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Eleven creative projects designed to support particularly talented students engaging in research activities in topics related to priority research areas have received funding from the Radium Learning Through Research Programs for a total value of more than PLN 229,000. Implementation of the projects will make it possible to finance the costs of ongoing research by second-level students in Individual Research Studies.

Monika Śmiełowska completed her doctoral thesis at the Department of Analytical Chemistry. The thesis was entitled: "New solutions in the analytics of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) for samples with a complex matrix composition". The defense of the dissertation took place on 30 September 2021. The supervisor of the thesis was prof. Bożena Czekała, PhD, DSc, Eng. (Gdańsk University of Technology), and its reviewers were: prof. Bogusław Buszewski, PhD, DSc (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń) and Sylwia Bajkacz, PhD, DSc, Eng.

One does not live by football alone. We would like to inform all sports lovers about the successes of Ms. Bogna Świtała, a second-year student of Chemical Technology.

Our colleague managed to gain ranking points at the international billiards competition held in Treviso, Italy, on November 25-28. The points gained are even more satisfying as it was the Student's first performance at the Euro Tour tournament.

After a two-stage expert's assessments 576 applications with a value of almost 491 million PLN have been finally qualified for funding. Based on the above, the numerical success rate is 13.4%.

Professor Zwierzykowski was a well-known and respected scientist and expert in the field of chemistry and technology of fats and surfactants.

On November 16th this year, the results of the competition for scholarships for foreign doctoral students funded by the Mayor of the City of Gdańsk in consultation with Fahrenheit Universities were announced. Maria Alaide de Oliveira from the Brazilian Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) is among the three winners.

On Monday, 14 November, the Fahrenheit Courtyard of Gdańsk University of Technology hosted an expert debate entitled "Energy, but what kind?". Among the guests of the debate were: Swiss Ambassador Fabrice Filliez, Mariusz Sadłowski - Director of the Energy Office of the City of Gdańsk, prof.

Within the scope of a project funded from the VENTUS  program,  pre-implementation works will be performed to start the industrial process of recycling the monocrystalline and polycrystalline photovoltaic (PV) modules, obtained from end-of-life or damaged modules. Researcher plan to apply a PV module recycling method, developed in at the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage at the Faculty of Chemistry of Gdańsk Tech, which was patented in 2014.

„iENA „Ideas –  Inventions – New Products”, an event devoted to presentation of innovative solutions in various areas of science, was attended by 500 participants from 35 countries.  The invention developed at Gdańsk University of Technology was submitted by PKN ORLEN (Polish Oil Company) and received a silver medal for invention, new product category.