About us
Research Centre of the University of Žilina is a unique research and development facility established in 2013 at the University of Žilina. Its mission is to achieve synergic effect in using and enhancing research potential by integrating crucial research activities as Regional Centre for applied research. Its primary goal is to create the environment encouraging acceleration and integration of innovative research activities of the University of Žilina working places and the swift implementation and commercialization of research outcomes, which will directly contribute to economy competitiveness increase of Žilina region, as well as the Euro-region Beskydy and regional disparities decrease throughout the whole Slovak republic. Also the new innovative high-tech small and medium sized spin-off companies will be established, new jobs in research and development especially for young researchers and post graduates will be created and conditions for educational process at the University of Žilina will be improved.
While primary task is to perform excellent applied research for industrial use, Research Centre focuses especially on research impact on everyday life. Research Centre plans to perform research for people.
Research areas
Main research areas are basically focused on the University of Žilina. In each of these areas, the university is considered to excel on European level and is taken into account worldwide. The areas are transportation including control, operation and new materials, construction, mechanical engineering and smart systems, mainly focused on smart buildings operation and renewable energy sources.
Research centre is focused specifically on three areas:
According to these areas, the Research Centre is structured into 3 divisions with following laboratories, machines and equipment:
Division of Transport Infrastructure Research
- Laboratory of diagnostic infrastructure and methodologies for automated data collection, objective evaluation of pavement condition and road design parameters, research and development of complex tools for economic efficiency assessment of transport infrastructure investments.
- Research laboratory on minimisation of road pavement deterioration from heavy freight transportation.
- Laboratory for authentication of new diagnostic and monitoring methods application of transport infrastructure condition.
The person responsible for the Division: prof. Ing. Ján Mikolaj, CSc.
Division of Transportation Materials Research
- Laboratory of Strength, Deformation and Fatigue Properties Verification at temperatures up to 1200 °C, loading up to 250 kN, at high frequencies in gigacycles and various loading parameters, including concrete strength assessment.
- Laboratory of Surface and Volume Analysis of Metal, Plastic and Ceramic Based Materials, including issues of degradation in different loading conditions.
- Department of Simulated Aggressive Environments to measure deterioration assessment of transportation and vehicle materials.
- Department of research support regarding advanced materials in the context of specialised activities of sample preparation and storage.
The person responsible for the Division: prof. Ing. Josef Vičan , CSc.
Division of Intelligent Buildings Research and Renewable Energy Sources
- Department for research and development of modern low-energy constructions and technologies implementation of buildings construction.
- Laboratory for complex research regarding building envelopes through means of direct and scientific methods.
- Laboratory for experimental research on building envelope including climate rooms to simulate external and internal boundary conditions and simulation of lifespan of passive building envelope in an accelerated aging mode.
- Laboratory for analysis of heating fuels.
- Laboratory for the research on heat sources from burning biomass and fossil fuels, heat sources and heat storage for use of geothermal and solar energy.
- Laboratory for experimental research of heat exchangers for use of heat recovery.
- Laboratory of thermal well-being of man.
The person responsible for the Division: prof. RNDr. Milan Malcho, PhD.
Our team has over 110 workers. Of the 11 professors, 11 associate professors and 39 PhD.
We have 14 departments and laboratories, planned more than 100 new instruments and technical equipment.
BRINGING TOGETHER 5 FACULTIES, 13 DEPARTMENTS and INSTITUTES of the University OF ZILINA with PARTNERS FROM THE INDUSTRY
