Four students of the Silesian University of Technology to receive Diamond Grants

09.09.2019

Four students of the Silesian University of Technology have won the 8th Diamond Grant program of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. They received 220 thousand PLN for the implementation of their projects.

Maciej Klimas will implement the project “Development, measurement verification and implementation of stochastic models of the electric arc phenomenon”, Maria Bzówka will realize “Understanding the molecular aspects of regulation of Toll-like receptors with particular emphasis on water molecules as a potential mediator in protein-ligand and protein-protein interactions”.

Nikolina Poranek will carry out an “Assessment of the possibility of managing secondary waste from ITPOK in concrete with increased tightness” and Grzegorz Stando will examine “New non-functionalized carbon nanostructures with a hydrophilic nature of the surface and their potential use in composite materials”.

The Diamond Grant program supports students who conduct high-level scientific research and have outstanding scientific achievements.


Higher education