Reports

The Department of Dosimetry and Ionizing Radiation of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of CTU in Prague (FJFI) prepared an intensive one-week course focused on the application of ionizing radiation for foreign participants of the ATHENS exchange project.

According to the ranking of the best institutions in the field of computer science, CTU computer scientists teaching at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering are among the European leaders in selected fields. Based on an internationally recognized comparison, the faculty has long been the best department in the Czech Republic in the field of computer science, no other scientific institution from the Czech Republic has reached the top ten in the CSRankings.

The Catalyst engine, produced by Avio Aero and GE Aviation, which was set up by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague, has achieved an extraordinary international success. After a tender process and an extensive phase of technical and economic analysis, Airbus Defense and Space chose the Eurodrone unmanned aerial system with the Catalyst engine. The result of the tender was announced by Airbus Defense and Space on Friday 25.3.2022.

As promised, the Czech Technical University in Prague has provided accommodation to people who had to flee Ukraine invaded by the Russians.

On Wednesday March 23, 2022, the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the CTU in Prague (FNSPE) announced that it has received a permit from the State Office for Nuclear Safety (SÚJB) for the construction of the VR-2 nuclear reactor. It will be located in the same reactor hall where the faculty has been operating the VR-1 Vrabec reactor since 1990. The number of operating nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic will thus round up to ten in the future (not counting the Golem fusion reactor). In addition to the VR-1 and VR-2 reactors, there are also two research reactors of the Research Centre in Řež and six nuclear reactors operated by ČEZ in two nuclear power plants.

The tones of compositions by W. A. Mozart, S. Prokofiev and other classical composers rang out in Bethlehem Chapel during another of the regular concerts held by the Czech Technical University in Prague. The famous performance of soloist Roman Patočka was complemented by the bravura orchestral performance of the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR). Those present in the hall were welcomed by the Rector Vojtěch Petráček, and the audience included many distinguished guests from the academic world. The Spring Concert 2022 was held without covid measures for the first time in a long time, and those who came could enjoy unconstrained social gathering, including a welcome glass of wine.

A person sleeps for a third of his life and a sufficiently long and good quality sleep plays an important role in his mental and physical state. The first day of spring, 21 March, is International Sleep Day, which highlights the impact of sleep on our health. More than 30% of the population, both adults and children, are at risk of sleep disorders. The BRAIN team from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at CTU is researching sleep disorders in collaboration with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

The eForce team at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, which works on development and design of electric formula racing cars and autonomous electric formula racing cars, presented at the University of Cambridge in the UK from 16 to 19 March 2022. Representatives of the team gave a series of nine lectures and workshops on specific topics related to formula design for the local Full Blue Racing student team at the Department of Engineering (DoE).

A dance-like visual tribute to quantum physics called Color Force was presented to attendees of the Centre of Advanced Applied Sciences (CAAS) gala assembly at the Archa Theatre.

From today you can buy hearts made of clamps or crocheted sunflowers at Archicafe at FA and Cafe Prostoru_ in NTK and contribute to the collection of People in Need SOS Ukraine. The charity sale was conceived and organized by our design students.