Our department, led by Prof. Karel Pavelka, took part in an expedition to El Salvador. The purpose of the trip was to accept an invitation from an organization with which we had concluded a cooperation agreement last year on the basis of negotiations, previous activities, and a personal visit by a group of Salvadoran experts, as well as to hold high-level meetings with the aim of establishing further cooperation in science, culture, and education.
An important point of cooperation is the fact that the director of OPAMSS (La Oficina de Planificación del Área Metropolitana de San Salvador) is a graduate of the doctoral program at CTU and therefore has good contacts with references to CTU in El Salvador. The main points of the trip were four targeted and modified lectures for different audiences. The key information was about CTU as a whole, the study opportunities available at our university, preferred areas of research and teaching, and the strategic directions of CTU's development.
As part of the expedition, it was important to demonstrate the possibilities of today's fast and accurate documentation of objects using drones, photogrammetry, and mobile laser scanning. Five archaeological sites were visited over three days.
The most important presentations were lectures given during a three-hour workshop to interested parties from various institutions and universities. In the subsequent discussion, questions were answered, particularly regarding the possibility of students from El Salvador studying at CTU and technology transfer. In addition, demonstration measurements and data processing were carried out for the documentation of historical buildings, technical equipment in buildings, urban planning and architecture, as well as the possibilities of precise measurement and metrology for technical and mechanical objects.
Possible areas for further cooperation beyond those mentioned above were discussed, such as sensor-based early warning systems and proposals for solving critical transport issues in the capital city.
