What will I learn?
The main areas of focus for the doctoral program in “Metrology and Metrological Assurance” are: The topics of the doctoral dissertations in the “Metrology and Metrological Assurance” doctoral program are determined by contemporary advances in the field of measurement, both theoretical and practical, and are aligned with national priorities related to the development and refinement of methods and tools for ensuring the unity of measurements.
- theory of measurement uniformity;
- theory of measurement accuracy;
- reproduction and transmission of the values of units of physical quantities;
- methods and principles for the construction of measuring instruments;
- theory of measurement methods, principles, and algorithms;
- methods and algorithms for metrological analysis and metrological synthesis;
- methods and processing of measurement information;
- planning of a measurement experiment;
- approaches and means for metrological assurance;
- methods and means for metrological control;
- organization of metrological assurance;
- metrological reliability of measuring instruments;
- automation of measurement experiments;
- automated systems for testing, verification, and calibration of measuring instruments;
- quality control systems for metrological activities.
The academic unit—the Department of Precision Engineering and Instrumentation at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering—has 10 specialized laboratories for training doctoral students. Theoretical and experimental research is conducted in the following laboratories: The successful development of the master’s program in “Metrology and Measurement Technology” at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is an additional prerequisite for the doctoral program in “Metrology and Metrological Assurance.” The program is based on the following courses:
- Interchangeability and Technical Measurements
- Instruments for Measuring Geometric Quantities
- Transducers and Automatic Control Devices
- Precision and Micromechanical Engineering
- Micromechanical and Laser Engineering
- Instruments for Measuring Physicomechanical Quantities
- Components and Mechanisms in Precision Engineering
- Ultra-Precision Measurements
- Office Equipment, Reliability, and Diagnostics
- Optical and Laser Technology
- Theoretical Foundations of Metrology;
- Fundamentals of Measurement Technology;
- Engineering Research;
- Design of Measuring Instruments and Systems;
- Processing and Analysis of Measurement Data;
- Metrological Assurance and Metrological Infrastructure;
- Reliability and Diagnostics of Measurement Equipment;
- Intelligent Measurement Systems;
- Measurement of Physical and Mechanical Quantities in Industry;
- Measurement of Geometric Quantities;
- Distributed measurement systems and virtual instruments;
- Measurement and control of environmental and workplace parameters;
- Electromagnetic compatibility of measuring instruments;
- Automation of control in industry;
- Computer technologies in measurement and quality control.