In the grand final of the World Robot Summit, the Raptors team from Lodz University of Technology stood on the podium and took third place. In the finals, our team was the only one from outside Japan.
- We are incredibly proud of the result achieved, for which the whole team worked so hard - say students from Lodz Solar Team, designers and constructors of Eagle Two solar car, returning from iLumen European Solar Challenge competition in Belgium. They won the European vice-championship by driving 235 laps in 24 hours, i.e. 965 km on a single charge.
Friday, 17 September, will be the day of two important ceremonies at Lodz University of Technology. The first of them is the opening of the building Alchemium - the magic of chemistry of tomorrow and naming the representative lecture hall located there after Professor Tadeusz Paryjczak, whose commemorative plaque will be unveiled in the hall in front of the auditorium. The ceremony will begin at 10:00.
Two hours later, Professor Klaus Müllen, a German scientist of international renown in the scientific community, will receive an honorary doctorate of Lodz University of Technology.
Both ceremonies will take place in the Alchemium building (building A34), 114 Żeromskiego Street.
Professor Beata Kolesińska from the Faculty of Chemistry at Lodz University of Technology has been awarded the Ambassador of Innovation prize by the Europejski Ośrodek Rozwoju Gospodarki. The researcher was awarded for conducting research work and pioneering projects with application potential.
I am very pleased because the goal I have been pursuing for several years has been achieved - said Ola Bednarek after crossing the English Channel. Wednesday 21 July was her big day. By crossing the English Channel, she was the first Pole to win the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
These were awarded in the accreditation assessment procedure carried out by Fundacja Rozwoju Edukacji i Szkolnictwa Wyższego [Foundation for the Development of Education and Higher Education] and the PRC Agency. An additional Aurea Praxis award was granted to the Rector, Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik, for his special, personal involvement in the development and promotion of the idea of education for the labour market and business.
This year, in order to assist the development of students at Lodz University of Technology, Lodz University of Technology Foundation has organised a Santander Universidades awards competition in cooperation with the Santander Group
Applications for the award could be submitted by first- or second-cycle students with good academic results and significant achievements in scientific, artistic or social activities, cooperation with business or success in competitions.
Prof. Tomasz Kapitaniak from Lodz University of Technology has become a member of Academia Europaea, an elite association of scientists that advises the European Commission.
Lodz University of Technology is starting international cooperation with partners from France, Germany, Sweden and North Macedonia in order to jointly implement a two-year project entitled Building digital competencies of students and teachers in construction related degrees & incrEasing digitAl reaDiness of EU universities. The project coordinator at Lodz University of Technology is Assoc. Prof. Eng. Arch. Anetta Kępczyńska-Walczak from the Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Lodz University of Technology is a partner in a project whose aim is to implement an innovative technology for the production of kombucha, a drink with interesting taste and health-boosting properties.
The project, implemented under the Intelligent Development Operational Programme, has received over 8.5 million PLN in funding. Its leader is Fabryka Lemoniad FL Grupa Sp. z o.o.
The prestigious journal "Nature Reviews Chemistry" published an article by Prof. Katarzyna Pernal and Dr Michał Hapka from the Institute of Physics at Lodz University of Technology. The publication placed in the News and Views section was prepared at the invitation of the editor.
Lodz University of Technology has concluded new double diploma agreements with universities in France. On 14 May, Rector Professor Krzysztof Jóźwik signed a document on cooperation with universities in Lyon and Strasbourg.
The GUST Project, developed by students from Lodz University of Technology, won 1st place in the Ecology category in the Student Constructions Competition (KOKOS). The innovativeness of the awarded project, developed by the Research Club of Power Engineering Students, lies in the very idea of reducing the wind turbine for use in an individual household.
Students of Lodz University of Technology design costumes for the staff of the Polish Pavilion at the World Expo 2020 Dubai and develop the concept of presenting the Lodz Voivodship in the temporary exhibition zone in the Polish Pavilion.
The results of the latest edition of the Times Higher Education Impact ranking of universities' implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals underpinning the 2030 Agenda for a Sustainable World have been published.