On 11 March 2019 prof. Michał Kleiber became laureate of the Person of the Year 2018 title. The award was given to Professor by the Federation of Regional Unions of Municipalities and Counties of the Republic of Poland - the largest nationwide local government organization forming regional unions of 1000 local self-government units.
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an opportunity for all to take a stand for girls and women in science. IPPT PAN encourages women and girls with inquisitive minds to join us on this fascinating journey of scientific discovery and to conduct high quality research in the areas which are the focus of the world's science and technology.
On 2nd March 2019 Prof. Tadeusz Burczyński, Director of IPPT PAN, was nominated a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. The ceremony took place during the Festive Session in Salzburg.
We are pleased to announce a monograph "Diffusion and migration of nano particles and filaments suspended in oscillating flow", Sylwia Pawłowska (IPPT Reports 2/2018).
”No country can be modern if it is not up to date with technological advancements” emphasized president Andrzej Duda during his address at the 25th edition of the “Gold Engineer” (“Złoty Inżynier”) poll. Prof. Michał Kleiber of IPPT PAN saw himself among the winners. The celebration took place on 27th February 2019 at the Presidential Palace.
On January 17, 2019, newly elected members of the Institute’s Research Council gathered on their first meeting in the new 2019-2022 term of office.
On 22 February 2019 IPPT PAN held the ALKALINE REACTIVITY OF DOMESTIC AGGREGATES workshop. It was organized as part of the Development of Road Innovations programme, supported by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR) and the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad - GDDKiA).
Chris Trombley and Maria Ekiel-Jeżewska from IPPT PAN discovered theoretically stable configurations of charged microparticles in a viscous fluid. The results have been published in Physical Review Letters.
IPPT PAN will participate in a new European Union Horizon 2020 project (funding scheme: Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions – COFUND).
Karol Golasiński, a PhD student at the Department of Experimental Mechanics, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, obtained a scholarship for outstanding achievements in the academic year 2018/2019 according to the decision of the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences made on the 20th of November 2018.