Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, is one of five partners participating in the innovative project HYDRO - New Competences for New Jobs in the Green Hydrogen Economic Era. This project, co-financed by the European Commission under the ERASMUS+ program, aligns with European environmental policy and focuses on training specialists for a greener economy, primarily in the field of green hydrogen. The consortium has received €250,000 for the planned activities.

Written by Ewa Chojnacka, editor-in-chief

At its last meeting in 2024, the Senate of Lodz University of Technology decided to initiate proceedings for the conferral of the title of Doctor Honoris Causa upon Roberta Metsola, the President of the European Parliament. The supervisor of this process is the rector, Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik.

The results of the National Science Centre (NCN) competitions have proven very beneficial for researchers at Lodz University of Technology. They will implement five projects in Opus 27 and five in Preludium 23, with a total value of nearly 9.4 million PLN.

The new year is off to a good start for the university. Two valuable historic buildings belonging to Lodz University of Technology have received over 17 million PLN for modernization. These are the villa of Reinhold Richter located at 6/8 Skorupki Street and the Scheilbler Family Palace Complex at 266/268 Piotrkowska Street.

We inform you that starting from January 1, 2025, the law of November 18, 2020, on electronic deliveries will come into effect, which obliges universities to adopt a new method of delivering correspondence created during doctoral studies to doctoral candidates—referred to as e-Deliveries.

The Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of Lodz University of Technology has received funding of 2 million PLN from the National Agency for Academic Exchange as part of the STER programme for the Internationalization of Doctoral Schools.

AI Football Manager is the title of another project in the programme for particularly gifted students at TUL. It is being carried out by Weronika Wiechno, who studies Applied Computer Science. She is a scholarship holder of the Intel-Perspectives 2024/2025 New Technologies for Women programme. Her hobby is playing the piano. In the future, she would like to pursue a career in science, as she has been fascinated by acquiring knowledge since childhood.

The Polish Association of Plastic Converters announced the winner of the competition for the most innovative applications of these materials in scientific work. The winner is Konrad Stefaniak, a student at TUL.

Among the 29 applications submitted in July by young scientists from the Lodz University of Technology to the National Science Centre for the MINIATURA 8 competition, as many as 13 received funding for conducting research or study visits.

Is it possible to create fully natural cosmetics enclosed in biodegradable packaging? Yes, and this challenge has been taken on by Karina Skura, a student of the 2023/24 academic year at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences. She is the secretary of the BioMass Student Scientific Research Group. As a young researcher, she is carrying out scientific projects that have resulted in publications and a patent application for an eco-friendly packaging material.