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15 unusual facts about Warsaw University of Technology


Antonina Liedtke

She is a graduate of librarianship and information science from the University of Warsaw and worked in the library and publishing house of Warsaw University of Technology, and then the Publishing School of Economics.

Edward Rydz-Śmigły

Rydz was Honorary Doctor of the Universities of Warsaw and Vilnius (at that time in Poland) and Warsaw University of Technology and Honorary Citizen of various Polish cities.

Jacek Gmoch

While having a successful football career he graduated in communication from the Warsaw University of Technology.

Jerzy Knetig

Knetig first studied engineering at the Warsaw Polytechnic, where he graduated in 1973.

Kazimierz Hajda

He was then employed as a lecturer and senior research assistant at the Department of Mechanics and Strength of Materials of the Warsaw University of Technology.

Phoenix-RTOS

The Phoenix-RTOS was written by Paweł Pisarczyk as his Master of Science Thesis at Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology of the Warsaw University of Technology.

PM-63 RAK

Development of the RAK dates back to the late 1950s when the concept was first proposed at the Warsaw University of Technology in response to a requirement for a light hand-held defensive weapon for rear-echelon soldiers such as gun crews and vehicle drivers.

PZL M-17

The aircraft was an amateur design of a team of students of Warsaw University of Technology (Politechnika Warszawska) led by Edward Margański.

RWD 1

The RWD-1 was the first aircraft constructed by the RWD team of Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki in the Aviation Section of Mechanic Students' Club of Warsaw University of Technology.

RWD 2

The RWD-2 was constructed by the RWD team of Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki in the Aviation Section of Mechanic Students' Club of Warsaw University of Technology.

Stanisław Staszewski

After the war Staszewski returned to Warsaw, where he graduated from the faculty of architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology.

Ulrich Schrade

Since 1974 he worked at the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences at the Warsaw University of Technology.

Warsaw University of Technology

In 1951 the Warsaw University of Technology incorporated the Wawelberg and Rotwand's School of Engineering.

Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle

Simultaneous to the development of the ammunition, a young graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology, Józef Maroszek was ordered to design an anti-tank rifle.

Ya'akov Hazan

He studied at Warsaw Polytechnic.


Janusz Leon Wiśniewski

Wiśniewski holds a Master in Physics and Master in Economics, both qualifications obtained from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, PhD in Information Technology from Warsaw University of Technology and Habilitation in Chemistry from the Technical University of Łódź.