The European Commission has selected 24 winners of the 2^nd "European Universities" competition, who will receive EUR 5 million over the next three years for the strategic development of their collaboration.

The first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “yeast” is perfectly risen pastry dough, a glass of kefir and – for adults – a beer or glass of wine. However, yeast is a very broad umbrella term for a great diversity of species which offer numerous possibilities far beyond the culinary realm. This fascinating world, invisible to the naked eye, was the topic of our conversation with the researchers behind the WUT Yeast Collection – Jolanta Mierzejewska, Ph.D., and Karolina Chreptowicz, Ph.D., Eng., of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Warsaw University of Technology.

The project entitled: “Use of pre-purified biogas as fuel for engines and farming machines” will result in the development of dual-fuel common rail diesel engines.

Investigating the in vitro anticancer and cytotoxic properties of a new family of 2D titanium carbide and nitrate nanocrystals (MXenes) and their effect on cells is the main goal of a project implemented by Agnieszka Jastrzębska, Ph.D., Eng., of the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology.

We are gradually restoring the functioning of the Warsaw University of Technology. However, the pandemic continues, so we are acting with the utmost care, following the developed guidelines and rules. What should you know?

The Melavio Avionics Student Research Group from the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering has won the Droniada — a competition for academic teams performing search-and-rescue missions which involve the use of drones and information analysis systems.

He dreamed of becoming an astronaut and exploring outer space, bit by bit. This dream did not come true, he has managed to go down in history nevertheless. Precisely, the history of the Polish Internet. On the anniversary of sending the first Polish e-mail we interviewed Tadeusz Węgrzynowski, head of the Telecommunications Section at the Warsaw University of Technology.

During the election sitting on 25 June 2020, the Electoral College elected Professor Krzysztof Zaremba, Phd, DSc, for the post of the Rector of Warsaw University of Technology for the 2020–2024 term.

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The world’s best universities in 54 academic subjects have been revealed. The Warsaw University of Technology was ranked in seven of them, and in five of those as No. 1 in Poland.

Our University is among the winners of the latest Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Program in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). As a result, one of our PhD students will be part of a collaborative research project of the Warsaw University of Technology and Microsoft Research Cambridge. 

Recruitment of candidates for PhD student to join the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Program is going on until July 31, 2020. Graduates of Master’s Degree programs in Computer Science or related fields, coders and candidates with a background in machine learning and computer vision are wanted.

The scholar of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES). He was honored for his outstanding contributions to the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.

Kornelia Łukojć from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Juliusz Bojarczuk from the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology are among the finalists of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Students contest. Both nominations are related to the “Technical Sciences” category.

The film buffs among us are probably familiar with “The Martian” by Ridley Scott and the image of Matt Damon, a survivor on the Red Planet, as he is trying to grow potatoes under those rather unconventional conditions. From a scientific point of view, his efforts as depicted in the movie made very little sense; however, they inspired the audience to reflect on the possibility of growing edible plants in conditions other than on the Earth. This was the dilemma faced by our students taking part in the international IGLUNA 2020 Project.

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During the election sitting on 25 June 2020, the Electoral College elected Professor Krzysztof Zaremba, Phd, DSc, for the post of the Rector of Warsaw University of Technology for the 2020–2024 term.

Dr hab. Dariusz Plewczyński, Principal Investigator of Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Sciences at Warsaw University of Technology became a laureate of the first edition of the PRELUDIUM BIS NCN (panel ST6).

Our students won two second place awards in this year’s SAE Aero Design 2020 WEST - which was unusual since held online. Jury recognised our students for their engineering solutions in the Micro class category.

The Warsaw University of Technology ranked at 511-520 in the latest ranking of the world’s top universities. This marks an improvement of the university’s raking as last year WUT was among the universities classified at positions 521-530. It is worth pointing out that the WUT was ranked 156 worldwide in the employer reputation category, which is the best result in Poland.

On February 26, 2020, the ENHANCE consortium of 7 technical universities: the Warsaw University of Technology, the Technical University of Berlin, RTWH in Aachen, Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, the Polytechnic University of Milan and the Polytechnic University of Valencia submitted an application under the European Commission’s European Universities initiative.

The Univeristy Electoral Commission informs that on 23 June 2020 the pre-election meeting with candidates for the Rector of Warsaw University of Technology for the 2020-2024 term will be held.

We have the first confirmed coronavirus case at Warsaw University of Technology. It concerns a student of our University, who resides in the “Żaczek” dormitory.

On 5 June 2020, the University Council and the group of 13 members of the Senate of Warsaw University of Technology designated candidates for the position of the Rector of Warsaw University of Technology for 2020–2024 term.

A group of WUT scholars has set up a start-up to commercialize innovations in aeronautical engineering. This is an outcome of University investments in the Przasnysz District.