• The Department of Ferrous and Nonferrous Metals Foundry

• The Department of Physical and Chemical Fundamentals of the Metal Technology

• The Department of Physics of Metals

• The Department of Metal Science, Equipment and Technology of Thermal Treatment of Metals

• The Department of High Temperature Materials and Powder Metallurgy

Physical Engineering Faculty of the KPI which is a key Faculty in the field of metallurgy and materials physics both in our country and abroad has contributed much in acceleration of the scientific progress of Ukraine.

Task 1.

Find in the text English equivalents to the following words and word combinations:

провідні факультети, навчально-дослідницький центр, вища технічна освіта, заснування, високопрофесійні спеціалісти, видатний працівник, перший декан, бакалаври і магістри, очолювати факультет, випускники, вклад у розвиток металургійної освіти.

Task 2.

Match the following words and word combinations:

заслужений вчений	metal science
сталева металургія	leading scientists
металознавство	up-to-date equipment
порошкова металургія	honoured sientist
провідні вчені	ferrous metals
засновники факультету	heat treatment
дослідницька лабораторія	steel metallurgy
лауреат державної премії	powder metallurgy
науковий потенціал	faculty’s founders
кольорові метали	research laboratory
термообробка	laureate of state prize
сучасне обладнання	non-ferrous metals
чорні метали	scientific potential

Task 3.

Fill in the gaps with the verbs given below in proper tense form:

to determine, to start, to locate, to found, to receive

1. The training of the metallurgists _____ in KPI since the time of its foundation in 1898 at the chemical Faculty.

2. PEF _____ in the Kiev Polytechnic Institute in order to improve training of Bachelors of Science in Engineering for metallurgy and to provide numerous Institutes of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences with highly skilled specialists.

3. The quality of specialists training _____ by the skills of teachers, their scientific and pedagogical potential.

4. The Faculty _____ never any claims for replacement of our graduates.

5. Our faculty _____ in a very good training and laboratory building with sufficiently modern equipment

Task 4.

Make up word combinations and translate them into Ukrainian:

training-and-research	scientists
higher	members
well-known	designs
highly skilled	treatment
metallurgy-related	potential
corresponding	center
scientific	iron
high-strength	equipment
high-temperature	specialists
powder	professions
thermal	metallurgy
modern	education
graduation	materials

Task 5.

Answer the following questions:

1. When was the Physical Engineering Faculty organized?

2. When did the training of the metallurgists start?

3. What were the reasons of the Faculty organization?

4. Who was the organizer of the Faculty and the first dean during 15 years?

5. Who was the head of the Faculty after the first dean?

6. What well-known people working at the PEF can you mention?

7. Can you say a few words about graduates of the PEF?

8. How many departments are there at the PEF? What are they?

9. Where is the faculty located? What facilities are at the faculty?

Task 6.

Make a report about Physical Engineering Faculty including the following:

organization of the faculty, graduates, teaching staff, departments, facilities, etc.