Reports

This morning, Environment Minister Petr Hladík (KDU-ČSL) visited the University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU UCEEB), where he learned about current research and new technologies for energy-efficient buildings and cities of the future. The main topics of the meeting were sustainability in construction, circular economy and clean energy for buildings and cities.

The Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic awarded P-D Refractories CZ a.s. with the Industry 4.0 Award for the implementation of the production line for ceramic chimney liners designed by Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. Ing. Libor Beránek, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Machining Technology, Design and Metrology, together with the CEO of P-D Refractories CZ a.s., received the award on behalf of the faculty, at the gala evening of the International Engineering Fair in Brno on 10 October 2023.

Decarbonisation of the construction industry, recycling of building materials, renewable energy or wooden buildings. A series of four moderated discussions, held at the University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings of CTU in Prague, opens up topics that put the emphasis on sustainability in the construction industry and presents the paths that the field is currently taking. The project is co-produced by UCEEB and the online TV channel Tvize.

In the presence of Czech Ambassador Pavel Procházka, a workshop was opened in Kashitu, Zambia, which was built over three months by Czech builders and architects with local volunteers. The workshop will serve as a base for the construction of a secondary school. An innovative building technology of interlocking unbaked bricks stabilized with cement was used, in which local volunteers were trained. The technology can thus be used locally to improve the construction of both residential buildings and, for example, the planned construction of a secondary school. The workshop is the first building of this school for 250 students. It will act as a training centre for this new construction technology before the building moves on to the next phase, and should serve as a back-of-house facility during further construction.

The 8th edition of the biggest event in the field of innovation and artificial intelligence was officially opened at the DOX gallery in Prague on Monday 9 October in the evening.

Another edition of the popular science-popularization event Night of Scientists took place in the early evening of Friday, 6 October. One of the co-organizers was CTU. Seven out of eight faculties participated, in addition to the Central Library of CTU, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics and the Rector's Office prepared a quiz for visitors in the Infocentre for prizes.

In one week's time, the CTU Lions student racing team will head to the final race in Aragon, Spain, to compete against nearly 50 other teams from all over the world in the MOTOSTUDENT ELECTRIC category as part of the 7th year of the international MOTOSTUDENT project. Prior to team´s departure, the new EVO 3.0 electric motorcycle, which the team designed and subsequently built as part of this year's competition, was unveiled and christened.

It was a great honour for the Children's University of CTU to be invited by the Executive Director Mrs. Ing. Eva Hanáková to the prestigious SingularityU Czech Summit. It took place in Prague at Žofín palace on October 2, 2023 and brought together 25 visionaries from Silicon Valley and other parts of the world. Guests of the summit were European leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, politicians, world's leading scientists, as well as representatives of NGOs and outstanding students who had the opportunity to try the most advanced technologies in practice.

Representatives of the International Department of the Rector's Office of CTU in Prague and a representative of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering attended the 33rd annual EAIE conference for international higher education in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 26 to 29 September 2023.

In the premises of the Testbed for Industry 4.0, the CTU Space Research team presented Illustria, the largest student rocket in the Czech Republic, with which they will participate in the prestigious international competition European Rocketry Challenge in Portugal in October. The team developed the rocket at CTU in Prague with the support of academic and industrial partners.