Science in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Developing a production technology of large-area HSMG® and building a high-efficiency production process is one of the primary research projects. Graphene fabricated at the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering has been fully characterized and functionalized in view of its applications in composites, sensors (atmosphere, temperature etc.) and hydrogen storage. The results of the research made it possible for the technology to be transferred via a contribution in kind to Advanced Graphene Products Sp. z o.o.

The Faculty's scientists are also engaged in important research projects on environment protection. They have developed a technology of mercury capture from flue gas from lignite-fired power plants. As a result of this research a pilot line was designed and constructed at Bełchatów Power Station.

Results of innovative research have also been applied to medicine, an example of which is the development and implementation of the technology of orthopaedic implant surface modification by deposition of carbon/silicon layers. The technology was used in the production of intramedullary nails, orthopaedic (bone) screws, stabilizers etc. The products have undergone a complete research cycle and are now marketed internationally.

1. with research partners:

• national:
• Zbigniew Religa Foundation for Cardiac Surgery Development,
• Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute, 
• Jerzy Nofer Occupational Medicine Institute,
• AGH University of Science and Technology,
• Military University of Technology in Warsaw,
• Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
• Rzeszów University of Technology,
• Lublin University of Technology,
• Częstochowa University of Technology,
• Poznań University of Technology,
• Gdańsk University of Technology, 
• Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology,
• Warsaw University of Technology,
• Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice;

• international:
• Cranfield University, Great Britain;
• Strathclyde University, Great Britain;
• Saratov State Technical University, Russia; 
• Dnepropetrovsk National University, Ukraine; RWTH Aachen University, Germany; Technical University of Košice, Slovakia;Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic;

2. with business partners:

• Airbus Helicopters,
• SECO WARWICK,
• PKN ORLEN,
• WARM,
• ABB,
• Indesit,
• Bosch-Siemens,
• AMZ Kutno,
• PSA (Peugeot Société Anonyme), 
• Wielton,
• Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Bełchatów,
• LFC Zielona Góra,
• Bełchatowsko-Kleszczowski Park Przemysłowo-Technologiczny, 
• MEDGAL Białystok.

TUL scientists’ blog:

• What will universities be like in 30 years' time? Part II - knowledge and information.

• What will be universities like in 30 years' time? Part I - technology.

• Robots to replace surgeons?

• Graphene -honeycomb carbon for technologies of tomorrow.

• Medical robots born and raised in Lodz University of Technology.

• Nanotechnologies for the conquest of space.

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