22 June Professorship is not end of road. I want talented people to carry on ... When materials scientist Klára Částková received her professorial decree from the President of the Czech Republic this June, many people warned her that she had reached the pinnacle of her career ...
25 May “An astronaut doesn’t have to be the best person in the room,” says ... When Tereza Bednářová learned about the Zero-G project, she had only a few weeks left before her nineteenth birthday. “I told myself: you still can, so give it a try,” recalls the mechatronics ...
27 April 2D nanomaterials could revolutionize world of implants. Ph.D. candidate ... Why does an artificial joint replacement wear out within a few years, while human cartilage lasts a lifetime? This is precisely the question research teams around the world are trying to answer, ...
31 March František Jeřábek, winner of the Hlávka Prize: In research, curiosity ... “In science, it often pays off to follow intuition and not be afraid of mistakes,” explains FME BUT graduate František Jeřábek. The talented pianist, who focuses on applied physics and ...
26 February "I enjoy innovating established products. Potential lies in electronics ... Engineer and businessman. An interesting combination of studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Business and Management led BUT graduate Pavel Schiller to ...
12 February Ondřej's career path led from internship in space industry to ESA Almost three years ago, you could read an article about Ondřej Šlajs (only CZ) on the FME website. At the time, he was a bachelor’s student fascinated by space technologies who applied on his own ...
10 November Week at ESA? “I’d Go Back in Heartbeat,” Says Miroslav Palán This autumn, doctoral student from FME, Miroslav Palán, became a systems engineer for space technologies. Although only for a week and just as a trial run. Together with thirty other young experts ...
13 October "Thanks to Formula, my studies make sense," says Anna Piarová, the new ... In September, the Faculty comes back to life after the calm of summer, and student teams also get a shot of new energy: they recruit new members, plan for the next season, and in some cases—like ...
8 September When comfort disappears, it's a sign of trouble, says popular educator ... Jan Řiháček’s office at the Institute of Manufacturing Technology at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering BUT is overseen by Apache chief Winnetou. In the lectures and exercises that Jan Řiháček ...
14 July Research with potential for space technology earned a PhD student from ... Only 25 early-career researchers were awarded a three-year scholarship by the City of Brno under the Brno Ph.D. Talent grant. Among the recipients was PhD student Vít Šimara from the Institute of ...
23 June International Women in Engineering Day: Diversity is a key factor for ... Supporting women in technical fields is one of the key topics at Brno University of Technology. Therefore, on the occasion of International Women in Engineering Day, which celebrates the ...
16 June Ceramics that glow. Young scientist wins award for research into new ... Combining at least five elements into a single crystalline structure to create a transparent ceramic material that more efficiently transmits light beams – that is the goal of the research for ...
7 May Bismuth as a cheaper alternative to gold The Werner von Siemens Prize for third place in the Best Diploma Thesis category was awarded to Michael Foltýn of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Brno University of Technology for his ...
15 April TEACHING ROBOTIC WORKSTATION WITH DIGITAL TWIN The Werner von Siemens Award for Best Dissertation on the topic of Industry 4.0 was awarded to Ing. Roman Parák, Ph.D., from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Brno University of Technology ...
4 February Petr Viewegh’s Microcosm and Macrocosm His name is known way beyond a small circle of scientific insiders. Petr Viewegh (formerly Dvořák) popularises natural sciences among the general public through his lectures, astronomy camps, and ...