Science and Research
Both in the field and in the laboratory. The scientific and research activity of the Department of Environmental Security often takes place in outdoors environments. Knowledge and data obtained are, however, processed, reshaped and recorded in electronic or virtual form. This is why science will never become stereotypical to us. For example, we are dealing with the following topics:
- Global and regional climate change, the stability of ecosystems and natural habitats
- Environmental management in the context of the sustainable socio-economic development; the study of the systems of biodiversity protection; landscape ecology; demographic eco-migration
- Environmental safety, crises, hazards and risks (prediction, monitoring, remediation)
- Geo-informatics and geo-ecology as contextual part of integrated humanities and natural, social and economic studies (including logistics and crisis management)
- Biological and cultural-historical adaptation of the human to the transformations of the natural environment
- Connected interdisciplinary study and language learning
Projects
Biologically active glass matrices for water sanitation: an innovative solution within the TRIO programme
In 2016-2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) implemented the TRIO programme to strengthen research and development in the field of key enabling technologies (KETs). This programme focused on supporting innovation in photonics, microelectronics, nanoelectronics, nanotechnology, industrial biotechnology, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing technologies.
Within this programme, the project FV30337 entitled Biologically active glass matrices for effective water sanitation was implemented in 2018-2020. Associate Professor Ing. Pavel Valášek, CSc.
Objectives and focus of the project
The project was focused on the development of innovative glass materials that can effectively serve to hygienise water burdened with microbial contamination. The main output of the project was to develop a device for continuous and discontinuous water treatment, which would be able to eliminate microbiological load and enable further use of water in various applications.
The application area of the project included:
– Agriculture – improving irrigation water quality and eliminating harmful microorganisms in agricultural operations.
– Wastewater treatment – increasing the efficiency of wastewater treatment plants and reducing the risk of environmental contamination.
– Safety and protection of the population in crisis situations – the possibility of deploying the technology in areas affected by natural disasters or other emergencies where fast and effective water decontamination is needed.
The TRIO programme and its importance
The TRIO programme supported research activities with high added value and rapid innovation cycles. Its aim was not only to foster the development of new technologies, but also to deepen cooperation between companies and research organisations, which is a key factor in increasing the Czech Republic’s international competitiveness.
Project FV30337 is an example of applied research that can have a major impact on improving water quality and environmental protection. The results of this research can find wide application in industrial practice as well as in addressing urgent humanitarian issues related to the availability of clean water.
https://www.isvavai.cz/cea?s=programy&ss=detail&n=0&h=FV
Faculty participates in a project aimed at strengthening rural resilience
The Faculty of Logistics and Crisis Management is involved in a project of TA ČR – Programme ÉTA entitled Strengthening Rural Resilience through the Activation of Local Actors and Landowners (TL03000007). This project, implemented in 2020-2023 under the leadership of Mgr. Ing. Jiří Lehejček, Ph.D., focuses on increasing the responsibility of landowners and promoting sustainable management approaches in the context of climate change.
The main objectives of the project
The project aims to activate landowners, including municipalities, and involve them in decision-making processes related to land use. A key aspect is to raise awareness and strengthen the bargaining position of landowners when entering into tenancy agreements with farmers, which can contribute to greater landscape protection and adaptation to climate change.
Main outputs of the project
– Analysis of the state of Czech land – assessment of current conditions and challenges related to land ownership and use.
– Identification of motivations of land owners – mapping the reasons that lead owners to responsible management.
– Removing barriers to sustainable farming – finding solutions to problems that hinder the transition to more environmentally friendly farming practices.
– Promoting owners’ bargaining power – categorising owners and communicating with them to improve their bargaining position.
– Creation of a web-based information portal – a platform linking landowners, farmers and the public, making it easy to find information on land and crops using citizen science.
This project provides important solutions for sustainable management of the Czech landscape and raises awareness of responsible land management. The Faculty is thus actively involved in applied research that has a direct impact on the quality of the environment and the future of rural areas.
Jednoduché vyhledávání – IS VaVaI
INTERREG
Project name: Satellite monitoring of the region in support of publicSupporting Governments in Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
Project acronym: SatKlima
Project code: 403201DJK6
Programme: Interreg VI-A Slovakia – Czech Republic
Lead Partner: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Main cross-border partner: Tomas Bata University in Zlín
Project Duration 08/2024 – 07/2026
Total eligible project expenditure: 305 415,40 €
ERDF financial contribution: 244 332,32 €
Programme website: www.sk-cz.eu
Project description:The project focuses on monitoring and adapting to climate change at city and regional level. The main objective is to collect data on the state of vegetation due to climate change, especially in relation to rising temperatures and drought, identified in vulnerable areas. For this purpose, they use publicly available data from the Sentinel-2 satellite (Copernicus programme) and the NDVI index to assess the condition of vegetation.
Project outputs – the resulting time series will be used to identify crisis areas in selected cities. These data will be used as an argumentation apparatus for the elaboration of regional development strategies and other conceptual documents dealing with climate change. The so-called “data driven science” approach (and “fact base” argumentation) will create a data base for the developers of these strategies, who will have data clearly pointing to the places where climate change is more pronounced and where regional policy intervention is most desirable.
The Study of Global Climate Change and Natural Processes
Interdisciplinary (geo-ecological) research (International Cooperation) aimed at the reconstruction of regional and global (paleo)climatic changes over the last 2.5 million years, applied in modelling of current and future developments in world climate. The project activity is based on field and analytical studies (geological, biological and climatic) integrated in proxy databases from the middle and northern geographical zone of Eurasia which is of crucial importance for recognizing past and present climatic and related natural processes (atmospheric circulation, aerosol sedimentation, deglaciation, aridization and desertification).
Environmental Transformation of Cultural-Historical Human Adaptation
A comprehensive international geo-ecological research of component interdisciplinary (geological, geographical, geo-informative, biological, cultural-historical, social and economic) studies as part of the documentation of natural relations and character of environmental transformations related to climate change since late pleistocene until the present day, and of the related cultural-historical adaptations of the human. Global geographical scope of study.
An independent part of the study is formed by current geo-hazards and natural geo-risk and their proxy-analogies in the past the goal of which is a reconnaissance of potential risk areas and localities, their prediction, monitoring and remediation as part of the protection of natural resources and of sustainable development. Geographical scope: central and eastern Europe, Siberia and the Far East.
Geographic Information Systems in Applied Crisis Management
The project IP UTB no. FLKR3A/2014 responds to the need for internationalization of the instruction at Faculty of Logistics and Crisis Management, TBU by introduction of new elective course on the field of Environmental Risk Management in the English language which synergistically adds cooperation with regional agents of public administration, modern technology and innovative approach to student participation on the results of the project, supported by an interactive course in LMS Moodle. Investigator: RNDr. Jakub Trojan
4. Center for the Promotion of Natural and Technical Science: Technical and Scientific Laboratory for Children and Youth of the Zlín Region
The project OP VK (reg. no. CZ.1.07/2.3.00/45.0015) deals with creating the conditions for long-term and comprehensive support, promotion and popularization of research in natural and technical sciences, including the transmission and dissemination of scientific and researching experience in the Zlín Region. It is based on theoretical foundations of exploratory learning and aims at promoting R&D among children and youth. To this end, it proposes the establishment of a centre for the support of natural and technical disciplines in the form of the Technical and Scientific Laboratory for Children and Youth of the Zlín Region. This institution will focus on the development of human resources devoted to both teaching and popularization of scientific and technical disciplines, and creating new methodology of teaching them in order to optimize the promotion of these disciplines. The laboratory will also serve the systematization of providing support in consulting, popularization and promotion of R&D in scientific and technological disciplines and in creating a system for a long-term coordination of popularization events in scientific and technological disciplines in the Zlín region. Faculty of Logistics and Crisis Management is charged, through the Department of Environmental Security, with the management of the fifth core activity focused on networking. Investigator: RNDr. Jakub Trojan
Build a Chemical Laboratory
The project is concerned with the establishment of laboratory exercises within the scope of the course Technical Chemistry, now in the 1st year of the Bachelor’s study. This intention is also clearly supported by the fact that the Technical Chemistry course was among the so-called common basis courses at he Faculty of Logistics and Crisis Management, the instruction of which runs across all Degree Courses.
These laboratory exercises which have been missing from the Technical Chemistry course up until now, will enable the students
to obtain a basic overview of practical knowledge about the factual content of the subject matter. The exercises will be by content aimed at thematically covering the portfolio of all participating Degree Programmes, i.e. Society Security, Process Engineering, and Population Protection. This fact will among other things also enable the unification of syllabi of the course among the individual study programs. This will create preconditions for the course of Technical Chemistry to become a so-called “common basis course”.
Investigator: doc. Ing. Pavel Valasek, CSc.