International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (OGÉT 2015)

A large delegation represented our university in the XXIIIrd International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, held between 23 and 26 April in Csíksomlyó.

The conference was organised by the Hungarian Technical Scientific Society of Romania in cooperation with the Technical University of Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca), the Kolozsvár Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and the relevant faculties of Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the University of Miskolc, Széchenyi István University, the University of Pannonia, Kecskemét College and Óbuda University as well as Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania and AGIR Romanian Association of General Engineers. The conference was chaired by Dr Vencel József Csibi, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

The event was sponsored by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Bethlen Gábor Fund Management Co Ltd.

The opening presentation of the plenary session was delivered by Dr János Latorcai, Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly. The title of his presentation was ’The social responsibilities of technical professionals’.

At the conference, 117 participants from 3 countries gave 99 presentations in 5 sections. In addition to the representatives of other Hungarian universities and colleges, a large number of lecturers, PhD, MSc and BSc students represented the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics of the University of Miskolc. In relation to the conference, a 420-page publication came out including proofread articles made from the large number of presentations delivered at the conference, mostly on topics related to the automobile industry but on many other industry-related topics, as well.

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