A green future calls for people who think green and act green. So how do we draw people's attention to the protection of the earth, conservation of natural resources, sustainable production, and reduction of consumption? Our university is deeply invested in this issue.
Written by dr inż. Aleksandra Makowska, Institute of Marketing and Sustainable Development
The 6th Stena Circular Economy Award (SCEA) competition grand finale was part of the ToGetAir 2023 Climate Summit, which took place just before the International Earth Day. The top prize in the Student category went to Marlena Idczak and Klementyna Folwarczyk - students pursuing a degree in Management and Production Engineering at the Faculty of Organization and Management. The winning proposal sets out to develop a product - a non-woven landscape fabric mulch, which will be produced from waste, i.e. used clothes, made from sheep wool.
Written by dr inż. Barbara Galińska, Institute of Management
The conference 'Welcome Point at Lodz University of Technology' concluded the project called 'Organization of a Welcome Point – a point of service dedicated to foreign students and staff at Lodz University of Technology' .
Written by Paulina Danieluk, International Cooperation Centre
The run of sporting successes for the students of Lodz University of Technology continues. Our karate fighters have once again won the general classification of the Polish Academic Championships, winning as many as 10 medals.
The AdapTable system can track and recognize objects on flat surfaces by measuring electrical capacitance. It was developed by researchers and students affiliated with the Institute of Applied Computer Science.
Written by Ewa Chojnacka-editor-in-chief
When we buy clothes, we touch the fabric to make sure it is the right choice for us. But how do you do that when you shop online? The TextureTouch system could be your solution to that problem.
Written by Ewa Chojnacka, editor-in-chief
Research internship for the realization of the project entitled Dopamine mapping with next-generation neural probes based on nano-graphitic superior electrochemical sensors for multi-site recording of neuromodulators in the brain
at the New York University NanoLab, funded by the Kosciuszko Foundation.
Written by dr hab. inż. Katarzyna Znajdek, Department of Semiconductor and Optoelectronic Devices
Researchers from Lodz University of Technology from the Faculty of Process Engineering and Environmental Protection and the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering are participating in the Bio-Plastics Europe project funded by Horizon 2020.
Written by prof. Liliana Krzystek, Department of Bioprocess Engineering
The adverse effects of plastic waste on the aquatic environment, and especially on the living organisms that inhabit it, are well known to many of us from abundant media reports. Much less information reaches us about the possible effects of plastic waste on the soil and the organisms living there.
Written by prof. Ewa Liwarska-Bizukojć, Institute of Environmental Engineering and Building Services
For me as a technical physicist, it is also fascinating to see how various physical phenomena can be used to construct devices without which we cannot imagine the modern world, says Michał Szmigielski, MSc, a doctoral student at Interdisciplinary Doctoral School. He studies liquid crystals used, among other things, in the latest displays.