Reports

The postponed Championship of the Czech Republic for a 50-kilometer walk took place in Trnava on Saturday, 5 December, 2020. The race was postponed from the spring term and untraditionally took place on the athletic oval, so it was necessary to miss a full 125 laps. The winner was Vít Hlaváč, studying the Biomedical Technician field at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of the Czech Technical University with a time of 3:56:26, setting a new Czech record.

Stress tests of a unique pontoon assembly with a stabilization system, enabling transport of oversized loads, took place at the Slapy Dam on Thursday, 3 December. The proposed solution is applicable in both civilian and military areas. It can be used not only to move heavy loads, for example in the reconstruction of bridge structures, but also in the maintenance of watercourses, or in dealing with emergencies. Representatives of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University, the Government of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the RVC, Waterways administration and other organizations and construction companies were invited to vitness the stress tests.

The Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics of the Czech Technical University in Prague (CIIRC CTU) and TRIX Connections, a start-up and spin-off company at the Czech Technical University in Prague, jointly developed software that recommends a suitable seal size for devices using a smartphone for more comfortable use of the RP95 protective half mask. Customization and connection of end users directly with manufacturers is the essence of distributed production, which research at CIIRC CTU has long been concerned with. The application was launched just a few days after the CIIRC CTU team received an extraordinary award “Česká hlava” from the Council for Research, Development and Innovation for its mask for 3D printing.

The main prize in the Czech Press Photo 2020 competition was won by ČTK reporter Roman Vondrouš. Among the 5,000 photographs, he succeeded with a picture of a man passing through a disinfection gate, which was installed as a measure against the spread of coronavirus at the Czech Technical University in Prague.

For 30 years, the academic fission reactor VR-1 has served students from the Czech Republic and abroad, but it is also used for research activities. The reactor is operated by the Department of Nuclear Reactors of the Faculty of Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering (FNSPE) of the Czech Technical University in Prague. The VR-1 reactor reached the so-called first critical state on December 3, 1990 at 4:25 p.m. However, preparations for its construction began in 1982.

A team of experts from the Institute of Theory and History of Architecture of the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague led by prof. Petr Vorlík and PhDr. Miroslav Pavel, Ph.D., completed a seven-month architectural and historical survey of the extensive architectural ensemble of the New Stage building and the Restaurant Building of the National Theater, which was erected in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague presents student studio projects that were created during study stays abroad last year. Like many other events, their exhibition could not take place in its usual form and moved to the Gallery's virtual environment on the website www.fa.cvut.cz.

A student of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Czech Technical University, Alžběta Šabouková, received the Award of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports for extraordinary deeds of students or graduates for 2020, for saving the life of a driver in a crashed car. She provided quick help to her on 18 November last year, when she found herself in a sudden traffic accident between Třešť and Jezdovice villages.

Even without the decision of the mayor of the capital city of Prague or the governors of individual regions, two hundred students from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of the Czech Technical University currently help on the front line in medical and social facilities, sampling points or rescue services: future paramedics, physiotherapists, laboratory technicians, radiologists assistants, biomedical technicians or students of security programs.

Online tutoring in mathematics and other subjects, consultations for families and school network administrators, provision of workshops and computer equipment - these are specific forms of assistance that volunteers from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE) provide for schools and their students during the coronavirus outbreak. An innovative LEO device is also available for practical teaching of high school students from home.