Successful scientist Natalia E.Kazantseva was appointed the first Adjunct Professor at Tomas Bata University in Zlín by TBU Rector, Vladimír Sedlařík, on 1 October 2020. Natalia E. Kazantseva succeeded in the arduous process of professorial appointment procedure held in front of TBU Scientific Board.

“An Adjunct Professor may only be appointed by a higher education institution which has received the so-called institutional accreditation. TBU was one of the first universities in the Czech Republic to successfully fulfil the requirements for its acquisition. The position of an Adjunct Professor is intended for experts who have already gained a similar position abroad or who have many years’ practical experience. In case of Natalia E. Kazantseva, these requirements have been fulfilled without question, and I am greatly delighted that such a world-class scientist works at Tomas Bata University,” said Vladimír Sedlařík, TBU Rector.

Tomas Bata University in Zlín (TBU) was admitted as a new member of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA).

On 17 April 2020, TBU was admitted as a new member of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) consortium under the Energy Storage joint program based on online voting.

Dear colleagues,

In connection with the new Rector's Decree No. RR/7/2020, which responds to an emergency measure of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, I would like to clarify matters concerning the operation of CPS:

We are wishing you a Christmas filled with love, joy and peace. We look forward to futher cooperation in 2020.

Assoc. Prof.  Karel Havlíček, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, visited Tomas Bata University in Zlín (TBU) on 7 November 2019. He met both representatives of schools and of local business and industry. At TBU, which is an example of a working link between education and practice, they dealt with the issue of creative industry, among other topics. Support of technology-oriented professions, investment in research and development as well as intents of TBU and of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) in future were discussed as well. During his visit, the Minister was accompanied by Lukáš Trčka, Director of the Regional Office of the CzechInvest company, and by Filip Terš, Director of the Office of the Minister of Industry and Trade.

Zlín, 11^th November 2019 – A conference was held to highlight the results of research and the latest advances in rubber, as well as to allow scientists and people in the industry to meet. So it was that the fifth annual “Gumference” took place on 13^th November 2019 at the Centre of Polymer Systems (CPS), part of Tomas Bata University in Zlín (TBU). As in the past, the Centre organised the event in cooperation with Barum Continental Otrokovice.

Advanced Batteries, Accumulators and Fuel Cells. The  conference was held in August 25^th - 28^th, 2019. Main fields of interest of the conference were the research and development of materials designated for modern electrochemical power sources, new investigations in the fields of materials research, applied electrochemistry, corrosion, preparation and properties of nanomaterial structures, non conventional sources of electrical energy including photovoltaic systems, ionic liquids for power sources and their properties, replacement of lithium by sodium or other metals in batteries, electrochromism and practical use of electrochemical power sources including their application. Large-scale applications in transportation and energy storage and special electrochemical technologies were included as well.

On Friday, July 19, 2019 students from Ton Duc Thang University in Vietnam visited Tomas Bata University in Zlin, with which they have been working for a long time. After a tour of the city of Zlin, they also visited the Centre of Polymer Systems where they were particularly interested in current research and laboratory equipment.