Reports

Avio Aero and GE Aerospace announced the certification of the Catalyst engine, the first all-new advanced turboprop engine of the 21st century. The development of the new Catalyst has been made possible, among other things, by the cooperation between CTU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Avio Aero, which was concluded in 2016 on the basis of an aerospace research cooperation agreement.

The International Space Station (ISS) is currently launching equipment completely developed in the Czech Republic - the ELT (European Laser Timing) detector was designed and tested by experts from Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University, the production of the "iron" was provided by the CSRC company from Kroměříž, now part of the BD Sensors company. ELT is the eyes of the European experiment ACES (Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space) - an array of extremely precise atomic clocks that will focus on the precise measurement of the effects of gravity on time. The device was brought to the ISS by SpaceX's Dragon 2 spacecraft as part of the CRS-32 mission, which launched on 22 April 2025.

A new research team has been established at the University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings (UCEEB) of CTU to work on the cybersecurity of decentralised sources of modern energy, such as solar power plants, battery storage or heat pumps. The team leader is Erika Langerová, whose practice actively combines cybersecurity with many years of experience in the development of software for control and monitoring of energy sources.

Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of CTU and the Regional Police Directorate of the Central Bohemia Region concluded a memorandum of mutual cooperation. Its aim is to support research, development and education in the field of security, with a focus on new technologies, crisis management, protection of soft targets and physical and psychological preparedness of the intervening forces.

On 4-6 April, a workshop focused on the design of analogue integrated circuits took place at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. The event, entitled ACDRC Smart EDA & Analog Circuit Design Workshop. Participants had the opportunity to not only delve into the fundamentals of analog chip design, but also to work with advanced tools in hands-on exercises.

The team of the Multirobotic Systems Group (MRS) from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague and Fly4Future achieved extraordinary success in the prestigious Autonomous Racing League (A2RL), a global competition for autonomous drones, held on 11 and 12 April 2025 in Abu Dhabi. In a competition of 210 teams from all over the world, the Czech team managed to fight its way through successive qualifiers to the last four teams in all four disciplines, and in the final achieved a bronze medal in the prestigious drag race discipline, which aims to achieve the maximum speed of autonomous flight.

Security guards recently prevented an unknown man from robbing a female student and moving around campus without permission. "Your vigilance and attention are crucial to the safety of our university. You make entering public areas safe and secure. Thank you!" said the security director.

On 9 April 2025, the area in front of the National Technical Library was transformed into an open-air car show. The freely accessible exhibition offered hundreds of test drives, premieres of several brands and exceptional exhibits including two Tatra trucks.

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague (FEE CTU) becomes one of the main academic partners of the newly established Czech Semiconductor Centre (CSC), which on Monday 7 April 2025 inaugurated its activities in Brno in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and other representatives of the political and academic sphere. The Centre has the ambition to become a backbone institution for the development of the semiconductor ecosystem in the Czech Republic and to link academic research with industrial practice. At the same time, it will become part of a European network of centres that aim to strengthen Europe's technological self-sufficiency.

The Indoor Environment of Buildings research team working at the University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings (UCEEB) of CTU in cooperation with Alkion service s.r.o. experimentally verified the innovative AEROSEAL technology. The test proved the high efficiency of the technology, as it significantly reduces the leakage of pipes. This translates into significant energy savings and improved indoor environmental quality. The new technology is now entering the Czech and European market.