„Życie Uczelni” information bulletin of the TUL

More than 200 students, staff and high school students, as well as a crowd of reporters, awaited his entrance - the E1 auditorium at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Science and Automation packed to capacity. Dr inż. Sławosz Uznański, a Polish astronaut candidate selected by the European Space Agency, paid a visit to his alma mater. Back in 2008, Mr Uznański graduated with honors from the Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering with a degree in Electronics and Telecommunications.

Written by Ewa Chojnacka, editor-in-chief

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Department of Environmental Biotechnology (KBŚ-PŁ) and the Department of Personal Protective Equipment of the Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB) has been awarded the 1st prize in the scientific research category of the National Competition for the Improvement of Working

Written by Dorota Kręgiel, Department of Environmental Biotechnology

ŻU: The start of a new year provides an opportunity to take stock of what was achieved and to plan new projects. Let's begin with the stock-taking first. What do you consider to have been the most important and rewarding achievement in 2022, and what do you find to have been the hardest challenge?

Michał Krupa, PhD, is a graduate in Electronics and Telecommunications at Lodz University of Technology. He has been working at CERN for 12 years, but has not lost touch with his university. In November, he defended his doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering.

"Życie Uczelni" talks to Dr Krupa about his studies, the opportunities and possibilities offered by the university, the Technical Student programme at CERN and working at one of the best scientific centres.

Lodz University of Technology has a new partner - Anwim S.A., owner and operator of the MOYA petrol station chain. The agreement provides for joint projects and research and development work on eco-innovation.

Written by Ewa Chojnacka edito-in-chief

Prof Andrzej Bartoszewicz from the Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering has been elected President of the Lodz Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the term 2023-2026.

Prof Bartoszewicz is an expert in control theory and director of the Institute of Automatic Control. He belongs to a small group of 2% of the most cited scientists in the world. He has been a correspondent member of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2016.

Lodz University of Technology has joined the Coalition for Advancement of Research Assessment (CoARA), whose first meeting was held at the beginning of December. The event, held online, was attended by the Rector, Prof Krzysztof Jóźwik.

Written by Magdalena Gajewska-Marcinek, RCDAS

Dr Eng Dorota Kamińska, Dr Eng Grzegorz Zwoliński and Dr Eng Anna Laska-Leśniewicz will participate in the Digital Media Network Doctoral Experience (DiMeNDx) project, which has received funding from the ECIU SMART-ER Seed programme.

Written by Ewa Chojnacka editor-in-chief

Among the graduates of Lodz University of Technology there is a scientist who is the second Polish person to be able to fly into space. This is Sławosz Uznański, Ph.D., who was included on the list of astronauts announced by the European Space Agency (ESA) in Paris (23 November). This choice is a great success, and it gives us satisfaction that on his way to a career in science and space, he graduated from Lodz University of Technology.

Written by Ewa Chojnacka editor-in-chief

In search of answers to the question of how to effectively commercialize the results of research work, the Dean of the Faculty of Organization and Management, Prof. Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska, together with Prof. Magdalena Grębosz-Krawczyk and Dr Iwona Staniec, visited leading American universities - the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

Written by Magdalena Grębosz-Krawczyk, Institute for Marketing and Sustainable Development

How to design new and modernize existing buildings so that they consume as little energy as possible? Students of Lodz University of Technology will learn this from Denmark - a leader in the field of energy-efficient construction. All thanks to the "New Generation Engineers" project.

As part of the project "Strengthening the commercialization potential of scientific and research units from the Lodz Voivodeship" implemented in cooperation with the Marshal's Office, a team of researchers from the Faculty of Organization and Management visited the "European Silicon Valley" located near Paris. 

Written by Magdalena Grębosz-Krawczyk, Institute of Marketing and Sustainable Development

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