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www.itc.polsl.pl Institute of Thermal Technology SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY www.polsl.pl SILESIAN The University comprises 15 basic units (encompassing all disciplines of engineering). SUT main campus is based UNIVERSITY in Gliwice. There are also branch campuses in Katowice, Zabrze and Rybnik. OF TECHNOLOGY Faculty of Applied Mathematics Faculty of Architecture Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science History & present day Faculty of Biomedical Engineering The history of the Silesian University of Technology (SUT) Faculty of Civil Engineering goes back to 1844 when the Technical University of Lvov Faculty of Chemistry was founded. After WWII Lvov became a Ukrainian town Faculty of Electrical Engineering while Gliwice was within the borders of Poland. Faculty of Mining and Geology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering The Silesian University of Technology was established Faculty of Materials Science, Metallurgy in May 1945. At that time the core of the academic staff Faculty of Organization and Management consisted of former professors of the Technical University Faculty of Power and Environmental Engineering of Lvov. Classes at SUT began in October 1945. At that Faculty of Transport time the University consisted of four faculties (Chemistry, Faculty of Foreign Language Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Institute of Physics Engineering), employing nearly 200 academic staff. Nowadays, the University is one of the biggest universities of technology in Poland. SUT is successfully pursuing its Education mission of education, research and development. SUT offers a full spectrum of engineering programmes in For students, SUT provides opportunities for successful 63 engineering disciplines. The teaching scheme conforms entry into professional life and career. For industry, the with the Bologna Treaty recommendation. The 3.5 year University offers a co-operation that gives good prospects undergraduate followed by 1.5 year graduate system of obtaining competent expertise, highly developed equipped with ECTS credit system is implemented. National research works and projects facilitating economic growth. accreditation system secures the high quality of education offered at SUT. Bachelor courses are offered both full- time (3.5 years) and part- time (5 years). Ph.D. and continuing Structure education courses are offered in the most attractive The Silesian University of Technology is a self-governing engineering disciplines. state university managed by elected bodies, including: Rector, the supreme one-person body and Senate – a collective body of academics. Research SUT is deeply involved in applied and theoretical research. The University enjoys multilateral co-operation The Rector is assisted by four Vice-Rectors responsible for: with the industry and other research institutions. SUT • education, faculty members participated in the Fifth as well as • research and cooperation with the industry, in Sixth Framework Programmes. Currently SUT is • organization and development, involved in Seventh Framework Programme and other • international relations. European schemes (COST, RFCS, COPERNICUS, etc.). The everyday administration of the University is conducted by the Chancellor, an officer appointed by the Rector. Enrolment (2012 statistics): Undergraduate students: 22 900 Graduate students: 6100 Total employment: 3500 Academic teachers: 1875 Professors: 343 www.ise.polsl.pl FACULTY OF POWER Education The Faculty offers full time BSc and MSc courses as well as & ENVIRONMENTAL part time BSc courses in seven fields: ENGINEERING Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Power Engineering History Safety Engineering The faculty in its present form was established in 1993 as a Mechanics and Machinery Design result of merging two units: the Faculty of Environmental Environmental Protection Engineering and the Faculty of Mechanical and Power Environmental and Power Engineering (in English) Engineering. The reason for the fusion was the need of implementing a new education strategy that would respond to Within these fields, students can select among 14 different the demand of the rapidly developing Polish economy, where specializations. professionals with good background both in energy engineer- Responding to the needs of the local industry, the Faculty ing and environmental protection were urgently required. organizes continuous education courses offered to Another motivation behind the merger was the need to create postgraduates that wish to enhance their knowledge in strong, interdisciplinary research groups capable of developing several disciplines. The current offer encompasses seven efficient power generation and utilization processes and new courses ranging from waste disposal, occupational hygiene measures in environmental protection. and safety to energy audit and market of electricity. The Faculty also offers Ph.D. studies in the area of energy, Structure mechanical and environmental engineering. The Faculty is headed by Dean whose responsibilities include the day-to-day business of the faculty and the implementation of the decisions made by the Faculty Council. The Dean is International student elected for a four-year term. exchange programmes The faculty consists of eight basic units: The Faculty participates actively in international student exchange programmes. Over the years nearly 200 students Department of Heating, Ventilation have studied at European universities or completed their and Dust Removal Technology practical placement abroad. Most of these stays were Department of Air Protection supported within Erasmus Programme scheme. Department of Technologies and Installations for Waste Management Research Department of Environmental Biotechnology The faculty enjoys the highest rank in the classification Institute of Water and Wastewater Engineering of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Institute of Power Engineering and Turbomachinery The Faculty Council is entitled to confer Ph.D. and D.Sc. Institute of Thermal Technology (habilitation) degrees in environmental engineering and Division for the Diagnostics mechanical engineering. and Testing of Combustion Engines The Faculty staff co-operates with universities in more than 20 countries and participates in numerous international The teaching staff consists of 186 professionals with 25 full research programmes. professors, 16 associate professors and 141 assistant professors (2012 statistics). www.itc.polsl.pl INSTITUTE his studies in Lvov and graduated from SUT. He is one of the scientists who developed the exergy analysis. Prof. Szargut is OF THERMAL a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. TECHNOLOGY After Professor Szargut’s retirement in 1993, the head of the Institute was Professor Andrzej Ziębik. He served as a member of the State Committee of Scientific Research, chaired the Committee of Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish History and present day Academy of Sciences. Professor Ziębik resigned from his posi- In the year 2004 the Institute of Thermal Technology tion in 2006 and his post was taken over by Professor Ryszard celebrated the 100th anniversary of its tradition. The roots Białecki, until 2012 when he started to serve as Vice Rector for of the Institute of Thermal Technology (ITT) are at the International Cooperation. Since 2012 Professor Andrzej Szlęk, Technical University of Lvov. It was one of the strongest former Deputy Director, is the head of the Institute. technical universities in Europe at the beginning of the 20th Photo: Laboratory Thermal of Machinery at the University Lvov of century. The scientific position of the university was proved by The spectrum of the research carried out at ITT is wide. achievements of such people as Professor Banach (functional A multidisciplinary, holistic approach comprising classical analysis), Professor Ulam (Monte Carlo method), Professor engineering, economics, advanced applied mathematics and Mościcki (nitrogen fertilizers, President of Poland 1926–1939), computer sciences as well as environmental engineering is Professor Bartel (geometry, Prime Minister of Poland 1926- used. The majority of projects have been supported by the 1930), Professor Huber (von Mises Huber maximum distortion Polish Government. An important share of the funds comes energy criterion). from the European Commission and industry. It was the year 1904 when at the Faculty of Mechanical ITT is affiliated with the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering the Chair of the Theory of Thermal Machines Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology. This was created. Professor Fiedler was appointed the first head defines the main directions of the activities being as follows: of the Chair. In 1934 the Chair was taken over by Professor Stanisław Ochęduszko, who wrote his PhD thesis under Prof. Education | Research | Cooperation with the industry Wilhelm Nusselt in Munich. Prof. Ochęduszko served as the Cooperation with the local community head during Poland’s independence and then under Russian and German occupation. In 1946 Professor Ochęduszko Cooperation with the industry occurs on two platforms. settled down in Gliwice, where he took the duties of the The first one is consulting and projects financed by the head of the Chair of the Theory of Thermal Machinery at industry and the other one continuous education courses the new Silesian University of Technology. His three-volume offered by ITT to engineers. A similar mechanism is invoked book Theory of Thermal Machinery,