Członkowie honorowi

Prof. dr hab. eng. Wojciech Cholewa

Prof. Cholewa worked at the Silesian University of Technology (SUT) from 1971 to 2021, where he currently holds the status of professor emeritus. He was the founder of the Laboratory of Diagnostic Research at the then Inter-Faculty Institute of Mechanics and Fundamentals of Machine Design (1971). At SUT, he held several positions, including head of the Department and subsequently director of the Institute of Fundamentals o of Machine Design (1991-2019), dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (1993-1999), and vice-rector for organization (2002-2008).

His research interests mainly concern the theory of dynamic advisory systems and belief networks in the context of approximate reasoning. He developed techniques for effective representation of diagnostic data and knowledge. He was the initiator and principal executor of groundbreaking technologies in the field of machine and process diagnostics, such as a series of innovative Programmable Signal Analyzers (1972-1990) implemented in many academic centers and research institutes. The publication “Advisory Systems” (1984, co-authored with Prof. W. Pedrycz) initiated the development of applications of artificial intelligence in the design and operation of machines.

He was the manager of numerous research and implementation projects, as well as the main executor of several high-budget, nationwide research projects in the field of machine and process diagnostics. He has received numerous awards for his scientific activities. He was honored with the Medal of Professor Stefan Ziemba, awarded by the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee for Machine Building for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of machine operation and technical systems (2009).

He is the author or co-author of 8 monographs, 31 articles in scientific journals, and over 160 articles in conference materials. He has supervised 21 doctoral students.

Selected monographic publications:

  • Cholewa, W. Pedrycz: Systemy doradcze. Skrypt Politechniki Śląskiej nr 1447. Gliwice 1987
  • Cholewa, E. Czogała: Podstawy systemów ekspertowych. IBIB PAN. Z.28. Warszawa 1989
  • Cholewa, J. Kaźmierczak: Data processing and reasoning in technical diagnostics. WNT Warszawa, 1995
  • Korbicz, J. M. Kościelny, Z. Kowalczuk, W. Cholewa (red.): Diagnostyka procesów. Modele. Metody sztucznej inteligencji. Zastosowania. WNT Warszawa, 2002
  • Korbicz, J. M. Kościelny, Z. Kowalczuk, W. Cholewa (red.): Fault diagnosis: models, artificial intelligence, applications. Springer, 2012
  • Cholewa (red.): Diagnostyczne systemy doradcze. Wydawnictwo IMP PAN, Gdańsk, 2015.

Prof. dr hab. inż. Zbigniew Maria Dąbrowski, full member of the Academy of Engineering in Poland, honorary professor of the Silesian University of Technology

Born in 1947. Graduate of the well-known (at that time) VI High School named after Tadeusz Reytan in Warsaw. In 1971 he graduated from the Faculty of Automotive and Construction Machinery Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology. Since then he has been associated with the Faculty (PhD 1976, habilitation 1993, professor 1997). Co-organizer and long-time head (since 1980) of the vibroacoustics laboratory, the first at the Warsaw University of Technology and the third in Poland. Since 1993 head of the Department of Fundamentals of Machine Design and Operation (in the meantime numerous administrative functions in the field of teaching). Significant scientific achievements in the field of creating axiomatics of vibroacoustics and technical diagnostics, dynamics of nonlinear systems (including the use of nonlinear phenomena in machine diagnostics and identification of nonlinear models) and designing machines taking into account the mode and time of operation (honorary member of the Scientific Committee of the Symposium on Fundamentals of Machine Design). Many industrial implementations (management of over 20 large research projects, 4 patents). Long-term cooperation with other universities (including the Silesian University of Technology, AGH University of Krakow, Polish Naval Academy, Gdynia Maritime University, Gdańsk University of Technology and Poznań University of Technology). Active Member of The Polish Association of Technical Diagnostics since its establishment, Secretary General, Vice-President, President, and since 2005 Member of the Board. Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Congress of Technical Diagnostics (Chairman of the 2nd Congress in 2000, honorary co-chairman of the 7th Congress in 2022). Member of the Scientific Committee of the Symposium “Machine Diagnostics” (since 1994) organized by the Silesian University of Technology (member of the Honorary Committee for three years) and the conferences of Engineering Materials Diagnostics (Silesian University of Technology) and Vibdiag (Poznań University of Technology). Chairman of the Vibroacoustics Section of the Committee on Acoustics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (fifth term).

Many (over 300) published scientific papers and over 20 books (as author and co-author), supervisor of 11 PhDs. Many awards and distinctions, including the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the medal of the National Education Commission, the Meritorious Worker of the Sea and the Professor Stefan Ziemba medal (for his activities in the field of technical diagnostics). Co-organizer of the Wibrotech Conference (Warsaw University of Technology and AGH University of Krakow since 2003) and scientific conferences on board the STS “Pogoria” (in 2004-2015).

Prof. Jan Kiciński, Corresp. Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences

He served for several terms as the Director and Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs at the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences, in Gdańsk. From 1998 to 2014, he led the institute’s Department of Rotor Dynamics and Slide Bearings. Since 2014, he has been the head of the Department of Distributed Energy and Renewable Energy Sources. He managed several high-budget, nationwide research projects in the fields of machine diagnostics, new eco-energy technologies, and renewable energy sources. He was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków and the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. He also led the conceptual development and construction of the KEZO (Energy Conversion and Renewable Resources) Research Centre in Jabłonna, which is one of the most modern RES laboratories in Europe. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his scientific activities, including the Energy Globe National Award (one of the most well-known and prestigious international awards in the field of ecology), the Prime Minister’s First-Class Award for scientific and technical achievements, the Polish Tribological Society Award, and the Siemens Research Award.

Prof. J. Kiciński is the author or co-author of 16 monographs, over 150 articles in scientific journals, and 8 patents and utility models. He supervised more than a dozen doctoral theses.

Selected monographic publications:

  • Kiciński J., Teoria i badania hydrodynamicznych poprzecznych łożysk ślizgowych, Maszyny Przepływowe T. 15, Ossolineum, Wrocław 1994
  • Kiciński J., Dynamika wirników i łożysk ślizgowych, Maszyny Przepływowe T. 28, IMP PAN Publishers, Gdańsk 2005
  • Kiciński J., Rotor Dynamics, IMP PAN Publishers, Gdańsk 2006
  • Kiciński J., Żywica G., Steam Microturbines in Distributed Cogeneration, Springer, Cham 2014
  • Kiciński J., Chaja P., Climate Change, Human Impact and Green Energy Transformation, Springer, Cham 2021

Prof. dr hab. inż. Andrzej Wilk

Prof. Dr. Habilitated Eng. Andrzej Wilk was born on September 22, 1940 in Mysłowice. He graduated in 1963 from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Cracow University of Technology. In the years 1964-1973 he worked at the Faculty of Mining of the Silesian University of Technology as, first, an assistant, and after his doctorate in 1970, as an assistant professor. Starting in 1973, he worked at the Institute of Transport, and later at the Faculty of Transport of the Silesian University of Technology. He obtained his postdoctoral degree in 1981 at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology, and received the title of professor of technical sciences in 1999. He held various organizational positions at the University, including the position of director of the Institute of Transport in 1984-1990 and in 1992-2002 and dean of the Faculty of Transport in 2002-2008, as well as head of the Department of Automotive Design in 2002-2009. Dealing with the problems of dynamics and vibroacoustic diagnostics of gears, prof. Andrzej Wilk cooperated with a research team of employees of the Institute of Machine Design Fundamentals of the SIMR Faculty of the Warsaw University of Technology and a team of employees of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. Prof. A. Wilk’s scientific interests include machine dynamics, vibroacoustic diagnostics of machines and vehicles, and design of gears. His achievements include authorship or co-authorship of 10 monographs, books, scripts and 265 other scientific publications, participation in 15 KBN or NCN projects, 37 scientific and research works commissioned by the industry and approx. 600 expert opinions on motor vehicles and 6 patents. Prof. A. Wilk has been actively involved in the work of numerous organizations and scientific societies, both domestic and foreign, for many years. He is, among others, a member of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration in the USA – since 1998, the Academy of Transport of Ukraine – since 1999, a member of the Board of the Polish Society of Technical Diagnostics – from 1994 to 2008, the Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics – since 1971 and a member of the Polish Society of Ecological Vehicles – since 1999.

The professor is a member of the Program Boards of scientific and technical journals: DIAGNOSTYKA, TRANSPORT PROBLEMS, TRANSPORT PUBLICZNY and is a member of many scientific committees of numerous national and international conferences. Thanks to his activity in the field of science in the field of technical diagnostics, he has achieved considerable authority and respect in the academic community and in industry.