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2022-02-02
Another important stage in the construction of the STOS complex of Gdańsk Tech completed
One of the most important and largest infrastructure investments in Pomerania is being built on the campus of Gdańsk University of Technology: the STOS Competence Center. A state-of-the-art IT center will distinguish Gdańsk in this part of Europe. Fortunately the works are progressing according to the schedule despite unfavorable weather conditions. The construction has just reached the...
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2022-01-28
Prof. Lech Kobyliński, doctor honoris causa of Gdańsk Tech, is gone
On 23 January, at the age of 98, died prof. Lech Kobyliński, an outstanding scientist, co-founder of Polish shipbuilding, constructor of experimental forms of watercrafts - hydrofoils and hovercrafts, doctor honoris causa of Gdańsk University of Technology. Professor Lech Kobyliński was born on 1 May 1923 in Vilnius. He was associated with Gdańsk University of Technology since 1945,...
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2022-01-28
"Antimask" of extreme emotions - the extraordinary work of students of Architecture on display in the Main Building
The extraordinary work of students of the Faculty of Architecture is displayed on the first floor of the Main Building of Gdańsk Tech. These are two photographic images, a kind of record of emotions from the time of the first waves of the Covid-19 pandemic and being isolated at home. The originator of the artistic project is a sculptor, Paweł Sasin, MA from the Department of Visual Arts. It...
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2022-01-24
The same fins on the boards, a different way of sailing. Scientists are studying the problem
Although they look the same, can windsurfing boards, and more precisely their fins, sail completely differently? The answer is: yes. But can it be checked before we buy such a fin? Scientists from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology are working on this issue. – The Polish Yachting Association approached us with various issues related to the interpenetration of...
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2022-01-24
Gdańsk Tech is intensifying activities for the country's defense
Representatives of the army, science and industry, that is three natural stakeholders in the process of planning the purchase of military equipment, met at Gdańsk University of Technology. In December 2021, the Center of Maritime Military Technologies of Gdańsk University of Technology and the Polish Armaments Group and PGZ Stocznia Wojenna concluded the so-called confidentiality agreements,...
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2022-01-24
Scientists will turn food waste into compounds more valuable than biogas
Compounds of greater value than methane sourced from household scraps and food production waste? Scientists from Gdańsk University of Technology and China are working on a new technology for processing food waste, thanks to which it will be possible to recover carboxylic acids needed to produce polymers, pharmaceuticals, solvents or food additives. The project, carried out under the...
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2022-01-24
FarU research infrastructure at hand
Scientists of the Fahrenheit Universities have gained a new tool, which will make projects and research work significantly easier. As part of the grant project titled Supporting University Consolidation Processes, a system of joint management of member universities’ infrastructure was developed. 133 items of large apparatus and 59 laboratories (core lab), including 2 strategic ones, were...
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2022-01-17
SeaSentinel - port drone preventing contamination. New SimLE project
Students from the science club SimLE are working on a new project. It is SeaSentinel, a port drone that will monitor the cleanliness of the port basin from the water level, but also prevent any contamination. The originator of the project is Igor Rusiecki, a first-year student of ocean engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology. He started working on the drone...
