CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)
Surname: | ZAWIŚLAK (ZAWISLAK) |
Name/Christian name: | Stanisław (Stanislaw) – in correspondence – please use: Stan |
Personal Details: | |
Place of Birth: | Bydgoszcz, Poland |
Gender/Sex: | male |
Nationality: | polish |
Citizenship: | polish |

Job address:
University of Bielsko-Biala
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Fundamentals of Machine Building
Division of Fundamentals of Machine Design
2 Willowa St., Room A300
43-309 Bielsko-Biala, POLAND
Phone: +48 33 8279 417.
E-mail: szawislak@ath.bielsko.pl
Education/Degrees:
1970 – 1974 | Secondary School (Liceum) no IV in Bydgoszcz, Poland |
1974 - 1979 | Silesian Technical University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Specialisation: applied mathematics MSc (Engineer), Gliwice, Poland |
1991 | PhD degree, (Field/scientific area of diploma: machine building) Gdansk Technical University, Gdansk, Poland |
2011 | DSc (doctor of science = habilitation) in Machine Building University of Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
Work experience:
1979 - 1983 | Silesian Technical University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Institute of Mathematics, Gliwice, Poland. |
1983 - 1985 | Institute of Non-ferrous Metals Department of Automation and Computer Science, Gliwice, Poland. |
1985 - 1991 | Academy of Technology and Agriculture Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (ME) Depatment of Fundamentals of Machine Design, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
1991 - 2001 | Łódź Technical University, Branch in Bielsko-Biała, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
1992 (3 months) | "REDOR" Research and Development Centre of Gears, Bielsko-Biala, Poland. |
2001 - | University of Bielsko-Biała, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science |
Experience abroad - fellowships:
June 1992 | Fellowship, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, (1 month) One seminar Lecture (1 hour), Host: Prof. Tom Gray |
July 1992 | (1-day-stay) University College of London, Host: Prof. L.P.Pook |
September 1993 | TEMPUS Fellowship, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, (1 month) UK, Host: Prof.Tom Gray |
Activities:
Language: | English | (International Certificates: CFC, CAE), |
Russian | (passive, reading), | |
German | (basic), |
Memberships/Posts:
IFToMM Commission for Communication,
Committee IFToMM-Poland (2003-2006, 2007-2010, 2011-2014) – Secretary,
Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,
Society of Polish Mechanical Engineers,
Member of Faculty Council - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science,
University of Bielsko-Biała,
Previously:
Departamental Coordinator of ERASMUS program; University of Bielsko-Biała.
Areas of Scientific Interest:
Application of statistical methods to fatigue life calculations,
- Modelling of mechanical systems by means of algebraic objects: matrices,matroids, graphs, structural numbers,
- Operational research: application of evolutionary algorithms to graph theory problems.
- Design theory/Design methodologies.
Hobbies:
Skiing, swimming, history, foreign languages
Germany, Finland (member of the Society Poland-Finland www.seura.pl)
Courses, seminars – improvement of qualifications
C1. | Course: “Operational system GEORGE 3”, Silesian Technical University, Gliwice, Poland, 1984. |
C2. | XIV Conference on Application of Mathematics, Sielpia, Poland, September 1985. |
C3. | Conference COMPCONTROL – ‘Application of computer science in machine industry’, Rydzyna, Poland, September 1986. |
C4. | School ‘Computer methods for machine dynamics’, Jabłonna, Poland, October 1986. |
C5. | VIII School of Methodology of Machine Design, Rydzyna, Poland, November 1987. |
C6. | Course: “Operational system DOS”, Bielsko-Biała, Poland, 1992. |
C7. | Course: “Introduction to AutoCAD”, Bielsko-Biała, Poland 1992. |
C8. | Course: “Operational system UNIX”, Kraków, Poland, 1994. |
C9. | Course: „Computer-aided design by means of AutoCAD – object-oriented design and data bases”, Authorized Course Center of AutoCAD, Katowice, Poland, 1995. |
C10. | Course: “Non-destructive experimental methods for damage detection”, Warszawa, Poland, 1996. |
C11. | 17th Annuanl Conference of the European Association for Higher Education – as a Deparatmental Coordinator of ERASMUS programme, Kraków, Poland, September 2005. |
C12. | Seminar on metal fatigue, due to the ceremony of granting the Doctor Honoris Causa Degree for Professor Józef Szala, UTP, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 23 June 2009. |
C13. | Course: Cooperation of science and industry, University of Bielsko-Biała, Poland, June/ /July 2010. |
International
Course: “Failure in structures” /in English /within the frameworks of JEP-TEMPUS, Kielce, Poland, June 1997.
Abroad
Design of pressure vessels according to BS 5500, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K., June 1992, (40h)