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Virtual tour inside a ship thanks to an application

What would it be like if you could immerse yourself in virtual reality and see the hull of a ship from a previously unavailable perspective? MSc. Ewelina Ciba from the Institute of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology is working on an application that will make it possible.

Ewelina Ciba's project "Virtual Reality (VR) in designing the hull structure, application for Android and IOS systems" was awarded in the first edition of the Educational Innovation Competition at Gdańsk Tech, organised by Center for Innovative Eduaction.

Rapid COVID-19 screening

Scientists from Gdańsk University of Technology designed a device that analyzes air samples of exhaled air for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Ultimately, the device will allow to obtain a result within a minute, for a symbolic “penny”, less inconveniently for the patient than the currently applied methods. Recognized by American media popularizing scientific achievements, the device is being tested at the Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia, by doctors of the Medical University of Gdańsk.

– Our method is not as accurate as the currently used tests, however it is faster, considerably cheaper and more pleasant than the nasopharyngeal specimen collection. Therefore, it will prove useful as a screening method that allows initial confirmation of infection and recommendation for the accurate test – underlines Prof.

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STOS - Smart and Transdisciplinary knOwledge Services

A state-of-the-art IT center is being built at Gdańsk Tech, which will support scientists in carrying out innovative research.

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STOS is expected to be ready by the end of June 2022.

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What’s new in Web of Science?

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2021 at Gdańsk Tech: promotions in rankings, FarU, science, innovation and investments

The past year at Gdańsk University of Technology was busy and effective, despite the difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The university advanced or maintained high positions in national and international rankings, and its scientists conducted innovative research projects. The infrastructure base of Gdańsk Tech is also gradually improving, and cooperation with the universities that are part of the Fahrenheit Union of Universities - the Medical University of Gdańsk and the University of Gdańsk - is getting closer and more fruitful.

The position of the University of Technology in the country and in the world

Gdańsk University of Technology was classified for the second time in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), i.e. the Shanghai ranking, which is considered to be the most prestigious ranking of universities in the world. Our university maintained its position in the ninth hundred and recorded a one point increase in three ranking indicators.