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Our university at Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit conference

Opublikowano: 06/06/2022 3:05 pm

Graphics informing about Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit conference

Representatives of science and business from Poland and abroad will meet to discuss current technological challenges, acquire knowledge and inspire each other. Our University is one of the partners of the event. On June 7th and 8th, we would like invite you to the WUT stand – in the Warsaw EXPO hall and also online.

Sign up for the Falling Walls Lab Warsaw competition!

Opublikowano: 03/06/2022 9:38 am

Photo from the Falling Walls Lab competition

Calls for entries are open for this prestigious competition for students, PhD candidates, researchers, entrepreneurs, education specialists: people who have ideas on how to combat limitations in science, society, the economy or the tech industry. The winner of the Warsaw competition will travel to Berlin and participate in the prestigious Falling Walls conference.

WUT student aircraft win awards at US competition

Opublikowano: 03/06/2022 9:35 am

Photo of the students during the visit in Lockheed Martin company

Success of the SAE AeroDesign Science Club

WUT at the conference Defence24 Day

Opublikowano: 30/05/2022 4:05 pm

Photo of the visitors to the stand of the Warsaw University of Technology at the Defence24 Day

Warsaw University of Technology participated in one of the leading conferences in Europe, devoted to aspects of security and defense policy and the armaments sector. Scientists from WUT presented their projects, participated in discussions, meetings and debates. Our University was one of the main partner of the event.

Polish cities of the future through the eyes of students

Opublikowano: 30/05/2022 9:30 am

Visualization of the city of the future prepared by the Scientific Circle of Tomorrow's Architecture of Warsaw University of Technology as part of the project "Polish cities of the future 2050 through the eyes of young people"

Self-sustaining and ecological, with a happy and integrated community – this is how future architects and urban planners see Polish cities in 2050. Members of the Scientific Circle of Architecture of Tomorrow at WUT have shared their vision.

New cancer therapy

Opublikowano: 30/05/2022 9:22 am

Picture of the brain

The team from the Warsaw University of Technology, the Polish Academy of Sciences and the University of Warsaw want to help in the treatment of brain tumours and the elimination of side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Is it possible to build a bridge out of paper? Our students prove it is!

Opublikowano: 30/05/2022 9:06 am

Photo of the competition winners and their bridge

Teams from the Scientific Circle of Bridge Builders from the Faculty of Civil Engineering were locked in a gripping duel for victory in the nationwide competition wyKOMBinuj mOst (contrive a bridge). Eventually, the PWniaczka team won, beating the record of the competition at the same time. The other two teams ranked second and fourth.

Simultaneous measurement of breath, heart rate and physical activity

Opublikowano: 30/05/2022 8:58 am

Photo of the Pneumonitor

How is it possible?

Brightness, I see brightness! About the problem of light pollution

Opublikowano: 30/05/2022 8:42 am

Photo of Krzysztof Skarżyński, PhD Eng.

It does not give off unpleasant odours, it does not cause problems with recycling, it does not remain in gazebos and landfills — and yet light can be and actually is a source of pollution. We asked Krzysztof Skarżyński, PhD Eng., from the Lighting Technology Division of Electrical Power Engineering Institute at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, a lighting enthusiast, a specialist in the field of its simulation and measurements.

Mixeway system increases telecommunications security

Opublikowano: 30/05/2022 8:28 am

A graphic showing a man holding a finger on a virtual padlock

Grzegorz Siewruk, PhD Eng., from the Warsaw University of Technology designed and built the Mixeway system, increasing the security of applications operating in the infrastructure of telecommunications operators.

Our researchers among the most influential AI specialists

Opublikowano: 30/05/2022 8:18 am

Graphics illustrating the list of TOP-100 Women in AI

Experts from the Warsaw University of Technology were included in the list of TOP-100 Women in AI – an elitarian list of Polish and foreign women working in Poland, who professionally deal with the subject of artificial intelligence.

Open Day at WUT

Opublikowano: 25/05/2022 3:55 pm

Open Day promo photo

An event for curious minds. You've seen WUT Main Building a hundred times but have no idea what's happening inside? Visit us this Saturday (May 28) and learn more about the Warsaw University of Technology, meet our students and professors, see the effects of their research work and… join us!

Scientific assistance in the fight against crime and terrorism

Opublikowano: 19/05/2022 11:43 am

Photo of the interior of the Mobile Forensic Platform

A team from the Faculty of Automotive and Construction Machinery Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology co-created the Mobile Forensic Platform (MPK) to quickly collect and analyze data from the place of a terrorist attack or disaster. The tool can support the Police and Border Guard in their work.

We hosted the ENHANCE Board of Directors and Steering Committee

Opublikowano: 19/05/2022 11:25 am

Photo of participants in the meeting of the board of directors and the ENHANCE steering committee

During the two-day ENHANCE Alliance Leadership Meeting, which took place on 12 and 13 May, rectors, vice-rectors and guests from partner universities discussed the strategic directions of the ENHANCE consortium until 2030 in the context of the "Strategy for European Universities" developed by the European Commission.

The concept of new public transportation takes New York by storm

Opublikowano: 19/05/2022 11:18 am

Solar railway project

The Sunglider Smart Uberground Metros project won one of two major awards in the New York Product Design Awards. The authors of the concept include employees, students and graduates of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology.

Laboratory of the Aerospace Research Centre of WUT has just opened

Opublikowano: 19/05/2022 11:11 am

Photo of people cutting the ribbon during the opening of the Laboratory of the Aerospace Research Center

On 14 May 2022 the Warsaw University of Technology opened a laboratory of the Aerospace Research Centre at the airport in Przasnysz. It is a unique place on a national and European scale where research on unmanned aerial vehicles and radar technologies is carried out.

How to protect yourself from electrosmog?

Opublikowano: 18/05/2022 3:48 pm

Photo of Prof. Mariusz Zdrojek and Anna Łapińska, PhD bending over a graphene sample

A team led by prof. Mariusz Zdrojek from the Faculty of Physics is busy working on creating a material that will suppress harmful microwave radiation. It needs to be cheap, lightweight and flexible enough to easily adapt to different products.

The Year of Wolfke, Part 3. Crystals are small diffraction grids

Opublikowano: 17/05/2022 8:43 am

Photo of Professor Mieczysław Wolfke delivering his lecture entitled "New elementary particles" - standing next to an experimental apparatus

There are works that change people's fate, and even the fate of the world. This might have been the case with Mieczysław Wolfke's publication entitled ‘Über die Möglichkeit der optischen Abbildung von Molekulargittern’ (On the possibility of optical imaging of molecular grids). However, this never really happened. We would like to invite you to the next part of the story about a unique researcher and inventor associated with the Warsaw University of Technology.

The first "photo" of a black hole at the heart of our galaxy

Opublikowano: 16/05/2022 4:20 pm

The image of a black hole at the heart of the Milky Way

Our graduate involved in this unique project

Our scientist at Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting

Opublikowano: 11/05/2022 12:26 pm

Photo of Madhurya Chandel, PhD

Madhurya Chandel, PhD, from the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering has been invited to attend the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting at Lindau (Germany) - a prestigous meeting with Nobel Prize winners and young scientists from around the world.

How can patients be protected from hypothermia during surgery?

Opublikowano: 11/05/2022 11:58 am

Photo of the medical staff during surgery

Setting the temperature in the operating room is quite a challenge. The patient requires a lot of heat, while the cooler temperature is better for the medical staff. WUT researchers decided to look for a solution to this problem. What is their idea? Prof. Anna Bogdan from the Faculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering explains.

Good energy for Ukraine

Opublikowano: 09/05/2022 10:20 am

Photo of Paulina Kruk-Fura, MSc

The Faculty of Physics collects and rebuilds old uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), lithium-ion batteries, and car batteries as part of the "Mini-energy storage" campaign („Minimagazyny energii”). All of this is meant to support the people of Ukraine, who have lost access to the electricity network as a result of the war.

Warsaw University of Technology in the CWUR ranking

Opublikowano: 09/05/2022 8:23 am

Photo of the Main Building of the Warsaw University of Technology

In the latest edition of The Center for World University Ranking, Warsaw University of Technology ranked 711th in the world and maintained its fifth place in the country, trailing three universities and one research institute.

The Year of Wolfke, Part 2. Atoms from light

Opublikowano: 09/05/2022 8:16 am

Photo of Professor Mieczysław Wolfke

Mieczysław Wolfke is one of the most acclaimed researchers and inventors associated with the Warsaw University of Technology. His ideas delighted the world, but they are not as well-known as they deserve to be. We want to change that!

WUT supports the development of nuclear energy

Opublikowano: 09/05/2022 8:14 am

Photo of the signatories of the agreement

More students in nuclear energy-related fields – this is the main goal of the agreement concluded between the Warsaw University of Technology, the University of Warsaw, and the International Institute of Nuclear Energy.