Newsletter 2/2021

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Editorial of the ITAM director:

Dear readers,
the second issue of the 2021 ITAM newsletter again brings news from theoretical and applied research, prepared by the staff of our Institute on the basis of various projects. You will learn, for example, about the construction of a unique snow generator, created in the Department of Dynamics and Aerodynamics, which can be used, among other things, for the production of
load models. The climate influence is also related to a paper on aggressive chemicals that interfere with the strength of concrete and cause its degradation.
I don't mention concrete by accident. The research of this key building material was actually at the beginning of the existence of our Institute, which was founded a hundred years ago and was called "Research and Testing Institute of Building Materials and Structures at the Czech Technical University in Prague". Yes, you read it right, this year the Institute celebrated its 100th anniversary!
We duly celebrated it at a gala evening in the presence of the President of the CAS, Prof. Eva Zažímalová, the Vice-Presidents of the CAS, Dr. Ilona Millerová, Prof. Jan Řídky and many other distinguished guests from the academic and professional sphere. As you can see from the pictures, the celebration was a success. It was full of speeches, discussions, music and good wine. But above all, a book entitled "The Clue to Structures" was also christened. This
truly engaging work, compiled on the basis of long-term detective work by a team of authors led by Dr. Věra Dvořáčková from the Masaryk Institute and Archives of the CAS, is definitely worth reading. It deals not only with buildings and joints, but also describes
the history of society using the example of an important scientific institution. And that is definitely not to be ignored!
I wish you a good reading.
 

Prof. Stanislav Pospíšil, ITAM director