Reports

Awards of the the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports In the field of higher education, science and research for the year 2017, were awarded in the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic on 29 November, with the participation of Senate chairman Stanislav Štech. Two students from CTU were awarded in the category for excellent students and graduates - Martin Fůs from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering studying in the program Biomedical and Clinical Engineering and Ing. Filip Šmejkal from the Faculty of Civil Engineering in the Civil Engineering study program

On Wednesday, 29 November, the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of the Czech Technical University, with the participation of representatives of the Central Bohemian Region administrative area, was ceremonially handed a monitoring unit with a ZOLL X-series defibrillator, acquired from a special subsidy from the Statutory City of Kladno. The ZOLL X series vital signs monitor helps to address all present needs of health rescuers in providing pre-hospital and hospital emergency care and has an irreplaceable place to teach and prepare students for this profession.

Under the leadership of Ing. Jan Šedivý from CIIRC, students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering Long Hoang Nguyen, Jan Pichl, Martin Matulik, Jakub Konrad, Petr Marek and Ondra Pech made it to the Alexa Prize finals. They competed who can develop the best chatbot working with the Amazon Echo smart device. The announcement of the best of the top three competing teams was held on 28 November at Amazon’s traditional technical conference re:INVENT in Las Vegas. The Czech team will bring home the second prize and financial award of $ 100,000.

The CTU Academic Orchestra performed with the Collegium Musicum RWTH Aachen University in Couvenhalle in Aachen, Germany on 25 November.

CTU in Prague and British Aerospace (BAE) will work closely in the field of science and research. On 24 November 2017, a joint agreement on confidentiality (Non-disclosure agreement) was signed by CTU Rector Prof. Petr Konvalinka, and president of BAE Systems Hagglunds Tomy Gustafsson Rusk on the occasion of the Conference of cooperation between the academic, private and public sector in the field of defence industry, which took place in the Wallenstein Palace of the Senate of the Czech Parliament.

In recent months, the Multi-robotic systems group of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, led by Dr. Martin Saska, has focused on sensing the interiors of historical objects with drones. The most interesting objects that are already documented include the Grotta in the Polish Gorzanowě, or the church in Libavé, which was marked by influence of Soviet army. Last year, the experts succeeded in using the drones formation to successfully document the Church of St. Mikuláš on Old Town square in Prague. This activity was followed by the mapping of other monuments.

On Wednesday, 22 November, a unique publication was baptized at Masaryk Dormitory atrium - Anatomy of the Child - Nipioanatomy, the author of which is prof. MUDr. Ivan Dylevský, DrSc., a leading Czech morphologist and Dean of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, CTU.

The award ceremony of “The School recommended by the employer 2017” was held on 8 November in the Bethlehem Chapel. In the poll, which can be attended by any company with more than 10 employees, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University confirmed the last year´s 2nd place. In the sum of all the faculties, the Czech Technical University won with great advantage.

Professor Stefan W. Hell, holder of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2014, visited the students and professors at the Czech Technical University in Prague on 8 November. This was the fifth meeting of top international scientists at CTU held by Honeywell (NYSE: HON) under the Honeywell Initiative for Science & Engineering (HISE) program. The program is funded by Honeywell as part of its Honeywell Hometown Solutions Corporate Responsibility Initiative. HISE aims to encourage students to pursue their own activities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The program has already inspired thousands of students and educators around the world.

Yet again, CTU representatives won the first place in the competition for the best stand at the european fair of lifelong learning, Gaudeamus Brno 2017, held from 31 October to 3 November. The victory was more valuable because the stands were rated by high school students themselves. CTU has been at the top of this competition since 2010.