Design and Process Engineering
· Designing, construction, calculation, technology of manufacturing, technical preparation of manufacturing including assembly and testing,
· Thermal and nuclear power plant devices such as steam and combustion turbines, steam generators, steam power plants and heating plants including nuclear power stations, industrial power engineering and their environmental aspects,
· Water turbines, hydrodynamic and hydrostatic pumps, piping systems, hydroelectric power plants, and pumping stations,
· Machinary and devices for chemical industry, food-stuff industry, and biotechnological treatment lines,
· Construction, modelling and theoretical studies of machines and devices for cutting, forming machines, industrial robots, and manipulators,
· Machine parts and mechanisms, methodology of designing machine elements and working mechanisms of general application with consideration of stochastic qualities of inputs, including the application of special types of machines and devices,
· Cars, vans and lorries, buses, trailers, semi-trailers, and motorcycles,
· Combustion engines for all types of vehicle drives, simulation of combustion engine thermomechanical systems, dynamics of driving gear, engine accessories, ecology,
· Machines and devices for in-plant handling of material and handling between operations, for the mining and transport of building materials, for passenger conveyance in buildings,
· Aerodynamic calculation and designing, flight mechanics, fatigue and durability of aircraft constructions, aeroelasticity of aircraft,
· Quality of machine industry production.

prof. Ing. Václav Píštěk, DrSc.

1. Achieve European standards in the equipment of small international airports

   Give priority to European standards applied in the CR for major international airports (Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Karlovy Vary), scheduled air transport. In the CR there are a number of other international public airports for international traffic and transport small sport planes and there are international non-public airport. Will analyze the current state of small international airport and the proposed categorization. Using the model will be proposed and verified a minimum of technical equipment for each category. It will build on the existing RWY and TWY and level of equipment means ZLT. A proposal for a methodology for assessing the suitability of other technical equipment for small airports due to a specific category. Draft methodology is theoretically justified by appropriate procedures (modeling).

   Tutor: Kulčák Ludvík, prof. Ing., CSc.

2. Aircraft structural health monitoring and prognostic

   The work will be focused on monitoring of the aircraft structures, assessment of their state and evaluation of their remaining life. Predominantly composite structures will be considered for the investigation. Small, low weight and low cost Piezo ceramic sensors generating surface Lamb waves (or other sensors) capable of the defect detection, localization, and sizing for assessment of the structure damage severity will be used. The aim of the work is assessment of the applicability of these sensors and design of a methodology for the structure health monitoring including consequential evaluation of the damage severity and its type with calculation of the structure remaining life. Close co-operation with Honeywell International, s.r.o. is considered for this work.

   Tutor: Juračka Jaroslav, doc. Ing., Ph.D.

3. Design of Stability Augmentation System for Airplane with Reduced Stability

   Nowadays trend in design of transport airplanes is tail size reduction to reduce drag and reduce fuel consumption. Reduced tail size may leads to the problem with airplane stability - airplane response may not meet FAR Part 25 handling quality requirements. The solution is implementation of control laws which improve stability of the airplane in Fly-by-Wire (FBW) system. The main goal of the work is to propose control laws for stability augmentation system which will be implemented in fully digital FBW and analyze influence of sampling time and data latency of digital system. In addition to that, analysis of various failures which may be induced to the system by digital components will be analyzed as well. The main output of the work will be methodology how to design stability augmentation system for airplane with relaxed stability with consideration of digital manner of FBW system.

   Tutor: Hlinka Jiří, doc. Ing., Ph.D.

4. Ecological aspects of civil air transport on airports

   At the present time the ecology of operation of civil airplanes takes on importance. Effort to suppress impacts of airplane operation on both human health and environment due to a great increase of air traffic remarkably strenghtened. This is important especially on airports and in their vicinity, where disproportion between the need of operation growth in the contrary of the decrease of its impact on environment and of land-use planning is substantial. Main objectives of this thesis are based on analysis of all possible aspects of airplane influence upon environment. Also demanded are proposals of a methodology how to reduce the negative impact of airplanes on aerodrome environment while maintaining (or increasing) the operational safety. Emphasis should be put on the noise, which is perceived as the most problematic disturbance in vicinity of an airport.

   Tutor: Vosecký Slavomír, doc. Ing., CSc.

5. Proposal for methods of improving safety and quality of small international airports in the Czech Republic

   The issue of safety and quality is one of the most important factors affecting the activity of the major international airports (Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Karlovy Vary), scheduled air transport. In the CR there are a number of other international public airports for international traffic and transport small sport planes and there are international non-public airport. Will analyze the current state of safety and quality of the small international airports and the proposed categorization. In terms of security will be evaluated internal security (related to the actual air transport) and external security (related to the transport of hazardous substances, weapons, drugs, etc.). Using the model will be designed and verified different methodologies aimed at improving safety and quality at airports.

   Tutor: Kulčák Ludvík, prof. Ing., CSc.

6. The Implementation of PBN Navigation Specification under Optimized Radio-navigation Infrastructure of the CR

   Today's ground based radio navigation systems are expected to be further progressively supplemented, and are foreseen to be replaced, by the Global Navigation Satellite Systems, along with the implementation of the CNS/ATM strategy steps regarding wide Area Navigation implementation. The International Civil Aviation Organization expects in each state an Airspace Concept to be developed. As a part of the Concept, the complete process of PBN Navigation Specification implementation is accompanied with the assessment of the concurrent and the future perspective radio navigation means, Aircraft Operators fleet on-board equipment and other steps. In the view of global navigation environment and the position of the CR in the ECAC space, the methodology of the Airspace Concept based Navigation Specification implementation, together with assessment of concurrent radio navigation infrastructure and its future possibilities of system optimization with smoothed transition on new GNSS technology, is expected to be evolved.

   Tutor: Kevický Dušan, prof. Ing., CSc.

7. The realization and verification of software for loading aircraft calculation

   At present time is available on IAE several programmes to calculation of loading of the wing, tail units and so one. Interconnection between them do not exist which leads to comlications for data preparation and their verification. The aims of disertation is analytical and programme modernisation existing softwares and to create and verifind a new system on real aircraft.

   Tutor: Píštěk Antonín, prof. Ing., CSc.

8. UAS operation rules in European controlled airspace and related ATM technical requirements.

   Actual development of the UAS requires intensive study of both legislation and technical solutions of their implementation to airspace. Satisfactory solutions were not be published till now. Then, it is very urgent to study the problems just nowadays. Objectives: - to collect and classify emerging informations/opinions of world´s experts how to rule air traffic of piloted and unmanned aircraft in controlled airspace - to analyse all UAS legislative as well as technical possibilities and limits published till now about the matter - to elaborate a qualified contribution to the problems solution in Europe. Contributions: - overwiev of the matter, - personal education in this special domain of air traffic srevices - to enriche experience of the Czech professional community in the field of ATS

   Tutor: Vosecký Slavomír, doc. Ing., CSc.