Reports

The traditional Rector's Sports Day took place at the CTU sporting grounds on Tuesday 14 May,. The organization of the whole event and the implementation of individual sports competitions was sponsored by the Department of Physical Education and Sport.

Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the CTU hosted three final rounds of the traditional Robo Competition for the 2nd grade of elementary schools and the corresponding years of multi-year grammar schools on Wednesday 24 April, Thursday 25 April and Friday 26 April. The winners of these independent rounds were the teams Yesterday It Worked (Nový PORG high school in Prague 4), Hradečtí baráčníci 1 (DDM Dvůr Králové) and Gyrotechnici (High School Písnická in Prague 4). A total of 115 teams from 60 different schools finally deployed their robots and the best 17 teams will meet once again in the superfinals, from where the absolute winner will emerge - this will take place on 11 May at the Maker Faire Prague.

Dr. Heather Wilson, chancellor of The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), signed an extension of the cooperation agreement between FD CTU and UTEP, which is valid until 2029. Under this cooperation agreement, the only technically oriented dual-degree program between a Czech and an American university - the Dual Master's Program in Smart Cities - is ongoing.

Research into biotherapeutics represents a promising approach to the treatment of serious diseases. Biological agents such as proteins, which are tailored to target specific aspects of the disease, are a key component.

A delegation from RWTH Aachen University visited CTU on 2 and 3 May. The cooperation between the two universities was established in 2004, and now a memorandum has been signed on its continuation until 2030.

The final presentations of the projects created within the EuroTeQ Collider project course took place at Faculty of Electrical Engineering on 29 April. The assignment itself came from the industrial partners of CTU and the EuroTeQ alliance. The proposed topics were linked to the call "Enhanced Connections for Sustainable Futures", which was further divided into the categories People, Nature and Technology. The expert jury was most impressed by the Anomaly Pulse Masters and SensWise projects, which addressed the brief from Pilsner Urquell (Asahi). The theme of this challenge was the automatic detection of anomalies in brewery operations, measured by changes in noise levels. The third most successful team, Visionary, worked on a challenge from Ororo, the topic of which was the automatic generation of bibliographic metadata.

The majesties of the Dejvice technical Majáles (Maypole) - Lesamáj - were crowned on Tuesday, 30 April, at Vector Technická.

CTU athletes participated in the university sports games (PCU Games) in Antwerp on the last weekend of April 2024, hosted by the local University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the CTU hosted three final rounds of the traditional Robo Competition for the 2nd grade of elementary schools and the corresponding years of multi-year grammar schools on Wednesday 24 April, Thursday 25 April and Friday 26 April. The winners of these independent rounds were the teams Yesterday It Worked (Nový PORG high school in Prague 4), Hradečtí baráčníci 1 (DDM Dvůr Králové) and Gyrotechnici (High School Písnická in Prague 4). A total of 115 teams from 60 different schools finally deployed their robots and the best 17 teams will meet once again in the superfinals, from where the absolute winner will emerge - this will take place on 11 May at the Maker Faire Prague.

CTU FBME and AVDZP organized a joint event on 18.4.2024 at the premises of CTU CIIRC in Prague. During the opening of the event, the Dean of the Faculty spoke. Prof. Jozef Rosina, Ph.D., MBA, who emphasized the potential of the faculty for mutually beneficial cooperation with manufacturers not only in the field of outputs, but also in the field of study programs, which are needed in relation to the sustainability of current activities, but also to new activities of manufacturers. This is in particular the faculty's efforts to accredit the bachelor's degree program Biomedical Nanotechnology and the follow-up master's degree program Certification and Metrology of Medical Devices. Both of these activities are being prepared by the faculty in close cooperation with the AVDZP and CMI, which is the second new notified body under the conformity assessment according to MDR 745/2017.