Prof. Marek Opiela, PhD, DSc
Professor of the Silesian University of Technology
Department of Fundamentals of Machinery Design,18a Konarskiego Street, Room 403
+32 237 29 40
Schedule
0000-0002-6617-3524
Scientific field
Engineering and technical sciences
Scientific discipline
Materials Engineering
Priority Research Areas of the Silesian University of Technology
POB3 – Materials of the future
Scientific activities:
- publishing articles in journals from Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database;
- participation in scentific conferences; participation in research projects;
- reviewing scentific articles;
- promoter of MSc theses;
- supervising doctoral students
Research interests
Modelling of precipitation process of MX-type interstitial phases; studies of the influence of plastic strain on the kinetics of supercooled austenite transformations; research of recrystallization kinetics of plastically deformed austenite; thermal treatment and thermomechanical treatment of the microalloyed steels; investigation of microstructure; investigation of mechanical properties
Scientific career
- 2015 – Habilitated Doctor in Technical Science; specialization in Materials Engineering; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology. Title of habilitation dissertation: “Development of microstructure and mechanical properties of microalloyed steel forgings in the process of thermomechanical treatment”.
- 2000 – Doctor in Technical Science; specialization in Materials Engineering; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology. Title of doctoral dissertation: “The influence of thermomechanical treatment on phase transitions of austenite and mechanical properties of toughened Cr-Mo steel with microadditions of Nb and B”.
- 1995 – Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Computer-aided constructional and tool metal materials engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology.
Membership of scientific associations:
- Section of Technological Processes of the Metallurgy Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences
