Our Institute is home to two Science Clubs, bringing together Students interested in a more thorough knowledge of engineering and technical subjects.
KNIŚ brings together full-time students of Environmental Engineering at PUT who are interested in expanding their knowledge of the sanitation sector through, e.g.,:
– training,
– presentations,
– research,
– trips,
– conferences,
– lectures,
– meetings with designers and practitioners working within the broad definition of Environmental Engineering.
The Club has set the following goals for itself:
– expanding the knowledge obtained by students in regular classes by practical aspects and applications,
– in parallel to activities designed to achieve the primary goal, students learn to be self-reliant, to work as a team, and they enhance their organizational and interpersonal skills,
– KNIŚ also promotes integration between students of different years – through working together and meetings you can befriend interesting people and their passions, and thus be inspired to keep going!
Events held in the Club are compatible with the study schedule!
Students participate in events dedicated for a given semester – adjusted to the already covered topics, and inline with their needs as developing engineers.
This way, you take part in training that offers you more benefits, because you are prepared for receiving and understanding the presented material.
KNiŚ member meetings
KNiŚ holds meetings during which the members present interesting facts about the sector, studies, foreign exchange, etc., and discuss organizational matters (preliminary registration for events, proposing events by students, setting the dates and scope).
KNIŚ Bulletin
KNIŚ issues a bulletin that is available for download in PDF format from the website and Facebook page. It contains:
– interviews with teachers,
– interviews with passionate students,
– useful information about studies,
– reprints of interesting industry-related papers,
– summaries of top presentations from member meetings,
– presentations of your BSc. and MSc. theses.
At KNIŚ we carry out many interesting projects, we collaborate with elementary school, high schools and kindergartens, and we co-host conferences, workshops and shows.
www.facebook.com/KNISPP – our Facebook page
Research activities related to wastewater treatment and water reclamation technologies in industry, participation in conferences, internships, publication of research results, collaboration with industrial plants.
Club members have the following opportunities:
– facing real-life technological problems and searching for optimal solutions,
– conducting laboratory- and technical-scale research at real facilities,
– participating in the research results implementation process,
– learning the art of design – the ability to look at systems through the eyes of a user and builder; design according to state-of-the-art standards,
– writing BSc and MA papers
– completing internships at businesses in the sector and industrial plants,
How does it work?
Principle no. 1: The role of the engineer is to solve existing problems, not to create new ones….
Principle no. 2: Always check if someone else had the same problem and solved it.
We teach students how to use science databases, acquire latest knowledge, and initiate cooperation in interdisciplinary teams.
•If the problem you are facing is a blank spot on the map of technology – you are lucky – you might make a discovery.
• If the problem has been solved before – do not worry – there is always room for improvement 🙂
Principle no. 3: There are no unsolvable problems.
Research carried out by the Club:
1. Utilization of carbon dioxide waste from beer production for the neutralization of brewery industry wastewater.
The system has been introduced at the Kompania Piwowarska brewery in Poznań
2. Reclamation of laundry water. Development of a water reclamation technology after the laundry process, aimed at making the water reusable
The system has been introduced in the MEDIJ laundry facility near Gostyń. Currently, 50% of the water is reclaimed and reused in the laundry process. The developed technology is internationally competitive.
3. Water reclamation in the cosmetics industry
4. The use of new, biodegradable substances for wastewater treatment.
…and more…
Research, internships and travels such sectors as: breweries, cosmetics, meat, fish, laundry, processing of plastics, oils, automotive, chemical, gelatin production, etc.
The study schedule includes student internships.
Students willing to spend a part of their studies abroad can take part in the ERASMUS+ programme