Welcome to the website of The Clausius Tower Society

On the 16th November 2009 the meeting of the founders of Clausius Tower Society was held. The establishment of the Society was the initiative of the Founding Committee, which mainly consists of scientists and journalists. According to the initiative of the founders the main objective of the Society is an unlimited intellectual exchange by calling scientific conferences and public debates and by building The Clausius Tower in Koszalin. This monument, situated in front of the main University building, is going to commemorate Rudolf Julius Emmanuel Clausius, the nineteenth century scientist born in Koszalin.

The activity of the Clausius Tower Society is directed by the elected management, which includes the Rector of Koszalin University of Technology Tomasz Krzyżyński, DSc PhD MSc BSc, Professor; Jerzy Ratajski, DSc, PhD – Director of Institute of Mechatronics, Nanotechnology and Vacuum Technique; Małgorzata Jucha, Mc – the bursar and the substitute for the chancellor of Koszalin University of Technology; Piotr Wensierski, PhD – the Rector of Baltic Higher School of Humanities of Koszalin; Father Dariusz Jastrząb, PhD – the Rector of Theological Seminary of Koszalin.

The Audit Committee is directed by Józef Maciej Sprutta, the President of The Friends of Koszalin Society.


News:

22nd September 2011

6-th Symposium on Vacuum based Science and Technology

Clausius Session

The ceremonial Clausius Session inaugurated the 6th Symposium on Vacuum based Science and Technology organized by The Institute of Mechatronics, Nanotechnology and Vacuum Technique of Koszalin University of Technology. During the Clausius Session the Diplomas of the Honorary Membership of the Clausius Tower Society were presented.

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5th September 2011

On the 5th September 2011 the General Assembly of Clausius Tower Society passed
a resolution of conferring the Honorary Membership of the Society on:

  1. Prof. Eri Yagi, Kyoto University
  2. Prof. Dieter Hoffmann, Max Planck Institute, Berlin
  3. Prof. Marek Danielewski, AGH, Kraków
  4. Prof. Hans Oechsner, IFOS, Kaiserslautern
  5. Prof. Frank Richter, TU Chemnitz
  6. Dr. Stefan L. Wolff, Forschungsinstitut des Deutschen Museums, München
  7. Prof. Jacek Szuber, Technical University of Śląsk, Gliwice
  8. Prof. Michael Kopnarski, IFOS, Kaiserslautern
  9. Mirosław Mikietyński, Koszalin
  10. Prof. Leszek A. Dobrzański, Technical University of Śląsk

The ceremony of presenting the Diplomas of the Honorary Membership of the Clausius Tower Society will take place 20th September 2011 at 9.30 in the Marine Hotel***** in Kołobrzeg, during the 6th Symposium on Vacuum based Science and Technology. The international science conference organized by The Institute of Mechatronics, Nanotechnology and Vacuum Technique under the patronage of Polish and German Vacuum Society.

All the friends and supporters are welcome to join the session.

12th June 2010

On the 30th May 2010 the following information was sent to us:

"On the 4-5th June, within the framework of The Days of Gorzow, the event called “The Night Route of Culture” will be held. Within the framework of that event The Polish Architects Society from Gorzow will organize an exhibition called “Gallery of Architecture of Gorzow”. The exhibition is planned to be held on the promenade Wełniany Rynek and Hawelańska Street. On behalf of the organizers and my own I would like to invite everyone to participate in this event, and to see our project of Clausius Tower with Foucault Pendulum. Regards, Andrzej Wójcik - an architect."

11th June 2010

In June, in the reputable English journal Public Service Review: Science and Technology (edition 7) will appear an article "From woodworking to nanotechnology", which concerns one of the European research projects realized in The Institute of Mechatronics, Nanotechnology and Vacuum Technique in Koszalin University of Technology. In the part describing an activity of the Institute and Koszalin University of Technology one can find a large paragraph related to The Clausius Tower.:

27th February 2010

In the Japanese "Journal of the Entropy Society of Japan" was appeared an article by professor Eri Yagi about Clausius Tower entitled "新 Clausius Tower の礎石設置式での招待講演 ポーランドのコシャ リ ン 工 科 大学にて". Professor Eri Yagi was our guest last year on the Clausius Session of Koszalin in September. We encourage to visit a websites by professor Eri Yagi: http://www.schaft.org/eri/
Blog: http://www.schaft.org/wp/

16th November 2009

The meeting of founders of The Clausius Tower Society was held.

21st September 2009

A ceremony of signing and then placing of the erection act of the Clausius Tower. This symbolic act was made by the Rector of Koszalin University of Technology and by Mario Kokowsky from Baltic Net Pasma Tec.