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

Scientific field

Engineering and technical sciences

 

Scientific discipline

Materials Engineering

 

Priority Research Areas of the Silesian University of Technology

POB3 – Materials of the future;

POB6 – Climate and environmental protection, modern energy

Scientific activities:

• Associate Professor, profile: Materials Engineering in 2013; PhD, profile: Materials Engineering in 2006,
• MSc, profile: Material Processing Technologies, Quality Management Systems and employing advising in 2001

 

Research interests

• nanostructured polymeric, ceramic, metal, composite materials and hybrid composites, including bimodal and their characteristics,
•laser processing, surface engineering, thin films, 3D printing,
• analysis of the micro and nanostructure and properties of heat and/or plastic treated cast aluminum and magnesium alloys,
• investigation of the relationship between the microstructure and the mechanical and functional properties of light alloys, including aluminum, magnesium and titanium alloys,
• synergism of the effect of heat and surface treatment on the mechanical and functional properties of engineering materials,
•novel photovoltaic systems,
• nanofibrous polymer materials with special physical properties,
• processing of polymeric materials,
• analysis of the properties and structure of engineering materials and new technologies for processing hard-to-recycle waste.

Scientific career

•From September 1, 2001, a PhD student at the Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice.

•From August 21, 2006 as an assistant at the Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice.

• From December 22, 2006 as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. • From December 1, 2014 as Associate Professor at the Institute of Engineering and Biomedical Materials at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice.

Functions at the University:

• Head of the Department of Engineering and Biomaterials, Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, from October 2019 until now.

• Director of the Institute of Engineering and Biomaterials, Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, from 09.2017 to 09.2019.

• Head of the Department of Material Process Technology, Management and Information Technology in Materials Science, Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering from 09.2013 to 09.2019.

• Head of the Scientific and Didactic Laboratory of Nanotechnology and Material Technologies at the Institute of Engineering and Biomedical Materials, Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering from 01.2013- 08.2017.

• Deputy Director of the Institute of Engineering and Biomedical Materials, Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, from 01.2015-08.2017.

• Director of the Nanotechnology Center of the Silesian University of Technology, from 10.2015-08.2017.

•Assistant Professor with habilitation at the Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, from 01.01.2013.

 

Membership of scientific associations:

• Member of Polish Materials Science Society,
• Member of the Polish Association of Innovative Heaping Technologists, HEFAJSTOS,
• Board of Review of the journal Archives of Metallurgy and Materials,
• Member of American Ceramic Society,
• Member of the editorial committee of the time of the journal “Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering “by Taylor & Francis Group,
• Member of the editorial committee of the time of the journal “Solid State Phenomena” by Trans Tech Publications,
• Member of the editorial committee of the time of the journal “Materials” and „Metals” byMDPI.

  

Topics of supervised doctoral theses: /optional/

• PhD Łukasz Krzemiński: ”The structure and properties of biomorphic Al/C composite materials; Al/TiO/C; Al/TiC/C reinforced with carbonizate produced by pressure infiltration technology”, date of the defense: 28th June 2017.
• PhD Przemysław Snopiński: “Modifying the structure and properties of casting Al-Mg alloys in the processes of heat treatment and intensive plastic deformationo”, date of the defense: 27th March 2018.
• PhD Wiktor Matysiak: “Analysis of the morphology and optical properties of polymer nanofibers filled with TiO2, Bi2O3, SiO2”, date of the defense: 27th March 2018.
• Co-supervisor of dissertation of PhD Natália Hadler Marins in cooperation with brasil university Universidade Federal De Pelota: Polymer nanostructured films for gas sensors, date of the defense February 2019.
• Co-supervisor of dissertation of PhD Ricardo Marques e Silva  in cooperation with brasil university Universidade Federal De Pelota: Piezoelectric devices from nanocellulose composite, date of the defense August 2019.
• MSc Maciej Wiśniowski: „Production of composite surface layers on a substrate of titanium and Ti‑6Al‑4V alloy by laser fusion of non-ferrous metalic powders”, dissertations start 12th March 2014. 
• MSc Radosław Szklarek: „Structure and oxidation properties of zirconium-based coatings on molybdenum substrate”, dissertations start 7th February 2018. 
• MSc Tomasz Linek, industrial doctoral studies: „Characteristics of cavitation wear resistance characteristics of structural elements protected with composite coatings deposited by physical method”, dissertations start 12th December 2018. 
• MSc Weronika Smok: „Analysis of the structure and optical properties of Bi2O3 and SnO2 ceramic nanostructures and prepared with them fibrous polymer nanostructures”, dissertations start 17th April 2019. 
• MSc Marcin Benedyk, industrial doctoral studies: „Innovative methods of additive manufacturing of tool steels”, dissertations start 12th December 2019.
• MSc Grzegorza Pelczara, industrial doctoral studies: „An innovative technological solution enabling the complete recovery of all waste components of telecommunications cables, including non-ferrous metals and polymers, and their reuse in the economy in accordance with the circularity concept”, dissertations start 28th December 2020.
• MSc Tomasza Glińskiego, industrial doctoral studies:”Analysis of the structure and properties of newly developed n-layer composite films, produced using the blow molding technology, supported by a precise gravimetric dosing system”, dissertations start 21st December 2020.
• MSc Patryka Płaczka, industrial doctoral studies: ”Testing the functional properties of the newly designed door frame with a reduced thermal transmittance coefficient”, dissertations start 21st December 2020.
• MSc Marta Zaborowska: „Hybrid one-dimensional nanostructures with enhanced photocatalytic activity”, dissertations start 30th December 2020.