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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.

Our engineers among the winners of the Anatolian Rover Challenge

Opublikowano: 05/08/2024 9:24 am

Rover at the Anatolian Rover Challenge

The team of SKA Robotics representing the Warsaw University of Technology took the third place in the general classification of the competition Anatolian Rover Challenge. Our team also won three special awards for: best system of autonomous navigation, best solution in the category driving in rough terrain, and best sampling module. Leader of the team SKA Robotics is Miłosz Kurtysiak – Coordinator of the Robotics Section.

Our graduates at the Olympic Games in Paris

Opublikowano: 30/07/2024 8:27 am

Phrygian cap - the official mascot of the Olympic Games in Paris

At this most important sporting event in the world Poland will be represented by over 200 sportspersons. These include Damian Czykier (athlete, graduate of the Faculty of Civil Engineering) and Krzysztof Łukasik (mountain biker, graduate of the Faculty of Physics).

New materials will help develop civil engineering?

Opublikowano: 30/07/2024 8:18 am

Supercells made up of eight modules – metamaterial is made of them

They do not occur in nature – they are designed and created by the human but they have amazing mechanical properties. These are tensegrity metamaterials. Their exceptional nature may be used in civil engineering but how can it be done in the optimal way? This is studied by researchers from the Warsaw University of Technology.

Groundbreaking kidney surgery thanks to WUT researchers

Opublikowano: 26/07/2024 10:08 am

Researchers at the Warsaw University of Technology began work a decade ago on a system that allows organs to be stored outside the donor's body. Thanks to the system, developed by NanoSanguis, a company founded at the Warsaw University of Technology, in July 2024 it was possible to perform a kidney transplant operation on a pig whose organ was stored outside the donor's body for 12 hours.

Warsaw University of Technology in Mars exploration project

Opublikowano: 22/07/2024 11:13 am

The second week of July saw the inauguration of a joint scientific project involving the Warsaw University of Technology, Jagiellonian University, NASA and the Universities of Basel and San Jose in Józefosław. The researchers' cooperation will focus on the exploration of Mars.

Scientists investigate the grounds of the Treblinka Extermination Camp

Opublikowano: 19/07/2024 9:33 am

At the beginning of July, research work began at the Treblinka II Extermination Camp. A team of scientists led by Dr Sebastian Różycki of the Division of Photogrammetry, Teledetection and Spatial Information Systems at the Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography is carrying out a scientific project aimed at verifying the location of new gas chambers and cremation pit grates in the grounds of the former camp. This is the next stage of research carried out by experts from WUT.

Artificial intelligence in the fight for healthy lungs – the xLungs system

Opublikowano: 19/07/2024 9:23 am

Advanced work is underway by scientists from the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science of the Warsaw University of Technology on a system that will improve the diagnosis and monitoring of lesions within the chest. The xLungs project aims to support doctors, for example pulmonologists and radiologists, in the analysis of CT scans.

Two WUT rovers in the final of the European Rover Challenge 2024

Opublikowano: 15/07/2024 1:46 pm

27 teams from 12 countries will compete in the tenth edition of the prestigious international space-robotic competition European Rover Challenge (ERC). Included in this group are SKA Robotics (from the Astronautics Students’ Research Group) and the KNR Rover Team (from the Robotics Students’ Research Group).

Pavilion of the Future - the second edition of the "Erecting it_" project

Opublikowano: 15/07/2024 1:41 pm

For the second time, students and lecturers of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology have created a unique object in the Royal Łazienki Park. This time, as part of the 'Erecting it_' project, the Pavilion of the Future was created, which can be visited from 16 June to the end of November in the Garden behind the Hermitage.

A new approach to hospital design

Opublikowano: 15/07/2024 1:27 pm

The hospital

Focused on the human being and not - traditionally - solely on the building and its systems - this is how modern hospitals are to be shaped. The HumanIC network is developing such a new model. It is a European project coordinated by the Warsaw University of Technology.

WUT Racing team's new car

Opublikowano: 15/07/2024 1:19 pm

WUT-5 is the fifth structure designed and built by students from the WUT Racing Student Research Group. It will compete - like its predecessors - in international competitions in the Formula Student series.

The oyster mushroom installation

Opublikowano: 15/07/2024 1:10 pm

The installation will stand in Five Corners Square until mid-July

A new structure has appeared at Plac Pięciu Rogów in Warsaw - the result of work by students of the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology and the culmination of the KOSZTY :W CENTRUM project.

Welcome Point at the Warsaw University of Technology

Opublikowano: 11/07/2024 9:18 am

is located in the Warsaw University of Technology Main Building in room 86

It is located in the WUT Main Building in room 86

Warsaw University of Technology in the Best Global Universities ranking

Opublikowano: 10/07/2024 3:41 pm

In the photo, a part of the Main Building from the outside

In June, in the latest edition of the ranking Best Global Universities (2024–2025), run by U.S. News, the Warsaw University of Technology was ranked 946 in the world and came 5th among Polish institutions.

Warsaw University of Technology in the CWUR ranking

Opublikowano: 10/07/2024 3:16 pm

In the photo, the interior of the Main Building of the Warsaw University of Technology

In the latest edition of the Center for World University Ranking (CWUR) WUT ranked 755 in the world and maintained its 5th ranking in Poland. This year the ranking evaluated 20 966 scientific institutions. On this basis, a list of 2000 best ones was created, including 41 from Poland.

WUT Doctoral Council with two awards

Opublikowano: 09/07/2024 2:52 pm

WUT Doctoral Council with two awards

During the Gala concluding the Training Convention of the Agreement of Doctoral Students of Universities of Technology, the best activities of doctoral student councils associated with the Agreement were awarded. The Doctoral Student Council of the Warsaw University of Technology won two statuettes - the main prize in the Effective Negotiation category and the second place for overall activity for the doctoral community.

Students' 2023 Freedom Pavilion with an international award

Opublikowano: 09/07/2024 2:39 pm

Freedom Pavilion

Last year's Freedom Pavilion, which was created as part of the ‘Erecting it’ project, won the international 2023 Faith & Form Religious Architecture & Art Award in the category: Sacred Landscape. The building was designed and built by students and lecturers from the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology.

Water Sense: or Polish rivers under the watchful eye of IoT

Opublikowano: 03/07/2024 9:05 am

Water Sense station

The innovative Water Sense technology serves the purpose of managing water quality in real-time. This comprehensive river condition threat identification system operates based on Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and utilizes autonomous measuring stations. Importantly, Water Sense continuously signals risks to ecosystems, predicts potential environmental impacts, and helps prevent ecological disasters.

DoorCE – WUT to be the leader of an international project

Opublikowano: 01/07/2024 11:44 am

In June, the kick-off of the DoorCE project took place. The project aims to build an ecosystem for Public Open Data tailored to the conditions of Central Europe and accessible to all, even the smallest public administration units. The project includes 10 partners from 7 countries, with the Warsaw University of Technology acting as the leader. The project team is headed by Prof. Michał Śmiałek from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology.

Energy independence in your home

Opublikowano: 27/06/2024 10:51 am

In the photo, project leader Olaf Dybiński, PhD, on stage during the LIDER XIV project gala

Imagine being able to generate electricity and heat for your own needs, no longer relying on the power grid. Olaf Dybiński, PhD, from the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) aims to develop and build such a system.

Winners of DemoDay in the Tech-Athon 2023 competition announced

Opublikowano: 27/06/2024 10:39 am

In the photo, a group of people - participants of DemoDay at the Center for Advanced Materials and Technologies (CEZAMAT) of the Warsaw University of Technology

We have completed the final stage of developing technological solutions devised by doctoral students of the Warsaw University of Technology. The prize of PLN 120,000 for further development was awarded to the project that uses simple tools and gamification to aid respiratory therapy, created by the pd meds team.

HarSval – Polish-Norwegian research cooperation in Svalbard

Opublikowano: 27/06/2024 10:35 am

In the photo, GNSS reference stations operating at the Polish Polar Station Hornsund, managed by the Warsaw University of Technology team

The Polish-Norwegian project HarSval, carried out by the Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography at the Warsaw University of Technology (WGIK WUT), aims to strengthen bilateral relations between Norway and Poland, expand partner networks and the scope of current research activities, and ensure the transfer of knowledge, technology, and best practices. It is funded by the EEA grant and Norwegian Funds 2014-2021 under the Basic Research Program.