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Soňa Hříbalová: Materiály a keramika v parkovacích senzorech

Soňa Hříbalová je materiálová  technoložka. V Ústavu skla a keramiky na Fakultě chemické technologie Vysoké školy chemicko-technologické v Praze se věnuje modelování rozptylu světla v transparentní keramice a bezolovnaté piezoelektrické keramice. V roce 2022/2023 vycestovala společně s manželem do USA s cílem prozkoumat mechanismy degradace bezolovnatých materiálů pro výrobu piezoelektrické keramiky, která se využívá třeba k výrobě ultrazvuků ve zdravotnictví, parkovacích senzorů v automobilovém průmyslu nebo v inkoustových tiskárnách. Vzhledem k tomu, že dlouhodobě působila v Akademickém senátu a ve studentské iniciativě pro podporu doktorandů, získala Fulbright-Masarykovo stipendium pro špičkové vědce a vědkyně, kteří jsou navíc aktivní v občanském nebo veřejném životě. Přestože osmiměsíční pobyt na Pennsylvania State University byl velmi náročný a v začátku poměrně stresující kvůli nepříznivě se vyvíjejícím výsledkům výzkumného měření, dodnes jí Spojené státy spolehlivě vykouzlí úsm
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Denisa Dražkovičová: Studying in Michigan – An Unforgettable Experience

Denisa Dražkovičová is a student of chemistry at the University of Pardubice. This past summer, she participated in the 2024 Summer Institute for European Student Leaders, a special training program run by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. The goal of this 5-week immersive program at Michigan State University is to provide 20 undergraduate students from various countries with a deeper understanding of the United States while enhancing their leadership skills. Denisa’s program focused on civic engagement, leading participants to examine its history in the United States and explore topics such as citizenship, community building, economic development, grassroots activism, political leadership, and volunteerism. Hands-on sessions and workshops focused on civil rights and protections, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, citizen journalism, social movements, education, governance, minority communities, leadership, and media. Denisa s

Veronika Pikola Brázdilová: Six Months Across America - My Family’s Fulbright Journey of Discovery and Adventure

Veronika Pikola Brázdilová works as a manager of international projects in the Václav Havel Library. She studied communications at Sciences Po Paris (Institut d'études politiques)graduating with an internship at the European Commission in Brussels. She was a project manager for the Belgian communication agency managing European Union websites. After returning from abroad, she worked for a year at the Representation of the European Commission in Prague. Since 2013, she has been working in the Václav Havel Library. In the Spring of 2024, she, her husband, and their two sons left for the USA as a scholarship recipient of the Fulbright-Masaryk program for the non-profit sector. For four months, she worked at the Bill Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas. Veronika and her family wanted to take advantage of everything the big move had to offer for their family of four by traveling across the country: “During six months we traveled through 21 states, explored about 40 mus

Karolína Pštross: Od výzkumu na Columbia University ke kulturnímu životu v New Yorku

Karolína Pštross je  doktorandkou na Institutu komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky Univerzity Karlovy      v Praze. Ve svém výzkumu se zabývá komunikací vědy se zaměřením na vědeckou žurnalistiku, důvěru ve vědu a diskurz na pomězí vědy a umění.  V roce 2023 získala Fulbrightovo stipendium a strávila devět měsíců na Columbia University v New Yorku, kde zkoumala vědecké poradenství v kontextu tzv. evidence-based policymaking. Pracuje také jako vedoucí komunikace v Centru umělé inteligence na ČVUT. Říká se, Fulbright vám změní život. Ruku na srdce, před odjezdem do New Yorku jsem se příslibu turbulentních změn docela bála. Svůj život v Praze mám ráda, profesně i akademicky se mi daří a na své kamarády nedám dopustit. Tak proč něco měnit? Odvahu vyrazit mi nakonec dal i rozhovor s filozofkou Laurie Ann Paul , ve kterém vysvětluje, že k zásadním životním volbám zkrátka nejde přistupovat racionálně. Je to prý jako byste se snažili si představit, jaké by to bylo stát se upírem – s tím, co n

Anya Fairchild: A Much Needed Return

Anya is a preschool teacher, actor, and Marketing Director for her local community theater. She is also one of 300 English Teaching Assistants, who have come to spice up foreign language education of Czech students at various high schools all over the Czech Republic since 2005. With a BA in Theater Education, a PreK-12 teaching license, and family heritage in Central Europe, Anya was placed at Masaryk Gymnazium and Nursing School in Vsetín, a town of 25,000 in East Moravia. During the 2019/2020 academic year, beyond teaching English, Anya hosted a popular drama club, where students played theater games, learned how to improv, read parts of scripts, and built scenes with the expectation of performing a play at the end of the school year. In March 2020, however, Covid suddenly paralyzed the world. The Fulbright Program was terminated, and Anya, as well as thousands of other Fulbrighters all over the world, had to return home, often without the opportunity to say a proper goodbye to their

Andrew Harlan: In Prague by Accident

Andrew Harlan is a composer, sound designer, and bassist. A Boston Conservatory graduate currently pursuing a Ph.D. at UC Berkeley, Andrew has been mentored by leading figures in contemporary music including Marti Epstein, Myra Melford, and Ken Ueno. Andrew's original music was showcased in a multitude of festivals including the Valencia International Performance Academy, the Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, the Summer Institute of Contemporary Performance Practice, and the Wellesley Composers Conference. During the past academic year, Andrew spent nine months at the Music and Dance Faculty of The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where he composed music that combines improvisation and live electronics. Although Andrew's inspiration to spend a year in the Czech Republic was spontaneously inspired by a meeting with Czech composer Michal Rataj in California, today Andrew says: "My time as a Fulbrighter was a reminder to me that the most beautiful gift of being an artis