Research on sustainable and energy-efficient production systems, additive manufacturing technologies, and advanced modeling and simulation techniques form the core domain of researcher M.K. Gupta, a member of the Industry 4.0 & Automotive Lab.
In January 2026 the Restoration Workshop of FME at VSB–TUO had the opportunity to present its activities and results at the General Assembly of the Association of Historic Vehicles.
3D printing of ceramics
The 10th anniversary edition of the Meat Design Ostrava festival showcased top creations by Czech designers as well as students. VSB – Technical University of Ostrava also presented its art-focused programmes and student works-and achieved great success.
Transportation between the lecture hall and the depository of the Technical Museum in Brno was arranged in style - by a historic Karosa ŠM 11 bus.
From the perspective of participation in the race "1000 Miles of Czechoslovakia," it seems that our colleague Dr. Kudrna from the Restoration Workshop, has developed quite a addiction.
Representatives of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Secondary School - Technical Vocational Training Centre Uherský Brod today opened an exhibition of the Dragon Claw exhibit in the entrance carousel of the building A.
The paper titled A Review of Vat Photopolymerization Technology: Materials, Applications, Challenges, and Future Trends of 3D Printing, authored by a team from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, has achieved historical success in citation numbers. With over 500 citations in the Scopus database, this paper has become the most cited work affiliated with VSB-TUO, featuring original domestic authors, within four years.
A new Protohub Training and Teaching Centre has been established at VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava. This is the result of the university's long-term cooperation with the international leader in 3D printing, Prusa Research. The centre is equipped with state-of-the-art 3D printers and technologies worth over half a million crowns, which provides quality facilities for training and experiments in the field of 3D printing.
On Tuesday, 8 October 2024, Minister of the Environment Petr Hladík visited the stand of the Department of Machining, Assembly and Engineering Metrology of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at this year's 65th International Industrial Fair in Brno.
The scientific team from the Department of Machine Parts and Mechanisms published an article entitled "Modern Design of Carrier for Overhead Conveyor" in the prestigious journal Applied Sciences published by MDPI.
On the last Friday in June, students received their report cards at secondary schools. The Dean of the FME in Uherský Brod handed over another certificate with the designation "faculty school".
There are new relaxation zones on the 4th and 7th floors of the building A.
Since September last year they have been diligently designing, testing, constructing and the result of their work was, as is tradition, presented at an event known as Rollout. The students involved in the project unveiled the ninth monopost.
He found himself in Ostrava by coincidence, but he came twice. The first time he was brought here in 2022 by the Erasmus programme, the second time he went to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of VSB-TUO on purpose. Twenty-one-year-old Gabriel Prat from France was one of the trainees in Protolab. What is his experience?
On the first of March, the second "four-year term" of the current management of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of VSB-TUO, headed by Dean Robert Čep, starts. What changes is the re-elected head of the faculty planning?
Before the Christmas holidays, the Department of Mechanical Technology acquired a new robotic laser device for its inventory. The LMD (Laser Metal Deposition) technology, or the deposition of laser melted metal powder, is one of the latest trends in welding.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The beginning of December was dedicated to a scientific conference for the Department of Robotics, which brought together Master and PhD students in robotics across Czech universities to establish a natural collaboration and share different scientific approaches in the field of planning, artificial intelligence and robotics.
Better efficiency and greater savings in the context of operation and maintenance are promised at Maxion Wheels after experts from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering helped them to optimise the design of the wheel carrier on the rope conveyor. Doctors Lukáš Hruzík and Miroslav Trochta from the Department of Machine Parts and Mechanisms are behind the innovation, which is already being used in practice.
In the autumn of this year, students mainly from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of VSB-TUO actively participated in an international workshop called Global Capstone Design 2023. Ten teams consisting of Polish, Korean and Czech students were given the opportunity to work in teams on the topic of Future mobility and compete for the best project.
The Academic Senate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering today confirmed by its election the continuation of the current dean in office. Professor Robert Čep was the only candidate on whom all eleven departments agreed in their proposals. He will continue to lead the institution in the 2024-2028 term.
The cooperation between the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering VSB-TUO and the Ton Duc Thang University in Vietnam has been successfully developing for several years, which was appreciated by the management of both institutions during a recent visit of representatives of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. They brought a gold medal to Vietnam as a thank you for their mutual efforts.
Representatives of the management of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of VSB-TUO met with His Excellency, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Vietnam Hynek Kmoníček during their working trip to Vietnamese universities.
After a demanding competition in the USA, the RoverOva team set off for a traditional racing tour in Kielce, Poland. With their mobile robot, the students did not achieve the impressive, in many cases medal placements from the past, but they managed to break the newcomers in and motivate them to further work in the team.
There has been a long-standing cooperation between experts from the Department of Mechanical Technology at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and their counterparts at the Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals of AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, which has brought interesting scientific findings. Professor Stanislav Rusz now awarded the joint work with a gold medal.
The Ostrava Formula team finished the racing season by participating in the most prestigious Formula Student competition in Germany. "Qualification alone is a great success. We succeeded for the first time in history and we were looking forward to measuring our strength with the racing elite," described the team captain Zdeněk Petera from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. How did this comparison turn out?
For the second race of the season, the Formula TU Ostrava team went to Hungary, to the famous Hungaroring. In the competition of 22 teams from all over the world, the Ostrava students managed to snatch the bronze in the dynamic acceleration discipline and overall placed in the middle of the starting field.
A seven-member delegation of the RoverOva student team recently returned from a prestigious competition in Utah, USA. They won a nice 18th place with their mobile rover in the tasks that are supposed to simulate a mission on Mars, but they will probably not go to the USA again. Why?
At the end of May, the Department of Applied Mechanics in cooperation with the Technical University of Korea organized an event called Global Startup Camp 2023. Six teams consisting of Korean and Czech students were given the opportunity to compare their design skills and compete for the best project.
This year's fourth edition of the prestigious Czech Industry Challenge was successful for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of VSB-TUO. Both applications submitted to the competition in the autumn turned into gold. Creative recruitment activities from the campaign called The mechanical engineer: a star won the award.
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