From 6^th to 10^th December 2010 at the Mechanical and Computer Science Faculty the teaching workshop  „Thermodynamics and Environment” was performed. The works hop was oraganized for students of 2^nd year of all EFE profiles. Workshop was organized jointly by Prof. Ralph Lescroart from Institut Superieur Industriel, Haute Ecole Catholique Blaise Pascal w Virton, Belgium, Prof. Andrzej Bogusławski and Dr Arkadiusz Kępa from Institute of Thermal Machinery TUCz. The enclosed list of workskhop subjects (link program warsztatów) contained the subject areas specified in the curricula of „Thermodynamics” specified for  „Mechanical Engineering” and „Environmental Engineering”. The novel element of the workshop was the interrelation of the lecture contents with possibile applications In the environment al protection, in particular with greenhouse and global warming effects. The workshop contained 20 hours of lectures and tutorials,  followed by written test intended to verify the absorption of the workshop contents by EFE  students. The workshop will have its final effect in modification of „Thermodynamics” teaching programme, which will be done by   Prof. Andrzej Bogusławski and Dr Arkadiusz Kępa from Institute of Thermal Machinery TUCz. Further information about the workshop may be found in the following links (workshop programme, photo gallery).

Prof. S. Drobniak

Dr E. Moryń-Kucharczyk