How to convert electrical energy with a little power losses? Researchers at the Department of Industrial Electronics Warsaw University of Technology are working on use for this purpose transistors made from wide band gap semiconductors - silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN).

The team from WUT’s Institute of Electrical Power Engineering has obtained permission from PSE S.A to use the new SMART remote control system for the automation devices operating in power-system substations. The creators of this link are: Mr. Ryszard Kowalik PhD, Mr. Marcin Januszewski PhD and Mr. Emil Bartosiewicz – the employees of the Department of Electrical Power Engineering Equipment and Automation.

A team from WUT’s Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering under supervision of Prof. Marcin Leonowicz, together with the Military Institute of Armament Technology and the Institute of Security Technologies MORATEX in Łódź has been working on this invention as part of the Innovative Economy Programme –    “Smart passive body armour with application of rheological fluids with nano structures”  (SmartArmour) project.

Prof. Przemysław Rokita and his PhD student Łukasz Dąbała from the Computer Graphics Department at the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, together with his colleagues from the Max Planck Institute and MIT,  worked on new methods of generating high quality stereoscopic images using original method of analysis and control of the disparity. This project was carried in the years 2012-2014.

The team of associate professor Tomasz Markiewicz (Ph.D. D.Sc.) from WUT's Faculty of Electrical Engineering is working in a consortium together with the Military Institute of Medicine and the Nałęcz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences on the project entitled Web platform of the computerized microscopic image analysis for support the modern pathomorphological diagnosis.

Under the projects "4RES" and "ElGrid" carried out by Globema Ltd. in cooperation with the Institute of Electrical Power Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, the staff of the Electrical Power Networks and Systems Division has developed innovative methods of calculation, optimization and forecasting.

On 7th December 2012, in the Eco-Park in Pasłęk there was a grand ceremony of putting into use a research building made of earth. The authors of the project are employed at WUT’s Faculty of Architecture. These are Prof. Teresa Kelm, Mr. Jerzy Górski PhD and Mr. Marek Kołłątaj.

The Warsaw University of Technology has its contribution to the building of the first Polish supercar - Arrinera Hussarya. Team under the leadership of Prof. Janusz Piechna (Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering) took part in the aerodynamics tests and has been working on active systems of vehicle damping (Arrinera Automotive S.A. and the Warsaw University of Technology received 2 634 400 zł funding for this purpose from the National Centre for Research and Development).

The team of dr inż. Bartłomiej Salski from the Institute of Radioelectronics at the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology has developed a new method of researching indestructible composite parts strengthened with carbon fibre which are widely used for building aircrafts, windmills and other devices which need to be light but of very good quality.

The EU Civil Protection Mechanism calls on all participating member states to implement a national methodology of risk assessment for the purpose of critical infrastructure protection. WUT’s Faculty of Management took part in the preparation of such a document.

The Radiolocation and Digital Signal Processing Students' Research Group at the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology have designed a prototype device made to scan space using ultrasound imaging with a steered beam on a moving platform. It is a step towards creation of an autonomic robot which will be scanning space and creating maps of the surroundings on which it will move.

Machines that replace humans in warfare is not just science-fiction anymore. The Warsaw University of Technology is participating in a project which makes this a reality.

Soon, for the first time in human history, the Philae lander module of the European Rosetta mission will commence geological research on the surface of it's destination comet. It will be penetrated by MUPUS, a lander of outstanding mechanical parameters, achieved thanks to a surface engineering method developed at WUT's Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering.

As part of the official celebrations of 100 Years of the Revival of the Warsaw University of Technology, the Students Aviation Association established at The Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering had attempted to reconstruct a glider made at WUT years ago.

A team of researchers from WUT’s Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering is working on a conceptual and technical project of a flying target – named PW-61.

A group of reserchers from the Warsaw University of Technology are currently working on compact holographic colour pico-projector which will enable the projecting of slides, photos or films onto a wall or a piece of paper. The shows will be possible even in daylight and could last for hours. All you will need is a mobile phone with a fully-charged battery.

When rapeseed growers found out what the scientists from Warsaw University of Technology were working on, they a planted low-growing species of rapeseed in order to help them, and kept their fingers crossed for completing the invention as soon as possible.

An opponent runs up. He takes a swing and... he kicks our footballer in his shin as hard as he can. And how does the latter react? He does not feel a thing—that is how specialist pads currently being developed at Warsaw University of Technology are supposed to work.

The celebration took place on 24 October 2012 in the Small Hall of the Warsaw University of Technology Main Building.

We have the great pleasure to inform you that on the 23rd and 24th of October we are going to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Warsaw University of Technology Business School.

On 18 October 2012 at Warsaw University of Technology, professor Shapiro gave a lecture on ”The Social Construction of Animals in the Laboratory: The Protean Rodent”.

The first satellites entirely designed and built by Hungary, Poland, Romania are now orbiting Earth after today’s successful maiden flight of ESA's small Vega launcher.

Eduniversal Masters Ranking 2012We are very proud to inform you that International MBA in Warsaw University of Technology Business School has been placed on the 1st position in Eastern Europe in Eduniversal Best Masters Ranking in General Management Category.

February 7, 2012 in the Main Building (the Small Hall of the Senate) of Warsaw University of Technology, will take place the Polish-Japanese Seminar, promoting the Japan Joint Graduate Program organized by the Warsaw University of Technology and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS).

We are proud to inform you that in the latest TOP MBA Ranking 2011, MBA programmes launched in the WUT Business School have been placed on the 15th position among Top Business Schools in Europe.