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Prof. Sławomir Boncel and Prof. SUT Grzegorz Wojnar with awards at the Silesian Science Festival
During the 8th Silesian Science Festival, we met the winners of the Silesian Science Prize and the Special Award of the Mayor of Katowice, which this year went to the hands of scientists of the Silesian University of Technology.
On the second day of the Silesian Science Festival, the Silesian Science Awards were presented. In the "Employees" category, several scientists of the Silesian University of Technology were nominated, and the winner of the award was Prof. Dr Hab. Eng. Sławomir Boncel.
Professor Boncel is working on the synthesis and use of nanocarbons – nanotubes, graphene, and quantum dots – in textonics and medical teranology, heat exchange and storage, and superlubricity.
In turn, the winner of the Special Award of the Mayor of Katowice is Dr Hab. Eng. Grzegorz Wojnar, Prof. SUT. This award is granted as part of the Silesian Science Award and honours scientific activities for the benefit of the Katowice community.
Prof. Wojnar is the author or co-author of more than two hundred publications, including three scientific monographs, five academic textbooks, four patents, and has led many scientific and research and service works carried out at the Silesian University of Technology.
Professor Wojnar was also the curator of the Katowice Week within the European City of Science Katowice 2024. He was the Chairman of the organizing Committee of the “1st SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE BEST SCIENTISTS In THE WORLD – Top 2%”.
For eight years he has been the chairman of the organizing Committee of the International Scientific Conference TRANSPORT PROBLEMS and the International Symposium of Young RESEARCHERS TRANSPORT problems. The work of Prof. Dr Hab. Eng Grzegorz Wojnar, Prof. SUT has been appreciated several times by three consecutive Rectors in the form of awarding prizes to the Rector of the Silesian University of Technology. He has also been awarded the medal of the National Education Commission.
fot. Jan Szady
