🥇 THE GOLDEN MANIA CONTINUES! 🎉 Our student Lucie Maslowská won 1st place in the international round of SVOČ – this time with a masterpiece work “Metamodel of geotechnical construction” 🏗️💻 To make matters worse – this is the fourth year in a row that we have been at the…

Dear students, dear students, fans of the construction industry, we would like to invite you to the seminar “Composite rock anchors” on April 24, 2025 from 8:00 to 10:00 in room B316 of the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Brno. The professional seminar is organized within the framework…

Dear students, in accordance with the dean’s instruction No. 9/2024, I announce a selection process for two (2) positions of student teaching and research staff (SPVS) for the Institute of Geotechnics of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the University of Technology in Brno, for the…

Our student Petr Juračka defended 1st place in the international SVOČ round in the Geotechnics section and thus followed up on the achievements of the Bc. Zdenek Chylík from 2023 and Ing. Juraj Štetiar from 2022, who also won gold! His work The use of the FELA method for the analysis of the external stability […]

Are you fascinated by volcanism, as mankind has been for centuries? Read our interview with our colleague, Prof. Lukas Krmíček, who is exploring Iceland’s newest volcano! But if you are a true volcano enthusiast, don’t miss his new book coming out soon! Volcanoes shape our lives more…

One of the current topics addressed at the Institute of Geotechnics is thermomechanics of rocks. The aim is to study the influence of temperature on the properties of rock mass. As part of a pilot study, a set of laboratory tests were carried out on bodies made of Kulm crumb. The bodies were fired at […]

Traditionally, the academic community gathers on the anniversary of 17 November to commemorate the events of 1939 and 1989. The Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy and the International Day of Studenthood in the Czech Republic, and in the world as the International Day of Studenthood, is…

On November 6 – 7, the 51st conference focused on the foundation of buildings was held at the OREA Voronezh Hotel. The presented papers deal with specific construction tasks, special foundation issues, as well as research in the field of geotechnics.

Dear students, dear students, The Head of the Institute of Geotechnics, in accordance with the Dean’s Instruction No. 7/2023, announces a selection procedure for one (1) position of Student Teaching and Research Staff (STS) for the Institute of Geotechnics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno…

While the Czech national team is struggling to win medals in Riga, we have already made it in Prague! We are incredibly honoured to congratulate Zdeněk Chylík, a student of the Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, who won the XXIII. XXIII International round of the SVOČ in the Geotechnics…

Our colleague, prof. RNDr. Lukáš Krmíček, Ph.D., spoke in the 20th episode of the BUT podcast “Technically speaking”, about volcanoes and volcanism. You can listen to the podcast on common podcast platforms..…

You must have noticed, or at least heard, about the completed reconstruction of Mendl Square. Our colleague, Prof. RNDr. Lukáš Krmíček, Ph.D., participated in the selection of, for our area, untypical pavement made of red granite. It is commonly used in the Nordic countries and the particular…