The Faculty of Transport Engineering of the University of Pardubice has been involved in numerous applied research projects dealing with transport means, infrastructure and related problems. The Educational and Research Centre in Transport provides facilities for experimental activities within these projects.
Current projects
Building a community of railway scientific researchers and academia for ERJU and enabling a network of PhDs (academia teaming with industry)
Project dates: 09/2023–02/2027
Sponsor: European Union
Programme: HORIZON-ER-JU-2022
Božek Vehicle Engineering National Center of Competence
Project dates: 01/2023–12/2028
Sponsor: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Programme: National Centres of Competence
Computational and experimental support of 3D printing technology of highly stressed plastic components with increased temperature and fatigue resistance
Project dates: 01/2023–06/2025
Sponsor: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Programme: TREND
Predictive Maintenance of Permanent Way
Project dates: 01/2021–12/2024
Sponsor: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Programme: Doprava 2020+
Previous projects
- Non-destructive determination of mechanical stress in continuous welded rail, 05/2020–04/2022, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
- Increasing the efficiency of railway transport in energy optimization of the multimodal mobility system, 07/2019–06/2022, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
- Josef Božek National Centre of Competence, 04/2019–12/2022, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
- 3D print of computationally optimized metal parts using the DMLS technology, 01/2018–12/2020, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
- Elimination of service failures of axles of rail vehicles, 01/2017–12/2019, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
- Hybrid locomotive and electronical optimization of its energy management, 04/2016–12/2019, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
- Competence centre of rail vehicles, 01/2012–12/2019, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
- The use of Dry-Ice Blasting to give Predictable and Optimised Braking Conditions, 06/2017–11/2018, Rail Safety and Standards Board (United Kingdom)
- The use of Controlled Application of Water to the Wheel/Rail Interface to give Predictable and Optimised Braking Conditions, 05/2017–10/2018, Rail Safety and Standards Board (United Kingdom)
- GPR Road Show: Introduction to Ground Penetrating Radar and its applications in civil engineering, 05/2017, European Union – Local Organiser Support Grant
- Predictable and Optimised Braking; Control of Wheel/Rail Interface Conditions using Dry-Ice Blasting, 07/2015–12/2015, Rail Safety and Standards Board (United Kingdom)
- Predictable and Optimised Braking: Controlled water additions to improve braking performance in low adhesion conditions, 07/2015–12/2015, Rail Safety and Standards Board (United Kingdom)
- The effect of water on the transmission of forces between wheels and rails, 03/2015–07/2016, Rail Safety and Standards Board (United Kingdom)
- Technology for measuring the force effects in the wheel-rail contact, 01/2012–12/2015, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic – programme Alfa
- Research of running behaviour and drive control of powered rail vehicles with independently rotating wheels, 01/2011–12/2014, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic – programme Alfa
