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The seventh edition of the Flying University of Roads (LUD) workshop took place on 09-11.10.2024 at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Cracow University of Technology. The Flying University of Roads (LUD) was established in 2018 by employees of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bialystok University of Technology (Dr Marta Wasilewska, Eng.) and the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture at Lublin University of Technology (Dr Janusz Bohatkiewicz, who currently represents Krakow University of Technology and the Road and Bridge Research Institute). They also invited the staff of the Research Development and Implementation Support Department of ORLEN Asfalt Sp. z o.o. (Director Wiktoria Baranowska). ORLEN Asfalt is the main sponsor of the workshop. Over the following years, LUD was joined by the Rzeszów University of Technology, the Gdańsk University of Technology, the Kraków University of Technology and, in 2022, the Silesian University of Technology. LUD is mainly oriented towards educational and research activities. It is intended to raise educational standards and, above all, to be an event that functions across university divisions and integrates the academic community. Topics with narrow specialisation are being implemented at individual universities. During the Flying Road University workshops, scientists exchange knowledge and share it with students. This year's Workshop was further enhanced by a number of attractions, including an integration dinner and an evening tour of Krakow. The Faculty of Civil Engineering was represented by members of the TARMAC Student Research Group, 5th semester students of the road specialisation: Joanna Bułka, Blanka Kubis, Dawid Kolenda, Emilia Kabella, Rafał Nawrot and Weronika Zborowska under the supervision of Dr Adrian Ciołczyk, Dr Bartłomiej Grzesik and Dr Konrad Walotek from the Department of Geotechnics and Roads. Silesian University of Technology workshop entitled. ‘Application of a digital image correlation system in the study of road materials’ was led by Dr Konrad Walotek, Eng.