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Nuclear power still raises many doubts, which is why the voice of experts is so important. Andrzej Gąsiorowski, M.Sc., a doctoral student at the Faculty of Chemistry, conducts research aimed at increasing safety of work with ionizing radiation. He is a graduate of Chemical Technology at TUL, he participated in NCN and NCBR projects. He is a scholarship holder of the Polish Society for Radiation Research. He took part in a training and internship trip to Spain in the field of nuclear energy, as well as in technical trips to the nuclear sector in France and Germany.
In his work he perfectly combines theoretical knowledge with experience gained on the construction site. He uses this in his research, which aims to determine the reliability of structures such as halls and masts. Rafał Bredow, MSc. is the winner of, among others, the Prof. Kuczyński Award for the best thesis in the field of construction and continues his education at the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School at Lodz University of Technology.
In a laboratory room she feels like a child in a toy shop. Being passionate about physics, she is now pursuing her doctoral degree at the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School ISD. She is part of a research group led by Prof. Tomasz Czyszanowski, where she deals with VCSEL lasers widely applied in medicine or electronics, for example. Weronika Głowadzka has connections with the Institute of Physics at Lodz University of Technology and has been gaining international experience during internships and visits at European universities. Her aim is to create a future technology that would be used to quickly analyze the blood of patients or the air that they breathe.
A student of Interdisciplinary Doctoral School, TUL is working on a linguistic database method with applications in cyber security, medicine, and commerce.
Together with Prof. Adam Niewiadomski, she co-authored an article published in the Journal of Applied Computer Science. She was also awarded Minister of Science and Higher Education scholarship for outstanding scientific achievements.
Food and nutrition technology is a very broad field, and research results improve the quality of life of all consumers. Dr Antolak, from the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, specialises in the use of microorganisms in the production of fermented soft drinks. He also conducts research aimed at preventing their microbiological contamination. He is a holder of a scientific award of the Division IV of Technical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences for his doctoral dissertation "Bacteria Asaia spp. as a new contaminant of functional beverages" and 8 papers thematically related to this dissertation.
Chemical science is a very broad field that can be applied in areas such as product authentication and medical diagnostics. One of the tools used by scientists is nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. This is the area in which dr inż. Barbara Pacholczyk-Sienicka, a member of Prof. Lukasz Albrecht's research team, works.
A graduate of Lodz University of Technology, awarded a prize in the best diploma project competition organized by the Association of Polish Architects, for an interesting juxtaposition of astronomy and architecture. Anna Jaruga-Rozdolska says: These sciences are inseparably linked with each other. Ancient civilizations left structures - artifacts which were used to observe the night sky, thus indicating very early connections between these two fields. Mgr inż. Anna Jaruga-Rozdolska, the next speaker in the series popularizing the achievements of young TUL researchers, talks about the challenges in design work and the value of science in architecture.
He is a laureate of the NCBR Leader competition, a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, the Institute of Physics, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and the Top 500 Innovators Association. Science promoter, photography enthusiast, active in the field of academic entrepreneurship - dr inż. Grzegorz Liśkiewicz from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is another hero of the series "Science Talk(ie)s-the voice of young scientists".
The construction of an artificial sun is a task in which a team of scientists from the Department of Microelectronics and Computer Science at TUL is engaged. Mgr inż. Piotr Perek is one of the participants in this interdisciplinary and multinational ITER project.
Each year, the Foundation for Polish Science selects 100 laureates of the START scholarship competition. In 2019, the list of winners includes Dr Paweł Latosiński, a mathematics graduate, assistant professor at the Institute of Automation of TUL and author of articles in JCR-listed journals. He deals with control systems, and the results of this research contribute to more efficient operation of machines, among other things.
He is already an accomplished chemist – the winner of the Diamond Grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Rector's award for the youngest first author of a scientific publication, author of the best thesis. He passionately talks about the research he conducts at the TUL Interdisciplinary Doctoral School in order to make the world more ecological with the help of chemistry.
The work of scientists is exciting, and its results in the form of research improving the quality of life inspire students who decide to pursue a scientific career. The participants of the "Science Talk(ie)s" series will present their research carried out at Lodz University of Technology with the voice of young scientists. The first researcher is Assoc. Prof. Eng. Marta Gmurek, Professor of TUL from the Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering.
Can you check the freshness of a food product without opening its packaging? Dr inż. Anna Masek of the Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, has been working on innovative, biodegradable packaging that will allow consumers to assess the quality of food or medical or other everyday use products contained therein. The research is funded with a grant from the National Centre for Research and Development.
Travestying the name of this popular science series, we ask dr inż. Grzegorz Liśkiewicz how to discuss science in an easy to understand and inspiring way. The scientist works at the Division of Turbines and Compressors, Institute of Turbomachinery. He is a laureate of the National Centre for Research and Development LIDER programme.
Marketing specialists appeal to consumer emotions to increase the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. One of the mechanisms they use is to evoke positive associations that hark back to our childhoods and youth. And this is exactly what TUL's scientists have been researching. They received a grant from the National Science Centre (NCN) funding scheme OPUS to carry out an international research project "Nostalgia in brand management".