7. 12. 2020 Ph.D. student Mahnaz Alijani M. Eng. from Advanced Materials and Nanosciences PhD School, VUT Brno, Czech Republic started her 5-weeks long internship at CEMNAT. During her internship she will study synthesis of TiO2 nanotubes by electrochemical anodization.
4. 12. 2020 CEMNAT hosted 3rd meeting of its International Scientific Advisory Board. This on-line meeting consisted of the evaluation of the outputs based on the provided assessment report. The board outlined the 3rd report about the CEMNAT operation toward its further improvement and also evaluated the progress of CEMNAT based on the board recommendations from its previous meetings, that took place in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
24. 11. 2020 MUDr. Jan Vodička, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Pardubice Regional Hospital, gave to CEMNAT staff and other interested parties the lecture on taste investigation. The identification of taste disorders is suitable, inter alia, for the detection of neurological diseases.
17. 11. 2020 Dr. Milos Krbal (core CEMNAT employee) was awarded The University of Pardubice Rector´s Award for oustanding scientific achievements.
30. 10. 2020 Members of the “International Evaluation Panel of the University of Pardubice” visited CEMNAT in order to get acquainted with the activities of the center, solved projects and to see its modern facilities and equipment.
20. 10. 2020 CEMNAT organized an online seminar on "Introduction to the concept of anti-covid filter Phoenix 2.0". At the beginning of the seminar, a renowned Czech expert, Dr. Vladimír Ždímal lecture "Basics of aerosol filtration principles, selected properties and requirements for personal respiratory protective equipment". The concept of the personal filter "Phoenix 2.0" developed at CEMNAT in cooperation with the Institute of Chemical Processes of the ASCR and the Textile Testing Institute Brno was presented by Dr. Max Fraenkl. The seminar was attended by experts from both cooperating institutes and potential users (doctors, medical staff). The introduction of the filter can be seen at https://youtu.be/cqTis4swcWs. (in Czech)
14. 9. 2020 CEMNAT organized seminar “Advances in the micro XRF regarding a local elemental analysis complementary to an electron microscopy”. Speaker: Assoc.Prof. Tomáš Černohorský, Univerzity of Pardubice.
15. 7. 2020 CEMNAT staff presented their prototype of personal filter (Phoenix Anti-Covid Filter) designed primarily for health professionals working in developing countries at the conference "Science and research in the fight against the SARS-CoV-2 / Covid-19 pandemic" with the subtitle "Research infrastructure as part of the state's critical infrastructure", which was organized by the Ministry of Education in cooperation with the RVVI, AS CR and the Czech Rectors' Conference.
31. 1. 2020 CEMNAT organized seminar “Chemical bonding and structural metastability in chalcogenide semiconductors“. Speaker: prof. Alexandr Kolobov, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia.
