Course detail

Doctoral seminar 6 (PST)

FAST-DHA075Acad. year: 2025/2026

Study, and the acquisition and processing of current knowledge connected with the issues of the chosen topic from the field of specialization of programme Building Constructions with support from a supervisor, possibly with the aid of a supervisor who is a specialist in his or her field, or with the support of experts from the following institutions:
- the Faculty (for instance, from the AdMaS research centre operated by the Faculty),
- BUT,
- or external research and development institutions.
The performance of simulations or experiments related to the topic area of the doctoral thesis. Publication and presentation of the outputs of creative activities.
The formulation of a semester plan of visits to professional and scientific events (seminars, workshops, conferences, congresses) and potentially study or professional stays at foreign scientific and academic institutions.
Work on publishable outputs (contributions to proceedings, articles for professional or scientific journals).
Regarding creative activities, it is advantageous to cooperate with industry or scientific institutions directly while working on projects.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Miloslav Novotný, CSc.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge at the level of a graduate student of building construction study programme, knowledge of grounding of the methodology of the scientific work. Previous participation on foreign traineeship is an advantage.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

In these doctoral seminars, guided by a supervisor, students fill in and deepen more knowledge of the theory and technical information from the selected areas of issues that are closely relating to the selected topic and technical aims of the future dissertation thesis. On the basis of an analysis of gained knowledge and skills they carry out experiments, evaluate and process their own gained outcomes. Students prepare theoretically defendable conclusions that will be formulated and presented to the expert public. In the final phase of the study students are provided with real conditions for working their thesis up which brings new information in a discipline of their interest.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Databáze Scopus - https://www.scopus.com/search/form.uri?display=basic#basic - články s řešenou problematikou.
Databáze WOS - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/basic-search - články s řešenou tématikou.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DPC-S Doctoral 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme DPA-S Doctoral 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme DPC-S Doctoral 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme DKA-S Doctoral 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

78 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Miloslav Novotný, CSc.

Syllabus

  • 1.–13. Work on the theoretical part of the doctoral thesis, including the processing of data sets from experiments and/or simulations. Provision of practical support to a project being conducted by a doctoral student in the 2nd year of the DSP with a related doctoral thesis topic. Performance of experiments and/or simulations. Publishing activities (e.g. work on a contribution to a professional/scientific conference, or work on an article for a specialised/peer-reviewed/high-impact factor journal). Participation in professional or scientific events. Defence of the final report from the project.