Department of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials - RMT1 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Scientific field

Engineering and technology

Scientific discipline

Materials Engineering

Priority Research Areas of the Silesian University of Technology

POB3  – Materials of the future

POB4  – Smart Cities and Future Mobility

POB5  – Process automation and Industry 4.0

Scientific activities:

In the area of my main scientific interests there are research related to the use of the Gleeble 3800 thermo-mechanical simulator, which I am the main supervisor. My research concern in particular high-manganese austenitic steels, but also aluminum, magnesium and titanium alloys. As the main contractor, I participated in 9 national and international research projects. I have been honored with awards for inventions exhibited at international or national exhibitions and fairs on the subject of: “High-manganese austenitic steels with a large reserve of plastic deformation energy for the automotive industry”.
As a researcher and lecturer at the Silesian University of Technology since 2005, I have participated in many research internships, including: research internship under the Visegrad Fund program, 2014-2015 – VSB – Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic; research internship as part of the Visegrad Fund program, 2016-2017 – University of Žilina, Slovakia; Research internships: Germany, Freiberg, 2014, Czech Republic, Ostrava, 2015, Slowak Republik, Lubliana, 2011, Russia, Petersburg, 2012, Ukraine Lviv, Ukraine, Khmielnicky State University 2013; three-month research internship at Centro Ricerche FIAT in Turin, Italy 2005; four-month research internship at Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland 2004; training: Dynamic thermal-mechanical testing of materials and physical simulation of processes using Gleeble simulator, at Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Metal Forming, Freiberg, Germany 2014; Erasmus + program – Trinity College Dublin 2019.

Research interests

Heat treatment;
Thermo- mechanical treatment;
Simulations of heat and thermo-mechanical treatment using the Gleeble 3800 simulator;
Testing at elevated temperature;
Mechanical properties research;
High-manganese austenitic steels;
Aluminum and magnesium alloys;

Scientific career

Doctor of Philosophy in Technical Science (PhD) – Silesian University of Technology, Scientific discipline: Materials Engineering 2010
Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering – Silesian University of Technology, Major: Management and Production Engineering, Specializations: Engineering materials, Welding, Environmental and quality management systems, 2005

Membership of scientific associations:

• Association of Polish Cluster of Innovative Forging Technologies HEFAJSTOS

Topics of supervised master’s theses in the last five years: /optional/

• heat, thermo-mechanical and thermo-chemical treatment;
• Intensive plastic deformation,
• SPD methods, tests using the Gleeble 3800 simulator;
• Tested engineering materials: steel, aluminum, magnesium and titanium alloys

Topics of supervised doctoral theses: /optional/

• Auxiliary supervisor of the doctoral dissertation: Influence of thermo-chemical treatment on the improvement of functional properties of structural elements subjected to cavitation wear – implementation doctorate – mgr inż. Tomasz Linek
• Auxiliary supervisor of the doctoral dissertation: Structure and properties of newly developed TRIPLEX high-manganese steels – dr inż. Liwia Sozańska-Jędrasik, finished 2020

Scientific clubs:/optional/

• Student research group: Constructors and Materials Scientists

Laboratories:/optional/

• Deputy head of the Scientific and Didactic Laboratory of Nanotechnology and Materials Technologies
• Supervisor of Workroom of Metal Alloys and Materials Heat Treatment by the Use of Semiconductors
• Supervisor of Workroom of Metal Alloys Plastic Deformation