Precision Mechanics: incompatible demands for accuracy, high speed, dexterity, efficiency and reliability.
Mechanical devices in extreme conditions.
"Smart'' materials and structures.
The concept of PIEZOMECHANICS.

Piezoelectric properties and fundamentals of piezoelectric energy converters; direct and reverse piezoeffect.
Piezoactive materials: piezoelectric, electrostrictive, magnetostrictiveand elastic piezoactive compounds.
Transducers with variable polarisation vector.

The motion of rigid and deformable bodies.
Control of motion: systems with one degree of freedom.
Control of motion: systems with several degrees of freedom.
Structure control of mechanical systems.
Selecting topology of exciting zones.
Direct piezoeffect: energy transformation.
Applications: Actuators with limited and unlimited number of degrees of freedom; Adaptive optics; Stress generation and control; Adaptive machine tools with controllable errors; Measuring devices, Mechanical/electrical energy transformation devices, etc.

The basic theory of resonant piezoelectric energy converters.
Piezoelectric sensors.
Adaptive sensors.
Piezoelectric transformers of energy.
Complex transducers - combination of piezoelectric and magnetostrictive materials.
''Smart'' composites: matrix of properties.
Multi-functional devices.
Applications: Transducers for ultrasonic testing; Friction control;
Nondestructive hardness testing; Stiffness, surface rheology, natural frequency measuring systems; Squeeze-film bearings; Piezoelectric gyroscopes (two types), Robot's eye; Active supports, bearings and slides.

Basic considerations, types and theory.
Systems with one degree of freedom.
Kinematic structure control.
Systems with several degrees of freedom.
Actuators/sensors for microrobots.
Actuators with separate power and control systems.
Two channel control.
Applications: Precision Mechanics; Adaptive Mechanics; Intelligent mechanisms; Microsurgery; Bearings with zero friction; Active bearings, guides and supports; Measurement systems; Diagnostics in machinery; Optical scanning devices, etc.

General theory.
Elastic piezoactive materials.
Piezoeffect of organic composites (wood, bones, skin, etc.) and its interrelation with systems parameters.

Applications: In medicine; Adaptive optics; Measurements; Vibration, Sound and noise control, Piezocable, Piezoelectric loudspeaker, Diagnostics and identification, etc.

Direct and reverse piezoeffect.
Hysteresis in piezoactuators with quasi-static displacements and its control.
Generating small multi-component motions.
Friction control with three types of oscillations.
Investigating squeeze-film bearing.
Combined piezoelectric and magnetostrictive transducers: static and dynamic characteristics.
Piezoelectric actuators with one degree of freedom: characteristics in transient and steady state motion.
Investigating the active bearing.
Investigating the active kinematic pair with three degrees of freedom.