Reports

Kristýna Gincelová from the Department of Dosimetry and Ionizing Radiation, Pavel Vrbka from the Department of Nuclear Reactors and Jan Mazáč from the Department of Mathematics are the authors of the best diploma theses for 2020 of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering CTU in Prague.

On the roof of the Buštěhrad laboratories of the CTU University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings, a solar chimney runs in full operation. This device uses the accumulated heat from solar radiation for natural ventilation of buildings. Thanks to this, it is possible to ventilate for a longer period without the need for electricity.

Among this year's five winners of the Award of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports for outstanding educational activities at the university is the theoretical physicist prof. RNDr. Petr Kulhánek, CSc., from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

The book Unbuilt / Built Architecture of the 1980s is a joint work of a team of authors from the Faculty of Architecture edited by Petr Vorlík and Klára Brůhová. It represents, as the name implies, unrealized architectural and urban designs created in the 1980s.

The design of the LUNA portable night light brought Lucia Koháková, junior student of the Design program at the Faculty of Architecture in the Graduation Projects 2020 international competition in the 3D Design category. Her classmate Jan Kulhánek from the master's degree program finished second with his diploma thesis, in which he designed a ferry for Prague - Vokoun.

The CoroVent ventilator, developed at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague by a team of prof. Karel Roubík and manufactured by MICo Medical, was delivered to several hospitals throughout the Czech Republic during the autumn. These lung ventilators were paid with money from citizens and companies in a public collection earlier this spring. 106 of these fans will now be delivered to the State Material Reserves Administration.

A new publication entitled “Architektura na červeném seznamu / normální je nebourat” is published, which will please not only experts but also laymen interested in architecture. Its authors are experts from the Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and students of the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague. On specific examples, they describe the mechanisms of the demise of Czech architecture in the post-war period and call for public discussion. The book was published in Czech Technology - CTU Publishing House.

In 2002, the Unipetrol refining and petrochemical group began cooperation with the University of Chemical Technology in Prague (ICT), which culminated in 2015 with the establishment of the ICT Prague Center - Unipetrol Litvínov, which is located in the Unipetrol production plant in Záluží near Litvínov. The unique connection, where the public university is located directly in the commercial production area, is exceptional not only in the Czech Republic, but also in Europe. The connection is also unique thanks to the possibility to verify the acquired theoretical knowledge directly in practice, which schools and industrial companies have been calling for for many years. Now another partner of the University Center is the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague, which plans to include two to three subjects in teaching in Litvínov. By expanding the Unipetrol University Center, it increases university study opportunities in the Ústí nad Labem Region, and thus helps to raise the attractiveness and competitiveness of this region.

To demonstrate the so-called quantum supremacy of a quantum computer based on photons, Chinese scientists used a solution to a computational problem formulated at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague (FNSPE). Specifically, the Gaussian Boson Sampling protocol, developed by Craig Hamilton and Igor Jex of the FNSPE and their partners, the group of Christine Silberhorn of the University of Paderborn (FRG). The research team of the Chinese University of Science and Technology published a report on the results on December 3, 2020 in the journal Science.

This year's second successful holder of the prestigious and internationally recognized MRICS authorization title became Ing. Marek Devátý from the Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU. Graduates of the Master's degree program in Project Management and Engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University can apply for this degree. This is based on the accreditation obtained in 2017 by the Department of Economics and Management in Construction from RICS - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.