Faculty of Chemical Technology (FCT)
Chemistry and Technology of Materials
- Development of new metals, polymer, and ceramic materials
- Biomaterials for medicinal use
- Corrosion
- Composite materials
- Superconductors and materials for optoelectronics
- Microanalytical methods and methods of analysis of structural and phase analysis of materials
- Physical chemistry methods for solid materials surface modification
- Chemical stability of materials of monuments
- Solving problems in the polymorphism of substances.
Chemistry and Chemical Technology
- Design and optimization of chemical and electrochemical reactors
- Kinetics of catalyzed and non-catalyzed reactions
- Preparation and characterization of novel catalysts
- Modelling and simulation of chemical processes
- Chemical processes waste treatment
- Fine chemicals
- Chemical and electrochemical synthesis of novel compounds
- Development, optimization and theoretical study of pharmaceutical processes
Faculty of Environmental Technology (FET)
Chemistry and Technology of Fuels
- Development of analytical methods for detailed evaluation of the chemical composition and structure of coal, petroleum, petroleum fractions and of by-products obtained during their processing.
- Ways to utilise and process high-boiling petroleum fractions and residues.
- Determination of qualitative and quantitative parameters of natural gas.
- Development of environment-friendly solid fuels for the household.
- Research into corrosion inhibition and materials assessment.
Environmental Chemistry and Technology
- Properties and utilisation of fuels and related ecological aspects.
Lubricants, additives for lubricants, and biodegradable lubricants. - Catalytic and adsorption methods of waste gas treatment, reduction of emissions in the combustion of fossil fuels.
- Development of coal-based adsorption materials.
- Analysis of contaminants in the living environment, monitoring of emissions of volatile organic substances into the atmosphere.
- Biotechnological ways of wastewater treatment and sludge processing.
- Biodegradation of xenobiotics in the environment.
- Hydrobiological and microbiological assessment of water quality.
- Assurance of good-quality drinking water for the population (removal of nitrogenous substances and organic contaminants).
- Water treatment and desalination and recycling of rare substances using ion exchangers.
- Decontamination of soil polluted by industrial products.
- Analysis of old-burden contaminants and monitoring of their changes and toxicity.
- Solidification of industrial waste.
Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology (FFBT)
The Faculty is comprised of seven departments, each pursuing research in such areas as food chemistry, quality, safety and innovations, process engineering, biotechnology for food industry, environmental protection and therapeutic applications, molecular biology and biochemistry, chemistry of natural compounds, and organic synthesis. Numerous projects are interdisciplinary and take advantage from broad collaborations on national and international scale.
- Biotechnology
- Biochemistry and Microbiology
- Saccharides and Cereals
- Dairy, Fat and Cosmetic Science
- Food Analysis and Nutrition
- Food Preservation
- Chemistry of Natural Compounds
- Accredited testing laboratories at FFBT
Faculty of Chemical Engineering (FCE)
Research is divided into six main streams:
- Chemical engineering; modelling and experimental verification of systems involving hydrodynamics, mass transfer and/or chemical reactions; dynamics of chemical and biological systems; chemical robotics
- Measurement, analysis, modelling and control of processes and systems of chemical technology, biotechnology and bioengineering; information engineering; signal and image processing; computer vision and control engineering
- Supply systems management of the food and chemical products: design, modelling and simulation; marketing, logistics and financial collaboration in supply chain management
- Molecular modelling and simulation; structural, spectroscopic and thermodynamic properties of environmentally or biologically important substances and their complexes
- Physical, physicochemical and chemical measurements and analyses; advanced separation techniques including chromatographic, electromigration and hyphenated techniques; physical and chemical sensors; molecular recognition
- Biospectroscopy; atomic spectroscopy together with speciation analysis; molecular spectroscopy, including chiroptical methods; high resolution spectroscopy