41 laureates of the 14th LIDER scheme have been announced at a gala ceremony in Warsaw, among them dr inż. Zbigniew Tyfa, a researcher at the TUL's Institute of Turbomachinery. He was awarded 1.8 million złoty for Matematyczne wspomaganie przewidywania skutków leczenia tętniaków wewnątrzczaszkowych [Mathematical modelling to predict the outcome of intracranial aneurysm treatment] - a project of which he is the author.

Edited by Ewa Chojnacka

Only one candidate has been proposed nominated by the university community for the office of Rector of Lodz University of Technology in the 2024-2028 term. Professor Krzysztof Jóźwik, who has held the office since September 1, 2020, will seek re-election.

Dear Members of the TUL academic community

The last few weeks saw a number of events which engaged the entire Lodz University of Technology community. One of them, the Research Week, is the one I would like to highlight as there are several reasons for its relevance.

This year's annual call for proposals in the City funding scheme Łódź akademicka – naukowa, kreatywna i wielokulturowa 2024  [Academic Łódź - research-focused, creative, and multicultural 2024] received a record number of 56 submissions.

On the seventh of March, yet again this year, Lodz University of Technology's Performance Hall became the venue for the Czwartkowe Forum Kultury [Thursday Cultural Forum] meeting event. This time, Jakub Garbacz, an organist at the Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanisław Kostka in Łódź and also one of Poland's foremost organ virtuosos, was the guest speaker.

Written by Michał Grzelak, Media and Communications Office

Lodz University of Technology  is looking for candidates to apply for the MSCA PF 2024 grant

Maciej Szulczewski is one of the two winners of the 2nd edition of E2TOP (an equal prize of PLN 6,000 was also received by Wiktor Barańczak). He worked on constructing a pneumatic robot for the diagnostics of the human gastrointestinal system.

As part of the FU2N (Fund for Academic Conference Excellence) program, I will be working on a topic related to collectible toys, conducting research that has not been previously explored in relation to these products.

Written by dr Kamil Lubiński, Institute of Marketing and Sustainable Development  

Dr hab. inż. Joanna Pietrasik and dr hab. Radosław Podsiadły have been awarded the title of professor of exact and natural sciences in the discipline of Chemical Sciences. Both researchers work at the Institute of Polymers and Dyes at the Faculty of Chemistry.

The decision on conferring the title on the TUL scientists was made by Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland, on February 29.

The following considerations are an attempt to define the problem of digital publications and their role in the process of research evaluation. They also provide an opportunity to present the results of the 3rd National Conference on Scientific Publishing hosted by CRASP. The central theme of the event conducted in a hybrid mode were the challenges posed by the developments in artificial intelligence.

Written by dr Joanna Pawliczak, TUL Library/TUL Publishing House