BIOGRAPHY AND EXPERIENCE:
- Born: 1939, Lvov,
- Graduated: 1962, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Steam Turbine Department, Technical University of Gdańsk,
- Ph.D.: 1970, Faculty of Shipbuilding, Technical University of Gdańsk,
- D.Sc.: 2000, Faculty of Shipbuilding and Ocean Technology, Technical University of Gdańsk,
- Prof.: 2006, Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery,
- 1962-1970 - Research Assistant at Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery,
- 1970-2000 - Research Associate at Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery,
- 2000-2006 - Associate Professor at Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery,
- since 2006 - Full Professor at Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery,
- 1982-2009 - Head of Department of Turbine Aerodynamics,
- 1976-1980 - lecturer at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Gdańsk,
- 1985-1987 - UNIDO expert of the Mexican Government on energy issues,
- 1985-1987 - lecturer at Instituto Investigationes Electricas, Cuernavaca, Mexico,
- since 1991 - ABB consultant later Alstom Power Elblag,
- since 1993 - owner and director of Diagnostyka Maszyn Ltd and Maszyny Przepływowe Ltd,
- since 2010 - retired prof. Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery.
PRIZES:
- 1986: Nagroda Sekretarza PAN
- 2002: Nagroda Premiera RP
- 2005: Nominacja do Nagrody Prezydenta RP
MAIN INTERESTS:
- Steam Turbine Diagnostics, Measurements, Computations and Design,
- Computer aided design of turbomachinery flow systems,
- Thermal and flow diagnostics of turbine cycles; development of CFD codes for complex power cycles and for their components,
- Thermal and flow measurements in low pressure steam turbines,
- Development of a CFD code for solving 3D viscous compressible flow in turbomachinery geometries. Validation of the code on real full-scale and model turbines,
- CFD investigation of flow phenomena in blading systems and labyrinth seals of large power turbines.
HOBBIES:
Sport (tennis, skiing), opera-singing.