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Professor Zenon Mróz

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http://www.ippt.gov.pl/~zmroz/en/index_en.html

Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Department of Mechanics and Materials
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research
Polish Academy of Sciences

Fields of Research Activity:
Inelastic Analysis of Materials and Structures
Optimal Design and Sensitivity Analysis of Structures
Models of friction, slip and wear at contact interfaces

Education:
M. Sc. 1952, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology,
Ph. D. 1959, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research,Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw,
D. Sc. 1965, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw,

Professional career:
1949-1952, Teaching Assistant, Warsaw Technical University, Chair of Theoretical Mechanics,
1952-1956, Design engineer of ship structures,
1956-1959, Research Associate at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw,
1960-1965, Assistant Professor,
1965-1971, Associate Professor,
1971- to date, Professor at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw,
2000-2004, Scientific Coordinator of the Excellence Centre AMAS (Advanced Materials and Structures)

Awards:
Awards of Polish Academy of Sciences: 1964, 1973.
National Award, 1968.
Koiter Medal Award, ASME, USA, 2004
Distinguished Medal of the Technical University of Cracow,1995.
Distinguished Medal of the Technical University of Bialystok, 2001.
Distinguished Medal of the Universita di Napoli, Italy, 2007

Honorary doctorates:
1995, University of Miskolc, Hungary,
1997, Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium.
1997, Technical University of Cracow, Poland.
1999, University of Waterloo, Canada.
2003, University of Minnesota, U.S.A.

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