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We regret to inform that on 1 January 2024, at the age of 72, Dr Eng Jerzy Ihnatowicz passed away.

He was a respected scientist, a distinguished academic teacher, a man of great knowledge, vast experience, and an educator of many generations of students. Dr Eng Jerzy Ihnatowicz was a long-term employee of the Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science of the Silesian University of Technology.

As an alumnus of Prof. Ernest Czogała and a long-time employee of the Department of Cybernetics, Nanotechnology and Data Processing, and earlier of the Department of Biomedical Electronics operating within the Institute of Electronics, he also worked at the Centre for Electronic Computing Technology of the Silesian University of Technology. He dealt mainly with issues in the field of digital image analysis. X-ray and isotope apparatuses were also an important subject of his teaching and scientific interests. He was the author and co-author of numerous scientific publications and several scripts. He cooperated with the Silesian University in Katowice, Wrocław University and the Silesian Medical Academy. He also cooperated with industry, in particular with Zeiss. He was the author of numerous solutions and implementations in the field of microscopic measurements.

He passed away a modest, kind and hard-working man, of high personal culture and great didactic talent. Known for his conscientiousness and reliability in every field of professional activity, he was widely liked by his colleagues and students.

He was also a member of the Silesian Aero Club, an aeroplane pilot, and a lecturer at courses and trainings at the Silesian Aero Club.

He will always remain in our memory! To his family and loved ones we offer our deepest condolences.