30 years of the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering
The Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Today, official celebrations took place with the participation of the university and faculty authorities.
The authorities of the Silesian University of Technology were present at the anniversary - prof. Marek Pawełczyk, Vice-Rector for Science and Development, and prof. Janusz Kotowicz, Vice-Rector for Cooperation with the Socio-Economic Environment, as well as the faculty authorities.
- The Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering is the jewel in the crown of the Silesian University of Technology. It is of great importance, not only for the university but also for our region. In Silesia, issues related to energy and environmental engineering are of key importance. We set trends in the development of the energy industry, of course taking into account environmental protection, sustainable development and consumption - said prof. Janusz Kotowicz, Vice-Rector for Cooperation with the Socio-Economic Environment, who was also the dean of this faculty.
The Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering was established in 1993 from the merger of the Faculty of Environmental Engineering and the Faculty of Energy Mechanics. – Combining both faculties was a very good decision. Today, both energy and environmental aspects are very relevant. We face more and more challenges and threats related to environmental protection. Importantly, our faculty has both very good scientific staff and research infrastructure - said prof. Mariusz Dudziak, dean of the faculty.
The mayor of Gliwice, Adam Naumann, who was present at the ceremony, emphasized the importance of the department for the city and the region. - This is a department that deals with an extremely important field: engineering and environmental protection. The local government has important tasks in this respect, in addition to the challenges of today, i.e., decarbonization, changing the energy mix and the city's energy supply. These are very important issues, which is why we constantly cooperate with the department, drawing knowledge from there - emphasized the president.
Currently, the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering educates students in the following fields: Biotechnology, power industry, circular economy, safety engineering, environmental engineering, mechanics and machine construction, mechanics and power industry machine construction (new field of study), computer modelling.
From the next semester, a new field of study will be launched at the faculty - nuclear power industry.
