Course detail
Surface Engineering
FSI-WPI Acad. year: 2026/2027 Summer semester
Supervisor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
A written test to assess knowledge of the concepts and essence of the topics covered. Emphasis is placed on verifying the ability to apply the acquired knowledge. If necessary, additional questions are asked orally.
A semester paper in the form of a thematic presentation, where the use of knowledge from the course in the presentation of professional issues is evaluated.
Attendance at lectures is recommended.
Language of instruction
Czech
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-SLE-P: Foundry Technology, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 4 credits, elective
Programme N-MTI-P: Materials Engineering, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 4 credits, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus
01. Surface stress and wetting
02. Surface tortuosity and anizotropy
03. Colloidal state of material
04. Surface microstructure of solids
05. Microstructure of interface boundaries in solids
06. Epitaxy
07. Surfaces reactivity and adsorption
08. Surface microgeometry
09. Surface treatment
10. Recrystallisation, fatigue and spontanneous strukturalisation
11. Nanodispersive systems
12. Surfactants
13. Catalysis
The course includes two excursions:
1) A company using cutting tool surface treatment technologies, in particular PVD and CVD (Šumperk)
2) A major manufacturer of electron microscopes (Brno)
Laboratory exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
01. Microgeometry of surfaces
02. Surface treatment procedures
03. Microstructure of interfaces
04. Microhardness
05. Scratch tests
06. Thermal barier coatings