It provides an opportunity for first- and second-year doctoral candidates of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of TUL and young researchers to acquire an internally-funded grant. For the young researchers there is an additional criterion: the time since the award of their PhD may not be longer than 5 years.
January brought the conclusion of the calls for proposals announced by the heads of scientific disciplines at TUL: 18 young researchers and 24 doctoral candidates were awarded grants the total value of which is 720000 złoty.
Grants to fund proposals by young researchers
The proposals submitted by young researchers are, naturally, quite ranging in their subject matter, as they involve 8 disciplines of science (out of the 12 in which research is conducted at TUL). They deal with research methods and identification of the role that various chemical compounds, relevant in selected diseases, green chemistry products, as well well as metabolic processes, play.
Other research proposals focus on the properties of electrical insulating liquids, analysis of consumer behavior and business productivity, and optical properties of new diodes. Still others concentrate on searching for solutions in mathematics, architectural design, reinforcement of concrete structures, designing sustainable building material, and atmosphere monitoring. Given below are the names of the young researchers along with the titles of the proposals for which they were granted the funding.
Listed below are the awarded young researchers by scientific discipline:
Architecture and Urban Planning
- dr inż. arch. Filip Zamiatnin, Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning - Filozofia projektowania we współczesnej architekturze (The Philosophy of Design in Contemporary Architecture)
Automation, Electronic, Electrical Engineering and Space Technologies
- dr inż. Filip Stuchała, Institute of Electrical Power Engineering - Właściwości udarowe cieczy elektroizolacyjnych produkowanych w technologii Gas-to-liquids (GTL) w oparciu o parametr napięcia przyspieszenia (Surge behavior of GTL-based electroinsulating liquids relative to the parameter of acceleration voltage)
Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport
- dr inż. Janusz Rogowski, Department of Concrete Structures - Czynne wzmocnienie żelbetowych belek na zginanie taśmami FeSMA (Flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete beams with FeSMA strips)
- dr inż. Alicja Wieczorek, Department of Building Materials Physics and Sustainable Design - Kształtowanie własności kompozytów geopolimerowych na bazie popiołów z recyklingu w aspekcie wydłużenia trwałości i obniżenia śladu węglowego (Modification of the properties of fly ash-based geopolymer composites to increase durability and reduce carbon footprint)
- mgr inż. Anna Arkuszewska-Gomulak, Institute of Environmental Engineering and Building Services - Mikrobiologiczna analiza jakości powietrza na terenie Kampusu Politechniki Łódzkiej (Microbiological Analysis of Air Quality on the Premises of Lodz University of Technology Campus)
Mathematics
- dr Michał Bełdziński, Institute of Mathematics - Istnienie rozwiązań dla układów równań nieliniowych typu hybrydowego (On the existence solutions to systems of hybrid-type nonlinear equations)
Chemical Sciences
- dr inż. Magdalena Gajek, Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry - The development of a research method to discriminate Cabernet Sauvignon wine samples using GC-MS and ICP-OES techniques supported by multidimensional data analysis
- dr inż. Paulina Gątarek, Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry - Rola metabolitów łączonych z mikrobiotą jelitową w chorobie Parkinsona i jej progresji (The role of intestinal microbiota metabolites in Parkinson's disease and its progression)
- dr inż. Anna Pietrzak, Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry - Unraveling the mysteries of intramolecular hydrogen bonding defined by phosphoryl group
- dr inż. Angelina Rosiak, Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Arabitol – biomarkerem archeologicznych pozostałości napojów alkoholowych? (Arabitol: a biomarker of archaeological traces of alcoholic beverages?)
- dr inż. Renata Smulik-Izydorczyk, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry - Molecular probes for fluorescent detection of reactive sulfur species
- dr inż. Agata Sowińska, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry - W stronę zrównoważonej syntezy biologicznie aktywnych metabolitów fosforanowych: badanie selektywności kinazy dihydroksyacetonowej przy użyciu metod obliczeniowych (Toward Sustainable Synthesis of Biologically Active Phospho Metabolites: Investigating the Selectivity of Dihydroxyacetone Kinase with Computational Methods)
- dr inż. Kinga Wieczorek, Institute of general and Ecological Chemistry -Dynamics of surface water pollution within the Bzura catchement
Physical Sciences
- dr inż. Magdalena Marciniak, Institute of Physics - Experimental characterisation of the optical properties of novel VCSELs
Management and Quality Studies
- dr Kamil L. Lubiński, Institute of Marketing and Sustainable Development, Collectible Toys Purchasing Intentions of Generations Y and Z. Based on the Theory of Consumption VaIues (TCV)
- dr inż. Michaela Rostek, Institute of Management - Wpływ nowych technologii na produktywność przedsiębiorstw w kontekście lndustry 4.0 oraz pandemii COVID-19 (On the implications of new technologies for business productivity in the context of lndustry 4.0 and the COVID-19 pandemic)
Food Technology and Nutrition
- dr inż. Dominika Kajszczak, Institute of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology - Związki fenolowe jako inhibitory esterazy cholesterolowej (Phenolic Compounds as Inhibitors of Cholesterol Esterase)
- dr inż. Katarzyna Włodarczyk, Institute of Natural Products and Cosmetics - Badanie wpływu nanocząsteczek tlenku cynku (nano-ZnO) na wzrost, wydajność plonowania, stres oksydacyjny i inne wybrane parametry fizjologiczne truskawek (Fragaria ananassa Duch. L.) (On the effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles (nano-ZnO) on the growth, yield performance, oxidative stress, and other selected physiological characteristics of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch. L.)
Listed below are the doctoral candidates who have been awarded FU2N grants:
Architecture and Urban Planning
- mgr inż. arch. Andrii Polishchuk
Information and Communication Technology
- mgr inż. Agnieszka Dubiel
Chemical Engineering
- mgr inż. Marlena Domińska
- mgr inż. Martyna Gloc
- mgr Tomasz Grzyb
- mgr inż. Katarzyna Miśkiewicz
Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport
- mgr inż. Patrycja Wiercińska
Mechanical Engineering
- Muhammad Junaid U Rehman, M.Sc.
- Sayedmohsen Martazavi Najafabadi, M.Sc
Mathematics
- mgr Tomasz Józefiak
- mgr Mateusz Lichman
Chemical Sciences
- mgr inż. Ewelina Fornal
- mgr inż. Małgorzata Główczyńska
- mgr inż. Damian Kryszczak
- mgr inż. Aleksander Kucharek
- mgr inż. Dorota Latańska-Wulw
- mgr inż. Norbert Nizel
- mgr inż. Patrycja Schab
- mgr inż. Sylwia Wróbel
- mgr inż. Katarzyna Zielińska
Physical Sciences
- Arijit Mukherjee
Food Technology and Nutrition
- mgr inż. Natalia Rutkowska
- mgr inż. Nadia Guzińska
- mgr inż. Tomasz Szczygieł