The Scientist
MAIN RESEARCH FIELDS:
axiomatic and kinetic foundations of continuum thermodynamics, theory of mixtures, phase transformations in solids, non-newtonian fluids, acoustic waves in continua, crystal plasticity and the evolution of textures, thermodynamics of porous materials.
SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHY:
[1962] M.Sc. at Civil Engineering Department, Technical
University of Łódź, Poland.
[1965] Ph. D. Technical University of Łódź; field:
Continuous Models of Discrete Systems.
[1966-1986] Associate Professor and Professor at the
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.
[1969-1970] Postgraduate at the John Hopkins University,
Baltimore, USA.
[1970] D. Sc. (Habilitation) in the Polish Academy of
Sciences (IFTR, Warsaw); field: Nonlocal Continuum
Mechanics.
[1971] M.T. Huber Prize of the Polish Academy of Sciences
for the work on axiomatic foundations of
thermodynamics.
[1972-1974] Visiting Professor at the College of
Engineering, University of Bagdad, Iraq.
[1979] Nomination to the Professor title.
[1979-1980] Alexander von Humboldt Stipend at the
University of Paderborn, the Technical University
of Berlin.
[1984] Fellow at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Institute
for Advanced Studies; collaboration with Prof. I.
Muller, Prof. R. Rivlin, Prof. J. Kestin.
[1985-1986] Contract Professor at the Technical University
of Berlin.
[1986-1987] Visiting Professor at the University of
Paderborn.
[1987-1990] Contract Professor at the Technical University
of Hamburg-Harburg.
[1990-1992] Contract Professor at the Technical University
of Berlin.
[1992-1996] Lecturer at the University of Essen.
[1995] Habilitation - (Venia legendi) at the University of
Essen.
[1996-2005] Head of the Research Group at the
Weierstrass Institute of Applied Analysis and
Stochastics, Berlin.
[1996] Habilitation (Venia legendi) at the Technical
University of Berlin.
[2005- ] Professor of Mechanics at the University of
Zielona Góra.