A graduate of Lodz University of Technology, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, PhD will embark on the scientific and technological mission Ax-4 to the International Space Station (ISS).
As he said during the press conference a few days before the launch:
Our mission is called IGNIS, which symbolizes fire and ambition. IGNIS consists of two elements. First: science and technology. Let's look at some examples. We will study the microorganisms that created the conditions for life on Earth in order to understand how to sustain that life in long-term space missions. There will be a lot of research on human physiology and psychology.
The path to space success for Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, PhD was paved by his advanced technical education. He graduated with honors in 2008, majoring in electronics and telecommunications at the Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering at Lodz University of Technology. He was an exceptionally talented and committed student, achieving high academic results.
He received an excellent grade on his diploma, and the title of his master’s thesis, written in English, was: “Automatic power measurements and power-driven synthesis techniques on Xilinx FPGAs.” It is worth emphasizing that this thesis was completed after a five-month internship in Grenoble, France, at the headquarters of Xilinx. He wrote it under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Zygmunt Ciota (TUL) and Prof. Sébastien Le Nours. In the same year, he received a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Nantes (France). In 2011, he defended his doctorate at Aix-Marseille University in France.
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