Young innovators from the Warsaw University of Technology have developed a smart system of municipal waste management. The solution was implemented in Sierpc – a town with almost 20 thousand inhabitants in the mazowieckie voivodship. Every day almost 100 sensors measure how full rubbish bins are and provide information about the optimum route of waste collection.

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Can you grow plants in space? Research in this field is planned to be conducted by a team from the Warsaw University of Technology. This project was rewarded in the competition Direction: Space. 

Wishes from the WUT Rector

In the 2024–2028 term of office, the Warsaw University of Technology will be led by Professor Krzysztof Zaremba. The voting of the Electoral College was held on 21 March 2024.

Can a university building be energy self-sufficient? Our researchers are implementing a project to verify this. A pilot installation will be located on the roof of the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering building. 

Can one turn their hobby into a BSc thesis, combining pleasure with usefulness? The story of a graduate of the Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography proves that it's possible.

The new project of the Warsaw University of Technology, "Research and Application Center for Terahertz Technologies CENTERA2", will be conducted in the laboratories of the Center for Advanced Materials and Technologies (CEZAMAT) under the leadership of Prof. Wojciech Knap and Prof. Marek Potemski.

Improved efficiency, greater environmental friendliness, and independence from non-European production – that's the plan for a new product in the battery market. Over the past four years, participants of the ASTRABAT project, including specialists from the WUT’s Faculty of Chemistry, have been working on it.

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The company Bechtel Poland and the Warsaw University of Technology have signed a cooperation agreement on launching a career development programme in the field of nuclear power engineering. The aim of the programme is to, among other things, educate specialists who will support the development of the Polish nuclear power sector, including the project of construction and maintenance of the first Polish nuclear power plant in the Choczewo community in the pomorskie region.

It is to be sustainable, yet fast, efficient, and reliable. How can this effect be achieved? The answer may be... rail. As part of the UrbFRail project, tools are being developed that will improve the creation and revitalization of freight rail hubs in cities.

Marek Kania from the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering won two medals at the Academic World Championships in speed skating, which were held in Hamar, Norway (22-25 February 2024). 

More than 130 representatives of the ten ENHANCE+ partner universities met in Berlin on February 22-23, 2024, to officially inaugurate the new phase of the project. It continues the activities carried out by the Warsaw University of Technology and the partner universities in the ENHANCE project in 2020-2023. The implementation time of ENHANCE+ covers the years 2023-2027.

Students from the Faculty of Architecture won the third prize in the Affordable Housing Challenge competition. The task for participants was to design affordable housing facilities in Los Angeles.

Effective therapy at home, without the need for constant care from a physiotherapist? This could become a reality thanks to a project by the team from the Warsaw University of Technology and Łukasiewicz PIAP– Institute of Industrial Automation and Measurements.

"How are you?" – is one of the most common questions we ask and hear. Are we always ready for honesty – both in asking and answering? Thanks to the idea of graduates from the Warsaw University of Technology, we might stop wondering.

Regulars of the Main Building of the Warsaw University of Technology have seen it more than once, but only a handful could admire the details up close. Thanks to the thesis work of a student from the Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography, the Apotheosis of Knowledge sculpture is now even closer to us, both literally and figuratively.

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What is the future of chemical engineering? How far can it go? Scientists and experts from companies and universities from all over the world will share their thoughts and experiences. You are invited – you just need to register through an online form.

Julia Wilk from the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering has been included in the "24 for 2024" list by "Forbes Women" magazine. It's a list of Polish women who are especially worth watching this year.

Development and future of microelectronics in Europe, as well as needs connected with staff training and cooperation possibilities were the main topics of a meeting which took place on the 29th of January 2024 at the Centre for Advanced Materials and Technologies CEZAMAT PW.

The project of Professor Mariusz Zdrojek from the Faculty of Physics was awarded funding from the National Science Centre within the competition PRELUDIUM BIS 5. The scientist, with a PhD student, will deal with synthesis of 2D semiconductors for innovative applications in electronics.

Better adjustment of the University’s teaching offer to the needs of the labour market in key sectors and strengthening the competitiveness of our graduates – these are the main premises of the project ”OMNIS Openness. Modernisation. Modernity. Integration. Community.”. 

WUT IF, Poland’s first venture capital fund established by a public university, the Warsaw University of Technology, with the participation of an experienced team of experts, has begun its activities.