1883 by developing
the first self-excited AC generator,
and in 1885 they presented the
first working AC transformer in
the world. The new electricity
distribution system revolutionized
electricity.
Modernity of engineering training is
proven by the fact that at the Faculty
of Mechanical Engineering of the
University of Technology, the De-
partment of Electrical Engineering
headed by Károly Zipernowsky was
founded in 1893. He illustrated his
lectures with slides. He worked as
a professor at this Faculty until his
retirement in 1924.
He became corresponding member
of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences in 1893. More than 40
patents are related to his name. He
became president of the Hungarian
Electrical Association in 1905.
He died in Budapest at the age of
90 in 1942.
 Tódor Kármán
(also known as Theodore von Kármán)
(1881 – 1963)

M any schools bear his name

both in Hungary and abroad,
and also a Moon crater and a Mars
In 1930, he moved to Pasadena
(USA) and investigated supersonic
flight. In 1936, he founded a rocket Helicopter by Petróczy-Kármán-Zurovecz
crater are named after him. research team where the first
ballistic missile of the US Army priority. Jenő HunyaDy (1838-1889) was Machine Design was divided into several
Our university conferred the was developed in the early 1950s. professor of descriptive geometry in subjects: Machine Elements, Thermal
Honorary Doctor title on the world- He is recognized as one of pioneers that time. The legendary mathematician Machines, Hydraulic Machines, Hoisting
famous scientist of aerodynamics of rocket science. Gyula kőnig (1849-1913) also taught here. Machines and Dynamo Machines.
in 1962. Professors of mathematics were Gusztáv
In 1951, he became president of raDoS (1862-1942) and József kürScHák The move of the University of Technology
He was born in Budapest in 1881. AGARD, the Advisory Group for (1864-1933). to new premises, in connection with
He obtained his diploma at the Aerospace Research & Develop- with large-scale constructions positively
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering ment (NATO). After József Sztoczek, Kálmán Szily affected engineering education at the turn
in 1902. (1838-1924) and Mór rétHy (1848-1925) of 20th century. Laboratories supporting
In 1963, he was the recipient of became professors of natural philosophy mechanical engineering education were
Soon he went to Göttingen the National Medal of Science (physics). (The portrait of Kálmán Szily can completed. Their importance was stressed
University as a scholar of the bestowed by the US President. be seen on the Dean’s chain of the Faculty by Rector Lajos iloSvay (1851-1936) in his
Hungarian Academy of Sciences. of Natural Sciences.) opening speech to the academic year 1902
He formulated there the theory His fruitful scientific life ended in as follows: “There is an essential change
of repeating pattern of vortices 1963. A fundamental condition of modern in the mechanical engineering education...
called the “kármán vortex street.” engineering education was that many The new university in Lágymányos is the
He worked as a professor of the The dormitory of our Faculty bears lecturers with considerable industrial third one in Europe to have a mechanical
Aachen University of Technology his name, and the Department experience introduced students into laboratory.”
from 1912. of Fluid Mechanics cultivates his “engineering practice”, and reforms in the
intellectual heritage. The Theodore curriculum supported their efforts. The greatest scientist of aerodynamics
During World War I. he designed von Kármán Wind Tunnel Labora- of the 20th century, Tódor (Theodore von)
the first military helicopter (PKZ). tory is place of notable national When the most important reform of kármán (1881-1963) got his diploma
Meanwhile he was a lecturer of our and international experiments. the curriculum came into effect from in mechanical engineering in 1902 and
university. the academic year 1898/99, the subject worked as a lecturer of the Faculty for

some years. (He was awarded with the
Honorary Doctor title of this university in
1962. In our days the Theodore von kármán
Wind Tunnel Laboratory operating within
the Department of Fluid Mechanics, as well
as the student dormitory of this Faculty
bear his name.)
Economic sciences play an
important role in engineering
training. The internationally
recognized professor of economics,
Farkas Heller (1887-1955) taught
this subject group to engineering
students. The portrait of Farkas
Előd Abody
Heller can be seen on the Dean’s
chain of the Faculty of Economic
and Social Sciences.
Anderlik
After World War I., when the Austro-
Hungarian Monarchy broke up, Hungary
faced new tasks. The territorial shrinkage
because of the Versailles (Trianon) Peace
Treaty largely distorted the economy of the
country. This affected also the education at
the University of Technology, including the
mechanical engineering training.
Dénes (Dennis) gáBor, who was awarded
with the Nobel Prize later, started his studies
at this Faculty in 1918.
In the late 1920s, several reforms with
double objectives were introduced in
engineering training in order to modernize
education and decrease the overload of
students. Demands for three up-to-date
scientific fields were clearly formulated.
The Council of the University of Technology
decided to organise three sections at
the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
at its meeting on the 31st July 1929:
machine design, electrical machines
and agricultural machines. Study time
was raised to 9 semesters. Actually, this
decision of 1929 laid the foundation of the
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, which
was actually established only 20 years later.
László vereBély (1883-1959), who
participated in the electrification of the
state railways in Italy together with
Kálmán kanDó (1869-1931), joined
the Department of Electrical
Engineering of this Faculty in 1929.
His name is related to designing
the national electrical network in
Hungary and designing the power
station in Bánhida.
In parallel with setting up new
sections, the idea of establishing
the Department of Aerodynamics and
Aeronautics was raised, it was then actually
founded in 1934, headed first by Előd aBoDy
(anDerlik) (1896-1949). (The building of
the department – standing at the corner
of the present sZtoCZek and Bertalan
Streets – was designed by the professor of
the University, Iván kotSiS (1889-1980.)
Statue of Farkas Heller in BME garden
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Kálmán Kandó
(1869 – 1931)
E lectric locomotives known
as “kanDó locomotives” have
carried his name for decades. He
line was built in 1902 being, at the
same time, the first railway line
of the world electrified by high-
was born in Budapest on the 8th voltage alternate current.
July 1869.
During World War I. he acted as
He began his secondary school a General Director of the GANZ
studies in the Lutheran Grammar Factory.
School at Deák Square and
He designed the first phase-
completed them in the teacher
reversal electric locomotive of
training secondary school founded
the world in 1923, and its serial
by Mór kármán (today the school
production began soon.
on trefort Street). (It was the
first teacher training secondary Nearly 70 patents are related to
school for future secondary school Kandó’s name.
teachers in Europe.)
The GANZ Factory achieved
Kálmán kanDó graduated from outstanding results in the develop-
our university with a diploma in ment and production of electric
mechanical engineering with locomotives.
“excellent” qualification in 1892.
His death on the 13th January 1931
His engineering career started came during work, unexpectedly.
in France but soon became an
engineer of the GANZ Factory in
Budapest. He was interested in
large-scale railway electrification.
Based on his design, first mainline
electrified railway, the Valtellina
 O
n the basis of Act No. X/1934, the
Palatine Joseph University of
Technology and Economics came
into being as the largest higher educational
unit of Hungary with its 98 departments. At
the university with five faculties, our Faculty
began its work under the name of Faculty
of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering
(Section of Mechanical and Chemical
Engineering).

The Faculty – in addition to the generation “Uncle Patyi” in the Faculty’s football team
György Jendrassik change – continued to invite experts
(1898-1954) with notable industrial experience into Having obtained his diploma in mechanical
education. engineering, he worked as an assistant

H is diesel engine developments

enriched the internationally
recognized vehicle production
turbine with an independent com-
bustion chamber in the world
was built based on his design his
The legendary Professor Géza pattantyúS-
áBraHám (1885-1956), “Uncle Patyi” for
beside Károly zipernowSky, and then
enriched his knowledge during study
trips abroad. Having returned home, he
traditions of the GANZ Factory, design in 1938. engineers of all times, stands in the same became Assistant Professor beside Miksa
founded in 1844. row as the previous great personalities of Herrmann at the Department of Machine
This successful inventor became
mechanical engineering education. Elements, and from 1926, he acted as a
He was born in Budapest on the the director-general of the factory
deputy lecturer for the classes Machine
13th May 1898. in 1942.
Elements, then Hoisting Machines.
He began his studies at the Faculty Up to the beginning of World War II.,
of Mechanical Engineering of the 550 GanZ-JenDrassik multiple unit He became professor of the Department
Joseph University of Technology trains were delivered to various of Machine Design III. (Hydraulic and
in Budapest in 1916. He studied countries of the world. conveying machines) in 1930, then as
in Berlin with the support of Tódor of 1932 the Department of Hydraulic
In 1947, he felt forced to escape Machines. He worked at this department
(Theodore von) kármán in 1919-
from Hungary. He lived in until his death.
1920, obtained his diploma in
Argentina, then settled in England.
mechanical engineering with the
77 patents were recorded in 20 Excellent examples for his publications
qualification “excellent” in 1922
countries under his name. are his textbooks “General Introduction to
and became an engineer of the
GANZ Factory. He departed in London on the 8th Mechanical Engineering” and “Machine
February 1954. Operations”. The latter one was published
The first GanZ-JenDrassik engines in 14 editions.
were designed in 1927 and earned His innovative work – scientific and
international recognition for their industrial developing activities – Among others, the career of Zénó terplán
inventors soon. The engines were was recognized posthumously in (1921-2002), Professor of the University
built into multiple unit trains. 1990 by the sZéCHenyi Prize. in Miskolc, Member of the Academy of
At that time, JenDrassik was Sciences, started from his school. Géza
already interested in gas turbines. pattantyúS-áBraHám was the first to
propose the foundation of the Institute
The first low-performance gas for Further Engineering Education at the
Timetable
Hungarian Congress of Engineers in 1931,

and the institute was established in 1939
as the first of its kind in Europe.
Ádám muttnyánSzky (1889-1976) joined
the Faculty in 1942, and using his great
industrial experience, he founded the
research and education of kinematics
and kinetics in Hungary. His books have
withstood the test of time.
Mechanical engineer Ede kunD (1884-
1970) taught at the Academy of Economics
in Debrecen and Keszthely, then in 1926
he joined the Department of Agricultural
Machinery of this Faculty. He became
professor in 1940, and acted as Head of
Department until 1949.
Tibor Szentmártony (Stachó) (1895-
1965) began his career as a lecturer of
the University of Technology beside József
kürsCHák (1864-1933), and became
professor of mathematics from 1937.
The careers of László gillemot (1912-
1977), József gruBer (1915-1972) and Imre
Textbook manuscript of Bánki, dedicated to Miksa Herrmann (1920)
vöröS (1903-1984) also started at that time,
and all three of them became renowned
professors later.
The successful relationships between
the University of Techology and industry
are illustrated by the foundation of two
departments by factories in 1938, one of
them being the Department of Nuclear
Physics. Zoltán Bay (1900-1992) began
his work at this Faculty as Head of this
Department.
There were regular factory visits (e.g. Elzett
Ironmongery Factory, Standard Electrical
and Radio Factory, Cable and Wire Rope
Factory) demonstrating active contacts
to industry and providing opportunity for
students to get acquainted with their future
workplaces. Professor vereBély with
100 students visited the Power Station in
Bánhida and the electric locomotive plant
of the Hungarian State Railways in 1942.
The University of Technology became
entitled to confer the degree “Honorary
Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám
(1885 – 1956)
W hen in the second half of the
19th century, electricity as
a new energy source appeared,
engineering creativity seemed to
have no limits any more. However,
not everybody could feel at
ease in the sophisticated world
of machinery. One Hungarian
engineer certainly possessed this
ability: “He – Géza pattantyús-
áBraHám – was one of the last
great personalities of the kind
of mechanical engineers feeling
themselves at home everywhere in
the realm of machines.”
He was born in Selmecbánya
in 1885. He graduated from our
university in mechanical engineer-
ing in 1907. He had outstanding
teachers such as Donát Bánki and
Károly Zipernowsky.
After study trips abroad, he became
teacher of this Faculty in 1909.
He remained an engineer having
close contacts to industry and
economy, and played an important
role in the electrification of several
settlements. He read lectures
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in Machine Design, Hydraulic
Machines and Hoisting Machines.
His “Mechanical Handbook” has
been a reference book for all
practicing engineers for decades.
On his proposal, the Institute
of Postgraduate Engineering
Education was founded as the
first of its kind in Europe (1939).
He gathered all the talented
students called “centipedes” at his
department.
He implanted love for engineering
work and made the students
understand the importance of
scientific work.
In the academic year 1938/39 he
acted as Dean of this Faculty. The
kossutH Prize was bestowed
upon him in 1952. He became
corresponding member of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences in
1953.
He passed away in 1956. The
Doctoral School of this Faculty
bears his name.
 Doctor of Engineering Sciences” in 1901.
This title was awarded first in 1909.
The first mechanical engineer becoming
Honorary Doctor of the University of
Technology was Ottó Titusz BlátHy (1860-
1939) in 1917. The first professor of this
Faculty obtaining the title Honorary Doctor
of the University was Professor Emil
ScHimanek in 1941.
Military operations in Budapest during
László Gillemot World War II. inflicted huge damages to the
(1912-1977)
University. Several buildings, like those of
the recently completed the Department of
worked from its foundation in 1947 with
Professor Imre vöröS as a director. Imre
vörös (1903-1984) began his career at this
University, Department of Machine Design
IV in 1926. He acted as Dean of this Faculty
in 1949/50 and Rector of the University in
the period between 1950-1954. Generations
of engineers studied from his textbooks.
Kossuth Prize was first conferred in
Hungary in 1948 when it was awarded to
two professors of the Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering László kozma and Emil
ScHimanek in the year of its foundation,
then to László gillemot and András lévai

H e was born in Budapest

on the 7th October 1912.
Originally, he wanted to become
In 1948, he built up the Metal
Research Institute, and 1949 the
Iron Research Institute.
Aerodynamics, were ruined.

Teaching began on 3rd April 1945. (At that

in 1949.

In 1951, professors László Heller and

a mathematician. (In a math
competition in the secondary
school, he won the second prize
while the first place went to György
HaJós who became later a great
mathematician.)
He enrolled the Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering of this
university in 1930 and obtained his
diploma in mechanical engineering
in 1935.
He became a lecturer of his
Alma Mater at the Department
of Mechanical Technology and
remained there for 40 years. In his
doctoral thesis, submitted in 1940,
he discussed X-ray examination of
welding joints.
Manufacturing steel structures by
welding started becoming popular
that time. For his work in the field
of welded bridges, the kossutH
Prize was awarded to him in 1949.
time Farkas Heller acted as Rector of the Imre vöröS, in 1952 Ádám muttnyánSzky
At that time he researched
university and József liSka as the Dean of and Géza pattantyúS-áBraHám received
the utilization of red sludge
this Faculty.) the Kossuth Prize.
of aluminum plants and the
generation of titanium from
Political battles of the years and decades The educational reform of 1948 increased
bauxite. He was the first to develop
after 1945 also affected also the University the number of students – perhaps more than
a titanium sponge that could be
of Technolgy. justified by the economic circumstances.
transformed into metallic titanium
bars by a special technology in
Until the introduction of part-time By the academic year 1948/49, the new
1957.
and correspondence instruction at the specialization draft of the Faculty of
He made a great contribution to Budapest University of Technology in Mechanical Engineering was elaborated,
the development of press forming 1951, the State Polytechnic of Technology aiming at intensifying practical training.
technologies.
He was an internationally
recognized scientist of material
testing.
He acted as Rector of this uni-
versity between 1954 and 1957.
He became full member of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
in 1965.
He departed on the 20th August 1977.

Followers of Jendrassik with Professor Brodszky (left)


B
ased on the decree of the Presidium
No. 15/1949, the Faculty of Electrical
Engineering (with majors in Heavy-
Current Engineering and Low-Current
Engineering) was formed to which second-
and third-year students of our Faculty were
admitted, so that diploma degrees were
issued in electrical engineering in Hungary
first in 1950. A former professor of our
Faculty, József liSka (1883-1967) became
the first Dean of the new Faculty.
In 1951 several new departments
were established at this Faculty
of Mechanical Engineering as
well, including the Department of
Production Engineering and the
Department of Energy Management
(Department of Energetics from
1966).
József Gruber
Training in heating, ventilation and air-
conditioning began in 1950, organized into
a department in 1951 called Department
of Building Services. The Department of
Textile Technology, founded in 1948 extended
the educational fields of this Faculty by
a new unit called Department of Textile
Technology II. At that time, the number of
students of the Faculty surpassed 2000.
The decree of the Presidium No. 7/1951
reorganized the Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering into two faculties:
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
and Faculty of Production
Technology as of 1st August 1953.
On the basis of this decree, the
idea of establishing a University
of Production Technology was
Samu Borbély
formulated but was rejected
soon. These “two faculties” had
one Dean’s Office and one Dean: Imre
vöröS. The decree of the Presidium No.
31/1955 “reunited” these two faculties.
Then, the mechanical engineer László
gillemot (1912-1977) acted as Rector of
this university, who started his career as a
lecturer of the University of Technology at
the Department of Mechanical Technology
in 1935. He was a world-famous expert of
materials structure.
From the academic year 1953/54, József
gruBer (1915-1972) was the Dean of
this Faculty. From 1951 until death,
he headed the Department of
Aerodynamics, which, in 1952, was
transformed into the Department
of Fluid Mechanics. His major
research field was analysis of flows
in blade rows of turbomachines. His
work set new ways in fan production
in Hungary. He was the rector of this
university between 1961 and 1964.
Professor of this Faculty was also
László Heller (1902-1980) who earned
international recognition for the elaboration
of the principle of dry cooling and its
implementation into practice (together
with László forGó). The Hungarian cooling
towers based on their results save the
water demand of 7 million people all over
the world each year.
Professor Samu BorBély (1907-1984) gave
lectures in Mathematics to students
of this Faculty from 1955 and Gyula
Strommer (1920-1995) in Descriptive
Geometry. The latter served as Dean
of the Faculty between 1981 and
1987 as Dean of this Faculty.
The Department of Industrial Plant
Economics headed by István
HarSányi (1913-1985) launched a
post-graduate training in economics and
management for engineers within the
framework of this Faculty in the 1950s.
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László Heller
(1907-1980)
H e (originally named Mór fin heat exchanger developed by
sCHwartZ) was born in Nagy- László forGó (1907-1985) plays
várad (Oradea) on the 6th August an important role. (Its well-known
1907. He was the pupil of the name is Heller–forGó system.)
kemény Zsigmond Hungarian Royal These plants with dry cooling have
State Secondary School where he been working until today in 17
obtained the General Certificate countries, saving water equivalent
of Education in 1925. In 1927 to the needs of 7 million people –
he enrolled the Eidgenössische mostly in regions poor in water.
Technische Hochschule in Zurich
He acted as Head of Department of
and obtained his diploma in
Energy Management at our Faculty
mechanical engineering in 1931.
as of 1951. In 1954 he became
He defended his doctoral thesis in
corresponding member, then in
his Alma Mater in 1948.
1962 full member of the Hungarian
On the basis of his design, the first Academy of Sciences.
high-pressure industrial thermal
Students of this Faculty got
power plant of Hungary, next to the
acquainted with secrets of
Aluminum Plant in Ajka was built
thermodynamics and energy
in 1940.
engineering listening to his
At that time he worked out the interesting lectures. He travelled
cooling of power plants by air all over the world, working for
without water (called Heller implementing a modern energy
system). management.
Power plants are “water-intensive”, His creative life enriching
and problems related to cooling technological culture came to an
water can be avoided by using the end on the 8th November 1980.
patented system with dry cooling
towers where a special slotted

Dénes Gábor
(also known as Dennis Gábor)
(1900-1979)
N obel Prize winner in 1971 for
“discovering the method of
holography and contributing to its
development”.
He was born in Budapest on the
5th June 1900. He obtained his
GCE in the Hungarian Royal State
Secondary School (in markó
Street). Donát Bánki was also a
pupil of this school earlier.
He was junior chairman of the
Group of Mathematics and Natural
Sciences at the secondary school.
He became student of the Faculty
of Mechanical Engineering of the
Joseph University of Technology
in 1918. His instructors included
József kürsCHák, Ödön Jónás,
Sándor reJtő, Ignác pfeifer and
Imre sZarvasy. His knowledge of
vibration theory obtained at this
Faculty greatly contributed to his
later scientific results.
He continued his studies at
the Technische Hochschule in
Berlin-Charlottenburg from 1920
and got his diploma in electrical
engineering in 1924.
In 1933, he joined the lights factory
Egyesült Izzó as a researcher,
where he performed successful
plasma light bulb experiments.
He worked in England from 1934,
and as a lecturer of Imperial College
from 1947.
In 1952, he already had his
complete idea about a flat TV
tube – both in black-and-white
and colour version. Meanwhile his
interest turned to holography: “I
call diffraction diagram hologram
because it contains holos, i.e.
everything” (1949).
In 1964, he became honorary
member of the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences. He played an
active role in the implementation of
the objectives of the Club of Rome.
He visited Hungary several times
that time. There have been many
followers of his idea “Let us invent
the future!” all over the world.
His life ended on the 9th February
1979.
Until 1956, János Miklós Beér (b. 1923)
gave lectures at our Faculty. He had
become an internationally recognized
scientist in combustion theory and fluidised
combustion technologies at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (US). He received
the Doctor Honoris Causa title of BME in
1997. Huba őry (b.1927), the renowned
researcher of aviation science, professor of
Aachen University of Technology received
his engineering diploma at our Faclty
in 1949. Also, mechanical engineering
diploma was issued by this Faculty to
Ferenc pavlicS (b.1928), the designer of
“Luna Rover”, the Moon-vehicle used by
NASA in the Apollo mission.
In 1956, historical events took place in
Hungary. This university made its unpa-
ralleled contribution to setting revolutio-
nary examples. The meeting organized in
the Aula (Ceremonial Hall) of the central
building of BME in the evening of the 22nd
October 1956 ignited the revolution. On the
30th October 1956, more than 500 partic-
ipants in the auditorium “Aud. Max.” of the
central building elected the Revolutionary
Committee of the University of Technology
with a professor of this Faculty, Ferenc taky
as Chairman. From this Faculty, Professor
László Heller, Assistants Tamás Fekete
and Gábor Simay became members of the
Committee.
Ferenc Pavlics at our university
The Presidium abolished the Faculty
of Military Engineering by its decree
no. 16/1957. Many of its staff members
continued teaching at other faculties of
the University of Technolgy, thus also at
the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
among them Dezső BroDSzky (1910-1978),
who headed the Department of Thermal
Machines until 1972.
The Department of Precision Mechanics–
Optics – headed by Nándor Bárány (1899-
1977), Hungarian pioneer of applied optics
– was founded in 1957.
In 1958, the right to confer the title “doctor
of engineering” (dr. techn.) was returned to
the university. In response to the increased
educational load, the number of lecturers
rose considerably that time, new buildings
were opened like building D in 1964,
laboratories were extended.
Decree No. 3/1961 comprehensively settled
the issues of education: a new reform cur-
riculum was worked out, where the number
of practical classes made 50 pct of the total
number of classes. Within this reform, the
major Engineer-Teacher was launched at
the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
A new dormitory was opened in 1966 and
assigned to the Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering in 1969. This dormitory
adopted the name of Tódor kármán in
February 1990. As a major result of the
mid-1960s, the industrial contacts were
reopened, international contacts were also
strengthened. That time, József varga
(1903-1991) acted as Dean of the Faculty.
A related event was organized on 22nd
October 1962, when former student and
lecturer of this Faculty, the internationally
renowned scientist Tódor (Theodore

Luna roving vehicle (LRV)
von) Kármán (1881-1963) was raised to
Honorary Doctor of this university.
The scientific heritage of Tódor Kármán is
cultivated now by the Department of Fluid
Mechanics. The staff of the Theodore von
Kármán Wind Tunnel Laboratory carries
out research projects and contract work at
both domestic and international levels.
The subsequent decades brought whirling
processes in the Hungarian economy
and industry, constituting challenges
for engineering training, thus, also for
education of future mechanical engineers.
In 1967, the two then existing technological
universities in Budapest were united
under the name of Budapest University of
Technology (BME). In 1968, the major in
Vehicle Engineering taught at the Faculty
of Mechanical Engineering, and the
corresponding Department of Gas Engines
and Automobiles were attached to the
Faculty of Transportation Engineering.
In 1971, at the time of the 100th anniversary
of the independent University of Technology,
almost 2000 full-time students were
History written by Honorary Professor Dr. József NÉMETH, CSc, PhD
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studying at this Faculty, about 800 part- Pál Michelberger was elected as Rector, cooperations with more than 80 foreign
time students and more than 300 students and Zoltán Vajna became the Dean of the universities since the turn of the Millennium.
in distant learning courses were preparing Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. This
for their career in mechanical engineering. period can be characterized as the revival Research at the departments of the Faculty
of scientific and educational work and the of Mechanical Engineering serves both
Within the centenary celebrations – on the respectful continuation of the traditions engineering education and technological
13th September 1971 – the title Honorary laid by the internationally recognized development as demonstrated by the
Doctor was conferred, among others, on professors of this Faculty. department profiles on the following pages.
the renowned professor of mechanics at The more than one and a half centuries of
this Faculty, Ádám Muttnyánszky. The Széchenyi Prize was granted first teaching mechanical engineering sciences
in 1990. The following professors of this and 140 years of the Faculty of Mechanical
As part of a modernized curriculum, Faculty were awarded with this high- Engineering, set up at the independent
computer science classes began at the ranking prize: András Lévai (1993), Zoltán University of Technology in 1871 consti-
Faculty in September 1971. International Vajna (1997), Tibor Konkoly (1999), Károly tute an integral part of the history of
relations started growing. Launching a Molnár (2007), János Ginsztler (2010) and Hungarian higher education, industry and
major in Mathematical Engineering in 1973 Gábor Stépán (2011). sciences. It constitutes a non-separable
and another one in Machine Design in 1975 part of the technological development in
also originated from educational reform Seeking new ways, a major in Industrial Hungary, and through creative work of our
processes. Design Engineering was launched at the engineers, it is integrated in the worldwide
Faculty in 1996. Another major in Energy technological progress. The models of our
Later, a long term development plan of the Engineering was started in that year. The predecessors motivate present professors,
University of Technolgy, comprising the curri­ Faculty has had scientific and educational staff members and students.
cula of the various faculties was elaborated.
The process included the modernization of the
course material, writing new textbooks and
reconsidering interna­tional cooperation. The
University introduced engineering courses
in English for foreign students in 1984. The
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering has been
an active participant of these courses from
the beginning. This contributed to a great
extent to the international compatibility and
competitiveness of mechanical engineering
education in Budapest.
The Act on Education of 1985 was modified
by the Act No. XXIII/1990. This opened new
opportunities and brought new challenges
to the university simultaneously with the
change of regime in Hungary. The newly
elected University Council had its meeting
on the 12th November 1990, where Professor
Exam’s record of Dénes Gábor
FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF BME
The Mission of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is to preserve and extend the body of scientific knowledge and information required for coping with mechanical engineering problems in
industry while contributing to the economic development of the society. This mission is realized by university-level training integrated with research in engineering science and by introducing
the best students to scientific work within the PhD training.

Master courses in mechanical engineering- engineering fields. The goals formulated

related majors and specializations are
regarded as primary tasks of this Faculty.
For all this, BSc training is provided –
at present in Mechanical Engineering,
Mechatronics, Energy Engineering and
Industrial and Product Design – properly
preparing students for further education,
for MSc then possibly to PhD training,
in general, for life-long learning and
continuous renewal of their knowledge.
BSc courses of this Faculty transfer
knowledge and competences certified by
a diploma enabling students to enter any
MSc training in mechanical engineering
offered in Europe or in any industrially
developed regions of the world. The MSc
diploma issued by this Faculty certifies
knowledge recognized and preferred
not only by the Hungarian industry when
filling mechanical engineering vacancies,
but also international companies regard
it as number one Hungarian diploma in
mechanical engineering. Accordingly, this
Faculty invites the most talented students
feeling attracted by this profession to its
courses directly connected to mechanical
engineering and integrating diverse
in our mission are attained in cooperation
with students in an environment preserving
traditional educational values of the
University and sensitively following the
rapid changes in science and technology.
Active training and research relationships
to dominant higher educational institu-
tions of mechanical engineering in Europe
are of top priority for this Faculty. This
helps MSc students and enables PhD
students that they can build a network of
international realtions already during the
university years. The international relations
comprise reception of foreign students,
MSc training in particular majors open
to the world, BSc and MSc courses given
in English and international students
exchange agreements.
Training objectives formulated in the
mission of the Facutly are achieved
in several steps. A traditionally strong
element of training at all levels is the
solid background in mathematics and
interdisciplinary natural sciences necessary
for mechanical engineering tasks, while

Dr. Gábor Stépán, Dean, full member of the Hungarian Academy of

Sciences, Head of the Doctoral School Géza pattantyús-áBraHám. Re-
search field: Dynamics. Official of several international organizations;
among other periodicals, member of the Editorial Board of the Philo-
sophical Transactions of the Royal Society for six years; Fulbright schol-
ar at CalTech in Pasadena for a year, simonyi Engineering Prize winner.
Awarded with Széchenyi Prize in 2011.

laboratory work offering practical insight
into major fields of mechanical engineering
jobs is also essential. This foundation makes
our graduated engineers innovative and
they can be employed in a wide spectrum of
jobs during their careers. On this basis, the
scientific knowledge that is fundamental for
several-decade-long professional careers
of mechanical engineers is transferred,
which is followed by introduction to direct
practical activities in cooperation with
industry ensuring the ability to interact
with teams of engineers when starting
work. Results of this work are positively
recognized both by the industrial partners
and by the engineers graduated from here.
All mechanical engineering activities of
fundamental importance for the Hungarian
economy are represented at this Faculty
demonstrating also development trends
in Europe and in the world. Our mission
is to follow international trends, predict
considerable and fundamental changes
and implement into education. In harmony
with international trends, we represent the
integrating role of mechanical engineering
among various fields of engineering.
The Faculty has fruitful contacts to the
other engineering courses of BME; for
many of which, mechanical engineering
BSc degree is the entrance condition. The
Faculty continues to initiate interdisciplinary
training courses in a steadily changing
industrial and economic environment. BSc
and MSc courses in Energy Engineering,
Mechatronics, Industrial and Product Design
can be cited as examples of this approach.
Research at this Faculty is strongly related
to current needs of the Hungarian and
European industries. As part of its mission,
the Faculty works on basic research
fields where new perspectives can be
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opened up for industry via participation
in Hungarian and international projects.
Mid-term research cooperation with
companies directly interested in research,
development and innovation, involvement
of these companies in our long-term
basic research projects, jointly setting
their directions, as well as transferring the
latest internationally competitive scientific
knowledge and technological development
trends are of the same importance for this
Faculty. As a national centre of mechanical
engineering knowledge, the Faculty is
continuously available for industry with its
professional know-how and competence
to support quick and effective solutions of
practical engineering problems requiring
non-standard approach or deeper expertise
than usual.
BSC COURSES
•• BSc in Mechanical Engineering
•• BSc in Mechatronics Engineering
•• BSc in Energy Engineering
•• BSc in Industrial Design
Engineering
MSC COURSES
•• MSc Mechanical Engineering
•• MSc in Mechanical Engineering
Modelling (in English)
•• MSc in Mechatronics Engineering
•• MSc in Energy Engineering
•• MSc in Building Service and
Process Engineering
•• MSc in Industrial Design
Engineering
PHD COURSES
•• Providing PhD degree within the
Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám
Doctoral School in Mechanical
Engineering www.gpk.bme.hu
DEPARTMENT OF
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Dr. László DÉVÉNYI, PhD, Head of Department,
Associate Professor, Vice-Dean for Finance. His
research fields include metallography, heat treatment,
creep, failure analysis. 120 publications, 13 out of 35
papers in periodicals with IF. Member of the Scientific
Federation MTESZ, committees of the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences, curator of the ruBik Foundation
of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering, official of
the Chamber of Hungarian Engineers, board member
of the kerpely Antal Doctoral School in Materials Science and Engineering
at the University of Miskolc. Awards: Professors’ sZéCHenyi Scholarship,
Gillemot Prize, ZielinsZky Szilárd Prize of the Chamber of Hungarian
Engineers, “Excellent Lecturer of BME” based on students’ appraisal.

HERITAGE The present department is the successor of the

former Department of Mechanical Technology
and Department of Electrical Materials Technology. The distinguished
professors of the Department have been Sándor reJtő, Vilmos misánGyi,
László Gillemot, Ferenc vasvári naGy, and those who are still active, János
proHásZka, István artinGer and János GinsZtler. During these 140 years, the
name and the structure of the department were modified several times, the
number of teching and research staff as well as that of the students changed
considerably.

Since the last change of name in 2004, it has been working under the
name of Department of Materials Science and Engineering. In 2007, László
Dévényi became the Head of Department after 21 years of managerial work
by János GinsZtler during whose professorship the formal separation of
both educational units ceased. From the second half of 2009 onwards,all
teaching and research staff have been working in the same MT building.
Some workshops and training laboratories are located in hall G. The mission
of the department is since its foundation in 1889 to do training and research
in materials science and technologies within all forms of education, training
of engineers-specialists and PhD students. Due to the extent of this science,
our work has been specialized for metals and ceramics and particularly for
composites.

EDUCATION The department provides
high-level education from
BSc to PhD. In the first semester of the BSc program we
meet first the students of Mechatronics, Energy Engineering,
Industrial Design Engineering (~300 persons) and Faculty of
Electrical Engineering (~400 persons). We deliver lectures
in Materials Engineering and in Materials Science as basic
subjects. Both subjects concentrate on demonstrating
connections between materials structure and properties,
while within the subject Materials Engineering, the basic
technologies are described.
In the second semester, we are delivering lectures to
students of Mechanical Technology (~400 persons) in
Materials Structure and Testing, we focus on advanced
demonstration of the relationship between materials
structure and their properties as well as their deeper
testing. In the same semester, we train about 200 students of
Engineering Management in subject Materials Engineering
together with the Department of Polymer Engineering.
In the third semester about 380 students listen to our
lectures about material production, major technologies and
material selection strategies fundamental for engineers
within the subject Metals Technology.In module Materials
Technology of BSc training, first of all, theoretical foundation
of the major technologies is provided together with the
Department of Polymer Engineering. About 70 students
choose this specialization every year.
In several specializations of MSc course, we deliver
lectures in Materials Science as compulsory subject to
~180 students. Within specialization Materials Technology
we provide industry-motivated high-level knowledge in
major technologies and materials testing in the renewed
laboratories.This department takes part also in full-time and
part-time PhD training of Hungarian and foreign students. This
department plays an important role also in university training
conducted in foreign languages (English, German, Russian
and French).
The post-graduate Welding Engineer training launched
50 years ago has its accreditation since 1993, thus, our
Welding Engineer students can obtain the internationally
acknowledged diploma EWE: European Welding Engineer.
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RESEARCH The main research fields
include industrial materials
design and testing, intentional modification of grain boundary
structure of metals, fabrication of metallic foams and metal-
matrix composites, development of welding technologies,
production and testing of stents, failure analysis of
materials exposed to stress and elaboration of life extension
technologies as well as development of related material
testing (microscopic, electron-microscopic, magnetic and
other destructive and non-destructive) methods.
Research is done in reasonably located and well-equipped
laboratories used also in training. Some examples for our
equipment: scanning electron-microscope with EDS and
EBSD, optical microscopes, accelerometers and universal
mechanical testing machines, laser processing units,
composite laboratory, welding robots and forming machines.
The Research Group for Metals Technology of the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences works at this department (under the
leadership of full member of the Academy János Ginsztler)
major research field of which (“Research of special materials
for medicine, energy, vehicle and tools industries, testing
their microstructural and functional properties for their
technology-intensive application”) excellently fits into the
research activity of this department.
The research project supported by scientific fund OTKA
“Intentional modification of grain boundary structure of metals”
was finished last year, “Magnetic testing of degradation
processes of power plant materials” is still running as well as
one of our fresh postdoc’s “Infiltration of microballoons” titled
postdoc OTKA project. A new project entitled “Exploration of
theoretical and experimental foundation of new facilities for
manufacturing ultra-fine grained constructional steels” is also
under submission. Additional means for development come
from vocational training contribution, innovation and industrial
agreements as well as from Research University projects.
The results are published in periodicals having impact factors
and Hungarian journals as well as at international and
Hungarian conferences. Several department staff members
have been involved in organizing the Materials Science and
Mechanical Engineering Conferences in Hungary for some
years.
www.att.bme.hu
DEPARTMENT OF
FLUID MECHANICS
Dr. János VAD, PhD, Associate Professor has been
Head of the Department since 2009. He earned his
PhD degree in 1997 in axial flow turbomachinery..
His educational and research fields include fluid
mechanics, fluid machinery, flow measurement
techniques, industrial ventilation, technological
processes and their modelling. He has established
cooperation with Hungarian, Italian, Austrian,
German and British research institutions. He is a
member of the Editorial Board of IMechE Journal of Power and Energy
and is among the head organizers of the Conference on Modelling
Fluid Flow.

HERITAGE The predecessor of the Department of Fluid

Mechanics, the Institute of Aerodynamics, was
established in 1934. In 1941, the new building of the department was opened
and one of the largest wind tunnels in Central Europe was put into operation
and still plays a major role in aerodynamic studies, pollutant dispersion and
urban climate investigations.

Under the leadership of the former heads of the department, József GruBer,
Tibor sZentmártony and Tamás laJos, the department’s key areas of
research have been: acoustics, atmospheric processes, environmental
technology, flow control, fluid machinery, HVAC and vehicle aerodynamics.
The Tódor (Theodore von) kármán Wind Tunnel Laboratory was established,
providing unparalleled measurement facilities in Central Europe. With the
rise of information and computer technology, this department has made
quick progress in computational fluid dynamics and computational acoustics.

EDUCATION The educational assign-
ments of the department
can be sorted into three major complementary groups:
theoretical and empirical considerations; computer
simulation methods – supported by our computer cluster;
and measurement techniques – supported by the readiness
of our laboratory facilities. The department is responsible
for the following subjects and subject groups, most of
them also being taught in English: Aerodynamics, Fluid
Mechanics, Fluid Mechanical Measurement Techniques,
Fluid Machinery, Building Aerodynamics, Gas Dynamics,
Industrial Air Conditioning, Vehicle Aerodynamics, special
subjects pertaining to environmental protection and
environment technology, Air Quality Control, Engineering
Meteorology, Technical Acoustics and Measurement
Techniques, Large-Eddy Simulation, Computational Fluid
Dynamics, Technological Processes and Modelling of
Mechanical Engineering Systems, Theory and Modelling of
Turbulence, Multiphase and Reactive Flow Modelling, Water
Treatment, Noise Protection.
The department is responsible for, and/or holds BSc
courses in Mechanical Engineering and in Mechatronics,
as well as MSc courses in Energy Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering Modelling..
The department is highly involved in educating the PhD
students of the Pattantyús-Ábrahám Géza Doctoral School
in Mechanical Engineering, with special regard to the
subprogram, Mechanical and Energy Engineering Systems
and Processes.
An important element applied by the department in
educating engineers involves feeding back industrial
expertise and applied R+D results into the practical training
of engineers through industrial case studies and field-
work, laboratory and project assignments, and by hosting
a club for students interested in learning more about fluid
mechanics related subjects. We have active cooperative
relationships with Italian and British universities regarding
student mobility.
RESEARCH The department has tra-
ditionally always actively
engaged in projects requiring expertise for consultation and
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applied R+D for Hungarian and foreign industrial compa-
nies and institutions. This activity encompasses the main
process industries – such as steel production, energy, food,
gas purification, pharmaceutical, as well as chemical and
water treatment. We also take part in research projects re-
lated to the automotive industry, thermal engineering and
HVAC – within this, flow control – and atmospheric flow.
Computational fluid dynamics and within this the newer
developments in large eddy simulations open up important
opportunities for the department.
Computational aero-acoustics is a new research field of
the department which is developing dynamically. Acoustic
simulations are well supported by the Békésy György
Acoustic Laboratory’s background in measurement
technology.
Laboratory investigations play a key role in our research,
especially, in accordance with international trends, the use
of laser optical flow diagnostics.
Since 1999 our most important foreign research and
development partner has been the world-famous Von
Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Belgium, which is
supported by NATO.
The computational and physical (laboratory) modeling of
flows for engineering purposes is an area which is intensively
developing. As an international forum of the research
results, the Conference on Modelling Fluid Flow (CMFF) is
organized by the department every third year in Budapest
with the participation of fluid technology researchers from
more than 30 countries. Due to the high-quality of this event,
the prestigious International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
publishes a special issue on CMFF, which presents the
most outstanding contributions.
In the last few years, the average age of staff members
has been approximately 35 years, which is reflected in the
momentum of and ambitious work of this department team.
In the last few years, the average age of staff members has
been approximately 35 years, which is reflected in the mo-
mentum of and ambitious work of this department team.
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DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY ENGINEERING
Dr. Gyula GRÓF, PhD, Head of Department, Associate
Professor, mathematician-engineer, graduated from
the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Research
fields are analysis and modelling of energy systems,
theory of heat conduction, development of methods
and devices for determination of thermo-physical
properties. Elected official and active member of
Hungarian and international scientific organizations
for several years; Secretary of the Committee on
Fluid and Thermal Engineering of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
and the Hungarian National Committee of WEC. Member of the
Hungarian Academy of Engineering, editor of the Hungarian periodical
Energiagazdálkodás (Energy Management).

HERITAGE The Department of Energy Engineering dates back

to the Institutum Geometricum and to the subjects
of power machines and energy plants taught by Ignác HorvátH and later by
Ottó petZval. Miksa Bielek, followed by Emil sCHimanek delivered lectures
about heat engines for 30 years from 1904. Zoltan komonDy managed the
Department of Steam Engines and Refrigerators from 1946. László Heller
established the Department of Energy Management in 1951 and András
lévai established the Department of Power Plants in 1953. In 1978 they
were merged into the Institute of Thermal and Systems Engineering, headed
by Imre sZaBó. The Department of Heat Engines was founded in 1960 and
was directed by Dezső BroDsZky until 1972. It was directed by Gábor Bassa
until 1989 and later by Antal penninGer. The Department of Energy was
established in 1992 directed by Gergely Büki and László ráDonyi from 1996.
The Department of Energy Engineering in its present form was established
in 2002. It was directed by Antal penninGer until 2008.

The mission of the Department of Energy Engineering is to define the

development pathways in energy engineering and to educate students in a
way that enables them to solve issues with scientific sophistication through
developing responsibility for future generations.

EDUCATION The department offers
undergraduate programmes
(BSc) in mechanical engineering, energy engineering,
mechatronics and product design and postgraduate
programmes (MSc) in mechanical engineering, energy
engineering and mechanical modelling. It also offers research
programmes (PhD) and specialized education in energy
production.
The department pioneered the establishment of energy
engineering education in Hungary and it has been coordinating
the education programmes since. It played a key role in
introducing the two-level education system as well as in
establishing the BSc and MSc courses in energy engineering.
Crucial core subjects offered by the department include
Engineering Thermodynamics I-II, Heat Engines, Energy
Engineering I-II and Energy Supply. Besides providing solid
theoretical background in core subjects, the department pays
special attention to laboratory practice and measurements.
All students of mechanical engineering and energy engineering
can work in a high-quality laboratory where measurements
can be carried out on modern and traditional power machines
and on equipment like micro-turbine, gas engine, condensing
boiler, fluidization heating unit, heat pump, internal combustion
engine and steam turbine. A renewable energy laboratory and
a modern training local substation were added to the facility
this year.
The department also prepares the students with energy
engineering related knowledge in law and economy and often
invites specialists to deliver lectures from the government,
companies and civil societies. Students can study modern
computational methods of thermodynamics, heat transfer and
fluid mechanics, simulation tools of energy processes and
systems, symbolic mathematical and engineering software
products in a new computer laboratory with 18 workstations.
The department has been a member of a Consortium of five
universities for four years, as a result of a successful EU tender
within the Erasmus Mundus programme (www.mastereurope-
me3.org).
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RESEARCH At the Department of Energy
Engineering, research is
carried out in the field of systems and machinery, connected
with transformation and efficient utilization of energy as
well as economic, social and natural processes.
The department contributes to solving social dimensions
of energy challenges through basic research, applied
research and experimental development for harmonized
and environmental-friendly utilization of energy, in order to
provide their competitiveness and supply security.
Economic basis of research activities is provided by a wide
range of industrial R+D projects and by means obtained
within grants published by the scientific fund OTKA, by the
research office NIH and the EU. Resources are continuously
invested in the development of the laboratory.
In addition to Hungarian institutions, the department co-
operates with Canadian, German, French, Portuguese,
Polish and South-African universities in various fields.
Staff members of the department actively participate in
scientific organizations; the editorial board of the periodical
Energiagazdálkodás (Energy Management) is located in the
department.
The department takes part in elaboration of background
studies about social and economic aspects of energy
supply, makes proposals for policy and regulation, works
for leading companies of the industry on technological
and economic issues related to direct and CHP generation
projects. It develops solutions in a new approach for power
station control. As a result of research of air pollution by
energy industry, a measurement system and software for
determination of pollutant dispersion have been developed.
Numerous pilot programs for utilization of renewable energy
sources have been completed with the participation of the
department. The water regime researches contributed to
the expertise of NPP Paks to reach the level of developed
countries. It carries out continuous research on the test
benches in relation to the utilization of renewable fuels and
to the determination of effects of fuel additives in IC engines.
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DEPARTMENT OF
BUILDING SERVICE AND PROCESS ENGINEERING
Dr. Péter LÁNG, Doctor of the Hungarian Academy
of Sciences, Head of Department, Professor. Main
research fields include design and modelling of
countercurrent separation processes (distillation,
absorption, etc.). He delivers lectures about
unit operations and environmental protection in
Hungarian, English and French. Visiting professor
at universities INSA Lyon and INP Toulouse.
Chairman of the Section of Chemical Machinery
of the Hungarian Chemical Society MKE. He acts as representative of
MKE in the EFCE Committee Fluid Separations and INDEFI.

HERITAGE The Department of Building Services and

Process Engineering was established by
unification of the Department of Building Service Engineering and
Department of Process Engineering in 2007. The new unified department
has been headed by Professor Péter lánG since 2008.

The establishment of the Department of Building Service Engineering was

initiated by Professor Árpád maCskásy in 1951, and he became the first head
of the department. Later on Professor József menyHárt and Professor László
BánHiDi and till the unification of both departments, Professor László GarBai
acted as heads of department.

Predecessor of the Department of Process Engineering, the Department of

Chemical Machinery and Agricultural Industries was established in 1949 under
leadership of Emil Bass. Then Associate Professor Balázs sZántay followed
by Professor Sándor sZentGyörGyi headed the Department. The Department,
the name of which changed to Department of Chemical and Food Engineering
and then to Department of Process Engineering, was headed by Professor
Károly molnár from 1988 to the unification of both departments.

The mission of the department is to train engineers able to elaborate concepts

of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and technological machinery
and processes, to model, design, operate and maintain them; carry out IT,
control and safety tasks of these systems and system elements.

EDUCATION The Department of Building
Service and Process
Engineering takes part in the education at the Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering at all the three levels: BSc, MSc and
PhD courses. In the BSc course of mechanical engineers,
this department is not only responsible for the specialization
Building Service Engineering but also teaches most subjects.
Lecturers of the department in the field of process engineering
are responsible for several subjects of the specialization of
Process Engineering. The department makes its contribution
to the specialization Building Energetics within BSc course
Energy Engineering, as well. The independent MSc course in
Building Service Engineering and Process Engineering was
launched on the initiation of the industry as of academic year
2009/2010 that admits not only BME BSc diploma holders but
also engineers with BSc diploma obtained in another higher
educational unit to its specialization Comfort Building Service
Engineering or specialization Process Engineering. This
department trains also environmental engineering students
of the Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology
both in BSc and MSc courses. The students can complete
their theoretical knowledge by practical skills not only in
laboratories of the department but also within laboratory
exercises or internships at various companies (such as IMI
Hungaria, LG, Grundfos, Főtáv, Geberit, Uponor, Daldrop,
Richter, EGIS, MOL). Lecturers are supported in their work
by demonstrators selected from excellent students preparing
additional materials and/or carrying out measurements.
RESEARCH In the field of HVAC, the accent
is on comfort research, heat
supply and heating systems, ventilation systems as well as gas
and water supply, district heating and sewer systems. Within
it, definition of requirements and technical parameters on
the basis of probability theory and risk analysis is the priority
research field. Research topics of the above HVAC systems are
connected to system elements and issues of complex systems.
Any industry related to unit operations where material flows
are transformed such as chemical industry, pharmaceutical
and oil industries, environmental protection and biotechnology
offer topics to research. Typical devices include separation
columns, heat exchangers, mixers, tanks, pressure vessels
and pipeline systems. Operations and equipment of heat and
mass transfer, their construction and modelling, experimental
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testing, control and instruments belong to the foundation
topics.
Research University projects:
•• Efficiency improvement of air conditioning systems
••Technology and equipment development
for decreasing SO2 and CO2 emissions
Projects of scientific fund OTKA/research office NKTH:
•• Improvement of special new batch distillation
processes and configurations
•• Supply of comfort spaces with high-quality air
•• Optimum design of new environment-
friendly batch rectification systems
•• Investigation of heat and mass transfer
processes during convection drying
•• Research and development of new biological
sewage purification equipment and technologies
Typical R&D projects:
•• Study of air conditioning, indoor air quality and
thermal comfort of office buildings and hotels
•• Study of economical development
of chilled water systems
•• Optimization of temperature schedule
and parameters of district heating systems,
mathematical modelling of heat storage
•• Building physical revision of a standard
building, determination of dimensioning
parameters of HVAC systems
•• Investigation of radiation asymmetry and
impact of floor temperature causing thermal
discomfort involving human subjects
•• Modelling of pressure distribution caused by
wind around a building or building group
•• Capacity increase of a coke oven gas purification system
•• Capacity increase of recovery of methanol by distillation
•• Investigation of an activated carbon
adsorber used for solvent recovery
•• Experimental investigation of heat transfer and
hydrodynamic characteristics of heat exchangers
•• Development of plastic rain water container/cistern
•• Pilot plant spray drying experiments
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DEPARTMENT OF
MACHINE AND PRODUCT DESIGN
Dr. Károly VÁRADI, Doctor of the Hungarian Academy
of Sciences, Head of Department, Professor, previous
Vice-Dean for Scientific Issues of the Faculty. Main
research fields include analysis of contact and
stress condition of machined surfaces, modelling
of heat generation and wear processes. More than
200 publications were presented mainly with co-
authors in high-level journals and conferences. He
has been participating in the work of the Committee
on Mechanical Structures of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for
several years, recently he has been acting as its secretary. Member of
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and works in the ASME
Design Education Committee. Founding member of the Doctoral School.

HERITAGE The Department of Machine and Product Design

is the successor of the previous Department of
Machine Elements and Department of Agricultural Machinery. Most famous
professors of the Department of Machine Elements include Miksa Bielek,
Donát Bánki, Miksa Herrmann and Imre vörös. The curriculum of the major
in Machine Design was worked out in 1969, and the training began in the
specialization Machine Design under the leadership of József maGyar.
The most distingushed professors of Department of Agricultural Machinery
formed in 1889 were Pál láZár, Gusztáv sZaBó and Imre ráZsó. Under the
leadership of Professor ráZsó, agricultural mechanical engineers were
trained within an independent major from 1950. From the Department of
Machine Elements and Department of Agricultural Machinery, the Institute of
Machine Design headed by László varGa was established 1976. As of 1990, János
marosfalvi became Director of the institute making a great contribution to the
introduction of education of product design engineers at BME. 1997-2008 the
institute worked under leadership of Director Tibor BerCsey who established the
present department headed by Károly váraDi since 2008.
The mission of the Department of Machine and Product Design at BME is to
provide students with knowledge and skills in the field of machine and product
design enabling them to solve their engineering tasks using a scientific approach
and to the benefit of the society as well as to prepare the future engineers for their
social responsibility as members of the future elite of the country.

EDUCATION The department plays a
significant role in the multi-
level Bologna system of training mechanical engineers in BSc,
MSc and PhD courses. The BSc subjects Fundamentals of
Machine Design, Fundamentals of CAD and Machine Elements
are compulsory for all students. Practices are held in our own
well-equipped class-rooms, and for computational laboratory
work, three laboratories with modern computers are available
to students. Within subject Machine Elements, students carry
out related measurements and simple mounting tasks in three
laboratories of the department. From the 5th semester of BSc
training, students can select also the specialization Machine
Design where industrial design tasks are solved using the
latest computer-aided design programs guided by lecturers.
Students are introduced to the fundamentals of automation
technology within the FESTO pneumatics laboratory. Having
obtained the BSc diploma, the best students can continue
their studies in MSc courses Machine Design and Agricultural
Machine Design supervised by this department.
An independent program of the Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering is the BSc course Industrial Design Engineering
introduced in Hungary by the Department of Machine and
Product Design. During the training, within the subject
Integrated Product Design, the students even build the
model of their designed product or equipment in the model
workshop of the department each semester.
Subjects of industrial design are instructed by Munkácsy
and Ferenczy prize holder lecturers. The best students
can go on with their studies in an MSc course. Students
graduated from this department have won the Hungarian
Design Award of the Hungarian Design Council several
times in the last years. Utilizing international connections
of this department, some students can spend a semester
at the University of Technology in Delft, Kaiserslautern or
Karlsruhe. Members of this department deliver lectures not
only to students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering but
also those of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences.
RESEARCH Research at the Department
of Machine and Product
Design is carried out - in harmony with education - in three
fields: machine design, agricultural machine design and
product design. In all the three fields there are
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• basic research (e.g. scientific fund OTKA: product structure
based modelling and resource-oriented optimization of
design process, frictional behaviour and failure mechanisms
of structural elements made of polymers, elastomers,
ceramics and composites)
• applied research (e.g. design ecology – theory and practice
of environment-oriented design, design and development of
machine elements, assemblies and machine systems) and
• experimental development (such as operative program GVOP:
technology and device development for decreasing climate
change impacts, mechanization of technologies for production
and utilization of biological raw materials and energy carriers).
After earlier research in Hungary, the department have
joined the European programs (such as EU6, KRISTAL
“Radical and new knowledge-based surface development for
tribology and better lubrication”).
In research the department successfully co-operates
with higher educational institutions and institutes of the
Academy of Sciences (MTA GAB, MTA AMB, Szt. István
University, University in Miskolc, University West-Hungary,
University in Óbuda, College in Kecskemét, MOME) and
development centres of the industry (like Knorr Bremse
Hungaria Kft, Mediagnost Kft, Ratipur Kft, MEGOSZ and
MEGFOSZ companies, CAD-terv Mérnöki Kft, Direct-line
Kft, DESIDEA Stúdió).
The department publishes its R+D+I results in Hungarian
and international journals and demonstrate them in
exhibitions. Based on results of student projects, theses
and diploma works, products designed by the department
and built in co-operation with industrial partners have won
numerous awards in Hungary and abroad in the past years.
(AGRO+MASHEXPO Innovation Prize: 2010 SX mulch seeding
machine, 2011 FF2300 front loader; Hungarian Design
Award 2010, anti-theft glass billets, guide light switch family;
Hungarian Innovation Award 2010, 3E environment-friendly
machine system (high recognition); LG HI-MACS design
contest 2009 Big Bang Lamp; Formula Student 2009/2010 3rd
prize)
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DEPARTMENT OF
MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Dr. Gyula MÁTYÁSI, PhD, Head of Department,
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineer. His main
research fields lie in manufacturing science. He
has been member of the Committee on Materials
Science and Technology of the Hungarian Academy
of Sciences for several years and he is the Chairman
of the Subcommittee Manufacturing Systems. He
won the Professors’ Széchenyi Scholarship, and
is founding member of the Doctoral School Géza
PattantyúS-ÁbrahÁm of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. He is
author/co-author of numerous scientific books/papers and university
textbooks.

HERITAGE The Department of Manufacturing Science

and Engineering of the Budapest University of
Technology and Economics (BME) is the successor of the Department of
Production Engineering founded in 1951. Its founding Department Head was
Ferenc Bíró. Successors: from 1956 to 1957 Egon leCHner, from 1957 to
1970 Ferenc lettner, and between 1970-1975, István kalásZi. From 1975
to 1999 Mátyás HorvátH was acting as Head of Department, during this
period new research and education fields were opened. He was followed by
Gusztáv arZ until 2005. Since that time the department has been headed
by Gyula mátyási. The large factory-like laboratory of the department
was opened in 1953. The activities of the Department integrate the fields
of cutting processes, production planning (automation and IT), assembly,
engineering measurement techniques and control engineering, design and
application of manufacturing equipment, robotics and computer-integrated
manufacturing.

The mission of Department of Manufacturing Science and Engineering is

to provide theoretical and practical knowledge at a high level, enabling the
students to participate in various manufacturing engineering activities.
To keep pace with the rapid scientific development in the fields of the
departmental activities is an important aim.

EDUCATION Main goals of the
educational activity of
this department are to teach students the most important
manufacturing, assembly and measurement technological
processes, traditional and modern manufacturing and
assembling equipment, industrial mechatronics systems
(metal-cutting machine tools, industrial robots, CNC and
CAD/CAM applications), production tools, (cutting tools
and devices), most modern control systems and their
programming (CNC and PLC control), traditional and
computational methods of production, solutions supporting
planning, implementation and operation of production
systems as well as production informatics.
A practice-oriented curriculum completing the theoretical
foundation. In the laboratory, traditional and CNC machines,
a flexible production system, measurement instruments,
robotics and ultra-precision NC equipment, class-rooms
equipped with computers helping education, supporting
students’ scientific groups and other activities related
to departmental research. In the BSc program the task
of this department is to provide knowledge and skills
enabling graduated engineers to recognize, understand
and solve problems arising in engineering practice. In the
MSc and especially in the postgraduate PhD programs the
department educates students in their own scientifically
founded research, to understanding, using and improving
modern theoretical and practical results.
In the main subject of the department, Manufacturing, for
all students of mechanical engineering, mechatronics,
industrial and product design fundamentals of
manufacturing engineering are taught.. This department
is responsible for various BSc and MSc specializations
in mechanical engineering and mechatronics. Industrial
practices are parts of the curriculum and are organized
with the help of and in leading Hungarian mechanical
engineering companies and small and medium size
enterprises. In most cases the students are writing their
diploma works in these companies and so solving some of
their engineering problems.
RESEARCH The level of the economy
of industrial states can
be measured and also decisively influenced by the most
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important production activities of their economy like
advanced technology and information technology. To
contribute to this and to help reaching the high industrial
standards in Hungary we do research in the following fields:
•• Supervision, diagnostics, optimization and adaptive
control of cutting processes.
•• Ultra-precision and micro-machining, processing of
nano-textured materials, machining of hard materials
•• Environment-friendly mechanical engineering
technologies
•• Construction and production of non-circular gear-wheels
•• Knowledge-based process planning, production planning
and scheduling, assembly optimization
•• NC technology
•• Construction of manufacturing devices (measurement
instruments, devices, tools)
•• Measurement technology, process measurement, quality
assurance
•• Construction of machine tools, production systems
•• Industrial robots and robot applications, service robotics,
rehabilitation robotics
•• Quick prototype production
•• Production planning and control
-- Production networks
-- Computer Integrated Manufacturing
-- Information technology in production
-- Intelligent production processes and systems
-- Digital plant
The research activity is supported by four pillars:
•• Basic research is carried out by the help of the Hungarian
Scientific Research Fund OTKA.
••The department do applied research in co-operation with
foreign and Hungarian universities, departments, industrial
partners within EU-financed projects (FP5, FP6, FP7, AAL).
Also students are involved into research working in Students
Scientific Groups and doing their diploma works.
Important industrial partners of the department are: GE,
Knorr Bremse Hungaria Kft, ALCOA, Direct-Line, Grundfos,
NCT Kft, SIEMENS Zrt., SemiLab, Mitutoyo Hungária Kft.,
Varinex Zrt., Excel Csepel, etc.
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DEPARTMENT OF
HYDRODYNAMIC SYSTEMS
Dr. György PAÁL, PhD, Head of Department, Associate
Professor, Mechanical Engineer, Mathematical
Engineer, returned to Hungary in 2002 after a 5-year
stay in England and a 10-year stay in Germany,
Head of Department as of 2008. He has worked
in many fields of fluid mechanics. Present major
research fields include self-sustained unsteady
flows and noise generated by them, as well as
hemodynamic analysis of intracranial aneurisms.
Dr. PAÁL published 55 scientific papers, many of them in renowned
international journals. He is an elected member of the Committee on
Fluid and Thermal Engineering of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
and of OTKA jury Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgy.

HERITAGE Founded in 1899, the department was called

Department of Hydraulics and Hydraulic
Machines. Its first professor was Donát Bánki who is world-wide known for
the theoretical elaboration of the cross-flow turbine. Bánki, the outstanding
designer and inventor (carburettor, engines) died in 1922 and a new Head
of Department, professor Géza pattantyús-áBraHám was appointed only
in 1930 who is still the most reputed engineer-pedagogue of Hungarian
engineering higher education. In addition to enriching the Hungarian
engineering literature by numerous books, he extended the scientific
research of the department to pneumatic transport.

The department became the Department of Hydraulic Machines in 1952.

Under the leadership of József varGa, research on cavitation became
intensive, while Olivér füZy introduced the numerical computational
methods. Between 1974 and 2008, László pápai, László kullmann and
Gábor HalásZ headed the Department, respectively. The new name of the
department is Department of Hydrodynamic Systems since 2003.

Continuing traditions of great professors, the Department of Hydrodynamic

Systems cultivates both mathematical modelling and modern precise
measurement techniques with the same ambition. Both education and
research are carried out at the highest possible scientific and ethical level.

EDUCATION In the subjects taught by
the department, transfer
of knowledge based on natural sciences (thermodynamics,
fluid dynamics, mechanics and mathematics) is decisive.
Developing experimental skills is another important aspect
of education. Great attention is paid to consequent and
correct grading.
Basic subjects of BSc courses constitute a group of subjects:
Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical
Operations in Chemical Industry, Analysis of Technical
and Economic Data, Measurement and Signal Processing,
Applied Statistics. Common feature of these subjects is to
get the students to understand the fundamental engineering
processes, develop a unified energy oriented approach,
and introduce them into statistical methods and error
estimation of measurement techniques both theoretically
and practically. Total number of theoretical and practical
classes in these subjects is almost the same. Most subjects
are taught both in English and German.
The special subjects of the BSc courses and the MSc course
constitute the other group of subjects: They include but
are not limited to: Fluid Machinery and Systems, Selected
Chapters of Fluid Mechanics Technology, Numerical Flow
Modelling, etc.
To develop practical skills of students, the subject Individual
Project was introduced in which a staff member with one or
two students spends a whole semester by solving a problem
requiring intensive work, independence, innovation and use
of literature. At the end of the semester, the students give a
presentation on the results before other students and staff
of the department.
As far as possible, students select the topic of their thesis or
diploma work based on their individual projects, or results
of work in the Students Scientific Groups and develop this
topic at an industrial company or at the Department.
In PhD courses, having an increasing importance,
personal consultation and independent work have crucial
significance. The PhD students join the scientific network of
the world and work on current problems interesting also for
leading institutions.
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RESEARCH The Department
committed to become a
is
decisive factor in the science of fluid mechanics in Hungary.
The department is aiming to achieve this by using theoretical,
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and experimental tools.
In basic research, it is active in the following fields:
• description of self-sustained flows and noise generated by
them;
• medical fluid dynamics, including analysis of brain
aneurisms and description of arterial and venous blood flows
by network computational methods;
• applying optimization e.g. in generating pump schedules
with minimum energy consumption;
• stability analysis of hydraulic power transmission systems;
• cavitation research both for single bubbles and bubble
clouds;
• stationary and transient computation of pipe networks for
full and partially filled pipes.
The department carries out research mostly within projects
of the scientific fund OTKA and international bilateral
co-operations, publishing the results in international
periodicals. It also actively attends international scientific
conferences.
In general, the department does applied research in
co-operation with its industrial partners. There are
many waterworks among its clients, but it gets various
commissions from a wide range of companies. These
projects include operational problems of fluid machinery,
carrying out stationary and transient pipe network
simulations, multiphase 3D numerical flow simulations,
optimization problems, design of pneumatic transport
machinery, expertise in lawsuits, design tasks. For research
purposes, this department continuously improves the
computer facilities both in terms of hardware and of
software. Instruments and measurement devices of our 900
m2 laboratory are permanently modernized. It has pump
measurement stations, various pressure and volumetric
flow rate transducers and flow velocity measurement
devices as well as modern data processing systems. In a
self-maintained workshop the department is able to design
and build highly specialized measurement rigs.
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DEPARTMENT OF
MECHATRONICS, OPTICS AND MECH. ENG. INFORMATICS
Dr. György ÁBRAHÁM, DSc, Head of Department,
Professor, Petzvál Prize holder optical engineer.
His main research fields include measurement
techniques of colour vision along with the
measurement of optical transfer function. Chairman
of the Hungarian Committee of the International
Commission on Illumination (CIE), chairman of
the Optical Committee of the Hungarian Standards
Institution, member of the Hungarian Space
Committee. He has participated in the space programs Halley and
DAWN (NASA) – for his activities he was awarded by the Hungarian
Government. He has more than 150 publications.

HERITAGE The department of Mechatronics, Optics and

Mechanical Engineering Informatics had several
changes in its name, has undergone separations and mergers in the past
50 years. One of the predecessors of the department was a department at
the Faculty of Military Engineering terminated in 1956. The Department of
Precision Mechanics and Optics was founded in 1957 by the Kossuth prize
holder Professor Dr. Nándor Bárány, member of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences. He was followed by Olivér petrik, Zoltán kaposvári, Attila Halmai
and Dr. habil György áBraHám. Mechatronic sciences have been taught at the
department since the late 1980s. The department, already under the name of
Department of Mechatronics, Optics and Instrument Technology, merged with
the Mechanical Engineering Informatics Department, headed by Dr. László
monostori in 2007. This latter department is the legal successor of the Institute
of Thermal Energy and Systems Engineering headed by Dr. Imre sZaBó and the
Information Engineering Laboratory at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
The new department headed by professor Dr. habil. György áBraHám, doctor of
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences works in its scientific fields in organic unity
with its predecessors in building D, floors 4 and 5.

The department teaches and researches complex systems where

mechatronics, control engineering, optics and precision mechanics are
organically combined. Furthermore, the department teaches the basics of
measurement and information technology for the students of the Faculty.

EDUCATION The department plays a
significant role in the multi-
level Bologna system’s BSc, MSc and PhD programs at the
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. In the Mechatronics BSc
program attended by the department, engineers are being
to design and operate complex products and production
systems with the integration of mechanical engineering,
electronics and information technology.
In the BSc degree course Mechatronics, six specializations
are available for the students of the department: Mechanical
Modelling, Integrated Engineering, Mechatronics of
Production Systems, Mechatronical Instruments, Opto-
Mechatronics and Bio-Mechatronics. The three latter
specializations are hosted by the Department. Within the
MSc degree course Mechatronics students are trained
in seven specializations: Mechatronics of Production
Systems, Opto-Mechatronics, Vehicle Mechatronics,
Bio-Mechatronics, Robotics, Precision Instruments and
Integrated Engineering.
The department introduces the students to the state-of-
the-art devices of these scientific fields. Its well-equipped
laboratories greatly contribute to these efforts: Robotics,
Informatics, Optical Measurement, Modelling and
Simulation, Vision Systems, Computer-Aided Design and
Engineering, Digital Control, Mechatronical Components,
Opto-Mechatronics, Control Systems, Pneumatics,
Mechatronical Systems and Measurement.
Students prepare works in a considerable number for the
conferences of the Scientific Student Groups at the Faculty
and also at national level.
The department hosts the Mechatronics sub-program of
the Doctoral School (PhD) of the Faculty. Within this sub-
program, Mechatronics, Control engineering, Optics and
Information engineering courses offer research topics to
the most talented students graduated from MSc courses.
PhD graduates can work in industrial R+D centres and
research institutes, and the best ones are invited to the
department as lecturers.
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RESEARCH The department has four
main research areas:
•• Mechatronics: Robotics, System and Control Engineering:
Sensors and Actuators; Cognitive Telemanipulation;
Human–Robot Interaction; Slide Mode Control and Time
Delayed System Control
•• Optics (Applied and Engineering Optics): Colour Science,
Colour Vision, Colour Measurement; Computation
and Measurement of Optical Transfer Function, Moiré
Measurement Technology; Photometry, Radiometry and
Spectroradiometry;
•• Measurement, Instrumentation Technology and Precision
Engineering
•• Informatics: Image Processing; Computer Simulation, FEM
in Mechatronics; Presentation Techniques; 3D Simulation
The department participates in three projects in the
Research University Program at the BME: In the field of
material sciences we do research in the application of silicon
elastomers in sensors, within the energy engineering area
we deal with the development and measurement techniques
of new light sources, and within the e-technologies program
we work with 3D virtual telemanipulation.
In addition to disciplinary research activities, the department
contributes to the solution of industrial R+D+I tasks. Large
numbers of patents have been created during our work in
this area. We have developed glasses with colour filters for
the correction of colour deficiency and we have designed
and created diagnostic instruments to analyze the state of
individual colour vision.
The department continuously participates in the activities
of the technical committees of CIE, ICVS, IEEE Industrial
Electronics Society and IFAC. The most important
international background to these activities is provided
by the iSpace Laboratory Network coordinating research
groups engaged in the research of intelligent spaces by the
joint Japanese–Hungarian and joint Norwegian–Hungarian
laboratories as well as space projects of NASA and ESA.
www.mogi.bme.hu
DEPARTMENT OF
APPLIED MECHANICS
Dr. Gábor STÉPÁN, full member of the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences, Head of Department,
Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering, Head of the Doctoral School “Géza
Pattantyús-Ábrah
brahÁ Ám”. His research fields include
stability theory of delayed systems and applications
of non-linear vibrations:, machine tool vibrations,
dynamics of vehicle wheels, control of robots and
human balancing. The delayed dynamic model
that explains the generation of phantom traffic jams, a research with
considerable international attention, has been elaborated under his
leadership. He is member of editorial boards of numerous international
periodicals, serves also as the Deputy Chairman of the Section of
Engineering Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

HERITAGE The predecessor of the Department, the

Department of Theory of Machine Design and
Applied Mechanics was founded in 1867. During the next era teaching of
mechanics subjects was shared by the Faculties of Mechanical Engineering
and Civil Engineering. Béla BresZtovsZky headed the department from 1914
for 27 years. Between 1942 and 1959, Ádám muttnyánsZky acted as Head
of Department. He restored the department after the war and reorganized
the education of mechanics. In 1951 the department was split for eight
years. The newly formed Department II and the re-united Department
of Applied Mechanics were headed by György koZmann between 1951
and 1971. He played a significant role in establishing the post-graduate
engineering education. Endre reuss, the internationally recognized founder
of modern plasticity theory, co-author of the Prandtl-Reuss theory joined the
Department of Applied Mechanics I in 1953. The next head of Department,
Gyula BéDa (1971-1995) introduced new subjects (continuum mechanics,
analytical mechanics). Since 1995 Gábor stépán has been acting as Head
of Department.
Engineering Mechanics provides a scientific foundation of mechanical
engineering. The department introduces students to the analysis of solid
bodies, to the related computational and measurement methods necessary
for practical engineering work as well as to research and development.

EDUCATION The Department of Applied
Mechanics takes part at all
three levels (BSc, MSc and PhD) of mechanical engineers’
training in the Bologna system. In the BSc programs,
the department teaches Statics, Strength of Materials,
Dynamics, Vibrations and Fundamentals of Finite Element
Method for Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics
students, while it contributes to the education of Energy
Engineering as well as Industrial and Product Design
students with one subject each. We are responsible for two
BSc specializations (Mechanical Engineering Development
and Mechanical Engineering Modelling) and for one
MSc specialization (Applied Mechanics). The department
initiated, formed and has been responsible for the MSc
program in Mechanical Engineering Modelling in English,
popularity of which has been rapidly increasing not only
among foreign but also Hungarian students in the last
years. We teach 12 subjects in BSc courses and 29 subjects
in MSc courses (such as Continuum Mechanics, Plasticity,
Thermomechanics, Experimental Methods of Mechanics,
Robot Dynamics, Nonlinear Vibrations, Machine Tool
Vibrations). Within PhD training, in addition to consultation
with students, staff members deliver lectures to the
students of the Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám Doctoral School
in Mechanics. All basic subjects and some special ones are
taught both in English and German to Hungarian and foreign
students. Training is supported by a computer laboratory
and a vibration measurement laboratory where students
can implement their theoretical knowledge in practice.
The department has succeeded and participated in
numerous educational exchange programs both in Europe
and America (Erasmus, Atlantis), thus, there are foreign
students in the English speaking courses every year, and
our students have the opportunity to study one or two
semesters abroad. We also contribute to the education of
young scientists. At the Students’ Scientific Conference,
the Section of Applied Mechanics is launched each year
where the most talented students who are supervised by
the lecturers of the department can present their research
results. In addition to our experienced lecturers, 1-2 PhD
students join the department each year to take part in
research and education.
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RESEARCH The staff of the Department
of Applied Mechanics
carries out cutting-edge research in the field of solid-body
mechanics. The major research topics include transient
chaotic motions, stability and nonlinear vibrations of
delayed dynamic systems, suspensions, wheel dynamics,
parametrically excited vibrations, digitally controlled
systems, robotics, robot controls, mechanisms, finite
elastic-plastic deformations, theoretical and numerical
analysis of constitutive equations containing geometrical
and material nonlinearity, finite element methods, fatigue
analysis, micro-continuum deformations, strength analysis
of micro-electromechanical systems, fracture mechanics
and dynamical analysis of composites.
During the past 10 years, researchers of the department
have been involved in several international research projects
including bilateral projects with Slovenian, Spanish, French,
German and English partners. In various EU projects, we
act as coordinators or principal investigators. Lecturers of
the department coordinate 6 research projects financed by
the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) and further
5 international research programs. Research results are
published in peer reviewed periodicals of high impact factor
and at high-ranking international conferences. The annual
cumulated impact factor of the papers written by the staff of
the department is about 20. The internationally recognized
level of our research is confirmed by the fact that our
departmental studies receive more than 200 independent
citations registered by SCI every year.
Staff members regularly provide consultancy to industrial
partners. Prominent partners of the department include:
Knorr-Bremse Break Systems, Furukawa Electric Institute
of Technology (FETI), Nuclear Power Station in Paks, Vértes
Power Station, Bosch-Rexroth, Visteon, Olajterv/oil industry,
ALCOA-KÖFÉM, Vegyterv/chemical industry, Hungarocopter,
Thyssen Krupp Production Systems, WOCO Gummitech.
www.mm.bme.hu
DEPARTMENT OF
POLYMER ENGINEERING
Dr. Tibor CZIGÁNY, Doctor of Hungarian Academy
of Sciences, Head of Department, Professor.
Main research field: development of composite
materials and technologies. More than 200
publications including 150 in foreign languages,
with a cumulated impact factor of more than 100
and with more than 1000 independent citations.
Official of numerous international and Hungarian
scientific organizations, editor of more periodicals,
Chairman of the Association of the Manufacturers of Reinforced Plastic
Materials, Secretary of the European Society for Composite Materials,
Chairman of the scientific fund OTKA Jury in Mechanical Engineering
and Metallurgy, Chairman of the Committee on Fibre and Composite
Technology of Hungarian Academy of Sciences. School founding
lecturer, until now 13 PhD students obtained PhD degree under his
supervision.

HERITAGE From 1992 the Unit has been working under the
name of Department of Polymer Engineering
and Textile Technology under the leadership of Tibor CZvikovsZky, changing
its scientific profile considerably. Teaching and research of polymers
established this way have been strengthened by Head of Department Tibor
CZiGány since 2001. The ISO 9001 Quality System certificate obtained in 2002
is renewed each year after audit.

The laboratory of the unit working under the name of Department of Polymer
Engineering as of 2004 was accredited by the Accreditation Board NAT, and
obtained the title Strategic Research Infrastructure in 2010.

High quality in research, development and innovation is a top priority at the

Department of Polymer Engineering, and this commitment is proven both
by the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Control System certificate unique in Hungary
and also by the accredited testing laboratory certified by the accreditation
board NAT.

EDUCATION The Department of Polymer
Engineering participates in
education at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at all
levels – BSc, MSc and PhD courses – of the Bologna system
and also provides further education training to industrial
partners in numerous fields.
This department delivers lectures not only in Hungarian
but also in English and German in polymer-related
foundation subjects as compulsory basic subjects in
the BSc courses for which this Faculty is responsible.
Together with the Department of Materials Science
and Engineering this department is responsible for the
specialization Material Technology within the BSc course
of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The students
of this specialization can select from many subjects
like Technology of Polymer Composites, Application
Technologies of Polymers, Polymer Processing or Injection
Moulding. On annual average, 30 students prepare their
BSc theses and do their final exams at this department.
The independent specialization Polymer Engineering within
MSc course at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is
one of the specializations attracting the largest number of
students. MSc students can study special subjects meeting
even higher industrial requirements including but not
limited to Polymer Parts Design, Prototype Manufacturing
in Plastic Industry, Polymer Processing and Machinery,
Polymers and Composites in Transport Engineering or
Injection Moulding Simulation.
Both BSc and MSc students can learn testing and
processing technologies of raw materials in the well-
equipped laboratory of the department corresponding to
European standards. As a result, the number of students
working in Student’s Scientific Groups based on various
industrial projects is extraordinarily high, and also the
implementation of their results in industry is above the
average.
This department actively participates in PhD training,
on annual average 12-14 PhD students work at this
department, most of them are state scholars. Annually, 3-4
persons out of them obtain their PhD degree, typically, in
industry-connected research fields.
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RESEARCH Research at the Department
of Polymer Engineering is
connected to polymer processing comprising material
property definition, optimization of processing parameters,
simulation and modelling of technological processes,
development of new materials and design of new products.
The major current topics include recycling of polymer
materials, development of processing technologies of
biodegradable polymer variants, application of polymer
materials in medicine, development of hybrid, nano and
self-reinforced composites for special applications.
Laboratory facilities of this department are excellent even
in international comparison due to continuous investments
into instruments and equipment. Available material testing
devices include computer-controlled state-of-the-art
universal tensile testing machines, instrumented impact
tester, falling weight impact tester with heat chamber,
scanning electron microscope with the most modern EDS
fixture, optical microscope with computer-aided evaluation
system, acoustic emission measuring instrument, DMA
and DSC devices, electron beam generator, heat chambers
and climate chambers, MFI equipment, thermal camera
and other testing equipment. The laboratory houses
the following polymer processing machines: injection
moulding machine, extruders, vacuum forming machines
and presses, blown film extrusion and blow moulding
machines, two pieces of modern equipment for rapid
prototyping, reactive injection moulding machine, etc.
The department is involved in a great variety of Hungarian
and international research projects (within scientific
fund OTKA, Széchenyi Plan, Jedlik Ányos Program,
GVOP Operative Program, EU7, etc.), fulfils numerous
industrial orders and has connections to many foreign
(German, French, Chinese, Indian, Mexican, South-African,
Malaysian, Argentinian, etc.) universities within bilateral
co-operations, leading to many development results
and papers in journals with impact factor. International
acknowledgement of the scientific work of this department
is also mirrored by the fact that the impact factor of
the Express Polymer Letters journal published by this
department is 1.452 (http://www.expresspolymlett.com).
www.pt.bme.hu
COOPERATION RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BIOMECHANICS
Mission of the Cooperation Research Centre for Biomechanics (BKKK) is to harmonize and improve efficiency of biomechanical research in terms of knowledge capacity and infrastructure,
to serve research interests by economical utilization of equipment and to provide support to PhD program participants in the field of biomechanics.

Dr. Lajos BORBÁS, PhD, Director, Associate Professor.

Main research fields include development of
various procedures of experimental mechanics
and analysis of failure processes of reinforced
plastics. Number of publications surpasses 180.
Sub-committee member in the Committee on
Mechanical Structures of the Hungarian Academy
of Sciences, Chairman of IMEKO TC15 Experimental
Mechanics. Member of the Doctoral School of
the Faculty of Transportation Engineering and editorial boards of
many international scientific journals. Vice-Chairman of the Section
Mechanical Engineering of the Chamber of Hungarian Engineers,
Secretary General of the Scientific Society for Mechanical Engineering.

Major research fields of the Cooperation Research Centre for Biomechanics

(founded 2002, first Director Prof. Dr. Imre BoJtár) of BME:

• Analysis of biological systems of human and animal origin and their

components
• Analysis and development of human therapeutic aids, equipment,
implants
• Definition of material properties under diverse testing conditions
• Development and elaboration of measuring procedures
• Theoretical research, motion analyses.

Successful projects carried out in the independent and accredited Central

Laboratory of BKKK in the field of research and development of durable and
biologically integrated joint implants (operative program ECOP, Economic
Comptetitiveness Operational Programme: BorBás, molnár) and spine
analyses Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA: Prof. Marta KURUTZ,
Member of the Academy) have led to considerable results. Research results
are reported on the Hungarian Biomechanical Conference (organized
by BKKK in 2004, 2008). Top sponsors: Zoltek Zrt., Elinor Mérnökiroda,
Metalelktro Kft.

www.biomech.bme.hu
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BME-AUDI HUNGARIA COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE

BME-AUDI K3 is an association of knowledge, available at the faculties of mechanical engineering, mechatronics and electronics. The centre was established by relevant departments and
research teams in order to satisfy the expert needs of AUDI Hungaria Motor Ltd. in the field of production technology, research and development.

Dr. Antal PENNINGER, Doctor of the Hungarian

Academy of Sciences, Director, Professor. Former
Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
(2001-2008), Head of Department of Heat Engines,
then Department of Energy Engineering (1989-
2008). Vice Chairman of the Hungarian Accreditation
Committee (2006-2010), former Chairman of
the Section on Thermal Engineering and Fluid
Mechanics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, former Secretary
of the Committee on Energetics of HAS, Chairman of the Habilitation
and member of the Doctoral Board of the Faculty (2001-2010) as well
as Senior Member of the Doctoral School. Main research fields include
combustion stability and energy-related biomass utilization. Major
awards: For Excellent Work, Ipoly polyII Arnold Prize, József Nádor Medal,
ZIel
elIIns
nsZZkI Szilárd Prize.

The cooperation BME – AUDI Hungaria Motor Ltd. (AHM) has been developing
since 2002. The original objective was to practically utilize the industrial
project results from engine research in university training and PhD courses
as well as to mutually exchange experience and know-how, coordination of
research and organization of training programs.

In order to improve and simplify cooperation efficiency and integrate it into

the structure of BME, the Cooperative Research Centre was established
as the legal successor of the former Institute in January 2010. BME-
AUDI K3 has been formed between the university and AHM for covering
technological as well as R+D and expert needs, allowing optimum use of the
scientific potential available at the university. The cooperating departments
originate from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical
Engineering and Informatics, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences and
Faculty of Transportation Engineering.

www.bme-audi-k3.hu
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DOCTORES HONORIS CAUSA - HONORARY DOCTORS
FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
1917 Ottó Titusz Co-inventor of the transformer
Bláthy
1922 Kálmán Kandó Inventor of the phase-reversal
electric locomotive, pioneer of
railway electrification in Europe
(Valtellina line), erstwhile student
of this Faculty
1941 Emil SchimaneK He played an important role in
starting diesel engine production in
Hungary, professor of this Faculty
1962 Tódor Internationally renowned scientist
(Theodore von) of aerodynamics graduated from
Kármán this Faculty
1964 BoltinSKy, Professor of the Institute of
Vasili Nikolaevich Agricultural Mechanization and
Electrification in Moscow
József liSKa Erstwhile professor of this Faculty,
first Dean of the Faculty of
Electrical Engineering
1965 Kálmán JuháSz Professor of the Pennsylvania
State University, USA
1967 Pál Henrik Professor of the Pennsylvania
Schweitzer State University, USA
1971 hecKman, Carl Professor of the Otto von Guericke
Justus University of Magdeburg, Germany
Ádám Professor of this Faculty
muttynyánSzKy
1982 Károly Pál Honorary Professor of this
KovácS University
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1986 György Sándor Professor of the University of 1998 József BálintFy Professor of the University of
Florida, USA Massachusetts, USA
Huba Őry Professor of the RWTH Aachen 2006 Jürgen ziereP Professor of TU Berlin, Germany
University, Germany
2008 György haller Professor of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, USA
1987 lange, Kurt Professor of the University of
Stuttgart, Germany 2009 Imre horváth Professor of the Delft University of
Technology, Netherlands
1989 Elemér rácz Professor of this Faculty
2010 Stephen John Professor of the University of
István JuháSz Scientific advisor, USA hogan Bristol, England
István Pálócz Professor of the Polytechnic
Institute of New York University 2011 László KiSS Erstwhile professor of this Faculty,
professor of University of Québec
István aczél Professor of the Vienna University at Chicoutimi, Canada
of Technology, Austria
FleSch, Professor of the Fridericana
Karl-Otto University Karlsruhe, Germany
troger, Hans Professor of the Vienna University
of Technology, Austria
1990 gräBner, Peter Professor of the Dresden
University of Technology Friedrich
List, Germany
1991 Károly Simonyi Professor of this University
András lévai Professor of this Faculty
alBring, Werner Professor of the Dresden
University of Technology, Germany
György Professor of the ETH Zurich,
gyarmathy Switzerland
1997 János Miklós Professor of the Harvard
Beér University, USA