Reports

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.

The first National Development Day of the Czech Republic was held on Thursday 25 April. President Petr Pavel opened the day at the Czernin Palace with a morning speech, followed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský and Šimon Pánek, Director of People in Need.

This year, for the third time, the finals of the Technology Olympiad, organized by the company Technologická gramotnost s.r.o., took place on Friday, April 12, 2024 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the CTU. The competition has seen great interest among students, with almost 1,600 students registered for the school round. The one-day finals in Prague were attended by 78 students from secondary schools and grammar schools from all over the Czech Republic, who were divided into 26 teams.

The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR) yesterday presented its plans for the 2024/2025 concert season, which will be themed "SOČR in the heart of Prague", reflecting the venues where SOČR will perform. In addition to the Rudolfinum, the Municipal House and the Dox, the ensemble is also planning five concerts at the Bethlehem Chapel that belongs to Czech Technical University in Prague. The university will thus be a proud partner of the world-famous orchestra for the second season.

A total of 11 teams entered the open call to create a manual for the use of the Bethlehem Chapel courtyard. The applications were assessed by a working group composed of stakeholders operating in the area and experts in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture and monument conservation. The following teams were shortlisted: Šrámek and Krejčí architects + Steiner and Malíková landscape architects; atelier tečka + Radmila Fingerová + Studio Richard Loskot + Jan Matoušek and Miroko Morocco; Kolektiv Betlém (Sebastian Sticzay, Jakub Herza, Lenka Dřevjaná, Eduard Herrmann).

The Dean awarded teachers for outstanding teaching performance based on the recommendations of a committee established by him. The committee based its recommendations on the results of a survey with emphasis on verbal evaluations by students, suggestions from department chairs, and also took into account factors such as the quality of course materials and the difficulty of teaching. In the evaluation, the committee selected among teachers who had not been awarded in the same category in the last three years.