Vice-Dean for Development
date of birth
1961
education
Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Machine Technology and Production Organization, (1990)
degree/scientific title
- habilitation – Częstochowa University of Technology, Faculty of Production Engineering and Materials Technology, (2005),
- PhD – Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Machine Technology and Production Organization (1990)
employment
- Gdańsk University of Technology: assistant professor (1991–2010); associate professor (2010–present),
academic positions
- Vice-dean for Development (since 2021),
- Vice-dean for Science at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (2008–2016),
- Head of the Institute of Mechanical and Material Technologies (2021),
- Head of the Department of Materials Science and Welding, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (from 2012-2020)
- Head of the Environmental Doctoral Study at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (2016-2020),
- Head of the Department of Materials Science and Technology (from 2021)
institutional functions
- Member of the Board of the National Society of Materials Science (from 2012),
- Member of the Polish Society of Biomaterials,
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Advances in Materials Science journal (until 2016)
- Editor of scientific journals "Mechanik" - Publishing House of the Gdańsk University of Technology from 2008 to 2016),
- Membership in the "Topic Editor" of the magazine "Materials"
- Membership in the "Reviewer Board" of the journal "Minerals"
external scientific placements
- Heat and Mass Transfer Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (2016),
membership in scientific institutions
- Member of International Institute of Refrigeration, IIB (since 2019),
- Member of Editorial Board of Multiphase Science and Technology (since 2018),
- Editor-in-Chief of Archives of Thermodynamics (since 2014)
scientific interests
- using the laser beam to shape the mechanical properties of the surface layer of engineering materials,
- joining materials using the Friction Stir Welding method,
- "green technologies" in the manufacturing of machine and device elements,
- characterizing the mechanical properties of the surface layer in the nanoindentation test,
- XRD diffractogram analysis,
- research on the mechanisms of environmental degradation of engineering materials: (cavitation erosion, fatigue, fretting, electrochemical corrosion, metal dusting),
- research on the impact of material technologies on material properties (heat treatment, Micro Arc Oxidation coatings, production and processing of bionanocellulose, grinding),
- modeling the mechanisms of environmental degradation of materials,
- issues related to the technology of cementing boreholes
publications/scientific profile
awards and distinctions
- Silver Cross of Merit (2006),
- Heweliusz Medal for scientific achievements (2011),
- Rector Awards for scientific achievements: (10),
- Rector Awards for didactic achievements: (2)
- Rector Awards for organizational achievements (2)
- Recognition diploma awarded by the Rector for a significant contribution to the categorization of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (2018)