Reports

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, CTU has been providing accommodation for Ukrainian refugees in its dormitories. Already in 2022, the staff of the Rector's Office of the CTU contributed to gifts for children staying at Strahov. And they did so again this year, for the third time, as the war still goes on. The gifts were presented by the Rector of the CTU Vojtěch Petráček, Chancellor Lucie Orgoníková and the Director of the SÚZ Michal Vodička.

Prof. Zdeněk Bittnar, Dean Emeritus of Faculty of Civil Engineering, who is currently working at the Department of Mechanics, was awarded the Prof. Zdeněk P. Bažant Award for 2023 for his lifetime shaping of the field of engineering mechanics in the Czech Republic and abroad.

The Rectorate of Czech Technical University in Prague hosted a festive event that brought together young creativity with technological innovation on Thursday, 12 December 2024. The winners of the "Capture Allure" competition, organised in cooperation between Peugeot and the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies of Czech Technical University (MIAS), were announced. This initiative aimed to inspire students to capture the unique values of the Peugeot brand through photos and videos, while allowing them to test the latest electric vehicles.

Nowadays, the European manufacturing industry is facing multiple challenges: Increasing international competition, political tensions, material shortages or unpredictable natural events. These factors have exposed the weaknesses of traditional, rigid supply chains. The ability to adapt flexibly to changes is becoming a decisive success factor for manufacturers and suppliers. The new European research project RAASCEMAN addresses these challenges and is dedicated to the question of how supply chains can be made resilient and resistant. For the Czech Republic, the project involves the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics of the Czech Technical University in Prague and its long-standing industrial partner, Continental Automotive Czech Republic, based in Brandýs nad Labem.

Automation, digitalisation and robotics are areas in the construction industry with significant potential for improving efficiency, quality and safety. The Automation Laboratory, which is being developed at Faculty of Civil Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague, should help their development in the field of student education and practical use in the construction sector. The laboratory is being developed in cooperation with CTU Faculty of Architecture.

The Faculty of Architecture of CTU hosted a ceremony to announce the winning projects of the fourth year of the Dean's Award on Thursday, 21 November. The jury awarded the best studio and diploma works of the past academic year. The final projects are on display at the exhibition on the ground floor of the faculty until 15 January 2025.

Ing. Marek Sokol, a PhD student of the Department of Health Sciences and Population Protection, who in his dissertation is dedicated to the development of technologies for space applications, has become a member of the Antarctic Expedition 2025! Marek will spend almost three months at the Czech Scientific Station Johann Gregor Mendel on James Ross Island, where he will conduct research on the impact of extreme environments on the human body and biomedical technology.

On 20 November 2024, the Dean of Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of CTU (FBMI) Jozef Rosina and the Director of the Central Military Hospital (CMH) Václav Masopust signed an agreement on mutual cooperation. Thanks to the agreement, a joint Institute of Haematology, Transfusiology and Laboratory Medicine of CTU FBMI and the Institute of Hematology will be established at the CMH from 1 April 2025.

The Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Mikuláš Bek presented the Ministry of Education's awards in the field of higher education, science and research in the Liechtenstein Palace on Tuesday 19 November. Three students of the CTU were also awarded.

On Tuesday, 19 November 2024, the University of Health Sciences in Cambodia held the inauguration of a new laboratory that will allow students to gain practical knowledge and skills to work with and maintain medical instrumentation.