The research area of the Department of Fundamentals of Machine Design covers issues related to the broadly understood construction and operation of machines, combining issues related to such scientific disciplines as computer science, automation, and robotics. The issues of research conducted in the Department result from the analysis of market needs, as well as from the needs of conducting basic research aimed at solving practical problems, both already identified and those expected in the future. The subject of our research are also issues related to the development and application of augmented reality methods, signal and image processing, knowledge acquisition systems and machine learning, haptic methods in the design of plastics, noise and vibration reduction methods and techniques, issues of modeling and identification of systems, rapid prototyping of systems diagnostic etc.

The Department of Fundamentals of Machine Design was established in its present form on October 1, 2019. Continues the activities of the Institute of Fundamentals of Machine Design (September 1, 2012) and the Department of Fundamentals of Machine Design (September 1, 1991) and the Department of Fundamentals of Machine Design, which in the years 1971 – 1991 was part of the Institute of Mechanics and Fundamentals of Machine Design, and earlier, the Department of General Fundamentals of Structures Machines (formerly – Machine Parts), operating since the establishment of the University.

Main research directions:

• computer support for the processes of design, construction, and operation of machines and quality assurance,
• methodology of technical diagnostics of machines,
• methods and techniques of artificial intelligence,
• development and application of consulting systems,
• methods of acquiring knowledge in the design and operation of machines,
• methods and techniques for reducing machine noise and vibration.