Award of the Minister of Education and Science for prof. Andrzej J. Nowak

Prof. Andrzej J. Nowak from the Department of Thermal Technology  at the Faculty of Energy  and Environmental Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology received the award of the Minister of Education and Science for his entire scientific achievements.

Awards of the Minister of Science and Education were awarded to 66 scientists. The winners were honoured for merits in five categories: for significant achievements in the field of scientific, didactic, implementation, organizational and overall achievements. We learned the names of the honourees during the Gala of Polish Science. Prof. Andrzej J. Nowak received a lifetime achievement award. - This award is a great distinction and appreciation of my scientific achievements - said the professor.

Prof. Andrzej J. Nowak works at the Department of Thermal Technology at the Faculty of Energy  and Environmental Engineering  of the Silesian University of Technology. In his scientific work, he deals with – among others - mathematical modelling of heat flow processes, numerical fluid mechanics, sensitivity analysis in heat flow processes. He is the author or co-author of 36 books and book chapters and over 130 articles in scientific journals. The professor is also a reviewer of 23 doctoral theses, 6 habilitation theses and a reviewer of 5 professorial applications.

He is a representative of Poland in the EUROTHERM Committee, a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer, a member of the International Association for Boundary Element Methods and the Polish Society of Computer Methods in Mechanics.

More information about the scientific achievements of Professor Andrzej J. Nowak can be found at: Silesian University of Technology | Andrzej J. Nowak (polsl.pl) , and about the awards of the Minister of Education and Science on the website: Polish Science Gala - Ministry of Education and Science - Gov.pl website (www.gov.pl) .