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The institute offers the Faculty of Mechanical Engeneering students the following basic courses in mathematics: linear algebra, analytic geometry, calculus, numerical methods, constructive geometry and computer graphics, differential equations, infinite series, probability and mathematical statistics. Further mathematical courses, especially those of applied nature, are included in Master's and Doctor's degree programmes of individual specialisations.
Next the institute offers a Mathematical Engineering study designed to equip the graduates with a more profound theoretical engineering background in mathematics, programming, and state-of-the-art mathematical software.
Research conducted at the institute focuses on applied mathematical analysis (finite element method, numerical solutions of differential equations), applied algebra and discrete mathematics, differential geometry and its applications, optimisation of engineering processes, mathematical modelling of forming processes, and digital image processing.
A number of staff members are in research teams at other faculty and university departments. The Institute co-operates with other Czech universities (Masaryk University Brno, Charles University in Prague) as well as with other non-university institutions such as the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant. A wealth of cooperation is going on with universities abroad (Texas University of Austin, L'Aquila University (Italy), Technische Universität Hamburg, Universytet Jagiellonski (Krakow), University of Malta, Technische Universität Wien, Universität Potsdam, etc.)
The Institute staff members are involved in numerous research activities as testified by a large number of papers frequently published in renowned mathematical journals abroad and regular participation in international scientific conferences. Most of the staff work on research projects that receive funding from grants (mostly from the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic or the Ministry of Education as research designs) some of the staff members are even team leaders.
The Mathematical Engineering Doctor's degree programme at the Institute is based on the specialisations of the research conducted thus offering the doctoral students courses in applied mathematical analysis, statistics, and fuzzy mathematics, optimisation methods, and computer graphics.
- Dept. of Algebra and Discrete Mathematics
- Dept. of Computer Graphics and Geometry
- Dept. of Mathematical Analysis
- Dept. of Statistics and Optimization
Main Current Projects
- Advanced Mathematical Methods for Solving Engineering Problems
- System for predictive flow optimization in community energy
- CaLISTA - Cartan geometry, Lie, Integrable Systems, quantum group Theories for Applications
Main Results
- CME-induced Thermodynamic Changes in the Corona as Inferred from Fe xi and Fe xiv Emission Observations during the 2017 August 21 Total Solar Eclipse
- Identifying the Coronal Source Regions of Solar Wind Streams from Total Solar Eclipse Observations and in situ Measurements Extending over a Solar Cycle
- Superlinear solutions of sublinear fractional differential equations and regular variation
- A novel geometric method based on conformal geometric algebra applied to the resection problem in two and three dimensions
- On stability of linear differential equations with commensurate delayed arguments
Research Activities
News from Institute
Even a NASA plane was used by the researchers to observe the solar eclipse over the USA
The results of the fifteenth solar eclipse expedition were presented by experts from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering BUT.
Mathematician Druckmüller receives the highest award of the Czech Astronomical Society
Miloslav Druckmüller was awarded for his world-renowned results in the mathematical processing of solar eclipse images.
Images the world has never seen before. Scientists have obtained unique images of the solar corona.
This phenomenon took place on April 20, 2023 over the west coast of Australia.
Routing software makes freight transport more efficient
Which way to send a truck to make its journey as fast and cheap as possible? The work of logistics company dispatchers will now be facilitated by advanced tracing software.
Young scientists want to use Cubesat to photograph the solar eclipse from the space
The work of young scientists would thus nicely complement the activities of mathematician Miloslav Druckmüller, known for his unique images of the solar corona.
News in solar wind research attracted the attention of a prestigious astronomical magazine and NASA
From the sand dunes in the Sahara Desert to the freezing Svalbard, an international team of researchers from the University of Hawaii and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Brno University…
The solar corona by Professor Druckmüller chosen as NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
The image of the solar corona, which was seen during last year's total solar eclipse over South America, is today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD).
FME professor’s image of comet named photo of the day by NASA
NASA published an image of the Neowise comet as its photo of the day on Saturday. The picture was taken by Czech photographer and mathematician Miloslav Druckmüller who is a professor at the Faculty…