Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication

Brno University of Technology

www.feec.vutbr.cz

Faculty of Electrical Engineering History

Faculty of Electrical Engineering was established in 1959

720 students, 18 academic staff,

5 departments:

Antoninska 1

Department of Radioengineering,

Department of Line Engineering,

Department of Electrical Power Engineering,

tr. Obrancu miru

Department of Electrical Engineering Theory,

Department of Electrical Machines.

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Faculty (FEEC) is the 3rd biggest

on Brno University of Technology (BUT)

12 departments,

220 academic staff,

research and development,

4000 students in full-time and part-time study :

• 2 bachelor study programme, 6 study areas,

• 2 master study programme, 9 study areas,

• 1 doctoral study programme, 9 study areas.

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication in 2011

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FEEC relocation to the campus Technicka

Technicka 10

Technicka 12Technicka 8

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Structured study at FEEC BUT European Credit Transfer System

3 years bachelor study

•180 credits,

•2318 students,

2 years master study

•120 credits,

•1285 students,

4 years doctoral study

•442 students.

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Bachelor study programme Electrical, Electronic, Communication and Control Technology

Automation and Measurement,

Electronics and Communication,

Microelectronics and Technology,

Power Electrical and Electronic

Engineering,

Teleinformatics.

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Master study programme Electrical, Electronic, Communication and Control Technology

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Biomedical and Ecologic Engineering,

Cybernetics, Control and Measurements,

Electrical Manufacturing and Management,

Electrical Power Systems,

Electronics and Communications,

Microelectronics,

Power Electrical and Electronic Engineering,

Telecommunication and Informatics.

Doctoral study programme Electrical Engineering and Communication

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Biomedical Electronics and Biocybernetics,

Cybernetics, Control and Measurements,

Electronics and Communications,

Mathematics in Electrical Engineering,

Microelectronics and Technology,

Physical Electronics and Nanotechnology,

Power Electrical and Electronic Engineering,

Teleinformatics,

Theoretical Electrical Engineering.

Bachelor study programme Biomedical Technology and Bioinformatics

Interdisciplinary study programme

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Cooperation with Medical Faculty of Masaryk University

Medical sciences

Medical devices

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Master study programme Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics

Interdisciplinary study programme

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Accreditation of doctoral programme Biomedical Technology and Bioinformatics

Study stay on clinics

Bachelor study programme

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New accreditations

English in Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Sound Direction and Sound Engineering

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Research and DevelopmentSpecializations

• Automation and embedded systems,

• Biomedical engineering,

• Electrical Technology,

• Microelectronics,

• Power electrical engineering,

• Radio electronics and satellite communication,

• Telecommunication.

Financial support of R&D at FEEC in 2010(total 221 mil CZK / 9 mil EUR)

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30%

20%16%

12%

9%

4%9%

Research programmes

Czech Science Foundation(GACR, GAAV)Other resorts

International

Specific Research

ESF

Development fund ofMinistry of Education

Research and DevelopmentInternational Achievements

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• Control station for experimental communication satellites AMSAT

• Communication modulesfor International Space Station

• Rescue robots Orpheus for extreme conditions

Research and DevelopmentImportant research programmes financed by Ministry of Education

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• Advanced Electronic Communication Systems and Technologies,

• Intelligent Systems for Automation,

• New Trends in Microelectronic Systems and Nanotechnologies,

• Sources, Accumulation and Optimization of Energy Exploitation in the Conditions of Permanently Sustainable Growth.

Research and DevelopmentRecent European projects

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HIRF – High Intensity Radiated Fields – Synthetic Environment

• Department of Radioengineering,• Alenia Aeronautica,• University of York,• Hellenic Aerospace Industry S.A.,• Dassault Aviation,• Politecnico di Torino, ...

Research and DevelopmentRecent European projects

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• SMARTFUEL ADSP - Automated Digital Fuel System Design and Simulation Process

– Department of Microelectronics,– CSRC, spol. s.r.o.,– Autoflug GmbH,– Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH.

• CREDO – Cabine Noise Reduction by Experimental and Numerical Design Optimization

– Department of Automation and Measurement,– Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH,– Dassault Aviation,– Alenia Aeronautica.

Research and DevelopmentOperational programmes finanaced by EUCentre's of excellence

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Central European Institute of Technology 300 mil. EURO,

6 cooperating institutes,

starting 2011,

new laboratories 2014.

Research and DevelopmentOperational programmes financed by EURegional centre‘s

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Centre for Research and Utilizationof Renewable Energy (12 mil. EURO)

prof. Vladimir Aubrecht

Electromechanical energy conversion

Chemical and photovoltaic energy

Generation, transmission, distribution and use of electrical energy

Research and DevelopmentOperational programmes financed by EURegional centre‘s

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• Research of base-band layer of communication systems: (sub)millimeter-wave propagation, radiation, amplification, filtering and mixing; • Research of system layer of communication systems: mobile systems, optical systems, satellite systems, and digital TV systems; • Research of convergence of information and communication technologies; • Research of acquisition, processing and representation of communication signals to users (acoustic signals, video signals, text information and their combination in multimedia); • Research of sensing and detecting chemical and biological substances, and physical quantities to be transmitted by communication channels.

Centre of sensor, information andcommunication systems (14.5 mil. EURO)

prof. Zbynek Raida

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• Development projects of Ministry of Industry and Trade (ON Semiconductor, …)

• European Framework Programmes (Siemens, …)

• Service (T-Mobile, E.ON, …)

• Development of educational labs (Honeywell, …)

• Support of talented students’ innovative projects (Tyco, Honeywell, ABB)

• Support of courses (IBM, Cisco, …)

Research and DevelopmentIndustry and cooperation with FEEC

Better quality of education according to international standards and Czech laws,

more international R&D projects,

interdisciplinary cooperation,

more cooperation with industry.

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Planned activities

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