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Faculty of Forest Industry

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Department of Furniture Production

Working team:
Prof. PhD Panayot Angelov Panayotov - supervisor
Chief Assist. Prof. PhD Dimitar Hristov Angelski
Assist. Prof. Stefan Hikov

Working team:
Prof. PhD Panayot Angelov Panayotov - supervisor
Assist. Zhivko Vaskov Georgiev
Eng. Rumiana Bonova
Eng. Galina Vasileva Saikova
 

Working team:
Assoc. Prof. PhD Borislav Georgiev Kiuchukov - supervisor
Assist. Prof. Ralica Simeonova

Working team:
Prof. PhD Panayot Angelov Panayotov - supervisor
Chief Assist. Prof. PhD Dimitar Hristov Angelski
Chief Assist. Prof. Vasil Stoyanov Merdjanov
Assist. Prof. Zhivko Vaskov Georgiev

Working team:
Prof. PhD Panayot Angelov Panayotov - supervisor
Assist. Prof. Zhivko Vaskov Georgiev
Eng. Galina Vasileva Saikova

Address:
Bulgaria, Sofia 1756, bul. “Kliment Ohridski” 10, University of Forestry
Department of Furniture Production;

Location
Administrative activity-building “EFC”, third floor, laboratory 312
Teaching staff - building А, I and IV floor; Educational Laboratory Corpus – I floor
Laboratories - building А – lab. No. 415, 503, 511; Educational Laboratory Corpus – No. 102, 310, 311; Laboratory Hydrothermal Processing of Timber.

Head of Department
Prof. Pavlina Minkova Vodenova

Organizer of Educational activities
 
Eng. Teodor Hristov Lulchev – building ”EFC”, third floor, laboratory 312, tel. 91907/442

Lecturers:

Prof. Pavlina Minkova Vodenova
Prof. PhD Dimitar Hristov Angelski
Assoc. Prof. PhD Neli Nikolova Staneva
Chief Assist. Prof. Desislava Yordanova Hristodorova
Chief Assist. Prof. PhD Eng. Vladimir Mihailov
Chief Assist. Prof. PhD Eng. Krasimira Aleksieva Atanasova-Aleksandrova
Assist. Prof. PhD Galina Vasileva Kutova
Assist. Prof. Dobrian Mishev Dobrianov

History
Founder of the “Department of Furniture Production” is the “Department of Mechanical Wood Technology”, founded in 1950 when is formed independent Department of Silviculture then at the Agricultural Academy. Its first director was lec. Petko Chernaev, who become a professor in 1955 and stays head of department until 1966. The initial staff of the department is lec. P. Chernaev – lecturer, assist. E. Enchev (later professor), assist. F. Filipov, quit in 1955, postgraduates Sv. Nikolov (later professor), assist. P. Obreshkov (later professor in the Department of Woodworking Machines). The subjects that are learned in the department are: woodcut production, plywood production, furniture production, drying of lumber, special productions, wood knowledge. Later in the department entered G. Donchev (1954), G. Kiuchukov (1959), N. Yosifov (1961), Hr. Videlov (1966), A. Kavalov (1966). During this period, the department expanded its staff, the number of the studied subjects had increased. By 1966 the supervisor of the department is Sv. Nikolov. During the same period in the department work as lecturers lec. B. Gankov, lec. K. Kirov and assist. N .Todorov. Initially as postgraduates and then as research assistants by the Problem Laboratory of modification of wood, are working G. Abrashev, K. Simeonov and P. Panayotov. In the beginning of 1974 the Department of Mechanical Technology of Wood is divided into two separate departments: Department of Furniture Production with supervisor prof. Sv. Nikolov and Department of Woodworking with supervisor doc. G. Donchev. In the Department of Furniture Production continue to work prof. Svilen Y. Nikolov – supervisor of the department, scientific supervisor of Problem Scientific Research Laboratory of Modification of Wood and lecturer of hydrothermal processing of wood; prof. Encho Enchev lecturer of Woodscience; doc. Georgi Kiuchukov – lecturer of Constructing furniture; doc. Andrei Kavalov – lecturer of Technology of Furniture; sen. assistant Hristofor Lubenov – classes of hydrothermal processing of wood and assist. Nikolai Todorov – classes of Interior Architecture; scientific supervisor Kalin Simeonov - classes of Woodscience I part; postgraduate Panayot Panayotov – classes of Woodscience II part. In the department in 1975 – 1976 as assistants have started work: inj. Genka Blaskova – Woodscience; inj. Iliq Dragazov – Drying of Wood; inj. H. Rusanov – Wood Technology. Consistently they are habilitated as lecturers: assoc. prof. Hristofor Videlov – lecturer of Protection and Modification of Wood; assoc. prof. G. Blaskova – lecturer of Woodscience; assoc. prof. H. Rusanov – lecturer of Special Productions; assoc. prof. Il. Dragazov – lecturer of Hydrothermal Treatment of Wood. In relation of the new structural changes in 1984 the Department of Furniture Production became the name Design and Production of Furniture. As supervisor was selected assoc. prof. A. Kavalov (1984 – 1989). As new lecturers in the department of Design and Production of Furniture entered: assist. N. Terziev – classes of Hydrothermal Treatment of Wood (1988), assist. Y. Genchev – classes of Design of Furniture (1988), assist. R. Raicheva – classes of Interior Architecture (1989), assist. V. Merdjanov – classes of Technology of Furniture (1989). After defending a doctoral dissertation in the field of wood modification assoc. prof. Hr. Videlov is habilitated as a professor of hydrothermal treatment, protection and modification of wood. With a habituated research assoc. prof. G. Kiuchukov is habilitated as a professor of Design of Furniture. After the political changes in the country, he was selected for supervisor of the department (1990 – 1994). In that period as new addition in the department have started work: assist. V. Jivkov – classes of Design of Furniture (1992), assist. B. Kiuchukov – classes of Protection and Modification of Wood (1992). In 1994 for supervisor of the department was selected assoc. prof. Hr. Rusanov (1994 – 1999). In 1996 by the department are detached three educational laboratories: of technology of furniture producing (EFC 102); of adhesives and finishes (EFC 311) and of special production (EFC 310). In 1995 was established a new degree in Faculty of Forest Industry – Interior and Furniture Design and in the development of the educational plan participated sn. assist. Y. Genchev, sn. assist. V. Merdjanov and arch. R. Raicheva. For lecturers in the new specialty by competitions were drawn sin. res. assoc. II degree PhD Georgi Abrashev – lecturer of wood and wooden materials (1995) and sin. res. assoc. PhD P. Panayotov – lecturer of adhesive and finish coatings (1995), who were raised position assoc. prof. in the department in 01.01.1996. For lecturer fundamental course “shape formation” were drawn prof. D. Ermenkov – from the Academy of Arts. Consistently for lecturers in the department are selected: arch. E. Pisareva – lecturer in designing public furniture (1997), assist. PhD E. Trichkova-Vetova – classes of hydrothermal wood processing (1997), assist. T. Lulchev – classes of “Special production of wood products” (1998).

In 1999 the department of Design and Production of Furniture is divided into two: department of “Furniture Producing” with supervisor assoc. prof. Rusanov and department of Interior and Design for Furniture with supervisor prof. Kiuchukov. In the department of Furniture Producing as a assistants entered eng. D. Angelski (2000) and eng. St. Hikov (2004). From December 1999 for supervisor of the department was selected prof. Hr. Videlov who in 2005 because of retirement was replaced by prof. P. Panayotov (2005 – 2007). In the period 2004 – 2007 lec. Hr. Rusanov is dean of Faculty Forestry Industry. In the end of 2007 for supervisor of the department was selected assoc. prof. Hr. Rusanov with a permanently alternate assoc. prof. P. Panayotov who in the begging of 2008 was given the rank professor of Adhesives and Protective and Decorative Coatings. In the middle of 2008 eng. St. Hikov leaves the department and his place was taken from assist. Zh. Georgiev – classes of Building Products of Wood, who was chosen with a contest in the autumn of 2009. In September 2010 assoc. prof. Rusanov was retired on sickness.

In the begging of 2012 the membership of the department includes: 1 professor (prof. P. Panayotov), 3 assoc. Professors (assoc. prof. E. Trichkova – Vetova, assoc. prof. Y. Genchev, assoc. prof. B. Kyuchukov), 4 assistants (sn. assist. V. Merdjanov, sn. assist. T. Lulchev, sn. assist. D. Angelski, assist. J. Georgiev). For guest lecturer by the department works: prof. Andrei Kavalov – Technology of Furniture, and as a part time lecturer prof. Hr. Videlov – Theoretical Base of Modification and Conservation of Wood. From June 2009 for regular doctorants by the department was selected inj. mast. Galina Vasileva with scientific supervisor prof. Panayot Panayotov and inj. mast. Svetlana Davidkova with scientific supervisor assoc. prof. B. Kyuchukov.

In the last 5 years in the department are protected 2 doctoral dissertations:

- June 2010 sn. assist. Dimitar Angelski protects doctoral dissertation in the area of the Technology of Furniture entitled: “Research on the Processes of Plastification and Bending of Parts of Solid Wood”.
- October 2011 inj. master Rumiana Kirilova protects doctoral dissertation entitled “Research of the Properties of Protective and Decorative Coatings formed on wood and wooden materials”.

In December 2011 for supervisor of the department again was selected: prof. Panayot Panayotov.

Organizer of educational activity of the department is eng. Antoaneta Boteva (1989).
Technical support of the educational activity and of the research activity of the department is ensured by eng. Vladimir Mihailov.

The lecturers of the Department of Furniture Production output lectures on the disciplines listed in educational plans of the faculty of Forestry Production and faculty of Economical Management by the University of Forestry on three courses: Wood Technology (ED “bachelor”, ED “master”), Engineering Design (ED “bachelor”, ED “master”) and Economical Management (ED “bachelor”).
 

Thesis in the Department “Furniture Production”, 2017 – 2023

Bachelor’s Degree Program of “Engineering Design”

Thesis Student Tutor Year
1 Development of a project for furnishing a children's room in an apartment in Sofia Ivelina Lyubcheva Lyutskanova Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2017
2 Development of a project for furnishing a bedroom in a one-storey family house Ivelina Boyanova Ivanova Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2017
3 Elaboration of a project for furnishing a living room and a dining room in an apartment in Sofia Angelina Ivova Ivanova Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2017
4 Design of furniture for an Italian pizzeria Kaymet Ahmedova Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2017
5 Furnishing of a design studio Victoria Genova Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2017
6 Furnishing a home for a two-member family in the city of Tel Aviv Daniela Petrova Baltova Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2017
7 Development of a project for furnishing a children's room in an apartment in Sofia Alexandra Simeonova Efremova Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2018
8 Home office furnishing project Veselina Georgieva Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2018
9 Project of a family recreation area in the garden of a family house Kiril Jivkov Pankov Ass. Prof V. Merdzhanov 2018
10 Development of a project for furnishing a living room in a house in Boyana district - Sofia Marieta Radkova Radeva Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2019
11 Elaboration of a project for furnishing a living room in an apartment in Pleven Plamena Krasimirova Yordanova Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2019
12 Furnishing design of an apartment in Stara Zagora Stanislava Georgieva Valcheva Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2019
13 Development of a project for furnishing a dining room in Petrohan Training and Experimental Forest Range Desislava Stefanova Stoykova Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2019
14 Project for furnishing a part of a house in the town of Sandanski Kirilka Metodieva Maistorska Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2019
15

Project for furnishing a two-bedroom apartment

in Burgas

Dilyana Krasimirova Sotirova Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2019
16 Conceptual design for furnishing an Irish pub Aleksandra Ivanova Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2019
17 Project for furnishing a part of a house in the town of Samokov Kristina Georgieva Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2019
18 Development of a project for furnishing a single-family home in the town of Elena Nikolai Georgiev Nikolov Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2019
19 Project for furnishing a family house in the town of Pomorie Nikolina Mikhaleva Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2019
20 Development of a project for furniture and furnishings for a master bedroom in a two-bedroom apartment Todorka Conkova Conkova Ass. Prof V. Merdzhanov 2019
21 Development of a project for furnishing a living room in a family house in Sofia Katya Ognyanova Velikova Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2020
22 Development of a project for furnishing a living-dining room and a bedroom in an apartment in Sofia Elvira Neycheva Ivanova Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2020
23 Furnishing project for a small apartment in Sofia Georgi Georgiev Kumchev Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2020
24 Development of a project for furnishing a family home in Sofia Bella Mihailova Sabinova Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2020
25 Project for furnishing a seasonally inhabited apartment in the town of Balchik Ani Vladimirova Alexandrova Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2020
26 Project for furnishing an apartment in the city of Varna Gabriela Stanislavova Ivanova Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2020
27 Project of furniture for a floor of a house Verjinia Vladimirova Lozanova-aleksieva Assoc. Prof V. Merdzhanov 2020
28 Project of furniture and furnishings of the entrance hall and living room on the floor of a house Taifun Rujdi Hasan Assoc. Prof V. Merdzhanov 2021
29 Interior design and furnishing for a floor of a house on the outskirts of Sofia Magdalena Vasileva Dudova Assoc. Prof P.Vodenova 2021
30 Interior design and furnishing of multi-room apartment Yanaki Stamenov Gachev Assoc. Prof P.Vodenova 2021
31 Interior design and furnishing of a dining room in multi-room apartment Tsvetelina Galinova Stoyanova Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2022
32 Interior design and furnishing of a kitchen, dining room and living room of a floor of a seaside house Zlatena Radostinova Bozhkova Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2022
33 Interior design and furnishing of a kitchen, dining room and living room of an apartment in city of Sofia Slavena Marianova Gancheva Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2022
34 Interior and furniture design of a creative studio Silvana Ivova Lubomirova Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2022
35 Interior and furniture design project for the "Alen Mak" kindergarten with a focus on the development of children's physical activity Anna Dimitrova Kraeva Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2022
36 Interior design and furnishing of an apartment in Slivnitca town

Kristian Ivanov Mihailov

Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2022
37 Interior design and furnishing of a bedroom in multi-room apartment in city of Sofia Diana Vankova Dimova Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2022
38 Interior design and furnishing of a kitchen, dining room and living room in a single-family house Ivelina Dimitrova Rendakova Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2022
39 Furnishing of a reading room in a public library in Teteven town Ralitsa Lubomirova Chikulova Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2022
40 Interior design and furnishing of luxurious apartment in Sofia town Gergana Borislavova Pashaliyska Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2022
41 Designing a winter garden in a single-family residential building Yvonne Dimitrova Dimitrova

Chief Assist. Prof.

Merdzhanov

2022
42

Design and furnishing of an outdoor coffee bar

Radmil Plamenov Rusev

Chief Assist. Prof.

Merdzhanov

2022
43 Development of a conceptual project for furnishing a sleeping room

Branko Nikolov Baldzhiev

Chief Assist. Prof. V. Mihailov 2022
44 Furnishing of a bedroom in a single-family house in Asenovgrad town Valentin Petrov Shopov Chief Assist. Prof. V. Mihailov 2022
45 Project development and furnishing of a sports-themed living room in an apartment in Sofia city Victoria Plamenova Dudeva Chief Assist. Prof. V. Mihailov 2022
46 Interior design and furnishing of a bedroom in multi-room apartment in city of Sofia Paulina Galimirova Pacheva Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2023
47 Project for furnishing a hotel in Sandanski town Georgi Atanasov Manov Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2023
48 Project for furnishing an apartment in Slivnitsa town Yordana Dobrinova Petrova Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2023
49 Design of furniture for the living room, kitchen and dining room of an apartment in the city of Sofia

Zlatina Todorova Tasheva

Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2023
50 Designing the furnishing of the living room, kitchen and dining room of an apartment in the city of Sofia

Liana Rumenova Gerova

Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2023
51 Project for furnishing an apartment in the city of Sofia Despina Dobrinova Derentseva Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2023
52 Project for furnishing a living room in a single-family house Rosen Stoyanov Stoyanov Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2023
53 Development of design and design documentation of dining room furniture, according to the conditions of the company ET "KESH Krasimir Hristov" Troyan town

Hristo Krasimirov Hristov

Assoc. Prof. Y. Genchev 2023
54 Converting the interior space of a minibus to a camper

Yana Petrova Stoynova

Chief Assist. Prof. V. Mihailov 2023
55 Idea project for furnishing an apartment in the city of Plovdiv

Ivan Radkov Radichev

Chief Assist. Prof. V. Mihailov 2023
56 Furnishing an apartment in the city of Sofia Boyana Kalinova Chepileva Chief Assist. Prof. V. Mihailov 2023
57 Development of a project for furnishing a living room and adjoining corridor

Daniel Biserov Nikolov

Chief Assist. Prof. V. Mihailov 2023

Master’s Degree Program of “Engineering Design”

Thesis Student Tutor Year
1 Interior design and furnishing of the apartment in Scandinavian style Aleksander Hristov Tonev Assoc. Prof P.Vodenova 2021
2 Interior design and furnishing of luxurious apartment in city of Sofia Daria Nikolaeva Doncheva Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2022
3 Interior design and furnishing of a kitchen, dining room and living room of an apartment in city of Sofia

Antonia Krasimirova Doncheva

Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2022
4 Interior design and furnishing of a living room in a single-family house Ivanina Krasimirova Markova Assoc. Prof. P.Vodenova 2023

 Bachelor’s Degree Program of “Technology of wood and furniture”

Thesis Student Tutor Year
1 Development of a project and design documentation for furnishing classrooms in Yundola Training and Experimental Forest Range Petya Andonova Petrova Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2017
2 Development of design and design documentation of upholstered furniture Kaloyan Krasimirov Ivanov Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2017
3 Development of project and design documentation of furniture for kitchen Ruzhdi Ismetov Karaasanov Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2017
4 Development of project and design documentation of furniture for dining room Ivaylo Zhivkov Yovchev Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2017
5 Study of the adhesive strength of adhesive joints between chipboard and oak veneer Nikolai Kirov Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2017
6 Construction and technology for the production of wooden prefabricated buildings type "Lego" Dorotea Coneva Ganceva Assoc. Prof V. Merdzhanov 2017
7 Development of design and design documentation of upholstered furniture for the modern home Blagovest Nikolov Bachev Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2018
8 Development of design and design documentation of dining room furniture in a guest house Kalin Hristov Draganovski Assoc. Prof. PhD Y. Genchev 2018
9 Dimensional stability of agglomerated curvilinear units Ali Ahmed Kachan Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2019
10 Influence of some technological factors on the working accuracy of thicknessing planing machine Nikmann DMS 63 Stanislav Georgiev Galabov Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2020
11 Development of industrial technologies for making mosaics from solid wood Ivan Nikolov Gakhov Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2020
12 Development of design documentation of furniture for living room

Erika Stefanova Dimitrova

Assoc. Prof. Y. Genchev 2021
13 Development of design documentation of furniture for kitchen master's bedroom, according to the production conditions of the company BMD EOOD – Pazardzhik town

Boris Yordanov Bidzhev

Assoc. Prof. Y. Genchev 2022
14 Development of design documentation of furniture of a single-family prefabricated wooden house

Nikolay Valentinov Velkov

Assoc. Prof. Y. Genchev 2022
15 Development of design documentation of furniture for kitchen

Atanas Andonov Kirov

Assoc. Prof. Y. Genchev 2022
16 Interior design and furnishing of a dining room in three-room apartment Atanas Kostadinov Kostadinov Chief Assist. Prof Т. Petkov 2022
17 Technology for making lighting fixtures from solid wood Miroslav Borislavov Daskalov Chief Assist. Prof Т. Petkov 2022
18 Analysis of technology for the production of children's toys from recyclable wood materials Maria-Nadezhda Ludmilova Zhalova Chief Assist. Prof Т. Petkov 2022
19 Analysis of the technological process for the production of interior panel doors from oak wood at the "Forest Trade" enterprise, Prolesha village

Georgi Angelov Bogdanov

Chief Assist. Prof. V. Mihailov 2022
20 Development of project and design documentation of furniture for kitchen

Bogdan Milenov Pashov

Assoc. Prof. Y. Genchev 2023

Master’s Degree Program of “Technology of wood and furniture”

Thesis Student Tutor Year
1 Development of technical documentation of decorative elements for car dashboards engineer Tsvetelina Atanasova Lyutakova Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2017
2 Conservation of a spinning wheel and a loom, intended for an ethnographic museum corner in Petrich Teodora Georgieva Andonova Assoc. Prof. PhD B. Kyuchukov 2020
3 Design of skeletal-beam wooden prefabricated house villa type in the area of Koprivshtitsa Maria Ivanova Doganova Prof. PhD P. Panayotov 2020
4 Analysis of the causes of defects in the application of protective and decorative coatings on plywood Sasho Yordanov Nedkov Assoc. Prof. PhD D.Angelski 2020
5 Development of technology for wood patination Georgi Emilov Stiptsov Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2020
6 Research of possibilities for lining of PVC plates with beech veneer Vladimir Rumenov Spasov Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2020
7

Protective - decorative design of

kitchen sinks made of solid wood

engineer Michaela Venkova Marinova Assoc. Prof. PhD D. Angelski 2021
8 Development of a project of a one-storey prefabricated panel wooden house Stanislava Giosheva Assoc. Prof V. Merdzhanov 2021
 
9 Water permeability of protective-decorative coatings applied on volume-colored wood fiber boards Nikolay Kirilov Kirov Assoc.Prof. D. Angelski 2022
10 Atmospheric resistance of protective decorative coatings on coniferous lumber

Verzhinia Lozanova-Aleksieva

Chief Assist. Prof. V. Mihailov 2023

 

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