Prof. Andrzej
Wiszniewski, former rector of Wrocław University of Technology and Minister of
Science, was awarded this year’s Siemens Research Prize for his lifetime
achievements.
The Siemens Prize is one of the most
prestigious awards in the country. It was established as a result of an
agreement between Wrocław University of Technology and Siemens in May 1995. The
amount of the Research Prize (for outstanding research results eligible for
practical application) is 40 000 PLN, and of the Promotion Prize (for
outstanding doctoral and doctor habilitatus dissertations) is 30 000 PLN.
The Jury of the 19th edition of the
competition for Siemens Prize chose three laureates. The Research Prize was
awarded to Prof. Andrzej Wiszniewski for his lifetime research achievements.
The Promotion Prize was awarded to two persons: Aleksandra Borsukiewicz-Gozdur,
PhD, DSc, from West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin for her
doctor habilitatus dissertation “Improvement of the efficiency of
steam-electric power station powered with low- and medium-temperature energy
sources”, and to Mariusz Rafał Susik, DSc, from the Łódź University of
Technology for his doctoral dissertation “Geometrical optimization of the
cooling water pump intake chamber using numerical analysis of 3D flows”.
The award ceremony took place on 30th
June in the Warsaw University of Technology Small Aula.
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Translation: Dariusz
Więcławski
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