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Department of production Engineering

 

The academic employees of the Department of Production Engineering carry out studies activities and research innovation activities in the fields of production engineering, mechatronics, textile materials technologies, clothing products, metal technologies, polymer material processing technologies, and engineering product development.

 

Field of research: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering. Fields of study: Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Polymer and Textile Technologies.

Academic employees of the Department of Production Engineering research activities performed in Research groups:

Technologies of Functional Materials

Materials Engineering

Experimental and Computational Mechanics

The R&D themes to be developed:

– Individualised Custom Driven Production Technologies and Equipment*

– Composite Materials, Structures, and Manufacturing*

– Biomedical Engineering and Health Technologies*

– Defence Technologies*

– Textile, Clothing Materials, Products, and Analysis of their Exploitation

– Materials, Equipment, and Processes of Graphic Media

– Heterogenic Polymer Material Systems

*- strategic R&D themes

R&D&I works and services:

– Textile material characterization, production optimization of process parameters, and new construction textile materials.

– Researches of technologies application of multilayered package printing with nanoparticles

– Multifunctional polymeric materials and product creation, investigation, and evaluation.

– Studies on the physical-mechanical properties of various polymer materials (plastics, rubber, leather, soft laminates, polymer composites)

– Feasibility study on the development of new textile technologies and materials.

– Tribological analysis of elements and materials, development of methods for reliability improvement.

– Development of innovative products and processes, analysis of their costs, value, and productivity in an early stage of development.

– Determination of water penetration, absorption, and desorption of cardboard, bonded nonwovens, and leather according to the standards LST EN ISO 2044, LST EN 13518, LST EN ISO 5403, LST EN SO 5404, etc.

– Determination of water vapor permeability and absorption of leather, plastics, films, and laminates according to the standards ST EN ISO 2044, LST EN ISO 14268, LST EN ISO 17229, etc.

– Researches packaging materials, packaging technologies, packaging waste management technologies, and developing and testing models and prototypes.

Contacts

Lina Zubrickaitė
Administrator

Studentų st. 56, Kaunas
e-mail midf.gik@ktu.lt

Department's personnel

Rūta Rimašauskienė
Assoc. prof. Rūta Rimašauskienė

Head of Department

Studentų g. 56, Kaunas
email ruta.rimasauskiene@ktu.lt

Professors

Name/Surname E-mail
Prof. dr. Saulius Baskutis saulius.baskutis@ktu.lt
Prof. dr. Regita Bendikienė regita.bendikiene@ktu.lt
Prof. dr. Virginija Daukantienė virginija.daukantiene@ktu.lt
Prof. dr. Egidijus Dragašius egidijus.dragasius@ktu.lt
Prof. dr. Virginija Jankauskaitė virginija.jankauskaite@ktu.lt
Prof. dr. Daiva Mikučionienė daiva.mikucioniene@ktu.lt
Prof. dr. Rimvydas Milašius rimvydas.milasius@ktu.lt
Prof. dr. Marius Rimašauskas marius.rimasauskas@ktu.lt

Doctoral students