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Smart rubbish bins – success of an idea from WUT

Opublikowano: 03/04/2024 10:06 am

A photo of the app on a tablet during operation in a vehicle collecting rubbish

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.

Innovative system to detect railway malfunctions and threats

Opublikowano: 03/04/2024 9:59 am

 In the photo, a drone is flying

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Caring for the diet of astronauts

Opublikowano: 02/04/2024 11:53 am

Members of the team GrowLight with Sławosz Uznański, ESA project astronaut

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. 

Happy Easter

Opublikowano: 28/03/2024 12:15 pm

A photo shows tulips and a wooden figurine of two rabbits

Wishes from the WUT Rector

Professor Krzysztof Zaremba re-elected Rector of WUT

Opublikowano: 22/03/2024 8:21 am

A photo of Professor Krzysztof Zaremba, Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology

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.

On the path to energy self-sufficiency

Opublikowano: 18/03/2024 9:37 am

Visualization of the installation on the roof of the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering building featuring energy storages, photovoltaic panels, an LED banner, parking lot, and charger for charging electric cars

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. 

A student built a telescope as part of his BSc thesis

Opublikowano: 18/03/2024 9:32 am

Kacper Łobodecki with his thesis and the built telescope

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.

30 million złoty for terahertz technology research at WUT

Opublikowano: 15/03/2024 4:21 pm

A photo of Prof. Wojciech Knap in the laboratory

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.

Researchers involved in the development of a new European battery

Opublikowano: 15/03/2024 4:16 pm

A photo of the battery with testing circuits and a charging-discharging device

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.

Re-Sanatorium for WUT Female Students Fosters Senior Integration

Opublikowano: 14/03/2024 3:48 pm

Workshop space in the shadow of verandas

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Cooperation in the field of nuclear power engineering

Opublikowano: 12/03/2024 8:53 am

A photo of the representatives of Warsaw University of Technology and Bechtel company

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.

Researchers aim to improve the transport of goods within cities

Opublikowano: 05/03/2024 4:11 pm

In the picture, there is a railway siding and a train

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.

WUT student is a double academic world champion

Opublikowano: 04/03/2024 4:17 pm

On the photo, there is Marek Kania with the gold medal of the Academic World Championships

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). 

WUT delegation at ENHANCE+ Kick-Off at TU Berlin

Opublikowano: 01/03/2024 5:00 pm

In the picture, there is a group of several dozen people - participants of the ENHANCE+ Steering Committee meeting

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.

An Idea on How to Solve the Housing Crisis in Los Angeles

Opublikowano: 01/03/2024 9:24 am

Visualization of the designed house

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.

The exoskeleton will aid in hand therapy

Opublikowano: 28/02/2024 10:46 am

In the picture, one of the creators of the solution is Piotr Falkowski with a prototype exoskeleton worn on his arm

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.

Emotional State Monitoring Band

Opublikowano: 28/02/2024 10:13 am

The photo shows a presentation of the functioning of a prototype of an emotional state monitoring band

"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.

The Apotheosis of Knowledge Under the Student's Scrutiny

Opublikowano: 28/02/2024 10:08 am

Photo of the sculptural group - Apotheosis of Knowledge

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.

Our scientists in a CERN breakthrough experiment

Opublikowano: 28/02/2024 10:02 am

A pgoto of AEgIS antihidrogen production trap

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New series of seminars on chemical engineering

Opublikowano: 26/02/2024 1:28 pm

A graphics of five guests of the seminars

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.

Our Student on the "24 for 2024" List

Opublikowano: 26/02/2024 12:46 pm

Photo of Julia Wilk

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.

Meeting of Intel Corp. representatives with the WUT authorities

Opublikowano: 16/02/2024 1:42 pm

A photo of representatives of Intel Corp. in Poland and Warsaw University of Technology

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.

In search of new materials technologies for electronics

Opublikowano: 16/02/2024 10:04 am

Two-dimensional semiconductor - tungsten disulfide (colored triangles) on a silicon substrate

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.

WUT implements the OMNIS project and extends its teaching offer

Opublikowano: 16/02/2024 10:00 am

Photo of students studying in the library

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.”. 

The venture capital fund WUT IF has been established

Opublikowano: 15/02/2024 10:32 am

In the photo, a room filled with people during the inauguration of the WUT IF fund

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.