Willenberg Award Dinner 2015
Following these remarks the Christian Josef Willenberg medal was introduced by Alexander Kravcov and Vaclav Pospichal.
This is a new initiative of the Department of Building Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague, in association with the Willenberg Foundation and Czech National Safety and Helth Construction Coordinators Organisation (ČSSK ČSSI).
It is important to understand that Christian Josef Willenberg was able to acquire his knowledge as an engineer during his military service in Régiment d'Alsace of the French Army of Louis XIV.
In time of War of the Spanish Succession Christian Willenberg came home in Böhmen lands and starts with forcing Emperor about importance of foundation of a special school of engineers. Thank to this with the Rescript of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I, on the 18. january 1707 first engineering school in Central Europe was created.
The Willenberg Medal was established to honour him and as a reward to outstanding his will about creation of the First Engineering School that is actually the Czech Technical University in Prague in nowadays.
The Christian Josef Willenberg Award Committee decided to give the Medal to:
· Jiří Petrák for his long years experience in design, supervision and management of the bridges and transport infrastructure projects, both in UK and overseas. Great special qualification in steel bridges and engineering structures design, fabrication inspection and construction technologies.
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· Stanislav Rolc for his long years of experience as research scientist and leading of the Material Engineering Branch of Military Research Institute. His professional activities are focused mainly on Material Engineering and Terminal Ballistics, Research and development of advanced materials and structures intended to use in passive, reactive and active blast and ballistic protection. Relations between structure and high strain rate phenomena in polymers, metals, ceramics and composites.
The medal was then awarded by Dr. Vaclav Pospichal to laureates, with the congratulations of the Selection Committee. Dr. Alexander Kravcov of Czech Technical University in Prague presented laureates with a diploma.
Col. Ing. Pavel Maňas, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Faculty of Military Technology, University of Defence, and Ing. Stanislav Rolc, CSc., Associate Professor In Military Research Institute and Chief of Materials Engineering Division listen while the presentation of the Christian Willenberg Award to the Selection Committee, laureates and guests of 2014 Award. The award was named for the first Professor of Building Engineering in the Central Europe, founder of the Prague Technical University and military engineer Christian Josef Willenberg (1676 - 1731). Willenberg Award Dinner at the Yacht Club CERE on September 7th 2015.
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Prof. Ing. Vladimír Křístek, DrSc., Academy Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of CTU in Prague with Willenberg Award laureate Ing. Jiří Petrák, FEng., Chairman of the Board, founder and longtime director of Mott MacDonald CZ, member of the Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic and with his wife Hana Petráková at the Willenberg Award Dinner September 7th at Yacht Club Cere.
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Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Kravcov and Ing. Václav Pospíchal, PhD., Willenberg Foundation General Secretary, both are Assistant professors at the Department of Technology in the Czech Technical University in Prague, together with Willenberg Award laureate Ing. Stanislav Rolc, CSc., Associate Professor In Military Research Institute and Chief of Materials Engineering Division and Col. Ing. Pavel Maňas, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Faculty of Military Technology, University of Defence at the Christian Willenberg Award at the Yacht Club CERE on September 7th 2015.
