RTI went into operation on July 1, 2015. Almost 100 researchers are employed in laboratories, test rooms, and workplaces, where they have the latest experimental, software, and computer technology at their disposal. The research is now carried out in 10 laboratories and focuses on six main research areas. Gradually, tasks for online monitoring of machinery and vehicle operations are being established, their digital twins are being developed, and tools of artificial intelligence and machine learning are being applied. Labs Metal Additive Manufacturing Laboratory Virtual Prototyping Laboratory Machining Technology Laboratory Workshop Metrology Laboratory Power Engineering Laboratory Experimental Forming Laboratory Engineering Experimental Methods Laboratory Power Engineering Laboratory Mechanical Testing Laboratory Metallographic Laboratory Service Strength and Fatigue Life Testing Laboratory Focus: Material Engineering Additive Manufacturing Digital Engineering Mechanical Engineering Rail Vehicles Road Vehicles
I graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague. Since 1987, he has worked at the Central Research Institute of the SKODA Pilsen Group. From 2000 to 2008, he was the director of SKODA RESEARCH, and from 2004 to 2005, he was also a member of the board of directors of VUKV, the research institute of railway vehicles in Prague.
Since 2008, he has been working at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, where he qualified as an associate professor. He built the Regional Technological Institute, a research center of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. From 2012 to 2018, he managed the national project Center of Competence for Railway Vehicles.