Department of Fundamentals of Machinery Design - RMT6 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering 

Scientific field

Engineering and Technical Sciences

Scientific discipline

Mechanical engineering

Priority Research Area of the Silesian University of Technology

POB5.T10 Designing and constructing

Scientific achievements:

• Development of a method of obtaining diagnostic procedural knowledge from field specialists
• Development and implementation of the relational EMPREL database for representing and storing diagnostic knowledge in the form of relations and rules
• Development and implementation of the EMPREG 2 application for the formulation and evaluation of empirical rules by field specialists
• Development of a virtual modeling methods for cranioplastic prostheses based on triangular models obtained from the analysis of tomographic images
• Development of a method of virtual modeling of individualized ergonomic handles with the use of digitization of physical model models
• Development of virtual modeling methods in the field of orbital and mandible reconstruction based on triangular models obtained from the analysis of tomographic images
• Development of structural parametric models of bioresorbable orthopedic implants to support the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament for the femur and tibia
• Development of a method of modeling a bioresorbable tibia implant in corrective osteotomy of the knee joint

Research interests

• Virtual modeling using CAx class systems
• Virtual modeling with a haptic voxel systems
• Reverse engineering
• Biomedical engineering in the field of modeling bone system implants
• Generative manufacturing (3D printing)

The course of a scientific career

• MSc Eng. – 1996
• Phd – 2000
• DSc – 2013
• Associate Professor – 2018

Membership in scientific associations:

• Polish Association for the Dissemination of Computer Engineering Systems ProCAx

Prizes and awards:

• Team Rector’s 1st degree award for achievements in the field of teaching (2007)
• Team Rector’s 1st degree award for teaching achievements (2011)
• Team Rector’s 1st degree award for teaching achievements (2012)
• Team Rector’s 1st degree award for teaching achievements (2013)
• Individual Rector’s 3rd degree award for scientific achievements (2014)
• Team Rector’s 2nd degree award for teaching achievements (2020)
• Bronze medal for many years of service (pos. President of the Republic of Poland of September 29, 2008)

Teaching activities:

• Integrated Cax Systems (Lecturer / Lab / Design)
• Reverse engineering (lecture / design)
• Designing industrial forms (execution / design)
• Master’s seminar in the field of Mechanics and Machine Design (sem.)
• Engineering seminar in the field of Mechanics and Machine Design (sem.)
• Integrated CAD / CAM systems (lecturer / lab, / design)
• CAx systems (lecturer / lab)
• Advanced design and construction methods (CAx systems) – lecturer / lab. / Project

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

• Virtual model of a wheelchair for people with total lower limb amputation
• Design of a rehabilitation manipulator for people after arthroplasty of the knee joint
• Virtual model of a mobile autonomous sprinkler robot
• Design of an adjustable air intake-exhaust vent for wall ventilation with a replaceable filter system
• Simulation of three-axis milling in the machine system – interactive educational guide
• Virtual model of a protective helmet for people waiting for the cranioplasty procedure
• Virtual model of the torso stabilizer for wheelchair users
• Adaptive pavement curb adapted for wheelchair users
• Virtual model of a foldable orthopedic board permeable to X-rays, CT and MRI
• Topological optimization of the forearm clamping of the elbow rehabilitation ball

Topics of the supervised doctoral theses:

• A method of supporting the design of glassware with the use of a configurator in an augmented reality environment
• The method of designing personalized objects for people with physical disabilities