{"id":10058,"date":"2026-08-20T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pk.edu.pl\/katowice-airport-with-pk-kut-university-support-technologies-for-infrastructure-safety-and-passenger-comfort\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T10:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:39:12","slug":"katowice-airport-with-pk-kut-university-support-technologies-for-infrastructure-safety-and-passenger-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pk.edu.pl\/en\/katowice-airport-with-pk-kut-university-support-technologies-for-infrastructure-safety-and-passenger-comfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Katowice Airport with PK&nbsp;KUT University Support: Technologies for Infrastructure Safety and Passenger Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pk.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images_news_2026_8_KatowiceAirportPolitechnikaKrakowska.jpg_288d1162.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><strong>PK&nbsp;Krakow University of&nbsp;Technology is&nbsp;commencing scientific and didactic cooperation with Katowice International Airport in&nbsp;Pyrzowice. This collaboration will serve, among other things, to&nbsp;strengthen the reliability and safety of&nbsp;the Silesian airport&#8217;s&nbsp;infrastructure. Thanks to&nbsp;the recently signed agreement, PK&nbsp;students gain the opportunity to&nbsp;undertake unique internships and apprenticeships. The letter of&nbsp;intent for cooperation was signed by&nbsp;the Rector of&nbsp;the University, Professor Andrzej Szarata, and Artur Tomasik, President of&nbsp;the Management Board of&nbsp;Upper Silesian Aviation Group, the operator of&nbsp;Katowice Airport.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<nav class=\"pkng-toc\" aria-label=\"Contents\"><p class=\"pkng-toc__title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"pkng-toc__list\"><li class=\"pkng-toc__item pkng-toc__item--h3\"><a href=\"#h-research-crucial-to-airport-traffic-safety\"><span class=\"pkng-toc__nr\">1.<\/span> Research crucial to&nbsp;airport traffic safety<\/a><\/li><li class=\"pkng-toc__item pkng-toc__item--h3\"><a href=\"#h-a-wide-range-of-scientific-and-teaching-collaboration\"><span class=\"pkng-toc__nr\">2.<\/span> A&nbsp;wide range of&nbsp;scientific and teaching collaboration<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The PK&nbsp;Krakow University of&nbsp;Technology is&nbsp;one of&nbsp;Poland&#8217;s&nbsp;leading expert centers in&nbsp;the field of&nbsp;transport. <em>\u201cThis is&nbsp;one of&nbsp;our priority areas for research and training of&nbsp;engineering staff. We&nbsp;specialize, among other things, in&nbsp;the planning, design, and modernization of&nbsp;transport infrastructure. We&nbsp;participate in&nbsp;numerous projects concerning safety, logistics, new technologies, environmental protection, and transport management, including aviation. We&nbsp;offer our new partner the knowledge and practical experience<\/em> <em>of&nbsp;our experts, as&nbsp;well as&nbsp;access to&nbsp;modern research infrastructure,\u201d<\/em> says PK&nbsp;Rector Professor Andrzej Szarata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pk.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images_news_2026_8_KatowiceAirportPolitechnikaKrakowska1.jpg_8265b474.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:1000px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>I&nbsp;am&nbsp;convinced that combining our practical operational and business knowledge with the expert scientific background of&nbsp;the PK&nbsp;KUT will yield tangible results,\u201d<\/em> says President Artur Tomasik. <em>\u201cI&nbsp;thank Rector Andrzej Szarata for establishing very concrete frameworks for our partnership. On&nbsp;the infrastructure of&nbsp;Katowice Airport, specialists from the University will, among other things, test modern solutions based on&nbsp;LiDAR technology. These will be&nbsp;used to&nbsp;monitor the condition of&nbsp;airport pavements and prevent the presence of&nbsp;foreign objects on&nbsp;the runway.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research crucial to&nbsp;airport traffic safety<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Research aimed at&nbsp;developing solutions that can be&nbsp;implemented in&nbsp;real airport applications has already begun in&nbsp;Pyrzowice by&nbsp;a&nbsp;team of&nbsp;scientists from the Department of&nbsp;Transport Systems and Logistics and the Doctoral School of&nbsp;the PK&nbsp;KUT.<em>\u201cWe&nbsp;have already conducted research at&nbsp;the airport, which focused on&nbsp;two issues: detecting FOD (Foreign Object Debris) using modern technologies, and the possibilities of&nbsp;assessing the quality of&nbsp;runway pavements using video recordings and artificial intelligence algorithms,\u201d<\/em> informs Dr. Eng. Anton Pashkevich, who leads the research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Such research serves, among other things, to&nbsp;assess the suitability of&nbsp;LiDAR technology for detecting FOD on&nbsp;runways, taxiways, and aprons. It&nbsp;will evaluate aspects such as&nbsp;detection effectiveness, accuracy of&nbsp;object localization, the possibility of&nbsp;automating the FOD detection process, and the implementation potential of&nbsp;the solution proposed to&nbsp;Katowice Airport by&nbsp;PK&nbsp;experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pk.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images_news_2026_8_KatowiceAirportPolitechnikaKrakowskaBadania.jpg_cff4ede2.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:600px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWe&nbsp;have also started research in&nbsp;Pyrzowice concerning the perception of&nbsp;passenger terminal signage. Our goal is&nbsp;to&nbsp;better understand how passengers perceive and interpret signage in&nbsp;the terminal. We&nbsp;hope that the research results will help identify areas requiring improvement and will be&nbsp;valuable support in&nbsp;the further development of&nbsp;infrastructure and enhancement of&nbsp;passenger experience,\u201d<\/em> says Dr. Anton Pashkevich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">An&nbsp;interesting solution for securing airport infrastructure for Pyrzowice may also be&nbsp;the technology of&nbsp;polymer flexible joints developed and refined at&nbsp;the University of&nbsp;Technology (already tested, among others, at&nbsp;Balice Airport). The task of&nbsp;these innovative joints is&nbsp;to&nbsp;transfer loads under large deformations, which effectively reduces stresses in&nbsp;brittle materials and increases the strength of&nbsp;the entire renovated structure. The invention by&nbsp;Professor Arkadiusz Kwiecie\u0144&#8217;s&nbsp;team from the Faculty of&nbsp;Civil Engineering at&nbsp;PK&nbsp;is&nbsp;used, among other things, to&nbsp;prevent deformations of&nbsp;structures exposed to, for example, traffic damage (including mining, seismic, or&nbsp;landslide damage).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A&nbsp;wide range of&nbsp;scientific and teaching collaboration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The cooperation between the University of&nbsp;Technology and Katowice Airport includes the implementation of&nbsp;joint research, development, and testing work, participation in&nbsp;joint implementation projects, expert support from university specialists in&nbsp;the form of&nbsp;industry consultations and advisory studies, and ongoing exchange of&nbsp;knowledge and experience using mutual infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Students of&nbsp;the PK&nbsp;Krakow University of&nbsp;Technology will be&nbsp;able to&nbsp;undertake internships and apprenticeships in&nbsp;Pyrzowice and complete diploma theses based on&nbsp;real problems from airport practice. The university educates engineers in&nbsp;numerous fields and specializations corresponding to&nbsp;the scope of&nbsp;Katowice Airport&#8217;s&nbsp;operations. It&nbsp;will be&nbsp;particularly valuable for students of&nbsp;transport and logistics, civil engineering, mechanics and machine building, and safety engineering to&nbsp;learn about the realities of&nbsp;operating a&nbsp;modern airport. <em>\u201cDirect access to&nbsp;data, specialists, and real engineering tasks during internships and the completion of&nbsp;engineering and master&#8217;s&nbsp;theses will add market value to&nbsp;the diplomas of&nbsp;our graduates,\u201d<\/em> emphasizes Rector Andrzej Szarata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first diploma theses, with the support of&nbsp;specialists from the Silesian airport, are already being developed.<em>(m)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos by&nbsp;Katowice Airport and Anton Pashkevich&#8217;s&nbsp;archive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PK&nbsp;Krakow University of&nbsp;Technology is&nbsp;commencing scientific and didactic cooperation with Katowice International Airport in&nbsp;Pyrzowice. 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