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Original title in Czech: Vodní hospodářství a vodní stavbyFaculty: FCEAbbreviation: DPC-VAcad. year: 2022/2023
Type of study programme: Doctoral
Study programme code: P0732D260020
Degree awarded: Ph.D.
Language of instruction: Czech
Accreditation: 8.10.2019 - 8.10.2029
Mode of study
Full-time study
Standard study length
4 years
Programme supervisor
prof. Ing. Petr Hlavínek, CSc., MBA
Doctoral Board
Chairman :prof. Ing. Petr Hlavínek, CSc., MBACouncillor internal :doc. Ing. Zbyněk Zachoval, Ph.D.doc. Ing. Jakub Raček, Ph.D.Ing. Vladimír Habr, Ph.D.doc. Ing. Daniel Marton, Ph.D.doc. Ing. Tomáš Kučera, Ph.D.Ing. Antonín Tůma, Ph.D.doc. Ing. Aleš Dráb, Ph.D.prof. Ing. Miroslav Dumbrovský, CSc.doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.doc. Ing. Jitka Malá, Ph.D.Councillor external :Ing. Karel Drbal, Ph.D.
Fields of education
Study aims
The aim of the doctoral study program Water Management and Water Structures is to provide outstanding graduates of the master's degree with specialized university education in selected and topical areas of the field. These currently include, with a view to maintaining sustainable living conditions, the solution of issues related primarily to the design, optimization, efficiency and quality of operation of existing and new water management systems, such as water management systems, water management structures on watercourses, drinking water supply systems. , waste water removal and treatment, protection of water resources and water quality in the basin, protection against floods etc. The doctoral study program Water Management and Water Structures is a multidisciplinary program in which students acquire new knowledge in both natural sciences and applied sciences and is also targeted to acquire the necessary habits of students for independent scientific research and creative activities in research and development in solving current theoretical problems and questions arising from the requirements of practice. During the study the student gains both new theoretical knowledge and new own experience from preparation, realization and evaluation of necessary experiments (physical, numerical). The dissertation thesis is focused on the evaluation of the current state of development of the solved problems in the Czech Republic and abroad, on the definition of the subject and methodology of the topic under development and especially on its own creative contribution. The aim of the study is also to involve students in the preparation and solution of national and international scientific research projects, presentation of achieved results at national and international scientific and professional conferences and their publication in professional and scientific foreign and domestic journals.
Graduate profile
Graduates of the doctoral degree program in Water Management and Water Structures will be able to complete scientific and creative activities independently and in teams at national and international level. and habits well applied in solving theoretical and practical tasks. Graduates of this study program can be employed especially in research and development workplaces, in design organizations, in state administration bodies and they can also apply their acquired experience during teaching practice during their doctoral study programs in education or other educational institutions. Completion of the doctoral study program is also a necessary precondition for its possible further career and professional academic growth. His knowledge of foreign languages will enable him to study abroad as well.
Profession characteristics
The graduate of the newly designed doctoral study program Water Management and Water Structures is able to hold positions requiring a separate solution of technical technical problems in the field of water management. Graduates of doctoral studies are prepared for employment in research and development activities, enabling creative solutions to problems and development of new methods and approaches applicable to the solution of current water management problems and their application in the construction of water management structures. Doctoral studies are closely linked to scientific, research and development activities at the training site and to technical practice. Ongoing active scientific and pedagogical activity is a prerequisite for eventual employment of graduates as academic staff of universities. Graduates can also work in basic and applied research, at university workplaces, in institutes of the ASCR, in research and technology centers in the Czech Republic and abroad. They also find work in research workplaces and laboratories of water management and water structures and the environment, or they can hold higher management positions in design, implementation and administration companies, public administration or other similar technical level. The general applicability in practice is practically 100%. It is expected that the applicability of graduates of the newly designed doctoral study program will be similar.
Fulfilment criteria
Fulfillment of the subjects of the individual study plan, successful completion of the state doctoral examination, foreign experience, relevant creative activity and successful defense of the dissertation.
Study plan creation
The rules and conditions for the creation of study plans of study programs carried out at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the BUT define: Rules of BUT study programs (www.vutbr.cz/uredni-deska/vnitrni-predpisy-a-dokumenty), which according to Article 1, paragraph 1, point: c) defines the processes of creation, approval and changes of study program proposals before their submission for accreditation to the National Accreditation Office for Higher Education, d) lays down the formal requirements for study programs and courses, e) defines the obligations of study program and subject guarantors, f) defines the standards of study programs at BUT, g) defines the principles of quality assurance of study programs. Study and Examination Regulations of the Brno University of Technology (www.vutbr.cz/uredni-deska/international-details-and-documents) Details of the conditions for study at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the BUT are governed by the Dean's Directive ) The PhD student studies according to an individual study plan, which is elaborated by the supervisor in cooperation with the PhD student. The individual study plan is binding for the doctoral student. It specifies all duties set in accordance with the BUT Study and Examination Regulations that a doctoral student must fulfill in order to successfully complete his / her studies. During the first three semesters, the doctoral student consists of compulsory, compulsorily elective or at the same time, it is intensively engaged in its own study and analysis of knowledge in the field determined by the topic of the dissertation and continuous publication of the knowledge and results obtained in this way. In the following semesters, the doctoral student focuses more on research and development related to the topic of the dissertation, on the publication of the results of his / her creative work and on his / her own dissertation. By the end of the fifth semester, the doctoral student has passed the state doctoral examination. The doctoral student is also involved in pedagogical activities, which is a part of his scientific preparation. The individual study plan includes scientific outputs in individual years: - regular publishing activity (Juniorstav and similar), - participation in scientific conferences at home and abroad, - for defense of DZP it is necessary to publish - min. 2x Scopus or 1x WOS with impact factor.
Availability for the disabled
At the Faculty of Civil Engineering, BUT, barrier-free access to all teaching rooms is currently provided. However, students must be physically fit to be qualified as a civil engineer. In practically oriented laboratory teaching, they must be able to operate measuring instruments and similar laboratory equipment independently without endangering themselves or their surroundings. BUT provides support to students with specific needs, for details see Guideline 11/2017 (www.vutbr.cz/uredni-deska/international-documents-and-documents/-d141841/uplne-zneni-smernice-c-11- 2017-p147550). In order to promote equal access to higher education, BUT incorporates the Alfons Advisory Center, part of the BUT Institute of Lifelong Learning, to provide guidance and support services to applicants and students with specific educational needs. Specific educational needs include learning disabilities, physical and sensory disabilities, chronic somatic illness, autistic spectrum disorders, impaired communication skills and mental illness (alfons.vutbr.cz/o-nas). Students are provided with information concerning the accessibility of study programs with respect to the specific needs of the applicant, information about the architectural accessibility of individual faculties and university parts, about accommodation at the BUT dormitory, about the possibilities of adapting the admission procedure and adapting the study itself. Other services of the Center for Students with Special Educational Needs also include interpreting and rewriting services, or assistance services - guiding, spatial orientation, in order to enable these students to demonstrate their skills and knowledge in the same way as other students. This is done through the so-called adaptation of study, ie by appropriate adjustment of the study regime, which cannot be understood as a simplification of the content of study or relief of study obligations.
What degree programme types may have preceded
The doctoral study program Water Management and Water Structures is a follow-up to the follow-up Master study program Civil Engineering, especially the study field Water Management and Water Structures, respectively. as well as other fields of study and nursing master's degree programs. After accreditation of the follow-up master's study program Civil Engineering - Water Management and Water Structures for this program.
Issued topics of Doctoral Study Program
For the complex assessment of flood protection measures (FPM) according to the Directive 2007/60/ES, economic, environmental and social viewpoints are taken into account. For this purpose, multi-criteria analysis is frequently used. At present the evaluation of the economic effectiveness of FPMs is elaborated in detail while the risk-based analysis related to other loss categories is still subject to research.
Tutor: Dráb Aleš, doc. Ing., Ph.D.
The aim of this thesis is to propose methods for determining and reducing uncertainties in the context of selected methods of flood risk analysis. Emphasis will be placed on the uncertainty in the results of numerical modeling of water flow in floodplains.
The aim of the dissertation will be to solve the problem of calibration and verification of the precipitation-runoff model of the sewer network and to apply the acquired knowledge to the existing hydraulic models SWMM, or MIKE URBAN. The PhD student will perform the sensitivity effects of inaccurate input data (rain data, hydraulic data from in-situ measurements) on selected hydraulic parameters of the sewer network.
Tutor: Raclavský Jaroslav, doc. Ing., Ph.D.
The aim is to propose, elaborate and verify the method for the assessment of risks coming from the existence and operation of dams. Appropriate risk-based method and corresponding tools will be chosen, e.g. event trees for individual types of hydraulic structures, probabilistic assessment for the initiating events using the statistical methods, the assessment of the vulnerability of system components. New trends in design standards and existing dam categorization will be taken into account.
Tutor: Říha Jaromír, prof. Ing., CSc.
To assess the reservoir yield performance the definition of reliability is used in the Czech Republic. Worldwide the new concepts of assessing the reservoir yield performance, such as risk, resiliance, vulnerability, have been defined over the past decade. The aim of this thesis will be to carry out an extensive state of art and application of these knowledge on a selected water reservoir. On the basis of obtained information also derive a new kind reservoir yield performance metric.
Tutor: Marton Daniel, doc. Ing., Ph.D.
The goal is to summarize knowledge about the design of hydraulic structures in karst areas. The subject of the work will be a summary of knowledge about the design of these works, their critical evaluation and an inventory of critical problems related to the mentioned issues. Part of the work will be the design and analysis of possible measures ensuring the safety and reliability of hydraulic works in karst areas, also with regard to the related surroundings. The practical application will focus on the Hranický Karst.
The aim of the PhD thesis will be, on the basis of delimitation and definition of water security of the Czech Republic, to define methods of on-line analysis of drinking water quality, to model and analyze the speed of contamination spreading in water supply networks, to define for individual pipeline materials and pipeline contaminants the risk of long-term contamination and to determine principles of security and protection of drinking water supplies.
Over the last 30 years, the vacuum sewer system has gradually developed. In many cases, the system was inappropriately designed and undersized. The topic of the dissertation will focus on the issue of dimensioning the vacuum station, the vacuum network and selected objects on the network. Part of the work will be in situ measurements on selected vacuum sewer networks.
The dissertation will be focused on disinfection technologies of swimming pool operations with an emphasis on advanced oxidation processes (AOP). The work will provide an overview of traditional methods of disinfecting pool water and the possibilities of using modern disinfection processes. The effectiveness of the introduction of AOP on the quality of the pool water will be monitored by evaluating the measured data for the selected pool operations that have changed the pool water disinfection method from traditional to advanced. The aim is to confirm the suitability of using advanced oxidation processes in disinfection to improve the quality of pool water.
Tutor: Biela Renata, Ing., Ph.D.
The aim of the work is research aimed at introducing the technology of buildings information modeling(BIM) in the framework of designing and documentation of hydraulic structures. Making BIM technology available will support the efficient and reliable operation of this type of structures with significant economic benefits for society (electricity production, water supply, flood protection, navigation, etc.). The subject of the work is the design of methodological procedures that will enable the permanent preservation of the documentation of hydraulic structures in digital form using BIM, their availability in the form of electronic media to the wider and expert public, as well as their use within the teaching of students. The proposed methodological procedures will be verified on sample projects in selected locations of water works.
At selected localities (small catchment areas) with the implemented system of Infiltration conservation belts and agroforestry measures, their influence on the reduction of erosion disturbances and the transport of sediments will be monitored. Erodometers as well as unmanned UAVs systems will be used to measure erosion processes. Alternatively, the effectiveness of the measures will also be assessed using physical models. The measured values will be statistically evaluated in the context of all causal factors.
Tutor: Dumbrovský Miroslav, prof. Ing., CSc.
Get experiences in branch of plane and point laser anemometry for realization experiments at flow range. Enlargement range of given methods. Auton. realization measur., evaluation of velocity fields and their comparison with numerical model results.
Tutor: Zubík Pavel, Ing., Ph.D.
The dissertation will solve in detail the tasks related to the simulation of hydraulic conditions in the networks of pressure sewers. Particular attention will be paid to pressure conditions, ensuring minimum flushing velocities and water age in individual parts of the network. During the practical part of the work, the technology for controlling the pumps in real time will be tested.
Tutor: Ručka Jan, Ing., Ph.D.
Inundation bridges have the primary purpose of transferring water through a line structure that prevents flow in the inundation area. They are specific in that they are in function only during floods. In their hydrotechnical design, it is necessary to consider not only the hydraulically suitable shaping of pillars, abutments, or bridge decks, but also the design of a suitable bridge-scour countermeasures and the design of a suitable measures against clogging by floating debris. The aim of the work is to develop a methodology for hydrotechnical design of inundation bridges
Tutor: Zachoval Zbyněk, doc. Ing., Ph.D.
The presence of micro-plastics in natural and drinking water raises the discussion on the potential consequences to human health. The dissertation will deal with a critical search of studies carried out so far on this topic, focusing mainly on the occurrence and character of microplastics in raw and drinking water, as well as on methods for determining microplastics in water. The possible effects of these processes acting in water on the biological regime and chemical composition of water will be discussed, as well as the possible effects on human health. Laboratory tests will be performed in order to remove a selected group of microplastics from drinking water in order to recommend the most suitable technological procedure leading to their separation.
Tutor: Kučera Tomáš, doc. Ing., Ph.D.
The topic of natural wastewater treatment plants has already well grasped ordinary sewage water, and very promising results are being achieved in this area. Based on the requirement from practice, it is necessary to similarly address industrial wastewater - water from industrial wine production, dairy industry, brewing, chemical companies, etc. The topic would focus on model-created filtration units that would be tested directly on real industrial wastewater.
Tutor: Kriška-Dunajský Michal, doc. Ing., Ph.D.
The objects for passage sediments through weirs are designed to reduce the aggradation of their reservoirs and degradation of downstream channel, to ensure the continual transport of the sediments along the length of the river and passage of sediments through weirs without damage. They are named according to the size of the transported material (gravel, sand, etc.). They are most often located near the banks or in the middle of the weir. They are open only when sediments are transported. The methodology for their design is missing. The aim of the work is to develop a methodology for hydrotechnical design of objects for passage sediments through weirs.
Increasing concentrations of natural organic matter and organic micropollutants are increasingly occurring in natural waters, and current water treatment technologies are not always successful in removing all their components. Ozonation, in combination with other processes, represents a progressive way to eliminate such water pollution and also to prevent penetration into drinking water. The work will be conducted in order to determine, verify and optimize the processability of selected organic substances using ozone.
The subject of the work will deal with the performance of water filtration as a key process of water treatment. They will look for the relationship between flow, nature of contamination, length of filtration cycle and filtration in relation to the filter material used and the sieving system. The pressure losses on the filter will be monitored in relation to the quality of the filtrate, as well as the distribution of impurities in the filter. Most of the research will be performed on a model (laboratory) filtration device. The aim is to define performance indicators suitable for monitoring and evaluating the filtration process and to recommend favorable values of these indicators on the basis of proven research.
The aim is to analyse the possibility of dam failure due to internal erosion and to analyse individual internal erosion phases. Failure modes and places of their origin will be assessed together with the criteria used for the specification of internal erosion phases (initiation, continuation, progression, failure). During the solution uncertainties in input parameters will be assessed and the failure probability will be estimated. The student will be co-operating with the international working group searching appropriate software.
Measurement systems composed of weirs and flumes are often installed in specific geometric and current boundary conditions. Analysis of the problems of metrological confirmation is not available. At the same time zone of setting of deadlines recalibration of measurement systems in terms of regulations defined tolerance limits is for users of measuring systems from an economic and operational view cardinal.
Tutor: Žoužela Michal, Ing., Ph.D.
The water treatment plant must be able to supply drinking water in the various situations and stages of operation of the plant, while it is entirely appropriate to monitor the key features: reliability, resilience and vulnerability. In the literature, the performance of water supply systems is monitored through these quantities, but usually separately and mostly reliability. The aim of the work is to transpose the definitions on the situation of water treatment plants, to conduct surveys in order to quantify these quantities in selected treatment plants, and also to deal with mutual correlation and correlation with technical treatment.
The dissertation will assess tertiary wastewater treatment technologies involving different cleaning stages: ultrafiltration membrane unit (1), adsorbent column in combination with UV technology (2) for disinfection and technology of advanced oxidation technologies AOP (3). The parameters of treated wastewater for re-use will be determined as part of their further use, not only for flushing toilets or technological purposes, but also from the point of view of use for drip irrigation and irrigation by spraying agricultural land, green infrastructure of cities, including green roofs and facades. The result of the dissertation is also the implementation of selected technologies into the concept of selected municipal waste water works and building systems in the form of case studies, and the monitored parameters for use will be compared with the current Czech legislative requirements and the upcoming European Regulations. The work will be processed in the AdMaS center. Possibility of internship at BOKU University, Vienna and NTNU Trondheim.
Tutor: Hlavínek Petr, prof. Ing., CSc., MBA
Goal of the thesis is development of technology of municipal wastewater by anaerobic process with aggregated biomass and sludge separation by means of submerged membrane module. Work will be focused on solution of problems connected with membrane clogging by operation, cleaning and process control. The work will be processed on a pilot unit in the AdMaS center. Possibility of internship at BOKU University, Vienna and NTNU Trondheim.
The dissertation will solve in detail the tasks related to the simulation of hydraulic conditions in the networks of pressure sewers. Particular attention will be paid to pressure conditions, ensuring minimum flushing velocities and water age in individual parts of the network.
The dissertation will assess tertiary wastewater treatment technologies involving different cleaning stages: ultrafiltration membrane unit (1), adsorbent column in combination with UV technology (2) for disinfection and technology of advanced oxidation technologies AOP (3). The parameters of treated wastewater for re-use will be determined as part of their further use, not only for flushing toilets or technological purposes, but also from the point of view of use for drip irrigation and irrigation by spraying agricultural land, green infrastructure of cities, including green roofs and facades. The result of the dissertation is also the implementation of selected technologies into the concept of selected municipal waste water works and building systems in the form of case studies, and the monitored parameters for use will be compared with the current Czech legislative requirements and the upcoming European Regulations.
Goal of the thesis is development of technology of municipal wastewater by anaerobic process with aggregated biomass and sludge separation by means of submerged membrane module. Work will be focused on solution of problems connected with membrane clogging by operation, cleaning and process control.
The work will be processed within the project "VALIDATION TESTING OF ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES IN ORDER TO REMOVE PHARMACEUTICALS FROM WASTEWATER (ACRONYM: TRACE & TREAT)" funded by the Norwegian Financial Mechanisms through the State Environmental Fund. The aim of the thesis will be "Use of nature-friendly technologies of treatment for post-zone treatment of wastewater". Testing will take place at the Blansko WWTP.