More than PLN 4.5 million awarded for research and development work for young scientists in the second edition of the ARGENTUM programe | Gdańsk University of Technology

In the completed call, 54 applications were submitted to the program, of which 19 received funding:

within the EcoTech Center:

1. Multi-variant LCA in Ecodesigne
Project Manager: Krzysztof Doerffer PhD FMEST allocated funds: PLN 298,240

2. Sustained, inclusive and sustainable institutions for all: Neurodiversity-friendly smart work design. Acronym: SISI4ALL
Project leader: Joanna Szulc PhD FMA  allocated funds: PLN 114,635.40

3. Development of a new procedure for assessing the suitability of stored flux-cored wires for FCAW welding
Project manager: Aleksandra Świerczyńska, PhD, FMEST, allocated funds: PLN 230,207,80

4. Potential of the bitumen and bituminous mortars with reclaimed asphalt binder for self-healing
Project manager: Dawid Ryś, PhD, FCEE, allocated funds: PLN 194,568

5. An innovative approach to environment monitoring and construction diagnosis using autonomous solutions and artificial intelligence
Project manager: Paweł Tysiąc, PhD FCEE, allocated funds: PLN  298,810.70

6. Methods for speed estimation of a vehicle at impact with a road safety barrier
Project manager: Dawid Bruski, PhD FCEE, allocated funds: PLN  300 000

7. Analysis on the effect of a quasi-MQL system on the machining process of glued wood (qMQLGluWoodCut)
Project manager: Daniel Chuchała  PhD FMEST, allocated funds:  PLN 276 020 

within the BioTechMed Centre: 

8. chemical synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of hydroxamate siderophore - enzymatic inhibitor conjugates containing the stimuli-responsive 'trimethyl lock' linker
Project leader: Andrzej Skwarecki PhD FC, awarded funding: PLN  299,000

9. Bacterial cellulose as a matrix for vegetarian meat substitutes
Project leader: Dr Agata Sommer FC, awarded funding: PLN 175 990

10. evaluation of mechanical and biological response of bone scaffolds 3D printed with hybrid polymers
Project manager: Angela Andrzejewska, PhD FCEE allocated funds: PLN 299 960

11. Aromatic heptaenes seen in a new light: N-substituted aromatic analogues of amphotericin B with improved selective toxicity
Project leader: Paweł Szczeblewski, PhD FC, awarded funding: PLN 299,080

within the Center for Digital Technologies:

12. Modeling and forecasting of the global ionospheric state based on the GNSS technique and machine learning
Project manager: Grzegorz Nykiel, PhD FCEE, funds granted: PLN 174,240

13. Machine learning algorithms for optimization of structural and physical properties
Project manager: Dr Łukasz Doliński FECE, allocated funds: PLN 204 510 

14. Optimised control of biological processes in SBR (OptoSBR)
Project manager: Tomasz Zubowicz PhD FECE,  allocated funds: PLN 127 050

15. Heap palletization robot (HPR)
Project manager: Marek Tatara PhD FETI, awarded funding PLN 296,866

within the Center for Advance Materials:

16. design a multi-head 3D printing system for production of biocompatible scaffolds based on the unstable form of chitosan hydrogen doped with agarose
Project manager: Szymon Mania PhD FC, grant awarded: PLN 299,146

17. Small molecule activators stabilized by N-heterocyclic carbenes
Project manager: Kinga Kaniewska-Laskowska PhD FC, awarded funding: PLN 292 570

18. Vanadates on the visible-light-driven photocatalyst secret service-searching a new and effective to degradation of water pollution
Project manager: Dr. Marta Prześniak-Welenc FAPM grant awarded: PLN 298 560

19. Research on the interactions of boron and nitrogen quantum defects in semiconductor diamond-based nanowall structures
Project manager: Mateusz Ficek, PhD FETI, funds granted: PLN 215 962.98

Decisions will be delivered by internal Gdańsk Tech mail within three weeks