„Życie Uczelni” information bulletin of the TUL

From the 19th - 21st of October 2022 at Lodz University of Technology, we hosted a SustDesignTex project kick-off meeting for the first time as a coordinator of a Twinning project and welcomed the project partners from RWTH Aachen University (Germany), University of Borås (Sweden), University of Zaragoza (Spain), and Wademekum Company (Poland).

Written by Tsegaye Lemmi (PhD candidate)

Administrator SustDesignTex

On Tuesday, October 25, the opening ceremony of TUL Non-Public Kindergarten took place. It was attended by many guests, for whom it is important to create a new facility looking after children. The cutting of the ribbon was attended by: Rector prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik and the vice-governor of Łódź, Karol Młynarczyk, representative of Zap-Bud companies Ismena Gawęda and the director of the kindergarten Agnieszka Baranowicz.

Written by Ewa Chojnacka editor-in-chief

The final PiCoDe workshop took place in Eskişehir (Turkey), in a city founded by the Phrygians around 1000 BC. A group of students and teachers from Portugal, Poland, Turkey and USA worked on the design and prototype of a new product, primarily made from a local material called meerschaum.

The 3D modelling of the prototypes and development of sketching and preideafication boards and experiemental material displays were exhibited to public on 7th October 2022 at Atilla Özer Karikatürlü Gallery, Eskişehir.

Written by Marta Miaskowska, Institute of Architecture of Textiles

Lodz University of Technology and Accenture Poland have signed a letter of intent on joint activities to improve student training and in development, teaching and research activities. The document was signed by the Rector, Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik and the president of the board, Jarosław Kroc.

Written by Ewa Chojnacka, editor-in-chief

Obtaining foreign accreditation and certificates from industry committees by Polish universities increases the international competitiveness of universities, builds their international visibility, but also brings benefits from the preparation for accreditation processes. ABET accreditation - currently the most important and recognizable among students and employers accreditation for technical universities in the United States - is a confirmation of meeting the standards that make graduates of accredited programs ready to enter the labour market in important technical fields, leading in innovation and new technologies.

Written by Justyna Kopańska, MSc, International Cooperation Centre

The meeting of the TUL Masters of Didactics with the project manager, Dr inż. Dorota Piotrowska, TUL Prof., was held under the motto of 'co-tutoring'. Its aim was to exchange experiences and cooperation of staff in the search for an optimal tutoring model for Lodz University of Technology.

Written by International Educational Projects Division, International Cooperation Centre

The Masters of Didactics are a large group of academic teachers who are particularly keen on innovation in education. One of their recent meetings concerned a discussion on the tutoring model at Lodz University of Technology. Its main goal was the need to develop this method of collaboration between lecturers and students.

Written by Dr inż. Dorota Piotrowska, TUL Prof.,

Director of the International Cooperation Centre

I talk to Prof. Łukasz Kaczmarek, head of the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at TUL, about what links a microwave, a UV lamp and a backyard garden to graphene quantum dots for photovoltaic cell production.

Interviewee Ewa Chojnacka

In 1992, the Senate of Lodz University of Technology established the International Faculty of Engineering Studies, which four years later was transformed into the International Faculty of Engineering that exists to this day. A perfect occasion to celebrate the jubilee was the inauguration ceremony of the academic year 2022/23 for the newly enrolled IFE students which took place on 5 October in the building of "Alchemium - magic of the chemistry of tomorrow".

Written by M.Sc. Małgorzata Spodenkiewicz, International Cooperation Center

Expanding international cooperation networks, synergies between business and science, or development through the Erasmus+ programme are just some of the challenges facing the innovation centre soon to be opened in Lodz. The agreement announcing the establishment of the Erasmus+ InnHUB Lodz was signed on 5 October as part of the ceremonial inauguration of the academic year at Lodz University of Technology.

Five days of intensive and creative work, 20 students from Poland, Portugal and Estonia, a joint effort to define the problems of people with disabilities - the summer school organized by Lodz University of Technology in Porto as part of the Mr UD project is behind us.

Written by Dorota Kamińska, Institute of Mechatronics and Information Systems

On Friday 23 September, Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux, a prominent figure in the world of technology and business, visited Lodz University of Technology. The visit was organized thanks to the support of the US Embassy in Poland.

Written by Ewa Chojnacka, editor-in-chief

Two programs: Computer Science and Information Technology conducted in English at Lodz University of Technology have received the prestigious accreditation of the American organization ABET - Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.

Written by Ewa Chojnacka, editori-in-chief

Professor Łukasz Albrecht was awarded the Stanisław Kostanecki - prestigious award granted for outstanding achievements in organic chemistry. The ceremony took place during the 64th Congress of the Polish Chemical Society which brought together 650 scientists. Prof. Albrecht, as special guest, gave a plenary lecture on the tools used to create chemical diversity, i.e. organocatalytic cycloadditions, which is a way of accelerating a special type of chemical reactions.

Written by Ewa Chojnacka

The academic holidays in 2022 allowed for extremely interesting, pioneering work in the field of quantum information at the Lodz University of Technology. At the Department of Semiconductor and Optoelectronic Devices of the Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering, for the first time in Łódź, tests of cryptographic transmissions were carried out using QKD (Quantum Key Distribution) devices.

Written by Mirosław Sopek, PhD, CEO Quantum Blockchains, Inc., Chairman of the University Council of the Lodz University of Technology