The Ministry of Education, Science Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and the Centre for Scientific and Technical Information of the Slovak Republic announced the "Week of Science and Technology in Slovakia 2024". At the Technical University of Košice, the Best Doctoral Thesis Competition was held during this week, where full-time doctoral students from individual faculties of TUKE presented their theses before the Commission for Science and Research of TUKE. The presentations were evaluated in terms of content (scientific) as well as in terms of presentation (poster). 14 papers from 8 TUKE faculties participated in the competition. The committee selected the 4 best papers out of the 14 presented:

Scientifically they were evaluated as the best:

Ing. Tomáš Merva - SJF - Department of Industrial Automation and Mechatronics
Reactive sequential robotic manipulation based on optimization methods
Supervisor: prof. Ing. Ivan Virgala, PhD.

Ing. Marián Dobranský - FCE
Subject: Safety and protection of built-up area against floods
Supervisor: dr. h. c. prof. Ing. Prof. Martina Zeleňáková, PhD.

From the point of view of presentation (poster), the following were evaluated as the best:

Ing. Simona Špirková - FBERG
topic: Computer simulation of robotic workplaces as a means of logistics research
supervisor: prof. Ing. Martin Straka, PhD.

Ing. Leoš Ondriš - FEI
topic: study of properties of thermoplastic starch blends with biodegradable polymers
supervisor: doc. RNDr. Oľga Fričová, PhD.

We congratulate the winner of the competition and wish them many more successes in their creative scientific work. The awards will be presented to them in the presence of the Rector prof. Ing. Petr Mésároš, PhD., and the Vice-Rector for Science, Research and Doctoral Studies prof. Ing. Ivo Petráš, DrSc.