An international student team of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) won a special award for their project entitled “WIMCY – Welcome into My Church Yard” at the prestigious Urban Design Award international contest. Read more about their concept that aims to improve the living conditions of slums.
More than two hundred surgeries are performed in Hungary every year to correct the developmental disorder known as the funnel chest that affects every six thousandth child. Recently, a process with 3D printing has been developed in Pécs, with the cooperation of doctors, engineers, 3D designers and metalworking professionals. The University of Pécs made an interview with thoracic surgeon Dr Zalán Szántó who invented the new method that has a huge opportunity in surgical procedures.
The time has come to introduce our international alumni volunteer team with 34 people from 17 countries speaking 23 different languages. In the third chapter of our volunteer series, you can read Awais Qadir’s story from Pakistan! He studied in Hungary between 2017-2021 at Óbuda University and now he is working on high entropy ceramics for the aerospace industry to employ novel materials in extreme applications.
In June we had a super exciting Alumni Hungary Webinar with the internationally acclaimed biologist Csaba Pál, who is the senior researcher of the Szeged Biological Research Center. We caught him for a quick interview.
There are many news stories and articles that talk about Hungarian inventions and famous Hungaricums, but Hungarian women in science are less known. Thanks to their talent and perseverance, they have all achieved some kind of revolutionary in healthcare, education, or even scientific research. Be inspired by their short story and learn the secret of long life, because most of them reached old age (more than 90 years)!
Ahmad Akhlaq from Pakistan was a student of the Computer Science Engineering BSc program at the University of Dunaújváros (UOD) and the international alumni officers invited him to tell us about the time since finishing his studies at our university.
The time has come to introduce our international alumni volunteer team with 34 people from 17 countries speaking 23 different languages. In the third chapter of our volunteer series, you can read Zahra Fulandvan’s story from Iran! She began her doctoral studies in 2017 at the Hungarian University of Fine Art and now she’s working on her dissertation and her final art project to receive the degree.
In May the Alumni Hungary Webinar Series started its brand new series. The webinars feature outstanding Hungarian scientists and professionals presenting their fields of expertise. To provide you a greater depth to our topics, from now on you can also read interviews with our presenters!
The team of the University of Pécs won an international innovation bronze medal with a virtual pet that helps children with diabetes. The team of four Brazilian students studying in the city achieved an excellent result representing the Medical School Institute of Transdisciplinary Discoveries (ITD) - UP reported.
What if the answer to treating cancer could be found in maths? That’s what the EU-funded Tamed Cancer project is attempting to find out. The project uses mathematical modelling to develop personalised cancer therapies. “Maths allows us to calculate optimal drug dosages, which in turn lets us develop therapy and treatment tailored to the individual patient’s unique needs,” says Levente Kovács, a professor at Óbuda University, the project’s lead partner. “This work represents a new approach to tumour therapy – one that ultimately aims to tame cancer.”