Aktualności | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology at the Gdańsk University of Technology

Michał Klugmann's PhD thesis was written about the heat exchange in minichannels - thin pipes of various shapes conducting a boiling medium. His DSc elaborated on this subject and concerned another configuration of flow - through minislots. 

Inaugural meeting of the Council was held online on 25 November.

Due to the appointing of the Council of Entrepreneurs, students and researchers will be able to benefit from apprenticeship and practical activities in buoyant companies, stipend programs, traninings and courses, post-graduate studies and industrial workshops. Companies in turn will benefit from gaining access to qualified staff - artists of engineering.

During the first meeting of the 9-person chapter of these medals, appointed for a four-year term by a resolution of the Gdańsk City Council of September 2021, prof. Edmund Wittbrodt, PhD, DSc, Eng. was elected the Master (chairman) of the Chapter.

The Medals of St. Wojciech and Mściwoj II have been awarded by the city council since 1997 for outstanding services to the city.

During Space Tech Expo fair it was possible to find out how European Space Agency can continue the development of its possibilities in order to strengthen its position, to learn about the newest technological achievements in sub-systems and application, to meet the representatives of companies operationg in the space technologies area. 

The Ministry of Education and Science published the results of admission for studies in the academic year 2021/2022. 428,000 people were accepted for 1st and 2nd cycle studies. Technical universities dominated among the universities most willingly chosen by young people. Apart from Gdańsk Tech, the podium also included the Warsaw University of Technology (over 7 candidates for the place) and the Poznań University of Technology (over 6 candidates for the place). The Łódź University of Technology and the University of Wrocław were ranked next.

No disease outbreaks were reported at FMEST - the actions have a preventive character related to the growing number of infections. On November 5, 15904 new cases were reported in Poland, 894 new cases were reported in Pomeranian region. The FMEST dean said that stationary mode of conducting all classes will be resumed when the number of cases will drop. 

Nearly 2400 students are studying at FMEST in stationary curses. 

The decision regarding possible launching of remote mode at extramural courses will be taken later on. 

Pursuant to Regulation No. 66/2021, students, doctoral students, participants of postgraduate studies, university employees and other persons conducting classes are required to cover their mouth and nose with a mask in generally accessible places, in all campus buildings.

The kayak was printed at home, it is 2.3 m long and 80 cm wide. Maciej Karnowski designed the boat in such a way that it could be transported by a small car.

 – I printed the canoe at home and it took me a total of 400 hours – the printer worked about six hours a day. It is much smaller than a standard boat of this type, which usually measures about three meters - noted the graduate.

Here, also at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology, scientists and students work on innovative research and devices. Study courses associated with space are being launched. These were the subjects of the speech delivered by Marek Chodnicki, PhD, ME in TVP3 Gdańsk show "Good morning, Gdańsk speaking".

Looking at the wind farms, I see significantly more advantages than disadvantages. First of all, bearing in mind the major objective associated with them – namely reaching climate and environmental neutrality as soon as possible in order to decrease the greenhouse effect anc CO2 emission. Building off-shore wind farms increases the chances of reaching the target – said professor Zbigniew Korczewski, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology, coordinator of the GUT Center for Off-shore Wind Energy, in TOK FM science show.