Mission
The department’s primary mission is to conduct advanced research based on information technology, computer-aided engineering, mathematical modeling, and numerical simulation of mechanization technologies for agricultural operations and related adjacent fields.
Its secondary mission is to support all other research topics of the institute, including mathematical modeling, simulation, optimization, software development, and the creation of databases, among others.
Research Directions and Objectives
- Mathematical modeling of processes in agriculture and agricultural machinery;
- Precision agriculture;
- Structural analysis;
- Environmental issues (such as erosion, landslides, and the evolution of organic matter in the soil based on changing environmental parameters);
- Services for processing experimental data and mathematical modeling of experimentally investigated processes;
- Agricultural soil analysis services.
Objectives
- • Research and development of tools based on information technology (application software, databases, optimization, forecasting, diagnostics, etc.) for machinery and installations intended for agriculture and the food industry.
- Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of processes and phenomena related to technical equipment, environmental processes, and machine-environment interactions, aimed at optimizing or improving key process parameters.
- Structural analysis in the field of agricultural and food industry machinery and equipment – including strength verification and test simulation.
- Development and management of local networks, hardware and software support, system engineering, web design, and website administration.
- Determination and mapping of physical and chemical properties of soil, for use in precision agriculture.
- Development of scientific and/or applied projects and partnerships, both national and international, based on the valorization of recent research results.
- Consulting services in applied computer science for research and design activities.