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WUT MakerSpace – A place where technical ideas turn into prototypes

Opublikowano: 01/10/2024 9:25 am

  MakerSpace consists of two areas: a workshop (equipped with devices and tools) and a coworking space.

Workshop, craft room, garage – students at technical universities worldwide can’t imagine their lives without places where they spend long hours creating various prototypes. In Poland, these spaces are still not standard. Meet WUT MakerSpace – a place on the polytechnic map where ideas turn into demonstrators.

From the diary of the WUT Racing team

Opublikowano: 01/10/2024 9:15 am

The WUT Racing team during the FS East competition in Hungary

This year, students from the WUT Racing team participated in three Formula Student competitions: in Hungary (July 28–August 3), Croatia (August 20–25), and Poland (August 27–September 2). How did it go for them? Let's hear from the team.

A WUT student will participate in the "Fly a Rocket!" program

Opublikowano: 01/10/2024 9:06 am

During the campaign, Bartosz Rylski led the "Flight Simulation" group

Bartosz Rylski, a second-year student at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering (Aerospace Engineering), was the only representative from a Polish university to qualify for the prestigious European Space Agency (ESA) program. He participated in the launch campaign of a student rocket.

WUT Starter – a guide for new students

Opublikowano: 30/09/2024 3:59 pm

An image depicting eyes

Starting university is like a leap into the unknown. An interactive guide comes to the rescue, helping you get to know Warsaw University of Technology.

Inauguration ceremony of the academic year 2024/2025

Opublikowano: 30/09/2024 9:34 am

In the photo, the Main Hall with a set-up wall and arranged chairs – prepared for the inauguration of the 2024/2025 academic year

On October 1, at 10.00, in the Main Building of WUT

EasyGreen Hydroponic Pot – a startup by WUT graduates

Opublikowano: 25/09/2024 8:22 am

EasyGreen Hydroponic Pot

EasyGreen is a startup founded by a group of WUT graduates. The team has just completed work on a unique project—a hydroponic pot for growing herbs at home. The project was developed as part of the Mentoring Program, run by WUT's Careers Service, in cooperation with mentor Dawid Adach.

Our scientists in World’s TOP 2% Scientists 2023

Opublikowano: 25/09/2024 8:14 am

World’s TOP 2% Scientists lists authors of the most cited publications.

The latest ranking World’s TOP 2% Scientists includes 77 academics from the Warsaw University of Technology. This is as many as 18 people more than last year. The list is prepared by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier and SciTech Strategies.

WUT's Institute of Heat Engineering building has been modernized

Opublikowano: 23/09/2024 8:59 am

The ribbon cutting ceremony

On September 18, this year, the renovated building of the Institute of Heat Engineering at WUT was officially opened for use. The ceremony marking the completion of the project was attended by representatives from the University's authorities, the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Budimex—the general contractor of the project—and invited guests. The event took place at the Institute of Heat Engineering building at Nowowiejska Street in Warsaw.

Houston, we are solving your problem!

Opublikowano: 20/09/2024 10:10 am

Academics from our two Facultites are involved in the project

In July NASA said that for financial reasons they are giving up the launch of the 433.5 billion dollars’ worth VIPER rover designed to search for natural resources on the south pole of the Moon. In view of these limitations at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, can we still dream about exploration of natural resources and searching for traces of life on Mars?

Closer to understanding the matter-antimatter asymmetry

Opublikowano: 20/09/2024 10:08 am

The STAR detector, which tracks thousands of particles produced by each ion collision at RHIC, weighs 1,200 tons and is roughly the size of a house. Photo: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

A team from the WUT’s Faculty of Physics has published an article in Nature detailing the first experimental observation of an antihypernucleus. The research was conducted as part of the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Graphene camouflage

Opublikowano: 20/09/2024 9:59 am

The material has a great potential for application in the stealth technology

Our physicists have developed a nanocomposite graphene-based material, the unique properties of which may be used for military purposes. Their research results were published in the journal ”Optics Express”.

Protection against ionizing radiation as lightweight as graphene

Opublikowano: 20/09/2024 9:53 am

Graphene nanocomposites in the form of thin sheets

Our physicists, in collaboration with experts from Warsaw, Katowice, and Łódź, have investigated graphene-based nanocomposites that could be used in radiation protection materials. The results of their research have been published in Scientific Reports.

The Proton Dynamic team's racing marathon

Opublikowano: 20/09/2024 8:56 am

It was a successful season for the Proton Dynamic team, but the students are already thinking about the next one

Germany, Croatia and Poland - these were the locations where the Proton Dynamic team from the Warsaw University of Technology competed in the Formula Student series. How did our students perform?

We know the raking lists to the Doctoral School

Opublikowano: 16/09/2024 5:10 pm

In the photo, three people are sitting at a computer, and one is pointing at the screen

The ranking lists of candidates to the Doctoral School of the Warsaw University of Technology are available. Now candidates are obliged to admit required documents until September 19, 2024.

The innovative MindEasy app in a Google competition

Opublikowano: 16/09/2024 8:33 am

Klara Skorupowska and Julia Nogowska, students at Warsaw University of Technology, are members of the team that developed MindEasy, an app designed to adapt educational materials to a student’s current psychophysical state. The app is competing in the Google Gemini API Developer Competition, and voting is open until the end of October!

Promotion of the Warsaw University of Technology in Silicon Valley

Opublikowano: 13/09/2024 10:14 am

The Warsaw University of Technology, along with seven other Polish universities, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Poland in Silicon Valley Center for Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. The partnership will focus on strengthening collaboration between academic and industrial centers, commercializing research results, and promoting science.

WUT’s CMYK Student Research Group is working on a Braille typewriter

Opublikowano: 11/09/2024 12:55 pm

A fragment of text in Braille

Students from the Warsaw University of Technology, working within the CMYK Student Research Group, aim to develop a Braille typewriter from scratch using readily available materials. The work is divided into two stages: copying existing solutions and then improving upon them.

WUT students awarded for a microhome design

Opublikowano: 11/09/2024 12:54 pm

WUT Students’ Design in the MICROHOME Kingspan Edition Competition

In this year's seventh edition of the international MICROHOME Kingspan Edition competition, organized by Buildner, the jury distinguished the design proposal titled "Masurian Microhome." The authors are students from the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology: Maksymilian Łuszcz, Paweł Wykowski, and Zofia Zimowska. 

Students from WUT are developing a CanSat launcher

Opublikowano: 11/09/2024 12:44 pm

CanSat launcher

CanSats, which are miniature research probes shaped and sized like a soda can, conduct various scientific experiments. However, to carry out their missions, they need a launcher—a special device to propel them. This is exactly what students from the Balloon Division of the WUT’s Student Space Association are working on. The first launches are coming soon.

WUT authorities 2024–2028

Opublikowano: 04/09/2024 12:22 pm

The Rectors’ Board in the 2024-2028 term of office – from the left: Professor Adam Woźniak, Professor Mariusz Malinowski, Professor Renata Walczak, Professor Krzysztof Zaremba, Professor Mirosław Karpierz, Professor Robert Zalewski, Professor Jan Słyk

The Rectors’ Board and the Deans of the Faculties

Is the smart campus at WUT getting closer?

Opublikowano: 04/09/2024 10:53 am

The first stage of the project mainly involves conceptual research into possible solutions, designing the smart device, and analyzing implementation possibilities. Photo by Artur Brzozowski

An interdisciplinary team from the Warsaw University of Technology has begun work on the concept of creating a network of smart devices (equipped with IoT technology) on our Central Campus. One such device will be a "smart lantern," equipped with a set of sensors, actuators, and systems for communication with other similar devices. Implementing this solution will provide users of the WUT campus with various conveniences, such as reducing light pollution.

Innovative Solution in Cryptography – First Unitary Patent at WUT

Opublikowano: 04/09/2024 10:50 am

The creators of the solution: Piotr Z. Wieczorek, PhD, associate professor, and Krzysztof Gołofit, PhD.

This stands for a new standard in data security against unauthorized access. Our researchers have developed a generator of cryptographic keys (or simply "secret passwords") that offers greater security than ever before, while being easy to use and cost-efficient, even in highly demanding cases. The solution has been granted the first European patent with unitary effect at the Warsaw University of Technology.

A Nobel Prize winner and a NASA astronaut - lectures at WUT

Opublikowano: 04/09/2024 10:30 am

Prof. Frances Arnold and Prof. Jeffrey Hoffman

Prof. Frances Arnold – awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018, and Prof. Jeffrey Hoffman, with experience in several spaceflights, will visit the Warsaw University of Technology in September and give open lectures. You are welcome to attend!

Warsaw University of Technology in the Shanghai Ranking 2024

Opublikowano: 22/08/2024 9:46 am

The Interior of the Main Building of the Warsaw University of Technology

Our University was ranked 901-1000 in the latest edition of the Shanghai Ranking, i.e., Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). This is the same rank as last year.

An engineer's way to a medal in the Rally Championships

Opublikowano: 12/08/2024 10:47 am

At the end of July, the 43rd Polish Safari Rally was held in Przasnysz. Third place in the TH group went to the Henwar SIMP Rally Team consisting of Piotr Brakowiecki (driver) and Tomasz Chmielewski (pilot) riding in the NAC Rally sponsoring team. Tomasz Chmielewski - besides being passionate about motorsport - is also... the Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology.