Department of Applied Mechanics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Antecedents ● 1782-1850: Early courses on Mechanics in Latin in Institutum Geometricum-Hydrotechnicum (IGH) (1st year 2 classes/week, then 1792-1850-ig 1 class/week). ● 1850-1867: IGH merged into the Joseph Polytechnics and the Department of Mechanik und Maschinenlehre (Mechanics and Machines) was established in 1857. Independent Department of Mechanics ● 1867-1881: Splitting of the Department of Mechanics and Machines to two parts: Theoretical Machine Construction and Technical Mechanics. ● 1882-1941: Dezső Nagy (1882-1914), a 29 year old professor became head of the Department of Machine Construction II., and 12 years later the head of the Department of Technical Mechanics. Department of Applied Mechanics ● 1942-1959: Head of Department: Ádám Muttnyánszky (1942-1959). During his teaching period the Department, ruined in the World War II, has been restored. He reorganized the education of mechanics. ● 1951-1959: The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering established the Department II. of Applied Mechanics in 1951 with the leadership of György Kozmann (1951-1959). ● 1959-1995: The two departments of mechanics merged in 1959. The head was György Kozmann (1959-1970). He had a great activity in establishing of post-graduate engineering training. ● 1995-2018: Gábor Stépán (1995-2018) member of the Hungarian Academy of Science, highlighted the role of time-delay in machine tool vibrations, stability of robot control. New subjects in master courses: nonlinear vibrations, mechanics of robots. He attracted several PhD students to the Department establishing a prosperous school in the field of dynamics. He was followed by one of his former PhD students Tamás Insperger (2018-) an acknowledged scholar of time-delay systems.