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,

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)