On Monday, November 14, 2022, a working meeting was held between the Management Board of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Computing and Electrical Engineering, University of Mostar, and the management of the company FEAL Široki Brijeg. The topic of the meeting was the future cooperation of the Faculty with FEAL.
The meeting was attended by FEAL Director Ante Musa, Head of the Commercial and Technical Affairs Service Ivan Kovačić, Technical and Technological Preparation Darko Martinović, Head of the Quality Control Department Božo Goluža, Head of the Project Bureau Ivo Barbarić, Director of the Galileo doo company Blago Čuljak, Dean of the Faculty Dr. Davorka Šaravanja, Vice-Dean for Scientific Research and Projects Dr. Nebojša Rašović and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Study Dr. Adisa Vučina.
In February 2022, an Agreement was signed between FEAL and the Faculty on cooperation in scientific research, development and educational projects of mutual interest, in particular:
- l research and development projects and expertise with the aim of perfecting technical-technological solutions in FEAL from the scientific competences of FSRE;
- Report and implementation of joint research and development projects according to domestic and international funding sources;
- Mutual promotion through their websites in order to jointly promote the technical profession, presenting technology as something desirable and interesting, but also the top quality of FEAL products;
- Education of FEAL employees through specialist seminars, workshops, lectures, professional and university studies, specialist postgraduate studies, postgraduate doctoral studies, etc.;
- Cooperation in the development of education and training of FEAL workers through the development of the concept of lifelong education and training;
- Professional and practical training of FSRE students through professional lectures, student internships, visits to significant FEAL projects, workshops, etc.
After the presentation by the FSRE Management, where the possibilities and capacities of the Faculty were presented, individual engineers from the FEAL company defined their areas of work in the company and presented specific possibilities for cooperation with the Faculty through the areas of testing, numerical analysis, 3D modeling, welding. Blago Čuljak, on behalf of the Galileo company, offered cooperation on joint projects that would improve the professional education of our assistants and students in the study of computer science.
The meeting took place in a pleasant and constructive atmosphere, FEAL representatives expressed their readiness for future cooperation on concrete projects and further steps of joint work were agreed upon.