Innovative Recycling and Environmental Technologies

The study program Innovative recycling and environmental technologies is proposed to provide students with a systematic and comprehensive education in the field of progressive methods of processing, treatment and recycling of raw materials and waste, environmental technologies and material analysis. The program is oriented towards the development of theoretical knowledge, practical knowledge and experimental skills, which are essential for solving complex environmental problems, innovative production, energy and material efficient procedures, support for sustainable development and a carbon neutral society. The study program is divided into several key areas both theoretically and experimentally: teaching covering advanced theories and practical aspects of raw material processing, environmental technologies and analytical methods, and innovative procedures and technologies for recycling and environmental protection. The program aims to provide and systematically develop in graduates critical and applied thinking for the analysis and synthesis of complex scientific and technical information, perfect control of identification analytical methods and the ability to interpret relationships between the composition, properties of materials and the behaviour of system components in the process or in the environment. At the same time, the goal is to develop the ability to integrate and innovate research and development methods and experimental skills in recycling and environmental processes, as well as the ability to work independently and in a team and lead scientific and production teams, competence in management and education in the field of progressive processing methods and efficient metal recovery or other products from raw materials and waste, the ability to apply mechanical-physical, pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, electrometallurgical and environmental technologies for processing raw materials, waste and solving environmental problems of industrial production and consumer society with regard to the principles of circular, green and low-carbon economy, environmental protection and health while preserving ethical and social values.

The graduate of the study program has a deep systematic, comprehensive and complex set of theoretical and practical knowledge of the processes of production, treatment, processing, recycling of raw materials, waste, metals or other materials with the aim of obtaining and effectively using raw material sources or energy, from environmental technologies and from elemental and phase substance analysis. The graduate perfectly controls and knows how to use identification analytical methods and can clearly interpret the relationship between the composition, material structure, physical, chemical and technological properties of raw materials, waste and materials of various types and nature, thermodynamic and kinetic variables and the subsequent behaviour of components in the processing process or predict behaviour with the system. Knows and knows how to mutually integrate and creatively adjust and innovate research and development methods in solving complex problems within the study program and department. The graduate is able to work completely independently and systematically with an orientation to the processing of primary and secondary raw materials, material recycling of waste from consumption and industry, with special attention to metal and metal-bearing waste and environmental technologies used in the elimination of pollution and environmental protection. The graduate has the competence to design, construct and use more complex apparatuses and appropriately use software products oriented towards thermodynamics and process simulations for the study and development of new innovative procedures for the processing and recycling of raw materials and the prediction of the behaviour of the studied systems and material flows in practice. The graduate has exceptional experimental skills and is able to formulate, propose, verify and evaluate new hypotheses, concepts, strategies, methodologies, analyses, innovative raw material processing processes with regard to environmental, economic, material, energy aspects and balances, environmental protection, circular and low carbon economy and strategic goals of the EU and verify their applicability in practice. The graduate is able to solve and creatively apply the procedures of physical treatment, preparation of raw materials and waste, methods and procedures of pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, electrometallurgical or combined method of processing raw materials and waste with the aim of finalization into the final product, as well as develop and apply environmental technologies in the cleaning and treatment of waste water, soils or air. The graduate knows how to conceive and implement his own creative professional and scientific activity. The graduate is able to solve tasks in broader contexts, assess and modify his own professional activity in accordance with the strategic goals of the national economy of the Slovak Republic and the European Union in the field of critical and strategic raw materials and metals for the EU and environmental, ethical and social criteria. The graduate is able to synthesize procedures or develop new procedures, or modify and improve existing ones, based on own knowledge of the laws of processes while taking into account knowledge of the scientific foundations of the most modern trends in the world. The graduate has the competence to plan, initiate solutions to complex problems and projects, and clearly formulate research and development goals and methods. Knows how to respond to the demands of research or practice and can push the boundaries of knowledge through his own creative professional and scientific activity and can clearly and critically define the benefits of his research. He is able to integrate appropriately in the work environment and work in a research team or lead scientific and production teams. Demonstrates competence in management and pedagogical skills in education in profile professional subjects such as progressive methods of processing and obtaining raw materials and waste. He also has competence in a clear and comprehensible presentation of scientific outputs and a critical assessment of the benefits of his own research and development or professional issues falling within the field of the given field and related fields. The graduate has competence in deep self-learning and education and is able and ready to support technical progress and development in the field.

The graduate has systematic, complex and deep knowledge about the properties of raw materials, thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the processes of material recycling of waste and innovative processes of processing raw materials and obtaining metals and materials, about environmental technologies, monitoring and elimination of pollution, acquired in profile subjects from the fields of progressive hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy and electrochemical methods of processing waste and raw materials and uses them for the development of new, more efficient methods of treatment, processing and material recycling of secondary raw materials and obtaining mainly non-ferrous metals, alloys or new compounds and products. The graduate has the ability to design and implement environmental technologies for cleaning and treating waste water and soil. The graduate can clearly define and interpret the relationship between the physico-chemical properties and the structure of raw materials and the influence of parameters on the process and the possibilities of managing process changes. The graduate knows and is able to apply modern identification phase and chemical analyzes of raw materials, materials and wastes in the research and development of materials and to adjust waste analysis methodologies. The graduate has the skills and perfectly controls the theory and methodology of experimentation in research and development of new processes of treatment, processing of raw materials, material recycling of waste and innovative environmental techniques in environmental protection. The graduate demonstrates the ability to map scientific and innovative developments in the world in the field of raw materials processing, waste recycling, environmental technologies and related fields and to use it for formulating new hypotheses and strategies for research and development of materials and development of the field of acquisition and processing of earth resources and to verify them theoretically and experimentally. The graduate can actively acquire, analyze, reevaluate and apply new knowledge and information in practical applications in solving research and development projects of new raw material processing and waste recycling processes, environmental technologies and in the development of the field. The graduate is able to develop theories of raw material processing and environmental protection techniques, conceptually design, integrate, implement, improve and implement own scientific research and development activities, and at the same time assess, modify and interpret the results of progressive and innovative procedures in the field of raw material processing, waste recycling, obtaining metals and compounds and environmental technologies also with regard to the long-term impact in the given field as well as social and ethical aspects. The graduate has the competence to plan, to initiate solutions to complex technical, technological, environmental problems and projects in the processing of raw materials and waste and to reduce the impact on the environment, to clearly formulate the chosen goals and methods of research and development, and the competence to critically evaluate the benefits of his own research and development. The graduate will demonstrate the contribution of his own research to the expansion of scientific knowledge in the field through the formulation and publication of research and development results at the international level. The graduate has the competence to manage the research and development tasks of recycling and environmental technologies and the acquisition of materials and metals, and to lead and coordinate research teams. The graduate will demonstrate competence in professional education and dissemination of knowledge at various professional, scientific and public forums, in education in professional and profile subjects in the field of raw materials processing, waste recycling and environmental technologies.

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