Brief background

The department was organized in 1963 as an integral part of the then Higher Part-time   Institute in General Engineering – Gabrovo. Over the years  the department was headed by Prof. Krustyo Kuleliev, Assoc Prof Denka Savova, Assoc Prof Valki Todorov, Assoc Prof Grigor Boyadzhiyski, PH.D, Prof. DSc. Evgeniy Kanchev. In 199 the department was reorganized and renamed as “ Chemistry and  Environmental Engineering”.

Department Staff

It includes two associate professors, 4 PH.D holders, 2 major assistant professors, 1 senior assistant professor, 2 assistant professors and one  equipment engineer plus a part-time professor.

The department is a leader in teaching the following subjects:

Master course: Prevention and control of industrial pollution

Accredited subjects: Prevention and control of industrial pollution:

• Environmental monitoring and expertise;
• Chemical background of  environment;
• Heat and mass exchange processes in environmental protection;
• Water treatment technologies;
• Air filtering technology and engineering;
• Ecology;
• Methods and instrumental means of environmental monitoring
• Alternative energy resources
• Waste processing technology and engineering;
• Technology processes in environmental protection
• Normative regulation of  environmental protection
• Monitoring and control of  dangerous radioactive wastes and toxic substances.
• Environmental toxicology
• Management of natural resources
• Sustainable development
• Integrated control systems
• Protected territories and  protection of biological diversity
• Global  environment impacts

Study labs:

The department is in possession of 5(five) labs covering the subjects which  are leading  in its teaching list.

Scientific orientation of  the department

• Environmental management;
• Quality management;
• Control and management  of food safety;
• Water treatment and purification;
• Material science of polymers;
• Modification of polymers;
• Waste processing and  recycling;
• Technical safety
• Health prevention and  labour safety.
• Catalytic synthesis
• Monitoring of environmental parameters

Research co-operation:

The Department has contracted collaboration agreements with:

• National Military University “.V Levski”
• Plovdiv University” Paisiy Hilendarski”

International projects:

Lecturers from this department  have been actively involved in developing international, national and academic research projects funded by EU programs (TEMPUS, ERASMUS, LEONARDO DA VINCI, PHARE etc.), as per section 3 of the government budget and the research fund of TU-Gabrovo used to support young scientists, undergraduates and  postgraduate students. A large part of the projects worked on deal with problems which are directly related to the subject matter of one or more disciplines taught in the department.

1. The department  represented TU-Gabrovo as partner to TEMPUS project S_JEP 07183-94 “Polymer material science”.

2. It has also been co-organizer and contractor of  TEMPUS project IB_JEP 13054–98 “Training Center in European Industrial and Environmental Standard”.

3. Under contracted mobility as per  № 83167-IC-3-2001-1-BG-ERASMUS-EPS-1, № 83167-IC-I-1-2002-BG-ERASMUS и № 83167-IC-2-2003-1-BG-ERASMUS-EUS lecturers from the department and undergraduates do annual studies in Martin-Luther University, city of Hale, Germany.

4. The department is also organizer and contractor of project № 2002-BG/02/ B/F/PP-132088 under LdV program “Vocational lifelong learning in  quality management and  environmental control for small and medium business staff”.

Collaboration with other companies:

• Regional Inspection Agency for Environmental Control, town of V.Tarnovo
• Municipality of Gabrovo
• “Central Balkan” National Park
• Natural Park “ Bulgarka”

Authored  course books and  study guides: