A Brief History of the Department of Optoelectronics
The Department of Optoelectronics of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering originated from the Division of Optoelectronics of the Institute of Physics at the Silesian University of Technology.
The founder of the Division—initially named the Division of Acoustoelectronics and Optoelectronics, and later the Division of Optoelectronics—and its first head was Prof. Aleksander Opilski.
In the years 1981–1983, the Division was headed by Dr. Zenon Cerowski. After Dr. Cerowski, until the year 2000, the Division was again led by Prof. Aleksander Opilski.
From 2000 to 2021, the head of the Division, and subsequently of the Department of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (since 2009), was Prof. Tadeusz Pustelny.
Since 2021, the head of the Department has been Dr. habilitated Eng. Erwin Maciak, Professor of the Silesian University of Technology.
Major Institutional Achievements
2003 r.
As a result of a European Union competition within the 5th Framework Programme, the Division of Optoelectronics was granted the status of a Centre of Excellence — Metrological and Technological Center of Optoelectronics and Acoustoelectronics.
2011 r.
Participation of the Department in the NLPQT project – National Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Technologies, included in the Polish Roadmap for Research Infrastructures.
Implementation period of this infrastructure project: 2019–2023.
2017 r.
Participation of the Department in the NLF project – National Laboratory of Photovoltaics, included in the Polish Roadmap for Research Infrastructures.
2023 r.
Obtaining a certificate confirming compliance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 in the scope of:
“Measurements of photonic, optoelectronic and microelectronic structures, as well as gas analyte testing using photonic methods.”
2023 r.
The Department of Optoelectronics became a member of the Polish Technological Platform for Photonics and the microEPC Cluster.
