Research | Gdańsk University of Technology

2021-09-08

Cosmetics based on carrot pomace extracts. This is how biomass can be used

Natural cosmetics based on carrot pomace extracts or bioplastics from potato leftovers - such can be the use of biomass, so far considered useless waste. This is the result of the research carried out under the project BioBIGG: Bioeconomics in the South Baltic Area: Innovations based on the use of biomass and the development of green areas. Gdańsk University of Technology was one of the...

2021-08-30

Our scientists study the impact of climate change on the chemical composition of Siberian steppe

As part of the PollAct project, researchers from Gdańsk University of Technology are analyzing the impact of climate change on the presence of pollutants released from long-term permafrost in Siberia. They took part in a summer research expedition to the Northeast Research Station of the Russian Academy of Sciences (NESS RAN) in Kolyma, where permafrost occurs in the form of massive layers of...

2021-08-19

Gdańsk Tech among 10 Polish universities classified in the Shanghai 2021 ranking

Gdańsk University of Technology was classified for the second time in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), that is the so-called 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 point increase in three ranking indicators. Each year, ARWU classifies...

2021-07-29

Prof. Mirosław Gerigk’s underwater platform with a prestigious nomination

The product of prof. Mirosław Gerigk from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology receives a prestigious nomination in the 9th edition of the National Competition "State Security Leader 2021". A multi-functional AUV-Stealth unmanned, underwater platform was awarded. The nomination for the award is the result of a meeting and presentation at the National Security Bureau,...

2021-07-13

Beata Zima, PhD, Eng. and Tomasz Majchrzak, PhD, Eng. with the award of the Gdańsk Scientific Society

Beata Zima, PhD, Eng. from the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Tomasz Majchrzak, PhD, Eng. from the Faculty of Chemistry received scientific awards of the Gdańsk Scientific Society and the Mayor of Gdańsk for outstanding scientific achievements Every year, the Mayor of the City of Gdańsk and the Gdańsk Scientific Society award five equal awards to young scientists, up to...

2021-07-06

ILLUME scientists on the Technical Committee of the International Commission on Lighting (CIE)

Karolina Zielińska-Dąbkowska, PhD, Eng., Arch., from the Faculty of Architecture, Katarzyna Bobkowska, PhD, Eng., and Paweł Burdziakowski, PhD, Eng., from the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, active in the ILLUME research group within the EkoTech Center, were appointed to be members of the technical committee of the International Commission on Illumination - TC 2-95:...

2021-06-22

Prestigious FPS scholarships for researchers from Gdańsk Tech

Beata Zima, PhD, Eng. from the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Paulina Parcheta-Szwindowska, PhD, Eng. from the Faculty of Chemistry and PhD student, MSc. Karolina Górnicka from the Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics are among the prestigious winners of the START scholarship program of the Foundation for the Development of Polish Science. Beata Zima, PhD, Eng. is an...

2021-06-14

User-friendly apps help children with autism develop a variety of skills

"Friendly Applications" is the title of the project under which educational applications are created. Their goal is to support the therapy of children with autism spectrum disorders based on the principles of applied behavioral analysis, otherwise known as behavioral therapy. Such applications not only mean a lot of educational games dedicated to small audiences, but also the creation of an...