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The sports classes for WUT employees

Published: 02/01/2023

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We invite you to participate in sports activities that are 100% subsidized by the Warsaw University of Technology under the Excellence Initiative – Research University Programme. 

Apply to STRATEG PW

Published: 30/11/2022

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The closing date for applications in the first stage is 20 December 2022.

Open call for the Best Paper competition

Published: 28/11/2022

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In the third edition of the competition, the call for applications lasts until 9 December 2022.

This project will facilitate the creation of a high-resolution land cover map for the entire world

Published: 07/11/2022

From the left: Przemysław Kupidura, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor; Anna Płatek-Żak, MSc; Artur Nowakowski, DSc; Oskar Graszka, MSc.

Experts from three WUT faculties are developing an automatic method of global land cover/land use classification for forests and development. Researchers are to conduct tests in five areas located in various parts of the globe to demonstrate the possibilities of the devised solution. Their project is implemented under the BEYOND POB II grant.

State award for the chairperson of Priority Research Center Cybersecurity and Data Science

Published: 07/11/2022

Krzysztof Szczypiorski

By decree of the President of the Republic of Poland issued on 14 December 2021, Krzysztof Szczypiorski, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit for his contribution to the development of science. The awarding ceremony took place on 4 October 2022 in the Main Building of the Warsaw University of Technology.

Application to help battle alcohol addiction

Published: 07/11/2022

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WUT scientists are working on a mobile app that will support alcohol abuse therapy. The project is implemented as part of the SzIR-3 competition for research grants.

Catalogs with cooperation proposal

Published: 04/11/2022

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Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer Management CZIiTT has prepared catalogs presenting research teams of three Priority Research Centers.

WUT at the head of a project investigating hate speech and fake news

Published: 28/10/2022

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Researchers will focus on two areas: gender equality and public health

Information is power

Published: 20/10/2022

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If you have information, you can effectively manage any ICT system, including transport. This assumption was used by the WUT researchers, who are developing proprietary methods of information quality assessment based on uncertainty modeling within the BEYOND POB grant. The implemented project is a joint effort of experts in transport, IT and telecommunications. 

The concept of new tests

Published: 20/10/2022

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There has been unflagging interest in quick biotests and biosensors. It became evident during the coronavirus pandemic. Mariusz Pietrzak, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Chemistry at WUT is working on devising new types of tests.

A new concept of a fuel cell

Published: 30/08/2022

Distribution before and after using turbulising elements, Mass transport enhancement in a direct formic acid fuel cell with a novel channel design, Jałowiecka et al., 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.138474.

What springs to your mind when you hear “fuel of the future”? Hydrogen. And how about formic acid? Scientists from the Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering at WUT are developing a fuel cell powered by formic acid with high stability and increased efficiency.

New technological solutions for electromobility

Published: 30/08/2022

From left: Maciej Marczewski, DSc; Aleksandra Ossowska, BSc; Maciej Smoliński, MSc.

A team of researchers from the Faculty of Chemistry at the Warsaw University of Technology developed composite materials which will facilitate the creation of a new generation lithium-sulfur cell. The research was financed under the IDUB research grant.

An innovative approach to research on the interactions between skin cells

Published: 30/08/2022

Conference poster

Mast cells are among the most important cells of the immunological system. They participate in many processes in our bodies, both normal and pathological ones. Although their interactions with other cells are frequently under research, very few researchers focus on demonstrating real-time changes. WUT researchers have decided to undertake the task.

Teacher grants programme - 2nd competition: results

Published: 29/08/2022

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In the competition for teacher grants, 11 projects will receive fundings.

Apply to POSTDOC PW III

Published: 13/07/2022

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The deadline for submissions is 30th September 2022. 

WUT researchers create computer systems supporting medical diagnostics

Published: 08/07/2022

A set of CT scans analyzed automatically by computer systems

Researchers at the Warsaw University of Technology are creating computer systems supporting doctors in medical diagnostics.

Using microwave energy in a chemical reactor

Published: 08/07/2022

Introductory work on the reactor

Scientists are working on a chemical reactor equipped with a smart semiconductive source of microwave power for the precise control of the nano-fertiliser synthesis process. 

ENERGYEDULAB

Published: 24/06/2022

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The closing date for applications is 22 July 2022.

LAB-TECH of Excellence: results

Published: 21/06/2022

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In the competition, 4 projects will receive fundings.

WUT scientists work on increasing the biogas production

Published: 06/06/2022

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Although researchers have been looking for solutions facilitating the intensification of the process of methane fermentation for years, so far, they have failed to determine a method which each time would lead to an increase in biogas production. The reason remains unknown. WUT scientists are among the researchers who are trying to explain that. 

Artificial Intelligence to help with designing homes

Published: 06/06/2022

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WUT scientists are working on a solution that will enable them to automatically generate a different complementary part (e.g. wiring) of the already completed part of a certain project (e.g. construction). The project is implemented within the SzIR-2 grant.

Work on algorithms for synchronous reluctance drives

Published: 06/06/2022

Synchronous reluctance motor

The intensive development of electromobility, including battery electric vehicles, motivates scientists including those from the Warsaw University of Technology to research the scope of the application of synchronous-reluctance motors in electric vehicle drives.

Polish-Spanish research on lithium-ion batteries

Published: 06/06/2022

Konrad Kwatek (in the middle) with the research team from ICMM.

Under the Mobility PW programme, Konrad Kwatek, DSc, from the Faculty of Physics at WUT, visited the Materials Science Institute of Madrid to conduct research. His research findings may lead to the application of a new solid electrolyte in lithium-ion batteries in the future.

Increasing the sensitivity, selectivity and reliability of results of biochemical analyses

Published: 06/06/2022

Mateusz Śmietana and his research team.

Scientists from the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology at WUT are devising a new measurement method which facilitates obtaining highly sensitive, selective and, at the same time, universal sensor, and biosensor solutions. Research is conducted as part of the FOTECH-1 research grant.

Following trends – new classes within teacher grant

Published: 06/06/2022

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The interdisciplinary, inter-faculty and inter-university laboratory has been started within a teacher grant and as part of Technologies of Conversion and Accumulation of Energy, which is a newly created specialisation at WUT.