RACŁAWICKA 15-17
75-620 KOSZALIN

TEL. (00-48-94) 34-78-248; 34-78-418
TEL./FAX (00-48-94) 34-78-417
e-mail: leon@tu.koszalin.pl

DIRECTOR
LEON KUKIEŁKA, DSc PhD MSc BSc,
Professor

The main aim of the Science and Technology Park is to make use of and increase the effectiveness of R&D work in view in the improvement of the competitiveness and dynamics of the economy. A continuous and sustainable growth, resulting in an increase in employment, may be achieved in particular by:

• the creation and transfer of technology and innovative solutions from the scientific-research sphere to economic practice, especially through the formation and development of small businesses and mediumsized enterprises,
• assistance of innovative projects and newly formed innovative businesses designed to develop modern products, manufacturing technology and services,
• the creation of conditions for the formation and development of innovative enterprises established by graduates,
• creating ideas for businesses among students, which are reflected in the subject selection of diploma works.

The Basic organizational unit of The Science and Technology Park is the Centre. The Centres, which actively take advantage of their scientific and research potential, are concerned with the creation and implementation of innovative technologies. There are 12 Centres functioning at the Science and Technology Park.

The Centre for Staff Training provides training for state administration staff at regional, county and municipal levels as well as the staff for running small businesses and medium-sized enterprises in Central Pomerania in the field of management, financing and marketing. It provides consultancy and advice for small businesses, and also information concerning the scientific achievements of the Koszalin University of Technology in Central Pomerania in the fields of technical, economic and social development.

The aim of the Centre for Intelligent Applications and Computer Utilization in Engineering is to produce professionally aided structural changes in the region, specifically in the areas of utilizing computer systems, the latest operational systems, the creation of software using the most advanced languages and tools, the creation of data bases, computer-aided design through the use of statistical packages, graphics processing, applications of modern multimedia techniques, the design and use of local and wide-area computer networks, such as INTERNET and INTRANET. In the Centre, the results of the research work of the KUT’s staff and graduates in intelligent engineering software will be implemented.

The Centre of New Technologies is concerned with the elaboration and application of machining of superhard materials, superhard and decorative coatings, kneading of screw-taps and surface machining, the organizing of courses and training of post-diploma students in the area of new and ecological technologies, modelling and manufacturing process analysis using finite elements method as well as modern MES systems. The Centre’s activity also includes training and the development of diplomas concerned with new technologies for the needs of the economy under the framework of the programme ABSOLWENT (Graduate).

The Centre for Automatics and Robotics provides services in the area of the design and setting up of automatic control and measuring systems, computer-aided design, and courses for students and industrial workers in the area of modern automatic systems (also delivered in English). It creates and renders accessible catalogues and company’s addresses dealing with the manufacture and selling of automatics facilities and laboratory set-ups for study and training. In addition, the Centre conducts scientific research and provides training in the area of modern energy-saving and eco-installations and monitoring e.g. long-term crop storage and the food industry.

The Centre for Ergonomics Application is involved in research work concerned primarily with decreasing the harmfulness of noise and optimizing lighting, the diagnosis of posture during work, the design of working environments and professional work risk evaluation, as well as providing education and organising conferences in ergonomics and work hygiene. It creates and renders accessible data bases on the arduousness of various types of employment.

The main activities of the Centre for Civil Engineering in the area of Mechanics, Design and Building Subsoil are: the dynamics of building foundations, the rheological properties of textile materials, theoretical problems, elements and construction studies, the mechanical properties of concretes, large-span constructions, the stability of steel constructions, statics and the stability of frames of supple/susceptible nodes, vibrations and noise evaluation, tensometric testing of machines and building constructions, etc. In the area of Technologies and Building Materials, the Centre deals with new technologies in the obtaining of such materials as: building aggregates, mineral and polymer binders, technical ceramics, concrete products, tar paper, linings, wallpaper, etc. It also provides services for the repair and protection of concrete constructions against corrosion as well as the evaluation and testing of construction materials to determine their mechanico-physical properties, coatings flow/crack resistance and resistance to ageing.

The Centre for Environmental Engineering is generally concerned with the following problems: the use of mechanical, physico-chemical and biological processes in phase division, the technology of municipal water and sewage purification, and the treatment of waste resulting from the oil, dairy, fish, meat, vegetable, fruit, textile and galvanising industries. The Centre also develops technologies for rendering harmless and utilising industrial wastes through thermal processes with special attention to the pyrolysis process.

The Centre for Environmental Monitoring is concerned with the evaluation of water, soil and atmospheric environments and the effect of external agents on these environments. Its activity is directed to presenting scientific and technical achievements in the field of hydrobiology and the effect of landscape, drainage, and hydrotechnical construction transformation and pollution on surface and ground water. In the Centre there are unique apparatuses to carry out research, e.g. a gas and liquid chromatograph, an atomic absorption spectrometer, a microwave mineralizer, an air pollution analyser, etc.

The Centre of Electronics in the area of Electronic Facilities and Measuring Systems is concerned with the design of specialized integrated systems (ASIC). In the area of Digital Control Systems the Centre provides the design, simulation and programming of logic systems (PLD), the design and implementation of hybrid expert systems for diagnosis of electronic systems and devices as well as the modernization of anti-aircraft/air force guidance systems using digital technology. In the area of Diagnostics and Measurements by Photometric and Thermovision Methods the Centre undertakes tasks connected with the elaboration and application of thermal methods in the study of electronic facilities and materials, thermal non-uniformities such as delaminations, cracks, local changes of thermal properties of solids and electronic devices as well as photometric and thermovision microscopy.

The Centre for Information Technology is concerned with the area of Network Design and Computer Software covering virtual systems and measuring devices. It creates the software for testing and measuring based on: data acquisition sheets/cards, standard IEEE 448 (GPIB), standard VXIbus and industrial networks, to ensure high output, easy development, low costs, elasticity, data analysis and visualisation. It also concentrates on software creation, the design and implementation of local and widearea computer networks as well as carrying out advisory work in the field of the methods and technology of the management of computer networks.

The main activity of the Centre for Implementation concerns:

• the application of the scientific and technical work of the KUT’s workers carried out in the form of models and prototypes undertaken on the author’s initiative and at his/her expense or through a sponsor’s financial support or undertaken on the initiative of a company financing itself,
• other implementations are carried out to order: e.g. rendering available premises with scientific and technical facilities at beneficial rates to businesses established by graduates under the programme ABSOLWENT (Graduate) and First Work as well as to other innovative companies. The Centre also offers didactic and scientific services.

The Centre for Machine Dynamics and Vibroacoustics is concerned with research, training, and service activity in the area of machine dynamics with special reference to the measurement and analysis and the passive and active damping of vibrations and acoustic emission. In the Centre, there is a modern measurement system “Pulse” manufactured by Brüel & Kjćr, equipped with a portable measuring cassette with the module of interface LAN and inlet module with four measuring canals. A calibration vibration exciter and a calibrator of noise level enable us to scale and calibrate/mark other measuring devices of this type. Moreover, the system consists of the software to analyse vibration and sound and the software to measure acoustic power. The research part of the Centre covers the elaboration of simulation models of processes and dynamic systems and set-ups for experimental verification of models. The Centre provides training in the area of measuring technique. It also enables students to study for MSc theses and PhD and DSc theses. It also provides services connected with measurement, analysis, testing processes and dynamic systems together with the calibration of measuring systems.