Modern laboratories, advanced technologies and direct contact with research teams – this is what visits by students and doctoral candidates from the Silesian University of Technology and Cracow University of Technology to Łukasiewicz – GIT looked like. The programme was designed to combine academic knowledge with practical experience in a research and technology environment.
Students of Environmental Engineering from the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering at Silesian University of Technology, accompanied by Marcin Sajdak, BEng, PhD, DSc, ProfTit, visited the laboratories of the Materials Research Centre at Łukasiewicz – Upper Silesian Institute of Technology. During the visit, participants had the opportunity to learn about the operation of the sintering line using iron ores and biomass, as well as the activities of the Classical Analysis Laboratory, the Creep Testing Laboratory, and the Laboratory for Mechanical and Corrosion Properties Testing. The students were also introduced to microscopic research carried out using a high-resolution scanning electron microscope and the ultra-high-resolution scanning/transmission electron microscope (S/TEM) TITAN 80-300.
At the Welding Centre of Łukasiewicz – GIT, students and doctoral candidates from the Faculty of Materials Engineering and Physics at Cracow University of Technology visited together with Krzysztof Mroczka, PhD, DSc, prof. PK. Participants specialising in materials engineering and joining engineering explored the research facilities of the arc welding and cutting laboratory, electron beam welding laboratory, laser technologies laboratory, plastics bonding technologies laboratory, and resistance welding laboratory. An important part of the visit was also the presentation of modern welding simulators, enabling practical skills development in a virtual environment.
The meetings provided an excellent opportunity for the exchange of experience between academia and research institutions, while also demonstrating to young engineers how research and development projects addressing the needs of modern industry are carried out in practice.
