Reports

The University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings succeeded in the competition of business plans called Parádní nápad. It scored in the Levitee urban furniture, which won the Best Innovation category.

The team of doc. Lukáš Vojtěch and Ing. Marek Neruda from the Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE) has long been engaged in research and development of electrically conductive textile materials. In a record time of 3 months, the team designed and tested a prototype of a textile composite material that can be sterilized by electric current. The prototype composite consists of carbon fabrics, nanotextiles and an electrode system. The filtration concept is registered for patent protection and the team is currently looking for partners for introduction into production.

Experts from the Department of Cybernetics and the Department of Computers will be researching caves in the Býčí skála complex in the Moravian Karst from 20 to 24 July. Drones and ground robots will help them monitor inaccessible areas. The survey will also be a preparation for participation in the next round of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) competition.

At the end of 2017, the Faculty of Civil Engineering became the first domestic university to receive accreditation from RICS. It opens a top position to its holders in prestigious real estate companies. Since 2015, graduates of the field "P - Project Management and Engineering" can apply for the globally respected MRICS title after only two years of practice. In the standard process, they could have reported only after ten years of experience.

The Testbed for Industry 4.0 of the Czech Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics of the Czech Technical University will implement and test the factory unit of the M-NEST network for the Czech Republic. This project aims to implement operating conditions that will help organizations and individual users to independently and intuitively discover, experience and qualify to work with new production technologies, in diverse and innovative variants, for example in the automotive sector.

The University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings of the Czech Technical University participated in a unique scientific experiment. Within its framework, biodynamic lighting was installed in the Home for the Elderly in Beroun and subsequently its effectiveness on the physiological and mental functions of clients and caregivers were evaluated. The results showed that the tested special lights are a significant contribution to improving the quality of human life.

The project "EuroTeQ Engineering University", in which CTU is involved, aims to jointly shape the technical education of the future. The study program will be open not only to students enrolled at partner universities, but also to engineers working in industry who are interested in lifelong learning. The initiative will revive the symbiosis between society and technology and emphasize the development of man and society.

In the first half of the year, the National Center for Industry 4.0 expanded with new partners and members who will be involved in the development of the ecosystem for Industry 4.0 in the Czech Republic. T-Mobile, Aricoma Group, VDT Technology, Denso Manufacturing Czech, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, J.E. Purkyně University, or Czech Maintenance Society are strong partners and leaders in the field of industrial digitization and their connection to activities of the center will expand the portfolio of services provided as well as the scope of its activities.

The Faculty of Civil Engineering engaged in complete reconstruction of its two largest lecture halls. Originally, a total of 480 students could sit in the classrooms built in 1978, after the reconstruction, the capacity of the premises will be increased to 540 seats, of which 12 for people with reduced mobility. The plan is to conclude the works by the end of this year, students should sit in the auditoriums again in January 2021. The contract was won in tender by VW Wachal. The author of the project is Grebner company.

Since 2015, the University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings of the Czech Technical University (UCEEB) together with its industrial partner SKANSKA, a.s (now Wieden, s.r.o.) has been researching possibilities of integrating energy modules with curtain walls in buildings. The goal of the energetically active curtains walls project was to integrate a hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) collector with an optically selective reflective grid. In the ongoing project of an autonomous façade module, UCEEB focused on the use of a Peltier cooler in combination with photovoltaics integrated into the CW together with battery storage.