Reports

Dozens of Czech companies, with the support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, merged, developed and began mass production of the RP95-M mask during the coronavirus pandemic. The respirator, which provides the highest level of protection, was designed at CIIRC CTU for 3D printing. Production data can be downloaded free of charge with a free license, so the mask is already available in more than thirty countries around the world. In physical form, this Czech protective device can now spread even further, as it now has European certification.

The development of electronics and computer technology encounters physical limits, when it is almost impossible to further reduce the size of individual elements and thus increase their efficiency and performance. Breaking these limits is promised by mastering quantum technologies. These intersect in many areas from quantum physics, through information and communication, nanomaterials and nanostructures, quantum photonics, optics and plasmonics, new laser generators, new materials with unique properties, to mathematical physics and modeling. The newly accredited doctoral study program Quantum Technologies at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague (FNSPE) is dedicated to this wide range.

Experts from the University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings of the Czech Technical University designed, manufactured and tested the first prototype of a combined solar collector for heating the water / air pair of heat transfer agents.

Although access to workplaces in connection with the COVID-19 epidemic was limited, the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague had decided to present its scientific workplaces of interest to high school students, but also to other curious parties.

Asymbolic check of a special financial collection was organized by the Czech-Israeli Mixed Chamber of Commerce (ČISOK) for the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) on 11 June 2020. The collection was announced at the beginning of April and by the end of May, the chamber managed to collect CZK 607,000. The donation will be used for a project of improvised full-face masks for first-line physicians, in which CTU cooperates with the COVID19CZ working group.

All trams of the Prague Transport Company (DPP) will have new receivers that will allow them to receive signals from the Galileo, GPS, Glonass and BeiDou navigation systems. Experts from the Department of Radio Electronics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University (FEE) are involved in their implementation.

The Czech Technical University in Prague significantly improved in the evaluation of the prestigious QS World University Rankings for the year 2021. It ranked 432nd in the overall ranking of 1604 universities, a significant shift of 66 places compared to the 2020 ranking.

On 28 May, a donation agreement was signed in the CTU-CIIRC building and a sponsorship gift for Schaeffler was handed over to CTU in Prague.

Water managers from Středočeské vodárny (Central Bohemian Waterworks), the city of Kladno and the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of the Czech Technical University (FBMI) will work on joint research. It will focus on the occurrence and impact of drugs, nanomaterials and hormones in wastewater.

Karel Zavadil, a student of the bachelor's program in Software Engineering and Technology, at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, developed a unique application Social Worker on Mobile, which aims to provide individuals in an unfavorable social situation with relevant professional assistance by filling out a simple questionnaire. The application was developed by the student Karel Zavadil himself within his diploma work, supervised by Ing. Martin Komárek from the Department of Computers. Its use is very intuitive. The application offers the user a number of simple questions and, based on the chosen answers, evaluates the situation and suggests further action, including contacts to specific workplaces in the area as social service providers, authorities and non-profit organizations.