In early July 2024, dr hab. inż. Katarzyna Znajdek, TUL prof., leader of the Thin Film Photovoltaics research group in the Department of Semiconductor and Optoelectronic Devices, returned from a fascinating month-long fellowship in Mexico. She conducted her research at El Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IER-UNAM) in Temixco, Morelos.
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How to cultivate future leaders' environmentally responsible mindset? How to develop students' green and digital skills, bolster their innovation and entrepreneurship competence, and promote social responsibility of universities? How to incorporate virtual reality (VR) technology into university-level chemistry teaching and learning? Groups from Lodz University of Technology will work on these issues within European consortia, searching for green solutions also for children's universities.
Lodz University of Technology (Children's University of TUL) has established cooperation as a partner in the CU Green! project undertaken in the framework of the Mobility of Youth Workers Erasmus+ program.
The dissertation by Kacper Królewiak, submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of inżynier, won 2nd prize in the National Competition Engineer 4 Science 2024 for the best dissertation on AI 4 Science.
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Professor graduated from the Institute of Chemical Engineering at Lodz University of Technology (1983). He received his doctoral degree in 1999 and his postdoctoral degree in 2017, both from Lodz University of Technology.
Students pursing a degree in Architecture from Lodz University of Technology: Klaudia Wlazło, Milena Szudrowicz, Zuzanna Królewiak, Zofia Szczerba, Alicja Kielek, Martyna Gola and Dominika Lizis, may certainly consider their participation in the 18th National Architecture Students' Plein-Air Workshops fully successful. In the competition organized during the plein-air they won the main prizes, honorable mentions, and special prizes - altogether an overwhelming 8 out of 14 awards given by the jury. The supervisor of the TUL group was Dr Eng. arch. Joanna Matuszewska from the Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning.
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Lodz University of Technology and Uma Investments Sp. z o. o., part of Kellanova, an international corporation, have formed a partnership to pursue student advancement and education, research and development activities and initiatives.
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The publication of the results of the latest edition of the QS Europe rankings brought good news: Lodz University of Technology performed significantly well in the Outbound Exchange Students category and yet again was ranked 1st in the country and 89th in Europe.
A gold medal was awarded to Lodz University of Technology for the innovation ‘PLA composite, its fabrication technology, and its applications’ (patent number PCT/EP2024/052675) at the prestigious EUROINVENT 2024 European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation held in Iasi, Romania.
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As they say, time flies. Last week (2-4.07), for the tenth time, a regatta was held at the TUL sailing depot in Roganty. Twelve crews, each comprised of TUL faculty and other university units’ staff, raced for the rector’s cup.
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A team of students from Lodz University of Technology has achieved spectacular success, winning the finals of the International Small Wind Turbine Contest (ISWTC) 2024. Their innovative wind turbine won first place in the Sustainability category, further proof of the high quality and innovation of Polish student projects.
Prof. Lukasz Albrecht, vice-rector for science at TUL and director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry, has been appointed to the Supervisory Board of EIT Health InnoStars where he represents EIT Health's Polish partners.
The results of the European MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023 competition turned out to be very favorable for Lodz University of Technology. Prof. Przemysław Data from the Department of Molecular Physics will coordinate the project Green Horizon on Organic Semiconductor Technologies - GHOST. The project's value is nearly 1.5 million euros from the European Commission's Horizon Europe program.
The day began with the online publication of the results of the 25 edition of the ranking compiled by the Education Foundation ‘Perspektywy’. Lodz University of Technology moved up one place and is now the eight best academic university in Poland. Tul kept its position from last year and remains the fifth best technical university in the country.
Prof. dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Jóźwik, rector of Lodz University of Technology, was elected Chairman of the Konferencja Rektorów Polskich Uczelni Technicznych (Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities of Technology (KRPUT) for the 2024-2028 term by unanimous decision made on June 20 during the KRPUT Plenary Assembly hosted by Gdansk University of Technology.