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prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.

doc. Ing. Jakub Kraus, Ph.D.; prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.; Ing. Tomáš Tlučhoř

Over the last decade, there has been a rapid development in unmanned aviation. It has long ceased to be the exclusive domain of amateur pilots using drones for photography and videography. Significant technological advancements have enabled the integration of unmanned systems into everyday human activities, primarily aiming to reduce operational costs and mitigate safety risks for employees. For these reasons, such systems are utilized worldwide for applications like infrastructure inspections, agriculture, and package delivery. In recent years, most attention has been directed toward heavier-than-air unmanned systems. However, due to certain disadvantages, such as relatively short flight durations and high ground risks in the event of an accident, research efforts are increasingly focusing on lighter-than-air unmanned systems. One area of research within this field is control systems, particularly those utilizing motor thrust as the primary method for altering direction in the vertical axis. The goal of this project is to develop a control system that employs an external ballonet, enabling more efficient utilization of onboard battery power. A secondary objective is to explore the feasibility of BVLOS operations over the densely populated center of Prague.

2025 - 2025

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS25/070/OHK2/1T/16

prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.; Ing. Daniel Urban

Unmanned aviation has undergone rapid development over the past decade, giving rise to a new sector of air transport for cargo and passenger transportation. Integrating this type of transport into urban environments presents several challenges, particularly with regard to noise emissions. Noise generated by electric propulsion units of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is a crucial factor in the social acceptance of these systems and also affects perceptions of their environmental effects. From this perspective, addressing the issue of UAS noise is essential, as it can ultimately influence the overall potential for integrating UAS into cities, thereby shaping the development of Urban Air Mobility (UAM). Due to the lack of existing solutions to this problem, the goal of this project is to develop a methodology for measuring the noise produced by the electric propulsion units of the UAS. The methodology will provide a novel approach to address the problem, focusing on the methods, techniques, and conditions under which noise measurements should be conducted.

2025 - 2025

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS25/071/OHK2/1T/16

prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.; Ing. Tomáš Tlučhoř; Ing. Adam Tománek

Unmanned aerial systems are no longer used only by leisure pilots who use them to take pictures and videos. In recent years, the technology of unmanned aerial systems has also begun to be sought after by professional users who use them, for example, in industry, agriculture, transport activities or various services. The effort to make these activities more efficient causes an increase in the demand for flying in the BVLOS mode. However, this mode of operation brings with it certain risks, especially in relation to the surrounding air traffic. In order to coordinate manned and unmanned aircraft, the European concept of U-space was created. The U-space concept aims to make the operation of unmanned aerial systems more efficient and safer by means of a high level of automation, digitalization and U-space service provision. For the proper function of the U-space concept, it is absolutely necessary that all air traffic participants in the U-space Airspace provide temporary information on the current traffic situation. Since GNSS is mainly used for the navigation of unmanned aerial systems and for communication over longer distances the mobile network is used, this project is aimed at creating new knowledge in the field of operation of unmanned aerial systems and the necessity of coverage by GNSS and 4G signals. The aim of the project is therefore to determine the effect of the unavailability of navigation and communication signals for the operation of unmanned aerial systems in U-space Airspace. At the same time, it will be determined whether it would be possible to replace these signals with other technologies or procedures, if necessary, through which it would be possible to maintain a sufficient level of operational safety.

2023 - 2024

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS23/135/OHK2/2T/16

prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.; Ing. Vít Volný; Ing. Michal Černý

The number of unmanned aircraft systems is growing exponentially in both commercial and non-commercial sectors. Aviation is on the threshold of major changes, especially at the level of unmanned aircraft systems, which bring new technologies and new types of aircraft as well as new use cases. In recent years, regulatory frameworks have been implemented around the world, setting new rules for the operation of unmanned aircraft systems so that they can be integrated into existing aviation operations. This is supporting the development and verification of the use of unmanned aircraft systems for Urban Air Mobility (UAM). As the term indicates, UAM focuses on the operation of unmanned aircraft systems in specific urban areas. It is a new element by which air transport can contribute to improving urban transport. The presented project concept deals with the issue of UAM, specifically the proposal of a methodology to assess the suitability of UAM in urban areas. The essence of the project is to develop a methodology, based on existing knowledge, that can assess the suitability of incorporating UAM in urban areas.

2023 - 2024

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS23/139/OHK2/2T/16

Ing. Michaela Fukalová; Ing. Martin Kála, Ph.D.; prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.; Ing. Karel Mündel; Ing. Kateřina Škodová

The project is focused on the development of the integrated safety management, specifically on the method of an integrated procedure for safety occurrence investigation and audits planning and execution in aviation maintenance organizations using data on aviation maintenance planning and execution. The project builds on the theory of Safety-III, i.e. an approach to safety based on systems theory, namely the System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP). It also uses the Unified Foundational Ontology (UFO) as an integration platform for data and software tools, enabling core technical solution for integrating safety and operational data from a maintenance organization, as well as integrating the very safety management system with the system for aviation maintenance planning and execution. The main output of the proposed project will be the Methodology of the integrated approach to safety occurrence investigation and audit planning, which will enable more efficient occurrence investigation as well as more efficient planning of audits in aircraft maintenance. At the same time, the methodology will contribute to the implementation of a systems safety approach in aviation maintenance, reduce the time required for investigating occurrences and preparing for audits and, last but not least, it will contribute to the establishment of a fully integrated management system in aircraft maintenance.

2021 - 2022

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS21/133/OHK2/2T/16

Ing. Michaela Fukalová; prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.; Ing. Karel Mündel; Ing. Kateřina Škodová

Safety in aviation is very important and discussed aspect today. The vision to reduce the number of air accidents and incidents, and thus the loss of life and financial costs leads to the development of safety. Supranational authorities at the world and European level issue standards, recommended practices or other requirements focused on aviation safety oversight. A relatively new proactive approach to safety must be implemented by both the organizations and the member states. One of the requirements is also the introduction of SSP (State Safety Programme) and NASP (National Aviation Safety Plan) in state aviation oversight authorities. However, it is necessary to have credible inputs to implement SSP and NASP that will show us the safety performance of the system. Safety performance monitoring is already being implemented but measuring performance in the current systems has its limitations. To compensate the shortcomings of performance measurement, it is appropriate to work with available safety data in systemic way, in this project based on STAMP (System-Theoretic Accident Model and Process), which provides a comprehensive view from which it is possible to better identify inputs for creating and updating SSP and NASP. The proposed project aim is to improve the level of safety oversight at state aviation oversight authorities. The main result will be a methodology describing the functional process of working with safety data leading to the inputs for the establishment of SSP and NASP. As part of the project research, regular consultations with experts from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Czech Republic will take place, which will serve as a validation of the project results.

2021 - 2022

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS21/132/OHK2/2T/16

Ing. Lenka Hanáková, Ph.D.; Ing. Michaela Kalivodová; prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.; Ing. Kateřina Stuchlíková

Increasing aviation safety is the main aim of all organizations that regulate and supervise aviation. At present, the emphasis on organizational factors is constantly increasing and the introduction of management systems such as quality management systems, compliance, safety and fatigue management systems are supported. The long-term approach addresses the maximum service and flight time limits for aircraft and flight crew, which is aimed at transferring responsibility for dealing with fatigue from the regulatory nature to the management systems introduced by the various organizations involved. The benefits of this process are balanced by the need to create new approaches and evaluate unrated data. The proposed project focuses on the area of fatigue in order to allow for improved flight planning efficiency for air operators in ensuring or possibly increasing aviation safety resulting from fatigue management of pilots. This will be achieved by creating a new model of fatigue that includes all the available parameters and the evaluation of not only objective, individual, but also subjective inputs from the pilots.

2019 - 2019

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS19/083/OHK2/1T/16

Ing. Simona Bolčeková; doc. Ing. Andrej Lališ, Ph.D.; prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.

The goal of the project is to develop concept for safety performance evaluation for systemic safety models in civil aviation. Safety is focused on proactive approach to prevent accidents instead of reacting to accidents, which already happened. Proactive approach also includes safety performance. The newest trend in safety is to use systemic approach. System analysis covers all interactions among system components, effects of environment and human factor. Systemic approach does not try to find one fault but it want to cover the overall system cause of problems. Evaluation of safety performance is one of the most important component of safety system but it was not yet fully implemented into different industries, due to novelty of the systemic approach to modelling safety. Currently, few implementations of the system approach to safety exist. The issue of safety performance evaluation using the systemic approach is very highly present. The output of the project should be concept of safety performance evaluation for systemic models of safety according the latest safety theories.

2018 - 2019

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS18/156/OHK2/2T/16

Ing. Lenka Hanáková, Ph.D.; Ing. Michaela Kalivodová; prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.; Ing. Slobodan Stojić, Ph.D.; Ing. Sarah Van Den Bergh; Ing. Oldřich Štumbauer, Ph.D.

Airports affect economic and social environment of their neighborhood. Their operation is linked to the activities of many other business companies. The airport itself is a business company and so generating profit is one of its goals. In today's highly competitive environment of air transport across Europe, it is important to continually analyze airport revenue and expenditures. An important factor influencing the overall balance is efficiency of individual processes. To allow the required quality of service (especially in terms of waiting times), it is important to ensure consistency between the intensity of input requirements to the system and the intensity of service provided. Among the most important parts of the handling process, which influence all departing passengers and number of other factors and parameters, there are passenger and cabin baggage security checkpoints. Consistency between the intensity of the input requirements (passenger arrival) and the intensity of the service (expressed by the number of operating security check lines) can be explicitly controlled at the checkpoints using analytical methods and simulation tools. Maintaining high level of operational efficiency whilst keeping high level of passenger satisfaction and adhering to strict security requirements is a difficult target. The proposed project, according the dissertation thesis of the proposer, aims to create analytical tools for prediction of the workload of centralized security checkpoints, by the means of mathematical models to create models refining long-term forecasts and based on current operational conditions to create tools for evaluating operational efficiency.

2018 - 2018

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS18/095/OHK2/1T/16

doc. Ing. Jakub Hospodka, Ph.D.; Ing. Bc. David Hůlek, Ph.D.; Mgr. Iveta Kameníková, Ph.D.; prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.

The project is focused on research of contrails in the Czech Republic airspace. Although contrails have a major impact on the state of the atmosphere, there are currently no comprehensive studies about their impact on the environment in the Czech Republic. Statistical surveys of probability of their occurrence, their vertical distribution and correlation with air traffic are needed before establishing their impact on environment. The project will systematically record and store data about air traffic within the airspace of the Czech Republic and also about contrails creation at least for 12 months to cope with static differences caused by annual variations of the tropopause. The advantage of the project is the use of existing facilities for the collection of information about flight operations and the formation of contrails in the airspace of the Czech Republic. The project aims to evaluate the impact of contrails on the environment in the Czech Republic.

2017 - 2018

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS17/151/OHK2/2T/16

doc. Ing. Jakub Kraus, Ph.D.; prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.; Ing. Roman Vokáč, Ph.D.; Ing. Šárka Václavíková

Air transport has always had an unshakable position in transport over medium and long distances, where other modes of transport could not compete with it. This situation, however, changes over time and air transport faces ever greater number of obstacles. They are created together with the events with negative impact on air transport and at the same time with the development of other modes of transport. Events of the 11th September 2001 can be identified as a major negative effect on air transport in the 21st century. They resulted in a sharp security increase of the entire air transport, which has led to an extension of the time spent at the airport for passengers. The second element acting against air transport is the development of high-speed trains that can more quickly and comfortably transport passengers, and therefore begin to compete with air transport for medium distances. In this project we focus on the potential of use of sensor networks for passenger security checks. Sensor networks are used to detect any physical and chemical parameters and can serve as the first check of passengers in the airport terminal, such as detecting dangerous metal objects, or detecting CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive hazards) and help to minimize the necessary time spent at the airport by passengers. This would achieve a higher throughput of passengers at the security check with the preservation or even increase in the level of aviation security thanks to possible checking even in landside area.

2017 - 2018

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS17/154/OHK2/2T/16

Ing. Jan Franěk; Ing. Eva Kvasničková; prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.; Ing. Vladimír Plos, Ph.D.; Ing. Matouš Staněk; Ing. Slobodan Stojić, Ph.D.

The process of creating simulations is (not only) very time-consuming, challenging in terms of input value processing (system characteristics) and difficult for proper system identification and configuration. Airports usually deal only with operational simulations when they are creating simulation models because of the time and economical reasons. Such models are developed in order to determine the capacity demand and verify appropriate terminal processes scenarios for specific terminals. Airports don't give sufficient attention to a scientific potential. The proposed project offers an extension of possible solutions of the given issue in current terminal process analysis and defining the critical elements of the process. The examination scope of view doesn't need to be limited solely to operational aspects. It is possible to deal with the modelling of various options for solving the issue. These for example include research on the influence of different groups of passengers on check-in process efficiency, the impact of passenger knowledge, etc. After the basic simulation is created it is possible to design and validate possibilities of influencing and controlling the passengers flow in order to increase efficiency and maintain a high level of service quality. These include the usability modelling of virtual queuing theory (some passengers are preferred at security before passengers from other flights depending on the time before departure), evaluation the impact of the introduction of specialized security checkpoints for groups of passengers with different (significantly longer) time of screening, etc. The possibility of impact assessment of new technologies and procedures (and their designing with respect to operational efficiency) is very actual nowadays.

2016 - 2017

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS16/189/OHK2/2T/16