The "Huber Squad" team, consisting of Łukasz Latoch, Jakub Kuliberda, and Mateusz Kuczek, won 3rd place in the final of the 4th edition of the nationwide engineering competition Symkaton 4.0. Additionally, the team also secured a special award for the best use of computer simulation software. All team members are students at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology.
On the first weekend of October, the HackYeah hackathon – the largest on-site event of its kind in Europe – took place at TAURON Arena Kraków. Our students Filip Kiernozek and Piotr Mackiewicz won in their category, while a team from the Kraken Student Research Group and an inter-university team including Adam Sulik from WUT both took second place in their respective challenges.
This year's "30 Under 30" list by Forbes includes individuals closely associated with the Warsaw University of Technology. Łucja Rugor, founder and CEO of the Kosmok startup, is a graduate of the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering. Brothers Paweł Paczuski and Krzysztof Paczuski, co-founders of upmedic, are graduates of the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology. This is the ninth edition of the list under the slogan "Young Poles Conquering the World."
Our University has become a member of T.I.M.E. (Top International Managers in Engineering) – a network of leading technical universities and engineering schools. The application process was coordinated by the Centre for International Cooperation.
Professor Ryszard Piramidowicz from the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology at the Warsaw University of Technology has become a laureate of the prestigious Photonics100 distinction awarded by Electro Optics magazine. The award recognizes leaders who set the directions for the development of photonics – innovators, visionaries, and exceptional personalities in the modern photonics R&D world.
A team led by Prof. Robert Nowak is implementing the DARTS-PL project, which aims to develop a national database of test scenarios for autonomous vehicles (AVs), taking into account road conditions characteristic of Poland. The project is being carried out by a research consortium consisting of the Motor Transport Institute (Leader) and the Institute of Computer Science at the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology as the leading academic partner.
