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The development of the elements

of competitiveness in engineering education

– the experience of

Bialystok University of Technology

Prof. Lech Dzienis, DSc, PhD, EngRector of Bialystok University of Technology

Bialystok University of Technologya university with 65 years of tradition in educating engineers

and shaping the technical thought,

is the biggest technical university in the north-eastern Poland.

faculties7

12 thous. students

680 academic teachers

26 first degree courses

18 second degree courses

8 rights to confer doctoral degrees

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87

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rights to confer post-doctoral degrees

Erasmus bilateral agreements

bilateral scientific agreements with academic centres from 37 countries

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In its 7 faculties Bialystok University

of Technology runs first, second

and third degree courses in polish,

english or russian language.

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Faculty of Architecture

Faculty of Civil and Environmental

Engineering

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Faculty of Computer Science

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Management

Faculty of Forestry in Hajnówka.

Rights to confer scientificdegrees:

doctoral degrees (8 scientific

disciplines):architecture and urban planning,

civil engineering,

computer science,

electronics,

electrical engineering,

environmental engineering,

machine design and maintenance,

mechanics

post-doctoral degrees (4):civil engineering,

electrical engineering,

machine design and maintenance,

mechanics.

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educating studentsor developing academic entrepreneurship

The last 5 years have observed

an unprecedented investment period

for Bialystok University of Technology.

Owing to the enhanced laboratory and research

infrastructure, our students and employees have

access to the latest knowledge in different areas

of technology.

We have created appropriate conditionsfor making the best use of the knowledge,

intellectual potential, ideas and energy of young

people, students, graduates and also scientific

staff.

within the last 4 years, our university has implemented 28 European Union-funded projects whose total value was nearly 300 million Polish zlotys(over 71 million Euros )

educating studentsor developing academic entrepreneurship

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We support the implementation of projects

created by members of student research groups.

There are over 50 student research groups

at Bialystok University of Technology, and they

are a rich source of new ideas which –

after being appropriately strengthened –

can function in the economic system.

While implementing their ideas, our students learn

organizational skills as well as the principles

of working in groups and engineering

responsibility; students also make new contactsand cooperate with the business world.

the greatest strengthof our university are creative students who have achieved significant national and international successes

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student projects and their potential

In June 2014, the HYPERION TEAM – students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering ofBialystok University of Technology – won the prestigious University Rover Challenge 2014competition of Mars rovers, organised in the Mars Desert Research Station in the Stateof Utah, USA. It was the third victory of teams representing our University; the previous URCwinners were the Magma 2 rover in 2011, and the Hyperion rover in 2013.

The funds for constructing the Hyperion and Hyperion 2 Mars rovers as well as for theparticipation of the students in the competition in the USA came from the „Generationof the Future” programme of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education,from the general sponsor - PKO BP Bank, and from the University’s own resources.

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student projects and their potential

Our students have received the second prize in the prestigious International Contestof Applications in Nano-micro Technology (iCAN), held in a Japanese city of Sendai.

Representatives of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and the Faculty of MechanicalEngineering went to Japan with their RECON project – a wireless teleinformatic systemfor monitoring the natural environment.

The construction of RECON was possible through funds from the pro-quality subsidy fromthe Faculty of Electrical Engineering for the year 2012, while the trip to Japan was partiallyfinanced by the sponsors, that is, the Standard Motor Products Polska Sp. z o.o. companyand the Elektrometal Energetyka S.A. company.

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student projects and their potential

Representatives of the Faculty of Computer Science, the team called WE CODE FOR FOOD,won the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2014 Poland National Finals in the category of Innovation.Their winning project, Phobos, makes use of the latest Virtual Reality technologies in treatmentof phobias.

Winning top prizes by our students in this competition organised by the Microsoft company has

become a tradition. In 2010, the RHEA team from the BUT Faculty of Computer Science, wasawarded the first prize in the Imagine Cup World Finals in the category of Internet Explorer 8Award and also the second prize in the category of Next Generation Web Award.

The WE CODE FOR FOOD team was also the winner of the Podlachian Innovation Accelerator2012 contest as well as the ‘My Idea, My Business’ 2014 Academic EntrepreneurshipCompetition. In the future, the team is going to be one of the first entities to be housed inthe Technology Incubator of Bialystok Science and Technology Park.

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student projects and their potential

In 2013, students from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the CERBER MOTORSPORTteam, constructed a racing car – the first one in the history of our University. The teamparticipated in the 2013 Formula Student Germany competition of university teams, and theyreceived a Sportsmanship Award for fair play. In 2014, an improved version of the racing cartook part in Formula Student in Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Italy.

The construction of the CMS-02 racing car was possible owing to the support of the followingcompanies and institutions: SKF Polska S.A., Metal-Fach Sp. z o.o., SaMasz Sp. z o.o., Krymar,SadKarting, Ondo Sp. z o.o., ADZ Nagano, ChM Sp. z o.o., Promotech Sp. z o.o., BibusMenosSp. z o.o., AC (STAG), Stal-Met, National Instruments, Ecumaster, Kromet, Apex Sp. z o.o., MAPerformance, Jazon Sp. z o.o., Masterpress S.A., Podlaski Klaster Obróbki Metali (PodlachianMetal Processing Cluster) and Tirendo Poland Sp. z o.o.

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student projects and their potential

Two projects by students of BUT were amongthe 26 winners of the second edition of the‚Generation of the Future’ programme.

This programme of the Polish Ministry of Science andHigher Education supports young inventors,constructors and programmers, representing Polandin international events and competitions.

Students from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineeringwere granted funds from the Minister of Science andHigher Education for the following purposes:

the construction of the next Mars rover to take partin the University Rover Challenge 2015 competitionin the United States (a subsidy of 275 thous. PLN /≈65 thous. Euros)

building an unmanned cargo aircraft for the AirCargo Challenge 2015 competition in Germany(a subsidy of approximately 100 thous. PLN /≈24 thous. Euros ). The wingspan of planes of thistype is usually from 3 to 5 m, and they weigh from2 to 3 kg, but they can carry loads that areup to 3 or 4 times heavier than their weight.

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leaders of innovation

Michał Grześ, a student of Bialystok University

of Technology, was included in the New Europe 100 listamong other leading innovators from Central andEastern Europe. The list had been prepared by a Polishmagazine Res Publica in cooperation with the VisegradFund, Google, Financial Times and dozens of institutionsfrom the region of Central and Eastern Europe.

The New Europe 100 list recognises outstandingindividuals or teams whose work in different fields, suchas business, science, technology, media, politics,or the arts, is of global importance. Among the 100leaders of innovation, there are 28 people from Poland.

Michał Grześ has just started his last semester of first-cycle studies in the field of Automatic Control andRobotics at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.He is the main constructor of the Hyperion and Hyperion2 Mars rovers which won the international UniversityRover Challenge consecutively in 2013 and 2014.He also designed a vehicle for the RECON system thatwas awarded the second prize in the prestigiousInternational Contest of Applications in Nano-microTechnology (iCAN) in Japan in July 2014.

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leaders of innovation

Two teachers from Bialystok University of Technology have won the ninth editionof a competition for young outstanding scientists, organised by the Polish Minister of Scienceand Higher Education. The best Polish researchers under 35 years of age

are going to receive high scholarships from the Minister for the period of 3 years.

Joanna Mystkowska,PhD, Eng.,

from the Department of Materials andBiomedical Engineering of the BUT Facultyof Mechanical Engineering, has beenconducting research in the fields ofbiomedical engineering and biomaterials.She has been working, among others,on preparing artificial saliva.

Krzysztof Jurczuk, PhD, Eng.,

from the Department of SoftwareEngineering of the Faculty of ComputerScience of our University, has beencarrying out research on modelling andsimulating radioembolisation (a non-operative method of cancer treatment,alternative to chemotherapy).

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Bialystok University of Technology has launched a scholarshipprogramme for talented students of lower- and upper-secondary schools from the Podlaskie Voivodeship(Province).

The aim of the programme is to enable talented youngpeople to present their skills and abilities in the world andhelp these young people by, among others, subsidisingthe very process of creating their inventions as well asthe students’ participation in various contests.

The ‘Diamond Discoverers’ scholarship programme is nowbeing created in cooperation with partners from the businesssector and also with lower- and upper-secondary schoolsfrom our region.

In the academic year 2014/2015, the first three diamondsof Bialystok University of Technology – PETROS PSYLLOS, JAKUBCZARNIECKI and MACIEJ SZCZERBA, have started theireducation at the Faculty of Computer Science.

Petros Psyllos

Jakub Czarniecki

Maciej Szczerba

Diamond Discoverersa Programme for Supporting Talented Young People

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priorities of engineering education

Universities achieve their full potential when they create conditions for:

high-quality education of students and

specialists – the future employees in the

economy sector,

making use of the intellectual potential

and energy of young people: students,

graduates, scientific staff,

developing knowledge and conducting

scientific activities whose results

may be commercialised,

shaping ideas created at these

universities and making it possible

to implement the ideas within

the framework of business activity.

studenteducation

researchcentre

university business

incubation

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