Within the framework of the VTech project, in which 11 universities participate, including the Lodz University of Technology, a VR/AR Hackathon was held to create virtual 3D programs used in education. The organizer was Mother Teresa University from Skopje (Northern Macedonia).
Article written by Katarzyna Żykwińska-Rouba, Instytut Informatyki
The partners of the FRONTSH1P project met at the Lodz University of Technology. The conference was attended by representatives of 34 consortium members, discussing the goals of the project, with a budget of as much as EUR 19 million.
Article written by Ewa Chojnacka and Grzegorz Liśkiewicz, Institute of Turbomachinery
3D bioprinting greatly supports medicine and research. In this regard, great progress is being made in laboratories around the world. Research in this field is also conducted in carried out at the Laboratory of 3D Bioprinting and Biomaterials Research at the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Lodz University of Technology).
Article written by Dorota Bociąga, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
In mid of October, NCN has published the third list of eligible grants for MINIATURA 5. The project in the field of exact sciences and techniques, was qualified for funding together with three other projects for the Lodz University of Technology.
Article written by Franciela Arenhart Soares, ICRI-BioM
This year's ISEF (International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields) was held remotely, bringing together participants from 16 countries worldwide. It is an internationally recognised scientific event on electromagnetic fields. The organisation of the jubilee edition was entrusted to the Institute of Mechatronics and Information Systems at TUL. The conference was held under the honorary patronage of the Rector, Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik.
Article written by Łukasz Szymański, Institute of Mechatronics and Information Systems
Lodz University of Technology and Robotic Medical Solutions Sp. z o.o. have started cooperation on the development of a new product - an orthopaedic miniature measuring arm for intraoperative measurements. The project has received funding from the European Union.
Lodz University of Technology is implementing two new projects in international consortia, which have received funding of almost 450,000 euros from the Erasmus+ programme. This time, the experience of the laboratory of theInstitute of Automatic Control at TUL dealing with human robotics applications for education of adults and schoolchildren with special needs will be used.
Poland's first permanent Newton Room laboratory has been opened at Public Secondary School of Lodz University of Technology. This is the result of the university's agreement with the global aircraft manufacturer Boeing and the non-profit foundation FIRST Scandinavia. This joining of forces has resulted in the implementation of an international project with excellent experiences in various European countries.
Lodz University of Technology in cooperation with the IT company LTC sp z o.o. has undertaken a project related to cyber security. The aim is to protect data that are processed by applications running in the cloud.
Article written by Ewa Chojnacka
Potatoes are the most common vegetable grown on large acreages in the countryside and in kitchen gardens. Unfortunately, they are very susceptible to diseases, which can cause an average loss of up to 20 percent of the crop. This problem is being tackled by a team of scientists from the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences.
Lodz University of Technology has received funding of EUR 1,164,770 (over PLN 5 million) to implement 4 international projects in the Erasmus+ programme. They concern the development of innovative educational activities, including a significant use of virtual reality and ICT techniques.
Article written by Dorota Kamińska, Institute of Mechatronics and Information Systems
For the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, TUL has managed to organize an event that integrated the international academic community of our university.
Can an international team of designers from different fields, who have never met before, create ideas and produce a prototype of a new product in a fortnight? It turns out that they can. Two new products promoting Lodz were presented at the Pop'n'art gallery. They were created by a workshop team working under the Erasmus+ project "Project - Product - Promotion. International Collective for Design" project, which worked intensively at the Faculty of Material Technologies and Textile Design at TUL.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Prof. Magdalena Długosz-Lisiecka, an expert in radiation chemistry and nuclear physicist, has discovered new properties of fossils. Paleobiologist Dr. Daniel Tyborowski from the Museum of the Earth of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw also took part in the pioneering discovery, where - during a press conference - the scientists spoke about their research. The author writes about the breakthrough results in the material prepared especially for Życie Uczelni.
Prof. Joanna Kałużna-Czaplińska from Lodz University of Technology is this year's winner of the Prof. Andrzej Waksmundzki Medal. This is the highest distinction awarded by the Committee of Analytical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences. It is awarded for outstanding scientific achievements in chromatography, a field considered to be the most important method of analysis of organic compounds.