October 2025

Representatives of Knorr-Brems Liberec presented a gift to Faculty of Mechanical Engineering TUL
Our industrial partner presented a modern video conference device with a control tablet to the Department of glass producing machines and robotics. Knorr-Bremse Liberec is one of our important partners. During the acceptance ceremony, the dean of the faculty, doc. Jaromír Moravec and Ing. Michal Starý, Ph.D. from the Department. They also discussed the possibilities of cooperation on projects with the company executive and HR manager.

We introduced the new professional BSP Sustainable Engineering
October 1 – As part of the Sustainable Development Strategy workshop at TUL, we welcomed the graduates of the Secondary School of Economics and Forestry, Frýdlant. They listened to short lectures on the risks and methods of eliminating micro- and nano-particles during machining, on microplastics, building living laboratories or effective upcycling, and had a look into the laboratories of microscopy, biodegradation of polymers and the processing of recycled plastics. It was an inspiring taste of how technology connects with ecology and science contributes to a more sustainable future.

Meeting with IAESTE students
October 8 – As part of the IAESTE international program, several foreign students completed their professional internship at our faculty. Today we spent a pleasant afternoon with students from Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Spain and Poland, who shared with us their experiences, experiences and tips on how to further improve the program – and at the same time we wished them good luck in their next adventures.

FME TUL Technology Day
October 10 – We welcomed students from the Gymnasium and Secondary Vocational School, Podbořany, a contribution organization, to our faculty, who spent a day full of inspiration and technical experiences with us. We presented the study programs to the students and showed projects from our laboratories: robotics and pneumatic mechanisms, vehicles and engines, energy equipment and 3D printing! We are pleased with the students' interest in technology and we believe that we will see some of them again, perhaps as our students.

International Education Fair in Almaty
October 11 – At the International Education Fair in Kazakhstan, our colleagues Marcela Válková from our Faculty of Mechanical Engineering TUL and Daria Mlejnková from the Foreign Department of TUL presented us.

Visit from Хмельницький национальний университет
October 13 to 17 – We were excited to welcome Professor Olga Paraska at our faculty for her a short-term internship that took place from October 13 to 17, 2025. Prof. Paraska, a long-term collaborator of Technická univerzita v Liberci is the Head of the Department at Khmelnytskyi National University. Her internship was carried out through the program "Erasmus+ learning agreement for student mobility for Traineeships for the purpose of education between program and partner countries 2023-1-CZ01-KA171-HED-000128535". During the short-term internship, she met with a number of academics, such as Assoc. Prof. Michal Petrů, Prof. Ladislav Ševčík, Assoc. Prof. Martin Bílek or Dr. Pavel Srb. Olga Paraska visited lectures, departments and also lectured to TUL students and employees on the issue of Polymer composites in the automotive industry. As part of the internship, she also visited in the defense of doctoral studies at the Department of Vehicles and Engines. Together with her, her students Zoriana Chereshnia and Vita Nehorui also came here for a longer-term internship as part of the "Erasmus+ learning agreement for student mobility for Traineeships". Support for international internships contributes not only to strengthening institutional ties, long-term cooperation between universities within the European educational area, but also to the development of scientific and research cooperation, the formation of international scientific consortia and the implementation of joint grant projects. We are working hard step by step to establish intensive collaboration in engineering and material area with our very respected partner from Ukraine. Polymer composites in the automotive industry

Meeting with the candidate for the position of dean of the Faculty of Mechnical Engineering TUL
October 14 – The Academic Senate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering TUL received a single candidate proposal for the election of dean for the term of office 2026 to 2030: Associate Professor Jaromír Moravec, the current dean of the faculty. The candidate for dean presented his visions and priorities for the next four-year period to the academic community.

Nuclear reactor deployment roadmap for USA
October 14 – Professor Sukeshe Aghary, Ph.D., from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, gave a professional lecture at the invitation of the Department of Energy Equipment FME TUL. The lecture focused on current trends and the development plan for nuclear reactors in the United States, including technological, regulatory and economic aspects.

Meeting with employees of Škoda Auto a.s.
October 14 – As part of an internal Škoda Auto employee workshop, we had the opportunity to present our industrial partners with topics related to industrial robotics, bioplastics, composites and the possibilities of using post-consumer recycled materials in the automotive industry. The meeting also included a tour of the facilities of our students, where new ideas and innovations are created that move technology forward.

Joint meeting of Academic Senate and Scientific Board FME TUL
October 15 – As part of the SB FME TUL meeting, the candidate for the position of dean of FME TUL was presented.

We Celebrated the Festival of Lights Diwali
October 20 – October 21 is the main day of celebration of the festival of lights Diwali – an important Hindu holiday that symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. In Hindu tradition, Diwali commemorates the return of the god Rama to his city of Ayodhya after his victory over the demon Ravana. At that time, the inhabitants of the city lit rows of lamps to solemnly welcome their king. At the Technical University of Liberec and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, we commemorated this holiday with the students for the second time and followed up with the year 2024. A big thank you goes to the Foreign Affairs Department of TUL for the great organization and also to all the students and colleagues who joined the celebration today.

Visit from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
October 20 – At the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, we welcomed colleagues from a friendly faculty from Bosnia and Herzegovina. A cooperation agreement was concluded between the two faculties. Furthermore, research topics for international projects, implementation of a joint summer school, student exchanges and other online forms of cooperation were discussed. The intention is to re-submit the application for Erasmus KA171, to create a new network within the CEEPUS program in order to maximally support the possible mobility of students and academics from both faculties. We currently have a valid Erasmus Plus Credit Mobility. Colleagues arrived for a weekly visit within the selected network of the CEEPUS program. In the following month, two more students from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering UNTZ will visit our faculty, who will work on a project at the Department of Glass Producing Machines and Robotics workplace under the guidance of dr. Ondrej Matúšek.

Candidate for the position of dean elected
October 22 – The Academic Senate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering TUL decided on the candidate for the position of dean by fifteen votes out of the seventeen senators present. The current dean, Associate Professor Jaromír Moravec, will also lead the faculty in the following four-year period, from February 1, 2026 to January 31, 2030.

Visit to the Fraunhofer IWU research institute
October 23 – Today, we visited the Fraunhofer IWU research institute (Kunststoffzentrum Oberlausitz) in Zittau with the students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering TUL. Fraunhofer IWU is our long-term partner – already almost two years ago, it offered four internship positions to students of our faculty, who took full advantage of this opportunity. Today, three of our graduates are working here, having found their professional employment at the institute. The opportunity to participate in research projects on the German border is repeated this year as well. Fraunhofer IWU currently offers two internship positions in the field of 3D printing of injection molds using SLA and SLM methods. Today's visit with the vice-dean for educational activities was therefore intended for students who wanted to learn more about the content of the internship and get an insight into the current projects that the institute's team is working on. Cooperation, practice and experience without borders!

Award from the International Scientific Conference "Innovations and Industrial Technologies"
At the International Scientific Conference "Innovations and Industrial Technologies", organized by Uniwersytet Kaliski, PhD student from our Department of Machine Parts and Mechanisms Akshat Tegginamath won 1st place in the competition of young scientists for his poster contribution: "Numerical modeling of hybrid polymer composites for selected automotive parts". Congratulations to Akshat and his supervisor Associate Professor Michal Petrů for this excellent success!

We are strengthening cooperation with India
October 17 to 28 – Under the leadership of Vice Dean Jan Valtera, the faculty welcomed prominent colleagues from the Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute – Prof. Dr. Velangany Cyril Raj and Prof. Dr. Venkatachalam Natarajan from Tamil Nadu, India. During the week-long program, we discussed the possibilities of expanding cooperation in education and research. Our partners have shown great interest in organizing events that will bring studies at our faculty closer to Indian students. We will present the study offer, laboratory equipment and student facilities in Liberec to the first group of twenty students already next year. At the same time, an international research group focused on the processing of coconut and banana fibers is being created - a great step to strengthen joint research. We are also planning an Indian-Czech conference and other joint projects.

Přednášky kolegů z Afeka Academic College of Engineering, Tel Aviv
30. října – V rámci projektu Erasmus+ KA171 jsem na fakultě, katedře vozidel a morotů, přivítali naše kolegy Dr. Uriho Albochera a Dr. Ilana Zilbermana z Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering z Izraele. Byla to nesmírně inspirativní návštěva plná podnětných přednášek a diskusí. Děkujeme za čas a nové nápady na prohloubení naší dlouhodobé spolupráce ve vzdělávání.

Lectures by colleagues from Afeka Academic College of Engineering, Tel Aviv
October 30 – As part of the Erasmus+ KA171 project, I was welcomed by our colleagues Dr. Uri Albocher and Dr. Ilan Zilberman of Afek Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering from Israel. It was an extremely inspiring visit full of stimulating lectures and discussions. Thank you for your time and new ideas to deepen our long-term cooperation in education.
"Elastography: Imaging Tissue Stiffness through Inverse Problems" by Dr. Uri Albocher
Elastography is an emerging imaging technique that maps the mechanical properties of soft tissues, offering clinicians a non-invasive tool to detect abnormalities such as tumors and fibrosis by visualizing stiffness variations. In this talk we introduce the fundamental principles of elastography, highlighting how it extends conventional imaging by integrating mechanics with medical imaging. We will discuss the mathematical challenge at its core: the inverse problem of estimating tissue elasticity from measured displacements. We then present the Adjoint Weighted Equation (AWE) method which was proposed as a direct solution approach to the inverse problem. The method has several advantages over the more standard iterative methods but also some shortcomings. We will consider these and present some numerical results demonstrating its effectiveness in recovering elastic properties of inhomogeneous materials.
"Theoretical Understanding as a Foundation for Practical Learning in Engineering Education" by Ilan Zilberman
The lecture will focus on how early theoretical understanding can serve as a foundation for practical learning in engineering education. It presents a pedagogical and research-based model developed at Afeka College of Engineering, exploring how sequencing theory before practice enhances students’ applied learning, spatial reasoning, and confidence in design performance. The session will also highlight key findings from a mixed-method study demonstrating the pedagogical impact of structured, theory-first instruction on students’ learning experience and outcomes.

Education Tour
October 31 – As part of the event, we presented the study programs of our Faculty of Mechanical Engineering to potential applicants from Ukraine and, accompanied by our student Vadym Shepel, we took a look at the teaching laboratories where students learn about robotics, automation and the technological processes of processing bioplastics. studies and teaching in Czech.