VRTOUCH | Modular drilling rig for space-constrained applications with environmentally friendly drive

Consortium:
JaNo, s.r.o., TERAMED, s.r.o., ŠAVŠ

Main ŠAU Investigator:
prof. Ing. Vojtěch Dynybyl,  Ph. D.

Project Duration:
2023–2025

Project budget:
CZK 2 959 thousands

Project description:
The main objective of the project is to develop and construct a working sample of a drilling rig for drilling core exploration wells in confined and inaccessible areas. The rig will be powered by an environmentally friendly drive and will be used to drill boreholes primarily for geotechnical exploration using core drilling technology. The second objective is to equip the rig with mechatronic elements and digital technologies in line with the needs of the Industry 4.0 and Construction 4.0 initiatives respectively. The purpose of the project is to launch a new product with high added value that will be included in JaNo's production portfolio.

This project is financed from the state budget by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Industry and Trade within the TREND Programme.

   

Proposal for a Strategic Framework for Higher Education for the Automotive Sector

Main ŠAVŠ Investigator:
doc. Ing. Pavel Štrach, Ph.D. et Ph.D.

Project Duration:
2022–2024

Number of Investigators (ŠAVŠ; external): 
10;  5

Project budget (2022 - 2024):
CZK 2.765 thousands

Project description:
The project "Proposal for a strategic framework of higher education for the automotive sector" will be solved by a multidisciplinary team of experts from both universities. The solution will also include an analysis of the offer of higher education in the field of automotive in the Czech Republic. An important objective of the research will be the design of innovations of existing study programmes of technical faculties of universities in order to ensure the consistency of the needs of the automotive sector with government strategies for industry and trade and for the field of tertiary education. 

This project is financed from the state budget by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic within the BETA2 Programme.

   

Czech European Policy in Connection with the Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2022 

Consorcium:
Prague University of Economics and Business, Skoda Auto University, VSB-TUO, Median s.r.o.

Duration:
2020–2022

Skoda Auto University Researchers:
prof. Ing. Stanislav Šaroch, Ph.D.,
doc. JUDr. Václav Šmejkal, Ph.D.
Department of law and economics

Description:
The project deals with the management of the presidency of the Czech Republic in the Council of the EU in 2022 (CZ PRES 2022), incl. content and communication point of view. The goal of the project is to contribute to increasing the effectiveness of the Czech coordination mechanism, especially through comparison with other EU countries that have either recently successfully passed the presidency or are preparing for it. From a content point of view, the project will focus both on the work and program of the Presidential TRIA (FR – CZ – SE), and on the factual assumptions for the Czech Republic's own priorities. In terms of thematic priorities, the main areas of research will include the support of convergence, the development of competitiveness, the digital agenda, Industry 4.0 and Society 4.0 or climate policy in the context of ongoing or upcoming legislative and non-legislative initiatives of the European Commission.

     

New Challenges of E-Governmentin the European Context for Increasing the Competitiveness of the Czech Republic

Skoda Auto University Main Researcher:: 
prof. Ing. Jiří Strouhal, Ph.D.

Number of Researcher (SAU, external): 
6, 0

Budget (2018–2021): 
5 305 621 Kč

Description:
The strategic framework of the Czech Republic 2030 speaks of the necessity to prepare for the digitization of the economy, which generates a number of advantages, but also threats. The goal of the TAČR project is to provide the government of the Czech Republic with an effective solution for the implementation of e-Government in the conditions of the Czech Republic, so that both threats and correct methodological procedures will be identified thanks to this project. The application guarantors of the project are the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic and the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, which has an eminent interest in moving the Czech state administration qualitatively in line with other EU member states.

Project No. TL01000147 "New Challenges of E-Governmentin the European Context for Increasing the Competitiveness of the Czech Republic" is co-financed with the state support of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic as part of the ÉTA Program.

One of the partial outputs of the project is the publication "Digital Czechia in Digital Europe".