Catalogue on Research and Innovation
Potential of University of Kragujevac

Collaborative Training Centre in Kragujevac is one of four centres from the CTC centres network established in the Western Balkans Region within Tempus project WBC-VMnet, as organizational unit of the University of Kragujevac. Taking into account significance and necessity of cooperation between University and enterprises, the main strategic aim of the Centre is to coordinate and improve this cooperation, to facilitate knowledge and technology transfer, to provide opportunities for students and graduates to gain practical experience and for employees to innovate existing knowledge. The Centre realizes development activities and research for enterprises in innovative rapid product and process development through application of software and equipment that are unique in the Region: software packages for production process simulation, equipment for rapid prototyping, multi-sensor coordinate measuring machine for reverse engineering and final quality control of products. 

Activities:

•     Promotion of results/technologies/resources at the University and establishment of cooperation with enterprises
•     Realization of research projects with enterprises in the area of rapid product and process development 
•     Expanding and coordination of VMnet - Virtual Manufacturing network  
•     Development and coordination of CTC centres network (Kragujevac, Podgorica, Banja Luka, Rijeka) 
•     Development and implementation of expert trainings, seminars and workshops in accordance with the needs of enterprises and labour market 
•     Development and implementation of Industrial Fellowship Programme (IFP) 
•     Development and implementation of Practical Placement Programme (PPP) 

•     Development and implementation of new WBC Regional Model of University – Enterprise Cooperation, through seven suggested strategic measures 
•     Establishment and coordination of four Collaborative Training Centres in the Region (Kragujevac, Rijeka, Podgorica, Banja Luka) 
•     Development of TSNA methodology and appropriate questionnaires (Training&Service Needs Analysis) for identification of enterprises and labour market needs in the Region (more than 800 surveyed) 
•     Development and implementation of 18 specialized trainings for enterprises and unemployed in the Western Balkans Region (WBC), more than 230 certified trainees
•     Info-days, seminars and workshops for innovating knowledge in enterprises (20 events with 800  participants)  
•     Three brokerage events in the Region (over 300 participants)  
•     Research and development services for enterprises in the area of rapid prototyping, measuring and quality control of the product, virtual simulations and optimization of production processes (more than 60 enterprises) 
•     Expanding and coordination of VMnet network with 1400 members in the Region 
•     Establishment and coordination of VRPM (Virtual/Rapid Prototyping/Manufacturing) group on the CORDIS FP7 portal with more than 70 members from 20 countries 
•     Practical Placement Programme (PPP) – twenty two student mobilities in the Region and EU, and over 200 placements in local enterprises were realized
•     Industrial Fellowship Programme (IFP) with 30 enterprises in the Region within the WBC-VMNet project 

1. V. Mandić, D. Adamović, Z. Jurković, M. Stefanović, M. Živković, S. Ranđelović, T. Marinković, Numericall FE Modelling of the Ironing Process of Aluminium Alloy and its Experimental Verification, Transactions of FAMENA, Vol.34, No.4, pp. 59-69, ISSN 1333-1124, 2010
2. V.Mandic, P.Ćosić, Integrated product and process development in collaborative virtual engineering environment, Technical Gazette, Vol.18, No.3, ISSN 1330-3651, 2011
3. Branko Tadic, Branislav M. Jeremic, Petar M. Todorovic, Djordje Vukelic, Uros Proso, Vesna Mandic and Igor Budak, Efficient workpiece clamping by indenting cone-shaped elements, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, Vol.13, No.10, pp. in press, ISSN 2234-7593, 2012
4. Jurković, Z., Brezočnik, M., Grizelj, B., Mandić, V., Optimisation of Extrusion Process by Genetic Algorithms and Conventional Techniques, Technical Gazette, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 27-33, ISSN 1330-3651, 2009
5. Dragan Adamovic, Vesna Mandic, Zoran Jurkovic, Branko Grizelj, Milentije Stefanovic, Tomislav Marinkovic, Srbislav Aleksandrovic, An experimental modelling and numerical FE analysis of steel-strip ironing process, Technical Gazette, Vol.17, No.4, pp. 435-444, ISSN 1330-3651, 2010