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Optical Engineering Division

Description

Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) is one of the largest institutions of higher education in Central Europe and the largest university of technology in Poland. WUT was founded in 1826, thus celebrating now its 175th anniversary. In the last two years the University won the third position among the best 75 Polish Universities and the first place among the 20 universities of technology. WUT employs over 2500 academic teachers / researchers. More than 30000 students at different levels (undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate) study at WUT. Last year a new form of education has been introduced – long distance education through the Internet.
Besides academic teaching WUT is very active and successful in research performed within: the University internal and statutory research, individual research and target (with industry) projects financed by the State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN) (app. 450 grants /year), contracted works commissioned by industrial companies, international cooperation on the basis of 36 projects realized within 5th Framework Programme and over 162 bilateral agreements (WUT participated also in TEMPUS, INCO-VOPERNICUS, COST, SOCRATES-ERASMUS, LEONARDO).
WUT has 16 faculties and three of them include strong teams working directly in optics and photonics (Mechatronics (MWUT), Physics (FWUT), Electronics and Information Technology Faculties (EWUT)), while many others refer to optics as an enabling tool. Also several multidisciplinary projects, courses and training programmes with severe impact from optical science and engineering are conducted at inter –faculty centres such as: Photonics Engineering Centre, Microsystems Centre, Environmental Protection Centre and Nanomaterials centre.
MWUT: Faculty of Mechatronics: the history of optical engineering at WUT started at the Faculty of Mechatronics originated in 1962, while the director of Polish Optical Works Prof. J. Matysiak founded the Optical Engineering Division (OED) – now one of the two divisions of the Institute of Micromechanics and Photonics (IMiF). Since then over 700 specialists have been educated in optics. Many of them are now the key people in optics and photonics in Poland and abroad. Each year 20 students graduate with an M.Sc. in photonics engineering, while at the moment 10 students are working on their PhD in photonics.
IMiF’s main development activities are: full-field, automated optical methods of testing, optical and electrical sensing, micro optical and micro mechanical devices design and technologies including MEMS, MOEMS, micropositioning systems and microtribology . The emphasis is put on the automatisation of the optical measurement and sensing systems and their application in medical and industrial environments, as well as on the development of hybrid numerical-experimental methods supporting micromechanics and material engineering. IMiF realizes numerous projects for the Polish Committee for Scientific Researchers, other research institutes (also Medical Academy), for industry and SME’s (now 14 big projects in progress). The research has also an international dimension through bilateral projects and cooperation in Europe and overseas (for Hewlett Packard, Volkswagen, Bosch, British Gas, NPL etc), the previous involvement into Tempus and Copernicus European projects and recent participation in 2 EU 5FP projects and in 2 Centres of Excellence (Microsystems and Nanomaterials), Socrates and Leonardo programs. 33 employees are working at IMiF: a key staff of 6 professors (3 of them SPIE Fellows), 16 project bounded scientists and 11 technical and administrative staff. IMiF owns modern laboratories incl. An interferometric laboratory, optical methods of testing in exp. mechanics lab., a spectroscopic laboratory, an optical sensors laboratory, a 3D shape and movement measurement lab, a microtribology lab, a clean room and optical and mechanical workshops.
IMiF is in close contact with most of Polish photonics educational and research centres, as well as with Polish optical industry. IMiF is also heavily evolved in technology transfer of photonics equipment to SME’s. It is worthy to mention that IMiF’s professors are within the leadership of most of Polish and International optical (optoelectronics/photonics) societies and non-profit organizations which create the future research activities in these fields.