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Departments

Department of Mechanical, Energy and Biotechnology Engineering 

Main directions of scientific activity:

  • Development and research of alternative fuels, oils and lubricants in machinery.
  • Life cycle assessment of waste recycling technologies and energy conversion systems.
  • Renewable and biomass energy technologies.
  • Energy and mass transfer in biotechnology.
  • Studies of dynamic processes, economic indicators and environmental impact of power and transport machines.
  • Livestock Engineering.
  • Research on mechatronic systems.
  • Improving the efficiency of machine hydraulic systems and their mathematical modelling.
  • Development and research of nanomaterials.
  • Product storage and processing technologies, the impact of technological processes on product quality and the environment.
  • Tribological processes in mechanical and mechatronic systems.
  • Heat and electricity technologies.
  • Reliability research of agricultural machinery.
  • Control of agricultural energy and processes.

Department contacts:

Address: Room 127, Studentų str. 15, Akademija, Kaunas district
Phone.: +370 37 752 219

Head of the department – prof. dr. Rolandas Bleizgys

E-mail: rolandas.bleizgys@vdu.lt
Phone.: +370 37 752 240, 8 686 10900

Department of Water Engineering 

Main directions of scientific activity:

  • Durability studies of hydraulic and agricultural structures and materials.
  • Investigations of the technical condition of hydraulic and agricultural structures.
  • Physical and digital modelling of hydraulic processes.
  • Application of Nano and other technologies in water management and construction processes.
  • Development of rational local materials and constructions.
  • Change of water balance elements, modelling of hydrological processes, drainage and irrigation systems.
  • Management and sustainable use of water resources (hydropower, flood risk management, inland waterways, renovation of water bodies).
  • Water pollution and measures to reduce it. Restoration of damaged aquatic ecosystems.
  • Technical, technological and environmental impact assessment of water treatment processes.
  • Research on technologies for closed-loop fisheries.

Scientific groups

Hydraulic Engineering Science Group.
Civil Engineering Science Group.
Building and Construction Materials Research Laboratory.
Aquaculture Center.
Scientific Panel on Drainage and Irrigation Systems Transformation.
Aquatic Ecosystem Research Group.
Hydropower Research Group.

Department contacts:

Address: Rooms 328, 330A, Universiteto str. 10, Akademija, Kaunas district
Phone.: +370 37 752 286

Head of the department – assoc. prof. dr. Inga Adamonytė

E-mail: inga.adamonyte@vdu.lt
Phone.: +370 37 752 286

Department of Agricultural Engineering and Safety 

Main directions of scientific activity:

  • Analysis of tillage, sowing, crop care and harvesting machine work processes and optimization of design and technological parameters.
  • Precision agricultural machinery systems, their control and research.
  • Research on technologies and machines for growing, maintaining, harvesting and preparing for conversion of energy crops.
  • Investigations of dynamic characteristics of agricultural machines and mechanisms by determining their optimal working parameters and improving their construction.
  • Investigations of environmental acoustic pollution by developing mathematical models and determining measures to reduce vibrations.
  • Improvement of the human-machine-environment system in terms of improving the safety and health at work of the operator of agricultural machinery and equipment.

Department contacts:

Address: Room 204, Studentų str. 15a, Akademija, Kaunas district
Phone.: +370 37 752 357

Head of the department – prof. dr. Egidijus Šarauskis

E-mail: egidijus.sarauskis@vdu.lt
Phone.: +370 37 752 357

Department of Land Use Planning and Geomatics

Main directions of scientific activity:

  • Optimization of the use and structure of agricultural land in the agrarian landscape.
  • Application of GIS and remote sensing methods to land administration and spatial planning.
  • Studies on the processing and use of spatial information defining the characteristics and status of agricultural land.
  • Assessment of perspectives of formation and regulation of agricultural structures.
  • Research on land market changes and their impact on land use.

Scientific groups

Group I – Geodesy, application of GIS and remote sensing methods for land administration and territorial planning (assoc. prof. dr. D. Rekus, lect. dr. D. Juknelienė, lect. dr. G. Pašakarnis, lect. G. Balevičius, lect. D. Gudritienė)

Group II – Other research topics related to land use planning and administration (prof. Vida Malienė, assoc. prof. dr. V. Gurskienė, lect. dr. D. Juknelienė, lect. dr. G. Pašakarnis, lect. dr. Vilma Kriaučiūnaitė – Neklejanovienė, lect. G. Balevičius, lect. D. Gudritienė, lect. V. Atkocevičienė, lect. G. Ivavičiūtė)

Department contacts:

Address: Room 425, Universiteto str. 10, Akademija, Kaunas district
Phone.: +370 37 752 372

Head of the department – assoc. prof. dr. Jolanta Valčiukienė

E-mail: jolanta.valciukiene@vdu.lt
Phone.: +370 37 752 272