Department of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials - RMT1 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Students: Amelia Krupińska and Tomasz Szeliga, majoring in analytical technician with fundamentals of forensics at the Complex of Chemical, Medical and General Secondary Schools in Tarnowskie Góry, completed a project under the Excellence Initiative program - Research University, 7th edition, titled "An eco-friendly process for recovering gold from e-waste using an aerogel made of amyloid fibrils derived from whey protein. Analysis of the chemical composition of the material obtained through the recovery process”, under the supervision of dr Beata Krupińska (Silesian University of Technology), mgr Paweł Matuszewski, (Chemical, Medical, and General Secondary School Complex), and lic. Bartosz Zowiślok, (University of Silesia)