Achievements

  • membership in: PAN committee (Thermodynamics and Combustion, Transportation), Polish Scientific Society of Combustion Engines (founders, members), Branch Divisions of PAN (Poznan and Cracow), Department of Mining, Surveying and Transportation (T-12), Scientific Research Committee, Polish Automotive Scientific Society, Polish Society of Environment Friendly Vehicles, Machine Design Committee at Poznan Society for the Friendship of the Sciences, Academy of Transportation in Ukraine, SAE "Society of Automotive Engineers", Belgian Tribological Society, Societe Europeanne pour la Formation des Ingenieurs, Ethics in Engineering, European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), European Association for International Education (EAIE), Akademie fur Interkulturelle Kompetenz (ACADIC), European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) with its seat in Brussels, Controle Technique. Automobile, International Motor Vehicle Inspection Committee (CITA)
  • positions held within and outside the university: vice-provost, dean and vice-dean, head of institute; member of the university senate and senate committees
  • member of scientific boards of institutes as well as research and development centers, nationwide didactic events (i.e. The conference of vice-deans for didactics in Polish technical universities)
  • participation in international projects (SOCRATES /ERASMUS)
  • editorial of a magazine Combustion Engines - a publication of scientific novelties in research, design and development of combustion engines

                 

National and international cooperation

  • Toyota Motor Poland: in the field of energy flow analysis in vehicles equipped with a hybrid propulsion system

  • AVL company: University Partnership Program agreement regarding AVL BOOST, AVL Cruise, AVL FIRE software

Activity as Organizer

  • organizer/co-organizer of periodic scientific conferences - international (Kones, Autoprogres-Konmot, PTNSS Congress, FH Braunschweig/Wolfenbuttel, Volkswagen - Wolfsburg) and domestic (Young Scientific Academy (YSA), AUTOMA-SIL, Doctoral Workshops, Supercharging of Modern Combustion Engines, OBD conference, annual symposium on combustion engines (collaboration with H. Cegielski-Poznan S.A.)
  • trainings in operation of research apparatuses (Horiba MEXA 1220 PM)
  • annual student exchange project (25-30 per annum) and 5-10 scholars for 2-3 day scientific-didactic seminars (collaboration with Institut fur Fahrzuegbau - Wolfsburg, Fachhochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenbuttel)