On March 22, a special event took place at our university related to the second edition of the National Materials Engineering Day.
The Faculty of Materials Engineering and Technical Physics of the Poznan University of Technology, together with 15 other universities and 6 research institutes across the country, carried out the mission of popularizing materials engineering under the motto of this year's edition of materials inspired by nature.
The National Materials Engineering Day was an excellent opportunity to emphasize the importance of this scientific discipline and promote its achievements. Our goal remains to increase society's awareness of materials science and the role it plays. We want to attract young talents who can pursue studies in materials engineering and delve into the captivating world of science and technology.
Over 600 people visited our university, including secondary and primary schools from various parts of Poznan Voivodeship (e.g. Jarocin, Oborniki and Wronki). The event was implemented in the form of:
- • 7 open, repeated lectures (“Materials inspired by nature”, “The charms of flexibility”, “Drawing on a crystal”, “Materials engineering on the atomic scale”, “Materials with interesting properties in the world around us” “Can materials remember?” “ Materials around us - products and structures inspired by nature"), including one that broke the record, with a total audience of over 1,000 listeners
- • 11 laboratory and workshop initiatives ("Waves in elastic materials", "Plastics among us", "Microscope in a tunnel, tunnel in a microscope, tunnel microscope", "Let's combine plastic and wood", "Bismuth soup", "From what is it done?","Wihajster, or something small enlarged", "Materials in fairy tales", "Let's divide the threads", "Plastic recycling", "Through the looking glass").
• game zones for the youngest and more, including Escape Lab, detective puzzles, selfies with a scientist, board games zone and probably the most difficult puzzles in the world.
The event in numbers:
• 12 cities
• 15 universities and 6 research institutes
• Over 60 lessons for students
• Over 270 shows and experiments
• Over 700 people - research workers, PhD students, students, and administrative staff involved in organizing the event
• Breaking the Polish Record for 'The Greatest Lesson in Materials Engineering'. The record set in 2023 is 1,097 people.
Organizers:
1. AGH University of Science and Technology
2. Czestochowa University of Technology
3. Gdansk University of Technology
4. Krakow University of Technology
5. Lodz University of Technology
6. Poznan University of Technology
7. Rzeszow University of Technology
8. Silesian University of Technology
9. Warsaw University of Technology
10. University of Adam Mickiewicz
11. University of Bielsko-Biala
12. University of the National Education Commission
13. University of Silesia
14. Military University of Technology
15. West Pomeranian University of Technology
16. Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences
17. Institute of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Polish Academy of Sciences
18. Lukasiewicz – Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals
19. Lukasiewicz – Institute of Ceramics and Building Materials
20. Lukasiewicz – Poznan Institute of Technology
21. Lukasiewicz – Upper Silesian Institute of Technology
The patron of the event is the Polish Materials Science Society.
NMED 2024 included 12 cities: • Bielsko-Biala • Chorzow • Czestochowa • Gdansk • Gliwice • Katowice • Cracow • Lodz • Poznan • Rzeszów • Szczecin • Warsaw
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