Archives December 2023

Following modern trends in higher education development, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (FNSM) aims to connect students’ research, especially in their final papers and during professional internships, to the industry.

With mutual satisfaction from the existing collaboration, significant agreements on scientific and technical cooperation have been signed with three domestic companies: “Kona,” “Kolorit,” and “Prizma Komerc.” Student internships and final papers have already been realized with the companies “Kolorit” and “Prizma Komerc,” including visits, particularly for students studying chemistry and environmental protection.

Video is available at https://lat.rtrs.tv/av/pusti.php?id=118607.

The agreement will provide a framework for further expanding research topics, domestic materials, raw materials, innovations, and environmental protection efforts invested by these companies. The company “Kona” is a newer partner that follows research in the field of nanocarbon materials conducted at the FNSM with interest. Their modern production capacities for wood pyrolysis offer opportunities for further development of new materials, emphasizing a sustainable, domestic raw material supply chain.

These three new partnerships are crucial for the overall work of the faculty and from the perspective of our coordinating project, DeepGreenInno, funded by the EIT Health, where we strengthen the capacity for research as well as education in innovation and entrepreneurship for our students.

The documentary film “Russian Emigration in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the 20th Century – Russians in Bileća,” created by Dejan Puhala and Prof. Dr. Mira Mandić at the Department of Spatial Planning and the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Banja Luka, was screened in Rostov (Russian Federation).

The film was presented on the occasion of marking the 140th anniversary of the existence of the Don Cadet Cossack Corps “Emperor Alexander III,” an elite military school whose members emigrated to the territory of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia after the October Revolution.

For several years, the military school operated in Bileća and had a significant impact on the cultural development of Bileća and its surroundings. The film provides an overview of Serbian-Russian historical ties with a special focus on Russian emigration and the Don Corps in Bileća.

A call for participation in the INDUSAC project is now open, funded through the Horizon Europe program.

This is an opportunity for students and researchers at the University of Banja Luka to actively engage in collaborative research with industrial partners through the INDUSAC project, gaining practical experience and contributing to the latest research.

The project aims to stimulate the development of digital and industrial technologies focused on ethics. This initiative seeks to facilitate short-term research collaboration, lasting from four to eight weeks, between the academic community, students, researchers, and industrial companies to address real-world challenges.

Teams need to be formed to jointly create projects, and motivation letters should be submitted by January 31. MORE…

At the constitutive session of the Student Organization of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, held on December 22nd, a new leadership was unanimously elected.

Upon the proposal of the former president, Valentina Knežević, a student of the Biology study program, was elected as the president of the Student Organization. Marko Kalaba, a student of Spatial Planning study program, was elected as the vice president, and Dragan Gvozdenović, a student of the Chemistry study program, was elected as the general secretary.

The session was attended by the former president of the Student Organization of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Milica Janjetović, the newly elected president, and the former vice president Valentina Knežević, the former general secretary and the representative of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in the Student Parliament, Dragana Zgonjanin, members of the EGEA organization, and members of the Student Organization of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics assembly.

We thank all the members for their trust and collaboration so far, look forward to future projects, and eagerly welcome new members.

Your Student Organization of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics!