Natalia Krzyzaniak and Patryk Goszczyński, students pursuing a degree in Human-Computer Interaction, are engaged in a project on computer games as research tools. Natalia, a co-author of the research, explains what its purpose is.
Written by Natalia Krzyżaniak
Aleksander Skóra, a student of the Lodz University of Technology Secondary School, won a silver medal at the 34th International Biological Olympiad, held in the United Arab Emirates. During the closing ceremony, he stepped onto the podium, holding the Polish flag, feeling quite pleased with the tremendous success he had achieved. He is, after all, among the best young biologists in the world.
Written by Ewa Chojnacka, edito-in-chief
New trees at Lodz University of Technology, rainwater for plants, and solar benches you can charge your mobile devices on have won this year's edition of the IDEA BOX program.
Written by Małgorzata Parzynowska, University Office for Development
The President of the Republic of Poland presented Paolo Di Barba of the University of Pavia the nomination act for full professorship in Engineering and Technology.
Dr inż. Ernest Stano of the Institute of Mechatronics and Information Systems, Lodz University of Technology has been recognized with a scholarship for excellent young researchers awarded by the Minister of Education and Science.
The laureate graduated from the Faculty of Electric, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering. He defended his doctoral dissertation with honors last year, just four years of his graduation. The 29-year-old researcher's track record is quite impressive. He has authored and co-authored 24 publications, six patents, and has carried out three research grants.
Written by Ewa Chojnacka, editor-in-chief
A group of researchers in the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Science, including dr inż. Joanna Grzelczyk, dr inż. Gałązka-Czarnecka, and dr inż. Joanna Oracz, have been working edible packaging and dishware. The technology they have been developing takes advantage of vegetative waste. Their innovative project called Mixture for the production of disposable biodegradable packaging and tableware, especially for use in the food industry, and a method of their production took second place in the competition "Eureka! DGP - discovering Polish inventions".
The latest Hot Topics in Science and Technology series featured dr. Jacek Gwizdka, Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, who delivered a lecture on “Neuro-physiological evidence as a basis for understanding human-information interaction”. In an interview for Życie Uczelni, Jacek talks about his professional career trajectory and research.
With the beginning of July, the second edition of the Spinaker project, funded by NAWA with EU funds, kicked off at the Faculty of OiZ. The first one was successfully held in April.
Written by dr Sebastian Bakalarczyk, Institute of Management
The project has been in development since 2015. New students have been joining the team in place of those graduating, yet one thing has remained constant - the GUST turbine has been a tour de force project. At the International Small Wind Turbine Contest in the Netherlands, the team working on the GUST project have just achieved another spectacular win. Their small but highly innovative wind turbine won first place, achieving in addition the best result in the category of the highest per annum energy production.
Written by Marcin Walczak, Team GUST
Lodz University of Technology is among the best universities in Poland! Again! This year, however, it has been ranked one notch higher than last year among technical universities.
Written by Ewa Chojnacka, editor-in-chief
Year 2023 has been rather special for the discipline of Management and Quality Studies on account of the Summer School of Management (SZL), an event regarded as iconic by the scientific community of the discipline. The conference has been held biannually since 1973. The organization of the latest, 22nd edition, was granted to the Faculty of Organization and Management of Lodz University of Technology and the Faculty of Management of the Wroclaw University of Economics. It was held under the auspices of the Committee on Organizational and Management Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as of the Rectors of both universities, Professor Krzysztof Jóźwik and Professor Andrzej Kaleta.
Written by dr hab. Anna Adamik, TUL professor, Institute of Management
The project dealing with carbon capture and utilization is scheduled to end in December 2023. Its activities have been carried out with the financial support of the governments of Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary provided through the Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund.
Prof. Andrzej Marcinkowski from the Department of Organization and Management at the Lodz University of Technology (TUL) is involved in his research work, including life cycle assessment (LCA), production engineering, industrial symbiosis and energy efficiency.
Lodz University of Technology representatives successfully competed in the Polish Academic Championships in beach volleyball. Maciej Kaszewiak, a student at the Faculty of Organization and Management, and Miłosz Kruk, a student at the Faculty of Chemistry, won the title of Polish Vice-Champions. Their coach is mgr Piotr Piotrowski, TUL Sports Center.
Written by TUL Sports Center
We are very pleased to announce that the fourth edition of the project 'Masters of didactics-implementation of the tutoring model' has brought about great achievements for many students of Lodz University of Technology. Among them is Anna Magnuszewska, a second-year student pursuing a degree in Advanced Design and Technology at the Faculty of Materials Technology and Textile Design. Read on to learn more about this young person, who for several years now has been successfully blending her passions into her studies.
Written by Alina Wujcik, International Cooperation Center