Presentation: The Development of the Elements of Competitiveness in Engineering Education — the Experience of Bialystok University of Technology Presented by: Prof. Lech Dzienis, DSc, PhD, EngRector of Bialystok University of Technology For: Ukrainian-Polish Forum «Technical Education for the Future of Europe» Lviv, Ukraine, November, 6-9, 2014

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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, Eng
Rector of Bialystok University of Technology

3. Bialystok University of Technology
a 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
120
rights to confer post-doctoral degrees
Erasmus bilateral agreements
bilateral scientific agreements with academic centres from 37 countries
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4. 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 scientific
degrees:
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 students
or 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 conditions
for 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 )

6. educating students
or 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 contacts
and cooperate with the business world.
the greatest strength
of 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 of
Bialystok University of Technology – won the prestigious University Rover Challenge 2014
competition of Mars rovers, organised in the Mars Desert Research Station in the State
of Utah, USA. It was the third victory of teams representing our University; the previous URC
winners 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 the
participation of the students in the competition in the USA came from the „Generation
of 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 Contest
of Applications in Nano-micro Technology (iCAN), held in a Japanese city of Sendai.
Representatives of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and the Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering went to Japan with their RECON project – a wireless teleinformatic system
for monitoring the natural environment.
The construction of RECON was possible through funds from the pro-quality subsidy from
the Faculty of Electrical Engineering for the year 2012, while the trip to Japan was partially
financed by the sponsors, that is, the Standard Motor Products Polska Sp. z o.o. company
and 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 treatment
of 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, was
awarded the first prize in the Imagine Cup World Finals in the category of Internet Explorer 8
Award 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 Accelerator
2012 contest as well as the ‘My Idea, My Business’ 2014 Academic Entrepreneurship
Competition. In the future, the team is going to be one of the first entities to be housed in
the 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 MOTORSPORT
team, constructed a racing car – the first one in the history of our University. The team
participated in the 2013 Formula Student Germany competition of university teams, and they
received a Sportsmanship Award for fair play. In 2014, an improved version of the racing car
took 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 following
companies 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., BibusMenos
Sp. z o.o., AC (STAG), Stal-Met, National Instruments, Ecumaster, Kromet, Apex Sp. z o.o., MA
Performance, Jazon Sp. z o.o., Masterpress S.A., Podlaski Klaster Obróbki Metali (Podlachian
Metal 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 among
the 26 winners of the second edition of the
‚Generation of the Future’ programme.
This programme of the Polish Ministry of Science and
Higher Education supports young inventors,
constructors and programmers, representing Poland
in international events and competitions.
Students from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
were granted funds from the Minister of Science and
Higher Education for the following purposes:
 the construction of the next Mars rover to take part
in the University Rover Challenge 2015 competition
in the United States (a subsidy of 275 thous. PLN /
≈65 thous. Euros)
 building an unmanned cargo aircraft for the Air
Cargo Challenge 2015 competition in Germany
(a subsidy of approximately 100 thous. PLN /
≈24 thous. Euros ). The wingspan of planes of this
type is usually from 3 to 5 m, and they weigh from
2 to 3 kg, but they can carry loads that are
up 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 list
among other leading innovators from Central and
Eastern Europe. The list had been prepared by a Polish
magazine Res Publica in cooperation with the Visegrad
Fund, Google, Financial Times and dozens of institutions
from the region of Central and Eastern Europe.
The New Europe 100 list recognises outstanding
individuals or teams whose work in different fields, such
as business, science, technology, media, politics,
or the arts, is of global importance. Among the 100
leaders 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 and
Robotics at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
He is the main constructor of the Hyperion and Hyperion
2 Mars rovers which won the international University
Rover Challenge consecutively in 2013 and 2014.
He also designed a vehicle for the RECON system that
was awarded the second prize in the prestigious
International Contest of Applications in Nano-micro
Technology (iCAN) in Japan in July 2014.

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leaders of innovation
Two teachers from Bialystok University of Technology have won the ninth edition
of a competition for young outstanding scientists, organised by the Polish Minister of Science
and 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 and
Biomedical Engineering of the BUT Faculty
of Mechanical Engineering, has been
conducting research in the fields of
biomedical engineering and biomaterials.
She has been working, among others,
on preparing artificial saliva.
Krzysztof Jurczuk, PhD, Eng.,
from the Department of Software
Engineering of the Faculty of Computer
Science of our University, has been
carrying out research on modelling and
simulating radioembolisation (a non-
operative method of cancer treatment,
alternative to chemotherapy).

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Bialystok University of Technology has launched a scholarship
programme for talented students of lower- and upper-
secondary schools from the Podlaskie Voivodeship
(Province).
The aim of the programme is to enable talented young
people to present their skills and abilities in the world and
help these young people by, among others, subsidising
the very process of creating their inventions as well as
the students’ participation in various contests.
The ‘Diamond Discoverers’ scholarship programme is now
being created in cooperation with partners from the business
sector and also with lower- and upper-secondary schools
from our region.
In the academic year 2014/2015, the first three diamonds
of Bialystok University of Technology – PETROS PSYLLOS, JAKUB
CZARNIECKI and MACIEJ SZCZERBA, have started their
education at the Faculty of Computer Science.
Petros Psyllos
Jakub Czarniecki
Maciej Szczerba
Diamond Discoverers
a 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.
student
education
research
centre
university
business
incubation

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