Student's office: +359 2 965-3737
Dean's office: +359 2 965-2288
In 1942, a HIGHER TECHNICAL SCHOOL was founded, to which in 1944 the department "Metalology" headed by Assoc. Prof. Karl Slavomirov and the department "Descriptive Geometry" headed by Prof. G. Uzunov were added. In 1945, the STATE POLYTECHNIC was founded with majors: "Mechanical Engineering", "Electrical Engineering", "Industrial Chemistry". The Department of "Machine Elements" also teaches "Machine Drawing" and is headed by Prof. G. Angelov and assistants: B. Popov, Kr. Djivanov, A. Mollov, D. Hristov, S. Boyadzhiev, A. Zhaltov, Vl. Diviziev, Al. Vrigazov. In 1953, the MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE was established. The Department of "Descriptive Geometry and Machine Drawing" headed by Associate Professor Georgi Petrov was established in 1956, and in 1962 the Department of "Machine Drawing" headed by Associate Professor D. Valkov was founded. In 1974, the department was renamed "Basic and technical means of construction".
The first textbook on "Machine drawing", authored by Prof. G. Angelov and Associate Professor S. Boyadzhiev, was published in 1954.
Over the years, the heads of the department have been: Prof. M. Popov (1967 - 1978 and 1985 - 1989), Assoc. Prof. P. Angelov (1978 - 1985), Prof. Br. Sandalski (1989 - 1996 and 2000 - 2007), Prof. M. Leparov (1996 - 2000), Assoc.Prof. M. Georgiev (2007 - 2011), Prof. B. Tudzharov (2011 - 2015) and Assoc. Prof. G. Stanchev (2015 - until now).
Phone: 02 965-3785
Room: 4517
E-mail: bilieva@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-3451
Room: 4515
E-mail: pvgor@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-3787
Room: 4521
E-mail: mtge@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-3785
Room: 4517
E-mail: bilieva@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-3785
Room: 4517
E-mail: bilieva@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-3789
Room: 4618
E-mail: etodorova@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-3449
Room: 4620
E-mail: gstanchev@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-2786
Room: 4514
E-mail: inikolova@tu-sofia.bg
Phone:
Room: 4607
E-mail: myancheva@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-3451
Room: 4515
E-mail: pvgor@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-3789
Room: 4618
E-mail: petkova@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-2790
Room: 4519
E-mail: vasil_penchev@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-2786
Room: 4514
E-mail: koleva_ds@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 2412
Room: 4616
E-mail: desy@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-2782
Room: 4516
E-mail: mariana_mitova@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 02 965-3783
Room: 4609
E-mail: rositza_manolova@tu-sofia.bg
Phone: 2412
Room: 4616
E-mail: svetlana_ianeva@tu-sofia.bg
Phone:
Room: 4518
E-mail: mat@tu-sofia.bg
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Mechanical and Device Engineering. Aim of the course Application of Computer Technologies in the Design of Mechanical Engineering Products (ACTDMEP) is to introduce mechanical engineering students with the methodology and procedures of computer aided design and production. Students are introduced to the possibilities of designing, researching and optimizing engineering products using CAD / CAE systems. The sequence of work in the automated generation of control programs for machining parts on CNC machines using CAM systems is studied.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Bachelor's degree, specialty Engineering Design. The main topics concern: Structure of design process and computer design process - technical effects and phenomena within engineering activity; Contemporary CAD systems - used technologies and techniques; Geometrical models; Calculations within the design process of technical objects; Computer graphics; Colour models within CAD systems; File formats-file exchange; Creation of realistic representations; Methods for modifications of parts and assemblies; Heuristic methods for design task solutions; Performance and main functions of contemporary CAD systems for 2D and 3D modelling (i.e. AutoCAD, SolidWorks); for presentation - Microsoft Office. Performance and main functions of the software programs. At the end of the course the students are expected to have knowledge of the formalization of the main parts of engineering design and to be able to create and visualize geometrical models using various CAD systems.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Bachelor's degree, specialty Engineering Design. The course "Descriptive Geometry" forms in students the mechanisms for depicting geometric objects, develops spatial imagination and skills for perception, reading and reproduction of geometric objects and real bodies and provides them with the apparatus of visual aids needed for all disciplines of engineering design studied in next semesters. Main topics: Types of design, properties of parallel design. Representation of basic geometric objects by the method of Monge. Relationships between geometric objects - plane section of ridged and rotating surfaces, mutual intersection of surfaces, methods. Construction of unfoldings. Axonometric design. Perspective - species. Linear perspective on a vertical projection plane - methods for constructing perspective images of basic geometric elements and real objects, transition from projection of Monge to perspective. Construction of shadow of simple and complex geometric objects in central and parallel lighting. Spherical perspective - projection system, rules for depicting in a spherical perspective.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Technical Legislation and Quality Management, to introduce students to the institutional and legal system of the European Union (EU), the process of decision-making, the main sources and principles of the EU legal system, common EU policies and structural funds, the essence of the single European market and the mechanisms of its functioning . The main topics concern: Historical development of European integration; European Communities; Institutional system of the EU; The process of decision-making; EU budget. Sources of funding, allocation of funds; Sources and basic principles of the EU legal system; Sources of primary law; EU agencies; Regional policy. Objectives, principles, reform; Structural Funds; EU programs; Economic integration; Creating a single European market - nature, conditions; Free movement of goods, persons, services and capital; Economic and Monetary Union. Stages of construction; Policy competition. Objectives and legal basis.
Optional Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Bachelor's degree, specialty Mechanical Engineering. To give students knowledge about legislstive frame of European Union for free movement of industrial products in Single European market. The main topics concern: European Union – institutions, decision making; EU legislation – primary and secondary legislation; Introducing free movements of goods in the Single market of European Union; EU legal framework for technical harmonization; New approach for technical harmonization – principles, characteristics; New approach directives – standard elements, essential requirements; European standardization and standards; European standardization organizations – characteristics, aims, tasks; Types of European standards, harmonized standards; The EU conformity assessment system; Procedures and modules for conformity assessment; Technical documentation; EC declaration for conformity; Accreditation, advantages, principles; Notified bodies, market surveillance.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Mechatronics. Aim of the course is to lead mechanical engineering students to understand the methodology and procedures of computer aided design. The course covers basic principles and stages of the Product Life Management systems (PLM). The accent is put on the Lifecycle management of mechatronics products. The course also takes a look at the techniques of 2D and 3D designing and the work with application software. Its included also a knowledge how to use software of engineering analysis and rapid prototyping processes.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Technical Safety of Work Equipment. To acquaint students with the regulations and management systems for health and safety at work. The legislation and normative documents for ensuring health and safety at work are studied. The accents of the national policy for ensuring healthy and safe working conditions are presented. The normative requirements for ensuring healthy and safe working conditions in the enterprises, the responsibilities and obligations of the state, the employers and the workers are considered. A key element in the occupational health and safety management system is the occupational health service, which performs mainly preventive functions. The general model of the occupational health and safety management system is studied. Acquire knowledge about the requirements, construction, implementation and operation of the system. Codes of "good practice" are considered; technical rules and guidelines for safety and health when working with work equipment.
Optional subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Mechanical and Device Engineering. At the end of the course the students are expected to be able to create generating parts and assemblies, to create applications with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), to extend the functionality and adapt CAD system to the specifics problems. The main topics concern: working with parameters, generating models of parts and assemblies, rule based geometric models, object-oriented model of the CAD system API, API tools for modelling parts and assemblies, to work with technical drawings and attributes, access API using VBA.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Technical Safety of Work Equipment, to acquaint students with the nature of the risk, the methods for identification of hazards at work and the normative documents for the risk assessment. The nature, character and legal framework for accidents at work and occupational diseases, the procedure for their establishment, investigation, registration and reporting are studied. Knowledge of the nature of risk and methods for identification of hazards at work, as well as practical tools for risk assessment are acquired. Knowledge of the principles, techniques and models of risk management is acquired. The principles of control and programs for minimizing the risk at the workplace are considered. Particular attention is paid to psychosocial risks and stress in the workplace, which are among the biggest challenges to safety and health at work.
Optional subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Technical Safety of Work Equipment. The purpose of the course training is to provide students with knowledge of the various concepts, with a framework for Member States to evaluate and ensure the safety of work equipment that is produced and released on collaborative matters. The course includes basic concepts related to safety assessment of work equipment. It examines European and national regulations that determine the requirements for safety assessment features of work equipment, standards, harmonized standards for relevant regulations, regulations, and other documents to meet regulatory requirements.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Mechanical engineering. To introduce students to the legal framework of the European Union for assessing the conformity of products with the requirements for their safety, principles of the European approach to technical harmonization and standardization, procedures for conformity assessment before placing products on the market and mechanisms for supervision after placing product of the single European market. The main topics concern: System for assessing product safety, legislation; Structure and functions in the system for assessing product safety; Main activities in conformity assessment of industrial products; Indication of product safety. "CE" marking; Notified bodies for assessment the safety, principles and regulations; Documents of conformity in the system for assessing the safety of products; Modular approach to conformity assessment, descriptions of the modules; Types of modular procedures; European regulations for responsibility of the product; European rules on general product safety; European legislation on consumer protection; RAPEX system and consumer protection; European legislation on market surveillance; Conditions and activities in the performance of market surveillance.
Optional subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Mechanical and Device Engineering. The purpose of the course is for students to gain in-depth knowledge and skills to perform mechanical tolerance stack-up and analysis and to write down the results of this analysis in the technical documentation. Modern technological processes for the production of mechanical products are a source of variations in geometric parameters. Understanding these variations, quantifying them and their influencing on the operation of the product is an essential part of the design process. The tolerances are engineering specifications of the acceptable level of variation in geometric aspect. They are recorded in the technical documentation or defined in the CAD model. They serve to control the inaccuracies of the shape or size of a particular geometric element or the relative positioning or orientation of several geometric elements. The stack-up analysis allows to calculate the cumulative effect of the inaccuracies of the individual elements and to ensure that this effect is acceptable.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Technical Legislation and Quality Management. At the end of the course the students are expected to be able to get skills in preparing company standards and conformity assessment of products with the requirements of European, international, and Bulgarian standards. The main topics concern: Development of standardization. Types of standards, status and functions of standards. Working bodies, objectives and tasks of the CEN / CENELEK. Corporate standardization. Development, meaning and organization. Know-how and intellectual property. Procedure for development and approval of international and corporate standards. Conformity assessment concepts and criteria. System for assessing the quality and types of bodies. Accreditation. Standards for accreditation bodies assessing quality. Control of products. Procedure for Control of products. Standardized requirements for certification body products. Procedure for Certification of products. Procedure for Certification of Management Systems Quality.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Technical Legislation and Quality Management. At the end of the course the students are expected to be able to know and realize the requirements, conditions and possibilities for realization of Bulgarian products in the Single European market (SEM). The main topics concern: Products safety and conformity assessment; Sector approach; New approach; Directives and procedures; Harmonized standards; Basic activities in conformity assessment of technical products; Choice of harmonized standards; Documentation contents; Principles of CE marking; Products liable to CE marking; Mark CE and other signs; Conformity assessment and notified bogies; Principles of notification; Procedures for notification and revoke notification; Common responsibilities of notified bodies; Responsibility for the product; Introduction, terms and definitions; European directives in that field; A law for consumer defence and for trade rules; Responsibility for product in the firm; Responsibility for product in design, production and internal control; Essence of market surveillance; Characteristics and principles for market surveillance; Activities in market surveillance; Observation of products released on the market; Placement and implementation of improving actions; Protected clause; Purpose and conditions for activation of protected clause; Application, managing and results; Systems in market surveillance for quick exchange of information about dangerous products; Conditions for administrative collaboration in market surveillance; Collaboration with third parts.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialtyTechnical Legislation and Quality Management. Students to learn and be able to apply technical norms of European Union, their role for European Market functioning, their adoption in legislation of the Republic of Bulgaria and in accordance with their needs and interests to acquire new knowledge and skills in this subject area. The main topics concern: Introduction in technical legislation; Technical norms of European Union; Basic principles of technical legislation of European Union, integration into the legislation of the Republic of Bulgaria; Adoption, transposition and application of technical norms; Products covered by technical norms; Marketing of products; Obligations of economic operators; Legislative requirements of technical norms; Modules and procedures for conformity assessment.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Mechanical and Device Engineering. Students to acquire basic knowledge for the fundamental principals, concepts and institutions of BG law system and for the basic treatments on creating and application of normative acts in two directions:
The main topics concern: concept of the law; constitution as the main law source; law systems; private and public law; material and procedure law; legal norms; juridical acts; law subjects; property law; trade representative; interpretation of legal norms; industrial and intellectual property; trade companies; economic units; European technical legislation and European standards; the ways and mechanisms of the European approach to admit the products on EU trade market.
Optional subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Bachelor's degree, specialty Engineering Logistics, to introduce students to the legal framework of the European Union (EU) on free movement of industrial products in the single European market (SEM), the principles of the European approach to technical harmonization and standardization for assessment of product safety. The main topics concern: Institutional system of the European Union, the process of decision-making; Legal system of the European Union - a common feature of primary and secondary legislation; Free movement of goods in the single European market; Legal framework of the European Union for technical harmonization; New Approach to technical harmonization - principles, characteristics; New Approach Directives - standard elements, essential requirements; European standardization organizations - characteristics, goals, tasks; System of the European Union for conformity assessment; Modules for conformity assessment, marking CE; Notified bodies, market surveillance.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Technical Safety of Work Equipment. The students to get knowledge about European and National Technical Legislations, role and meaning of Standardization for insurance of Safety and Quality of Products and they to be able to apply this knowledge. The main topics concern: Technical Normative Acts of European Union; The “Old Approach”; The “New Approach” and the “Modular Approach“; The “New Legislative Framework”; Placing on the Market; Obligations of Economic Operators; Essential Requirements; Characterizations, Methods and Approaches of Standardization; Functions of Standards; International and European Standardizations; Harmonised Standards; National and Business Standardizations.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Technical Legislation and Quality Management. To acquaint students with technical legislation in key sectors such as the environment, health and safety at work, food safety, information security, as well as the requirements and conditions for building standardized management systems. Main topics: Sectoral technical legislation on: environment - EMAS, requirements for organizations inspecting the environment, competent authorities; healthy and safe working conditions - requirements, obligations, organization and management of the activity; food safety - food requirements, packaging and labeling, production and trade, control; Information Security - European Network and Information Security Agency, organization and activity of information security. Management systems for: environment (EMS); health and safety at work (SUZBR); on food safety (SMS); information security (SUSI); requirements, construction and implementation, audit and certification.
Compulsory subject from the curriculum for training of students to obtain Master's degree, specialty Technical Safety of Work Equipment. Тo provide students with the necessary knowledge on the basic principles, concepts and activities of market surveillance and technical supervision of work equipment. The subject of study is the current legislation for supervision of work equipment. The current requirements for market surveillance and technical supervision of work equipment are studied. The organization and structure of the supervisory authorities at national level are examined, as well as the responsibilities of the Member States of the European Union regarding supervision. The following are presented: the national legislation for technical supervision; requirements for issuing licenses for technical supervision, as well as the registration of facilities with increased danger; technical supervision of elevators, lifting equipment, cableways, pressure equipment, gas equipment, etc .; the requirements for acquisition and recognition of legal capacity for exercising professions in management / maintenance of facilities with increased danger.