The curriculum provides for an in-depth study of technologies for creating and using mechatronic systems that combine components of microprocessor and computer technology, power electronics and electrical engineering, hydraulic and pneumatic automation. Particular attention is paid to the issues of constructing modern systems for digital processing of information received from sensor equipment for automatic control of actuators.
Students master methods of designing hardware (electronic, mechanical, electrical) components of mechatronic systems, in particular mobile robots, cybernetic devices, unmanned vehicles, and their collective interaction on the principles of artificial intelligence. Future engineers are trained in the effective use of computer technology both when designing the hardware of mechatronic systems, when programming artificial intelligence systems, and in the process of virtual testing, as well as the operation of complex technical complexes. The specialty's curricula involve mastering programming technologies based on an object-oriented approach, in particular, design automation software CAD, CAE, CAM modeling, programming intelligent CASE systems.
The acquired knowledge allows graduates to specialize in the field of creating mechatronic systems, machines and equipment (hardengineering) or in the field of software development (softengineering) in further work at enterprises. Enterprises and firms that commercialize their developments internationally are interested in young professionals with knowledge of English. For graduates who have shown a penchant for scientific research, the opportunity to continue their studies in master's and postgraduate studies and defend dissertations is open.
Training is conducted on a full-time basis for higher education. Students gain knowledge in the field of automation of production processes, technology for automated production of parts and assemblies, systems for automated development of control programs for CNC equipment, master methods of geometric and mathematical modeling and optimization, work with PLM systems that allow managing the life cycle of a product from design and manufacturing product (CAD/CAM/CAE) before its operation.
Specialization training in “Digital Engineering Production” is aimed at training specialists with competencies in the use of information technologies and modern digital products in engineering production at all stages of the product life cycle and ensuring highly efficient functioning of technological processes of engineering production based on digitalization.
Graduates receive the qualification of engineer. The objects of their professional activity are mechanical engineering production; technological processes of manufacturing, assembly, repair, modernization and restoration of machines and mechanisms; mechanical engineering equipment and accessories; means of automation of technological processes and automated systems for the design of technological processes, technological equipment and equipment; methods for organizing automated production and methods for ensuring product quality; organization and production management.
Training is conducted on a full-time basis for higher education, graduates receive the qualification of engineer. Training of specialists involves the formation of knowledge and skills in the field of modeling, design, production and operation of sensor systems (control, monitoring, diagnostic systems), including those equipped with computer tools and artificial (machine) intelligence. Graduates of the specialty master methods of automation and intellectualization of microelectronic technologies for the production of sensory micro-nanosystems. The learning process uses microsystem technology and micronanomechatronics, mathematical modeling, system and computer design, programming microcontrollers for sensor systems and networks.
Future specialists deeply master information and intellectual technologies used at all stages of the product life cycle. Software products used: NI LabVIEW - a graphical environment for developing virtual instruments, creating measurement and control applications; Multisim, Proteus Design Suite, SolidWorks, KOMPAS-3D, MATLAB - software environments for design and modeling in electronics, microelectronics, and mechanical engineering. Graduates of the specialty master technologies for using high-level software products: C++, C# automation and intellectualization of technologies and production, design and construction of industrial control systems, creation of big data processing systems.
The objects of professional activity of graduates are computerized services with an intelligent interface for enterprises in both the mechanical engineering and microelectronic industries, computer and telecommunications companies, and organizations in the fuel and energy complex. Graduates are also widely in demand in enterprises of transport and logistics, housing and communal services, energy and resource conservation, financial and banking activities, monitoring of ecology and human health, public and national security. Enterprises and firms that commercialize their developments internationally are interested in young professionals with knowledge of English. Students who have shown a penchant for scientific research continue their studies in master's and postgraduate programs after graduation.
Students of the specialty receive in-depth knowledge in the disciplines of the economic block: micro- and macroeconomics, economics and enterprise statistics, marketing and management, logistics, project management, enterprise finance, accounting and international financial reporting standards (IFRS), investment planning, international economics and foreign economics activities, basics of intellectual property management, etc.; as well as disciplines of the engineering block such as: engineering graphics, materials science, technical mechanics, fundamentals of environmental and energy sustainability of production, organization of production, organization and regulation of labor, etc.
Students learn to model and develop a business, maintain the company’s balance during any changes in the enterprise’s activities or market conditions, thereby increasing the company’s value for clients, and acquire additional theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of market research, engineering and reengineering of business processes, risk management and insurance , quality management and product certification, management of enterprise flow processes, operational management at a machine-building enterprise, assessment of an enterprise as a property complex, theory of solving inventive problems, fundamentals of machine design, mechanical engineering technologies, etc.
Students of the specialty receive in-depth knowledge in the disciplines of the economic block: micro- and macroeconomics, economics and enterprise statistics, marketing and management, logistics, project management, enterprise finance, accounting and international financial reporting standards (IFRS), investment planning, international economics and foreign economics activities, basics of intellectual property management, etc.; as well as disciplines of the engineering block such as: engineering graphics, materials science, technical mechanics, fundamentals of environmental and energy sustainability of production, organization of production, organization and regulation of labor, etc.
Students receive economic, design, information-analytical and other skills, study information and digital technologies, modern products in production at all stages of the product life cycle. A special place in the training of future engineer-economists is occupied by the study of the economics of innovation, innovation management, economic and mathematical methods and models, digital marketing, digital production ecosystems, digital production preparation and management systems, personnel management, measuring instruments and systems, electromechanical, electronic and optical-electronic production, etc.
Engineers are engaged in the design, production, and operation of equipment for mechanical engineering enterprises, intended for the manufacturing of machine parts through mechanical and physical-technical processing, as well as for machine assembly. Such equipment includes metal-cutting machines, automated lines, robotic technological complexes, flexible manufacturing modules, and automatic assembly machines. High-tech machines and systems are built from precise and reliable units, high-speed electromechanical and hydraulic drives, and are equipped with modern numerical control systems based on microprocessor technology. Therefore, a graduate of this specialization should combine the knowledge, skills, and abilities of classical engineering training with advanced knowledge in the field of 3D modeling and engineering FEA analysis of technological equipment structures, be proficient in CAD, CAE, and CAM systems, be able to quickly and accurately implement modern digital technological equipment, and carry out its operation, testing, and diagnostics.
Within the framework of specialization, training is conducted for highly qualified specialists in one of the most modern areas of mechanical engineering development – in the field of creating products with complex geometric parameters and special properties of structural materials, which are very difficult, and often entirely impossible, to obtain by classical cutting methods.
Future specialists study mechanical engineering technology, methods of strengthening and restoring machine parts, information technologies, laser processing, processes for creating complex-profile surfaces using computer modeling methods, and subsequent production of products using additive 3D printing technologies.
Students acquire skills in working with modern 3D modeling software, developing control programs for CNC machines, as well as in developing systems for automated design of technological processes and production. Graduates of the specialization are in high demand at advanced mechanical engineering enterprises such as BelAZ, MZKT, MAZ, and others, as well as in research institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
Students are engaged in the design, production and operation of tool systems for mechanical engineering production. Increasing the efficiency of modern engineering production necessitates a systematic approach to organizing, planning and managing complex tooling systems.
A graduate of this specialization must master methods of organizing complex tooling systems, methods of developing designs for instrumental equipment, cutting tools, equipment and technological processes for their manufacture. To do this, it is necessary to have fundamental practical knowledge not only in the field of 3D design systems, computer modeling, CAD, CAE, CAM systems, but also complex engineering analysis both in the creation and design of tool systems, development of manufacturing processes, and in subsequent operation of new types of instrumental equipment.
Students receive excellent training in the field of design and technological support for mechanical engineering production, operation and maintenance of complex modern technological equipment with numerical control (CNC) and computer intelligent control systems, equipment for nanotechnology, design and technological informatics and computer technology, computer-aided design of technological equipment and tool systems for new generation metalworking machines, automated systems for preparing control programs for CNC machines, integrated production automation, industrial equipment design, as well as economics, organization and production management.
Training is conducted using modern computer-aided design systems, CNC systems, microprocessor control systems and industrial electronics, computer graphics, surface and solid modeling, virtual prototyping technologies and visualization using virtual environments.
Graduates are sent to departments and workshops of machine-building enterprises, to design and research organizations, as well as to product certification and licensing services, commercial and administrative structures for servicing equipment and selling products on the domestic and international markets. They work as designers, mechanics, service engineers, technologists-programmers, managers and heads of sites and workshops, and researchers. Engineers are engaged in innovative design, production, operation, repair, modernization and research of complex automated equipment (CNC metalworking machines, automatic lines, robotic complexes, flexible production systems). They are also prepared for successful work in enterprises involved in the production of tooling systems, machine tools, tooling, molds and dies.