More than 30 NCN grants for AGH UST scientists

15 individual and 3 consortium projects were qualified for the OPUS competition;
14 individual projects and 1 consortium project were qualified for the PRELUDIUM competition.

OPUS

Individual projects:

• Project title: Formation and adaptation. The role of religion in constructing organizational identity of Catholic universities in Poland
  project leader: Dr Marcin Kazimierz Zwierżdżyński, Faculty of Humanities
  sum: PLN 498,248
• Project title: Security of decision-making methods based on comparing alternatives in pairs
  project leader: Konrad Kułakowski, PhD, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
  sum: PLN 296,698
• Project title: Diffusion in the n-body problem
  project leader: Maciej Jerzy Capiński, PhD, Faculty of Applied Mathematics
  sum: PLN 549,000
• Project title: The quest to understand the nature of high-Tc superconductivity through its suppression
  project leader: Wojciech Tabiś, DSc, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science
  sum: PLN 1,599,420
• Project title: Control of the microstructure of the skin layer of high-quality cast iron castings in sand molds made using the incremental method with conformal cooling channels
  project leader: Professor Rafał Stanisław Dańko, Faculty of Foundry Engineering
  sum: PLN 1,293,200
• Project title: Antiferromagnetic insulatronics - from fundamental properties to multi-level all-electric spintronics
  project leader: Michał Ślęzak, DSc, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science
  sum: PLN 1,462,780
• Project title: Process Fault Prediction and Detection
  project leader: Jerzy Antoni Baranowski, DSc, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
  sum: PLN 915,076
• Project title: Limits of noise and detectivity of tunneling spintronic sensors
  project leader: Piotr Wiśniowski, DSc, Faculty of Computer Science, Electronics and Telecommunications
  sum: PLN 595,360
• Project title: Research on microwave gas sensors based on selected metal oxides - theoretical and experimental analysis
  project leader: Artur Maciej Rydosz, DSc, Faculty of Computer Science, Electronics and Telecommunications
  sum: PLN 1,357,000
• Project title: High entropy oxide-based ceramic/metallic layered systems for SOFC interconnects
  project leader: Dr (Eng.) Mirosław Stanisław Stygar, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics
  sum: PLN 1,201,700
• Project title: Innovative approach to the design of SOFC/SOEC air electrodes - high entropy oxides of exceptional functionality
  project leader: Dr (Eng.) Juliusz Jan Dąbrowa, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics
  sum: PLN 1,198,040
• Project title: Analysis of hydrothermal conversion of digestate derived from agriculture waste and sewage sludge
  project leader: Małgorzata Maria Wilk, DSc, Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science
  sum: PLN 1,034,560
• Project title: Protective-conducting composite ceramic coatings for steel interconnects applied in solid oxide electrolyzer cells
  project leader: Professor Tomasz Brylewski, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics
  sum: PLN 1,180,960
• Project title: What is the future of marine microplankton in the face of modern climate change - a story read from a Cretaceous fossil record
  project leader: Marta Bąk, PhD, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection
  sum: PLN 946,316
• Project title: How do continents grow? The Köli Nappe Complex of the Scandinavian Caledonides as a natural laboratory for continental accretion
  project leader: Dr (Eng.) Katarzyna Anna Walczak, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection
  sum: PLN 676,246

Consortium projects:

• Project title: Large Carboniferous igneous province in central and eastern Europe: the new concept composed of geochemical, geochronological and geophysical rationale
  consortium: 1. AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow; Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection; 2. Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences; 3. University of Warsaw; 4. Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute
  project leader: Dr (Eng.) Paweł Poprawa
  sum: PLN 1,006,866; incl. amount for the AGH UST PLN 428,586
• Project title: Role of extracellular DNA, generated during communal wastes treatment, in dissemination of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes in aquatic ecosystems
  consortium: 1. University of Warsaw; Faculty of Biology; 2. AGH University of Science and Technology; Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection; 3. The Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Faculty of Agriculture and Biology
  project leader: Łukasz Jacek Dziewit, PhD
  project leader at the AGH UST: Professor Tomasz Bajda
  sum: PLN 2,497,950; incl. amount for the AGH UST PLN 867,420
• Project title: Biodegradable Hierarchical Porous Magnesium Alloys Produced by Directional Solid-Gas Eutectic Reaction Combined with Infiltration Technique
  consortium: 1. Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences; AGH University of Science and Technology; Faculty of Foundry Engineering, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science
  project leader: Professor Natalia Sobczak
  project leader at the AGH UST: Professor Jerzy Sobczak
  sum: PLN 1,324,920; incl. amount for the AGH UST PLN 554,124

PRELUDIUM

Individual projects:

• Project title: Randomized numerical algorithms approximating solutions of ordinary differential equations
  project leader: Tomasz Bochacik, MA, Faculty of Applied Mathematics
  sum: PLN 122,000
• Project title: Quantum corrections in the new Wilson-line based action for gluodynamics
  project leader: Hiren Kakkad, MA, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science
  sum: PLN 108,580
• Project title: A reverse engineering approach for multiferroic nanocomposites development
  project leader: Wojciech Salamon, MSc, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
  sum: PLN 209,840
• Project title: Application of the crystallite groups method for diffractive study of plastic deformation mechanisms in textured polycrystalline materials
  project leader: Przemysław Andrzej Kot, MSc, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science
  sum: PLN 139,690
• Project title: Electrospinning of short fibers for composite reinforcement
  project leader: Daniel Paweł Ura, MSc, Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science
  sum: PLN 204,955
• Project title: Acceleration of processing event-based visual data with the use of heterogeneous, reprogrammable computing devices
  project leader: Marcin Paweł Kowalczyk, MSc, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
  sum: PLN 185,440
• Project title: Two-dimensional pheromone for considering domination during construction of solutions in multi-objective Ant Colony Optimization
  project leader: Grażyna Starzec, MSc, Faculty of Computer Science, Electronics and Telecommunications
  sum: PLN 116,986
• Project title: Improved microwave power amplifiers dedicated for modern radiocommunication standards based on multi-channel transmission
  project leader: Robert Adam Smolarz, MSc, Faculty of Computer Science, Electronics and Telecommunications
  sum: PLN 205,570
• Project title: Investigation of metal sulfides electrochemical properties for application in non-enzymatic glucose sensors
  project leader: Julia Maria Mazurków, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics
  sum: PLN 139,690
• Project title: Antibacterial and osteoinductive multilayer systems involving biopolymer and biologically active nanoparticles deposited on shape memory alloys
  project leader: Piotr Franciszek Jabłoński, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
  sum: PLN 178,589
• Project title: Effects of mineral and chemical composition of aerosols on the origin and diversity of airborne halophilic microorganisms in an underground salt mine
  project leader: Aleksandra Puławska, MSc, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection
  sum: PLN 208,742
• Project title: Tectonic evolution of oceanic terranes in Iapetus: A petrochronological approach in the Northern Swedish Caledonides
  project leader: Isabel Sophie Masek Carter, MA, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection
  sum: PLN 139,934
• Project title: Sorption of organic compounds on granulated mineral sorbents
  project leader: Agnieszka Solińska, MSc, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection
  sum: PLN 209,718
• Project title: Synthetic analogs of minerals as advanced Cu-based solid-solution photocatalysts
  project leader: Edyta Władysława Waluś, MSc, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection
• sum: 136,884

Consortium project:

• Project title: Organosilica aerogel shape-stabilized phase-change materials for solar distillation system enhancement
  consortium: 1. Warsaw University of Technology; Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering; 2. AGH University of Science and Technology; Faculty of Energy and Fuels
  project leader: Bartosz Nowak, MSc
  project leader at the AGH UST: Ewelina Radomska, MSc
  sum: PLN 209,547; incl. amount for the AGH UST PLN 99,137

2,314 applications were submitted for the OPUS 21 competition, 417 of which were qualified for funding. In the PRELUDIUM 20 competition, 495 out of 2,217 applications were successful.