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PWr Diving Crew is a project of an autonomous underwater drone, created for advanced tasks related to underwater engineering. The robot can be used for, among other things, the inspection of objects located under water, ocean exploration, water rescue, monitoring of environmental changes. Autonomous underwater vehicles are able to relieve people in the most difficult and dangerous tasks.
Why the project should win: PWr Diving Crew is a project that has market potential, meets the goals of sustainable development and is innovative. We are constantly trying to develop it, researching new technologies and applications.

For many years AGH Solar Boat Team has focused on the promotion and development of water electromobility both in Poland and worldwide. After numerous successes of our first zero-emission electric race boat, Baśka, it is time to swim into new waters. The design of the autonomous boat is designed to be a universal floating platform, which, thanks to its interchangeable modules, will be able to carry out such tasks as locating sources of pollution, bottom mapping or rescue operations in difficult conditions. The construction is based on a hull made of composite materials. During the designing process we used our experience gained with sports boats, thanks to which the hull is fast, agile and durable. Efficient navigation is possible thanks to fusion of data from GPS system, acceleration sensors and stereo cameras. Vision systems based on artificial intelligence allow to determine the position and distance from possible obstacles and then plan the course to reach the destination. The system is complemented by a self-contained flying unit giving the possibility of observation from the air.

Science Club Hydro + deals with the construction of a compressed air vehicle for the international competition of pneumatic vehicles in Eger, Hungary. Our task is to build a prototype pneumatic vehicle, starting from an idea and design to building it. At the competition, we compete, among others, in the competition for the fastest vehicle or the vehicle with the greatest range. About fifty teams from technical universities from all over Europe always come to the competition, which is organized by one of the largest pneumatic companies in the world. Building a good vehicle takes a lot of work, effort and time, so often the same vehicle is refined over many years before we decide to build a new one. Our research club has already constructed three pneumatic vehicles. Since last year, we have been working on a new, even more innovative vehicle with which we want to compete in May 2021.

Light Electric Motorcycle – LEM Wrocław
Project description: LEM Wrocław is a long-term project, the aim of which is to increase public awareness of electromobility. We want to show that electric motorcycles, being silent and ecological, are also worthy competitors for combustion motorbikes, both in terms of aesthetics and performance.
Year after year, the project takes a different form with the aim of revolutionizing another combustion two-wheeler industry. Examples include:
-LEM Napoli, electric city scooter for food delivery
-LEM Thunder, Electric Cross Bike
-LEM Photon, Electric Road Bike
One project will not cause significant changes to the benefit of the climate, however, LEM, achieving many successes in the international arena over the years, will significantly accelerate the snowball rolling from above, which is to increase awareness and develop electromobility in Poland.

The RT11 project is our last internal combustion car. The improved combustion unit is equipped with an innovative fuel control, which allows to significantly reduce the emission of NOx (nitrogen compounds). The efficiency of the unit is refined at a very high level, allowing the consumption of smaller amounts of fuel compared to the work that is performed by it.
We increase the performance score by optimizing the shape of the intake and exhaust systems. Thanks to the improvements made to individual parts of the car, as well as the vast knowledge gained in the field of electronics and autonomy, we made the RT11 project open the way for us to build another car, this time in electric technology.
We use modern materials for the construction of individual parts of the car, such as titanium, titanium alloys, and carbon fiber, which is a biodegradable material.

eWarta is the first electric car from PUT Motorsport wings. It is distinguished by amazing performance and innovative design. Made mostly of carbon fiber, powered by an electric battery, the vehicle is able to accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h in just over 3 seconds. It is a project promoting electromobility. At the moment, the vast majority of racing cars are internal combustion vehicles. We meet this problem with our project. We want to make the society aware of the potential of the electric market and the benefits of such solutions.
Why the project should win: We are a harmonious team, full of passion and new ideas. We design, manufacture and assemble the most amazing construction at the Poznań University of Technology from scratch. We have overcome many adversities. We have shown that we know how to win and lose. This year, we have reached even higher and built a true masterpiece. A vehicle that exceeds its competitors with its performance, and gives us pride and satisfaction from the resulting benefits.

Currently used pesticides have a fairly broad spectrum of activity and are generally harmful to the environment. Biopesticides based on insecticidal fungi, which are still very few on the market, are species-specific, which may prevent the killing of organisms of ecological importance.
It is also worth paying attention to the fact that along with climate changes, farming becomes an increasing challenge, so the protection of crops is conducive to lowering the costs of cultivation and, consequently, a potential inhibition of the increase in food prices.
Why the project should win: We are a motivated circle to get results and develop our ideas, but we lack the equipment to carry out some laboratory procedures.

AGH Space Systems space experiments – microgravity and industry 4.0 solutions thanks to research subsystems integrated with a rocket, a stratospheric balloon gondola and a planetary rover
Project description: AGH Space Systems has been developing space technologies for years, such as planetary rovers, sounding rockets and gondolas of stratospheric balloons. The successes achieved by the Circle enable our members to acquire both competences related directly to the created technologies and soft ones developed during numerous presentations.
However, the goal of our Club is not only to participate in international competitions or develop the skills of young engineers and scientists, but above all to contribute to the development of science and space engineering. For this reason, this year we decided to put special emphasis on the development of research subsystems adapted to integration with a rocket, rover and nacelle of stratospheric balloons. They will allow for conducting innovative scientific experiments, the results of which will be presented at international conferences. However, the very process of their creation will allow for the development and testing of technical solutions that can be developed and used not only in space engineering, but also in geology, agriculture and industry 4.0, affecting the implementation of the sustainable development goals. The presented project covers the development of 3 research subsystems, which will be integrated with the stratospheric balloon gondola, rocket and rover, and will allow for carrying out innovative experiments in the field of e.g. biology, geology, meteorology, chemistry and physics.

The Walle project is a project to build an autonomous robot that cleans green and urban areas. The main goal is to care for the sustainable development of our world, where the dominant industry (and not only) contributes to a large amount of rubbish in the streets, parks, forests …
A mobile robot moving on tracks will autonomously explore the area in search of garbage (plastic bottles, aluminum cans, crushed paper, plastic bags, etc.). Detection of these objects will be possible thanks to a vision system based on two cameras. It will be possible to implement an intelligent system for optimal and better operation. The robot will collect garbage to the “belly”, as did Wall-e from the Pixar movie, to which the robot will be structurally as similar (media). We do not rule out adding any additional functionalities of the robot from the movie.
It is worth noting that the project will be mainly implemented by me (Jan Brzyk), because it is my engineering thesis, and it will be a master’s thesis. In the team representing the NewTech AGH research group, I will find substantive, constructional and marketing support.
Why the project should win: My project should win because promoting the winning work will signal the problem of ubiquitous rubbish in the world. The prize money grant will be used to develop Project Walle, a further step towards a better, cleaner, more stable future for all of us.

Measuring track to improve the applied means of protection against COVID19 for medical personnel based on Subea Easy Breath masks
Project description: Our project is a measuring stand for testing prototypes of direct protection equipment for medical personnel.
As part of the “Mask dla Medyka” campaign, we donated over 350 Subea Easy Breath snorkeling masks to hospitals in Krakow, transformed into improvised means of protection against COVID19 and other infectious diseases for medical personnel using 3D printing technology. Due to the next wave of infections, we want to develop a new version of the mask that will allow even greater comfort of use.
Improving the measurement path will allow you to better compare the effectiveness of different prototypes made in 3D printing. The biggest advantage of the project is the speed with which we are able to test new iterations. Anyone with access to a 3D printer can produce a ready solution.
Detailed examination of the gases flowing through the masks allows us to determine which design solutions ensure the greatest comfort of use. This is important because the concentration of carbon dioxide in the masks is higher than the environment and properly designed valves are able to lower it.
So far, one of our measurable successes has been the improvement of the masks used in action by tripling the CO2 retention to levels that allow long-term and safe operation. In addition, we have improved the valve production technology, thanks to which we will be able to produce several thousand of them a day. Improving the measuring path will allow us to further develop this technology.
Once the pandemic situation has stabilized, our measurement track can be easily used to evaluate changes in effort during physical activity. Oxygen consumption and the concentration of exhaled CO2 correlate with its intensity and duration.

The aim of the project is to build an autonomous flying system that supports medical services in operations
in sparsely populated and hard-to-reach areas. The main idea behind the project is the use of innovative solutions in the field of autonomous aviation to build a reconnaissance system, which will also be able to establish its own communication channel in the area without GSM network coverage.
A combination of autonomous aviation systems with modern telecommunications technologies and systems artificial intelligence guarantees the interest of investors from the high technology industry. In addition to improving the effectiveness of medical services in sparsely populated areas,
the system can also prove invaluable in times of natural disasters – allowing for evaluation
before the flood, fire or earthquake hit the spot there are paramedics – it will enable them to recognize the area earlier and even make an attempt to contact with the injured persons staying in a place cut off from telephone communication.
Why the project should win: Ladies and Gentlemen, please imagine that you are in the mountains, on a lake or any other hard-to-reach area.
You are injured, have an accident, forgot your medicine or have been attacked by a wild animal. Creating a system that would allow the necessary medicine to reach you quickly can be what will save your life. A paramedic will most likely not reach you quickly, and an unmanned, autonomous drone could do it in a few minutes, establishing radio-video contact with the paramedic, creating a medicine or an antidote to a substance with which you had contact in the wild. Our system can save lives, or at least create a research and development base for such solutions. That is why our project should win.