Welcome to the Department of Sustainable Fuels and Green Chemistry
UCT Catalytic Fall 2024On September 26 and 27, together with colleagues from the Department of Organic Technology (FCHT), we organized a new two-day UCT Catalytic Fall seminar. The seminar is mainly aimed at PhD students and aims to deepen their knowledge in the field of catalysis, improve their presentation and communication skills and enable them to receive quality feedback from renowned experts. As part of the seminar, two world-renowned speakers were invited, prof. Krijn de Jong (Utrecht University) and prof. Gonzálo Prieto (ITQ Valencia), on the grounds of VŠCHT.
The first day of the seminar was dedicated to a workshop with PhD students from both institutes, who prepared short presentations on the topic of their research and focused on areas where they perceived their weaknesses. Invited speakers then provided constructive feedback and helped students find new directions for their research. On the second day, two public lectures took place, in which the guests presented rather educational contributions focused on the preparation of heterogeneous catalysts. The listeners thus became familiar with the basic principles and key aspects that must be taken into account during their preparation.
We are very pleased that we managed to organize this seminar, which was attended by many PhD students. We are looking forward to the next year next autumn, this time on the topic "Characterization of catalysts".
Two projects B defended.Two Erasmus students (one from France and the second from Spain) successfully defended their Project B this summer semester. Both spent four months in our laboratories performing different types of experiments - from the catalyst synthesizing to their testing as well as analysis of JET fuels using different techniques. Congratulations Baptiste and Shara.
PROTON InternationalOn Monday, April 15, 2024, 24 students from the University of Utrecht (Netherlands) visited our department. They were students in the third year of bachelor's and master's studies in the field of Chemistry and Molecular Biology at the Institute of Chemistry, who go abroad every year. The study tour aims to inform the participants about chemical research and industry abroad and to open up new possibilities for them. We are glad that we were able to offer these students quality lectures in which we introduced them to the history of our school and our scientific topics (sustainable catalysis, CO2 evaluation and alternative fuel sources), as well as a tour of the institute, where we showed them our technical possibilities and work environment. Finally, we would like to highlight the interest with which the students willingly participated in the discussion.
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First department meetingOn Friday 12th January 2024, all the members of the new department 228 met for a ceremony. The now almost 40-member group met in the rector's meeting room, where the new head assoc. prof. Tomáš Hlinčík wished the new department many successes. After the ceremony, the new organizational structure of the institute was presented and plans were discussed.
Our promotion team also joins in wishing many successful projects, published articles and quality graduates.
New departmentThe year 2024 brings new stories. After many years, the two founding departments of the Faculty of Technology and Environmental Protection, namely the Department of Petroleum Technology and Alternative Fuels and the Department of Gaseous and Solid Fuels and Air Protection, merged into one entity - the Department of Sustainable Fuels and Green Chemistry (228). In addition to the creation of a unique fuel unit, a new direction is being opened in the field of sustainable (green) chemistry.
New head of the departmentAssoc. prof. Tomáš Hlinčík became the new and at the same time the first head of Department 228. In previous years, the associate professor headed the Department of Gaseous and Solid Fuels and Air Protection. At the same time, he works as the vice dean for science and research at the FTOP faculty. We wish the associate professor much success with the leadership of the new work unit.