Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic (EA CR)
Member Academies
Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic brings together expertise and experience of its 200 highly qualified Fellows from all Engineering branches to promote excellence in technological sciences and practice of engineering and to provide advice on strategic engineering and technology policy issues contributing thus to the competitiveness of the Czech Economy.
Identity
Professor Vojtěch PETRÁČEK
Chairman
The president’s mandate began on January 1, 2023, and lasts until December 31, 2026
Founding date: February 25, 1995
Number of Fellows and Associate Fellows:
200
Percentage of women among Fellows and Associate Fellows:
4,5
Number of staff:
2 part time (approx. 0,6 unit)
Annual budget:
25 400 Euro
Financing sources:
– Universities and Research Institutions:
– Other (please specify): Member Contributions
Academy is member of:
CAETS
Mission
Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic as a knowledge HUB is promoting progress and disseminating knowledge and expertise from the field of Technology and Engineering. It concentrates it’s effort on the fields of high relevance – energy, power engineering, sustainable mobility, artificial intelligence and education.
Committees / Main working groups
EA CR Council, Control committee, Nominating committee, 7 Professional sections
Principal objectives 2025 and key realisations 2024
2024 -Energy
Workshops:
– Energy self-sufficiency of the Czech Republic – risk and costs
– Sustainable energetics and mobility
– Small and Modular reactors for power engineering
2025 – Artificial Intelligence
– Joint Conference of the Engineering Academy CR and the Czech Medical Academy:
– Prospects of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedicine and Medicine
Next academy annual event
Plenary meeting 2025
Highlights 2023
- The Engineering Academy organized a workshop titled “Outlooks on Personal Mobility.” The workshop focused on CO2 emissions from transportation and emphasized the need for a systemic approach to this issue, considering the perspectives of natural sciences (Physics and Chemistry), economics, and industry.
- As part of the programme of workshops on the energy future of the Czech Republic, the Engineering Academy organized two workshops analyzing feasible scenarios for the development of the country’s energy resources and comparing their economic feasibility.
- The Engineering Academy awarded the prize for the outstanding technical project “Subcritical Reactor VR-2,” a unique research nuclear reactor designed and constructed by the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering at CTU in Prague. The reactor is controlled by an external neutron source and is characterized by its high inherent safety, variability, and flexibility.