Business - Innovations - Technology (BIT of WUT)

In July NASA said that for financial reasons they are giving up the launch of the 433.5 billion dollars’ worth VIPER rover designed to search for natural resources on the south pole of the Moon. In view of these limitations at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, can we still dream about exploration of natural resources and searching for traces of life on Mars?

A team from the WUT’s Faculty of Physics has published an article in Nature detailing the first experimental observation of an antihypernucleus. The research was conducted as part of the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Our physicists have developed a nanocomposite graphene-based material, the unique properties of which may be used for military purposes. Their research results were published in the journal ”Optics Express”.

Our physicists, in collaboration with experts from Warsaw, Katowice, and Łódź, have investigated graphene-based nanocomposites that could be used in radiation protection materials. The results of their research have been published in Scientific Reports.

Germany, Croatia and Poland - these were the locations where the Proton Dynamic team from the Warsaw University of Technology competed in the Formula Student series. How did our students perform?

Klara Skorupowska and Julia Nogowska, students at Warsaw University of Technology, are members of the team that developed MindEasy, an app designed to adapt educational materials to a student’s current psychophysical state. The app is competing in the Google Gemini API Developer Competition, and voting is open until the end of October!

Students from the Warsaw University of Technology, working within the CMYK Student Research Group, aim to develop a Braille typewriter from scratch using readily available materials. The work is divided into two stages: copying existing solutions and then improving upon them.

CanSats, which are miniature research probes shaped and sized like a soda can, conduct various scientific experiments. However, to carry out their missions, they need a launcher—a special device to propel them. This is exactly what students from the Balloon Division of the WUT’s Student Space Association are working on. The first launches are coming soon.

An interdisciplinary team from the Warsaw University of Technology has begun work on the concept of creating a network of smart devices (equipped with IoT technology) on our Central Campus. One such device will be a "smart lantern," equipped with a set of sensors, actuators, and systems for communication with other similar devices. Implementing this solution will provide users of the WUT campus with various conveniences, such as reducing light pollution.

This stands for a new standard in data security against unauthorized access. Our researchers have developed a generator of cryptographic keys (or simply "secret passwords") that offers greater security than ever before, while being easy to use and cost-efficient, even in highly demanding cases. The solution has been granted the first European patent with unitary effect at the Warsaw University of Technology.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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-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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Zaklepuje.to project won second place in the competition for the best business project at the Enactus Poland National Competition. The kayaking trip search and booking system was created by students of the Warsaw University of Technology. The final of the competition took place on June 5 at the Kinoteka in Warsaw.