Ladies and Gentlemen,
The academic year 2025/2026 is exceptional. During this period, we have begun – and will continue – to celebrate the Jubilee Year marking the 200th anniversary of the Warsaw University of Technology. We commemorate it as successors to the ideas and legacy of the Preparatory School for the Polytechnic Institute, founded on the initiative of Stanisław Staszic in 1826.
Professor Tomasz Kozacki from the Faculty of Mechatronics at the Warsaw University of Technology was among the laureates of the Weave-UNISONO competition for Polish-Flemish research teams. The professor and his team will focus their research on ultra-wide-angle and ultra-high-resolution holography.
Researchers from the QCI Lab team, operating at the Faculty of Mechatronics, WUT, have completed the INHOLO (in-line holography) project, which aimed to develop off-axis holographic microscopy techniques. The work involved a comparative study of two different off-axis holographic QPI (quantitative phase imaging) microscopy techniques – DIHM and TIE.
A team led by Dr Katarzyna Rędzińska of Warsaw University of Technology is among the winners of the BiodivTransform competition, receiving funding to carry out an international research project.
In South Korea Polish architects presented one of the most celebrated projects of recent years – the Akcja “Burza” Park located on the Warsaw Uprising Mound. One of the project’s authors, Maciej Kaufman, who teaches at the Faculty of Architecture of Warsaw University of Technology, represented our university at the 5th Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism and at two prestigious Korean universities: Seoul National University and Hanyang University.
Retinal detachment is one of the most serious ophthalmic emergencies and, without prompt intervention, leads to loss of vision. For more than half a century, the standard treatment has been scleral buckling – a surgical procedure in which a silicone band is placed around the eye to indent the wall at the site of the retinal tear. Although effective, the method is associated with numerous complications, ranging from myopia to infections and the need for additional surgeries to remove the implant.
