Resources
IMEE Resources
GRANTS FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS
The International Graduate Centre and Doctoral School of the University of Malaga, through its Doctoral School, has regulated with the Aid Plan for Doctoral Students of the University of Malaga, approved by the Governing Council on 18 April 2013, the financing of the doctoral training of its students. This Plan includes two specific sections of aid for the mention of International Doctor and for the completion of theses on a co-supervision basis. In addition, the University of Malaga's Own Research Plan has a set of annual grants for stays of varying lengths in foreign centers and a series of grants for attending conferences and seminars, with the aim of encouraging and promoting this type of activity among doctoral students at the University of Malaga. The University of Malaga also participates and collaborates with various institutions and organizations to promote mobility and internationalization: AUIP, Universia, etc. The website of the Doctoral School will keep updated information on the different calls for applications. This Doctoral Programme can also offer different types of mobility grants, based on the agreements signed with various entities and international collaborations (https://www.uma.es/ed-uma/info/132766/ayudas-y-becas/).
MATERIAL RESOURCES
The Doctoral Programme has a series of resources that depend on each line of research, which is available to all students on the Programme. These resources can be summarised by research lines as follows:
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
● Equipment of the laboratories of the Mechanical Engineering area (see 'facilities')
● Laser Laboratory Equipment of the UMA (see 'laboratory')
● Workshop 26 II Laboratory Equipment:
○ MTS electromechanical machine for tensile tests, load capacity 300 KN, Instron servohydraulic machine for dynamic uniaxial tensile-compression tests, load capacity 100 KN, MTS servohydraulic machine for dynamic biaxial tensile-torsion tests, load capacity 100 KN, 1100 N m, several uniaxial extensometers for different strain ranges.., uniaxial extensometer for COD measurements, Epsilon biaxial extensometer, control software for MTS Test Flex machines, specific software for tensile, fracture toughness and crack growth tests, Epsilon biaxial extensometer calibrator, Questar QM-100 long-distance microscope, Matelec ACPD crack length measurement system, three-channel extensometry equipment, spectrum analyzer, Pike F-505 high-resolution video camera, Vic 2D image correlation software, fiber optical light source and other small equipment: oscilloscope, voltmeter, AC power supply, digital thermometer, data acquisition cards, equipment.
● Laboratory equipment Workshop 26 I:
○ Universal mechanical testing machine with a capacity of 100 KN, various hardness testers including a Vicker microhardness tester, various ovens with different capacities and powers, salt spray chamber, various equipment for non-destructive testing with penetrant liquids, magnetic particles, and ultrasound, as well as, an X-ray tube for industrial radiology, powder projection equipment, freeze dryer, mixer and two ultrasonic equipment of 1500 W and 400 W.
● Laboratory 516 equipment:
○ Jeol 6400 SEM scanning electron microscope, TMA thermomechanical analysis equipment, image analysis equipment, NIKON microscope, camera and software, 5 optical microscopes with camera and monitor for teaching, equipment for preparation of metallographic specimens, automatic and manual polishing machine, automatic and manual chipping machine, fume cupboard, cutting machine, diamond cutter, ball mill, manual press, small equipment, pH meters, scales, and cookers.
● Laboratory equipment 2029:
○ 2 centrifuges, electrospray equipment, a chamber oven up to 1400 oC and a precision balance.
● Colloid laboratory equipment:
○ Sigma 701 tensiometer (KSV) using Du Nouy ring and Wilhelmy plate techniques, Zetasizer Nano-S for size measurements using the dynamic light scattering technique, FluoroMax-4 spectrofluorimeter (Horiba JOBIN YBON) for steady-state fluorescence measurements, LifeSpec II spectrometer (Edinburgh Instruments, Ltd. ), which is based on the laser-induced fluorescence technique, for time-resolved fluorescence measurements, Cecil 2021 UV-vis spectrophotometer, Anton AMVn micro viscometer, and Anton Paar DMA 58 density meter.
Energy and Renewable Systems
● Laboratory Equipment Department of Thermal Engines and Machines (see 'laboratories' and 'installations')
● Equipment Laboratories Department of Electrical Engineering (see 'laboratories')
● Equipment and resources Solar Energy Research and Development Group (see 'available resources').
Mathematical Modelling in Mechanical Engineering
● Equipment Applied Mathematics Teaching Laboratory:
○ 60 Pc computers, video projector, and digital whiteboard.
● Applied Mathematics research laboratory equipment:
○ 6 MacOs computers, video projector, and digital whiteboard.
● Applied Physics Teaching Laboratory Equipment
○ 60 workstations with state-of-the-art practices in Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Electromagnetism, and Quantum Physics.
● Computer Laboratory Equipment
○ Cluster with 32 cores with high-performance parallel processing and 2 clusters with 8 nodes each of the latest generation.
● Computational Techniques Research Laboratory Equipment
○ Laptops to facilitate the mobility of research staff and printers and scanners.
Corporate Reputation, Design, and Representation in Mechanical Engineering
● Digital Image Processing Laboratory:
○ Equipped with 18 computers, specific programs Autocad 2011, MDT, Solid Edge 20, MasterSuite2011 and cannon digital cameras, tripods and accessories.
● CAD laboratory:
○ Equipped with 28 computers and programs Autocad 2011, Matlab, MDT, Solid Edge ST2.
● Prototyping and Design Laboratory:
○ Equipped with 10 computers, plotter 44, 2D scanner, 3D Laser, 3D milling machine, 3D lathe, and vertical drill.
● Topography and GIS Laboratory:
○ Restitution equipment, 4 personal computers, and topography equipment (GPS, total stations, levels...).
All these laboratories and those common to the University of Malaga offer excellent experimental means that are available for the training of the students of the Doctoral Programme.
Students also have at their disposal all the services and resources available at the School of Industrial Engineering (see services tab), the center where the doctoral program is developed (library, study rooms, student services, ...).
