Reports
On Thursday 1 February, the 3rd annual Trade Fair of Prague Public Universities took place in the building of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU in Prague. The event, aimed at communicating relevant information about the possibilities of studying at universities, attracted nearly two thousand visitors.
Mr. Robert Plaga, Minister of Education, Youth and Physical Training, handed over appointment decrees to twelve new rectors of public universities on 30 January. Doc. Vojtěch Petráček was appointed as the new Rector of CTU. The President of the Czech Republic appointed the new rectors on 29 January and requested the Minister passed the appointment decrees in Prague Karolinum. The rectors took their office on 1 February and their mandate will last for four years.
The team that represented CTU at the Gaudeamus European Fair of Graduate and Lifelong Learning in Prague 2018 won the first place in the competition for the best exhibition at the fair. The event took place from 23 to 25 January at PVA Exhibition Grounds in Prague. The evaluation of the exhibitors this year was carried out by high school students themselves. CTU has been at the top of this competition since 2010.
On 17 January, the traditional CTU New Year concert took place in the Dvořák Hall of Rudolfinum. During the ceremony, with standing audience, the first silver medal of the Czech Institute of Computer Science, Robotics and Cybernetics was awarded. It was handed over to current Rector of CTU prof. Petr Konvalinka from the hands of the director of the Institute prof. Vladimír Marík and Vice-President of the Confederation of Industry and Transport of the Czech Republic Mgr. Mileny Jabůrková.
On Friday, 12 January, 80 students from the Opatov Grammar School which is a partner school of CTU, visited the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.
In the second week of December, Dean of the CTU Faculty of Civil Engineering, prof. Alena Kohoutková, and the Director of the Economic and Administrative Section of the Czech Social Security Administration, Ing. Jan Halíř Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation. The Department of Architecture and Department of Economics and Construction Management are involved in the Memorandum, whose representatives also participated in the ceremony.
Secondary school students had the opportunity to join the 7th annual project of Junior Tech University at CTU in Prague. During the three-month individual internships on campus, secondary school students were mentored by our academic staff on faculties by their own choosing. At the final joint meeting of trainees and mentors, which took place on 15 December in the CTU - CIIRC building, the students presented their projects and then received certificates of graduation from Junior Tech University.
On Friday, 15 December, the finals of the 9th annual Robo-Contest for secondary schools took place at Zenger's auditorium at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Charles Square. Every year, competing students are trying to accomplish given tasks with their robots built from Lego Mindstroms kits. This year, the Unstable Voltage University team beat the team from Příbram´s secondary grammar school, participating under the name Mindbreak2. The third place was taken by another secondary grammar school team,Kotrš, of Jakub Škoda Gymnasium in Přerov.
On Thursday, 14 December, the results of the CTU's best athlete competition were announced in the Bethlehem Chapel. Vít Přindiš of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering was ranked first. The second position was taken by Kristýna Zahradníčková, student of Masaryk's Institute of Advanced Studies and third place had been taken by Bc. Kristiina Mäki of the Faculty of Civil Engineering.
The first public videoconference with the International Space Station from the territory of the Czech Republic was held in the building of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Charles Square in Prague on Monday, 4 December 2017 at 16.40. The technological solution of the transmission was provided by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. The program was organized by SCIENCE IN as part of the ESERO CZ project (the European Space Agency's educational office), of which the faculty is a partner.