General information

The Department of Foundry Production trains doctoral students in the specialty
136 “Metallurgy.”

Specialty 136 “Metallurgy” is a development of specialty 05.16.04 –
Foundry Production (in the field of mechanical engineering), under which NTU
“KhPI” has had a postgraduate program for more than 50 years and has conducted defenses
of doctoral and candidate dissertations in specialized scientific councils of NTU
“KhPI”, FTIMS of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and NMetAU. In this specialty, from 2000 to
2020, 3 doctoral and 5 candidate dissertations were defended at NTU “KhPI”, 1
of which was in English. Training is carried out in full-time and part-time
in postgraduate studies. Foreign citizens are eligible to study.
(Resolution No. 1151 of 06.11.15, Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 655 of 10.06.2016).

Educational and scientific program “Metallurgy”

Curriculum for specialty 136 “Metallurgy”

Specialty disciplines:

  • History of the development of scientific schools of the department
  • Adaptive and optimal automatic control systems
  • Engineering modeling of casting technologies and mechanical properties of castings
  • Computer-integrated methods for designing casting technologies and equipment
  • Design of casting production equipment
  • Methods of scientific experiment processing
  • Fundamentals of scientific research and organization of research and development in casting production
  • Modern methods of mold forming in casting production
  • Modern mathematical apparatus for conducting scientific research
  • Synthesis and analysis of casting alloys
  • Quality control and certification of castings