Head:

Prof. Michał Kleiber, Ph.D., Dr habil., Full Member of PAN

phone: +48 22 828 53 78

e-mail: mkleiber@ippt.gov.pl

Acting Head:

Prof. Włodzimierz Sosnowski, Ph.D., Dr habil.

phone: +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 147

room: 423

e-mail: wsosn@ippt.gov.pl

Secretary:

Katarzyna Twarowska

phone: +48 22 828 74 73; +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 219

room: 426

e-mail: ktwar@ippt.gov.pl

The Department has three Divisions:

• Reliability and Optimization (Assoc. Prof. Krzysztof Doliński, Ph.D., Dr habil.)
• Computational Methods in Nonlinear Mechanics (Prof. Włodzimierz Sosnowski, Ph.D., Dr habil.)
• Computational Materials Science ( Prof. Paweł Dłużewski, Ph.D., Dr habil.)

and one Research Group:

• Computational Analysis of Advanced Structures (Assoc. Prof. Krzysztof Wiśniewski, Ph.D., Dr habil.)

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Staff:

Professors:

Paweł Dłużewski, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Michał Kleiber, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Zbigniew Kotulski , Ph.D., Dr habil.

Włodzimierz Sosnowski, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Associate Professors:

Krzysztof Doliński, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Krzysztof Wiśniewski, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Senior Researchers:

Leszek Chmielewski, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Piotr Kowalczyk, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Zenon Kulpa, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Jerzy Rojek, Ph.D., Dr habil.

Tomasz Bednarek, Ph.D.

Grzegorz Jurczak, Ph.D.

Jarosław Knabel, Ph.D.

Grzegorz Maciejewski, Ph.D.

Izabela Marczewska, Ph.D.

Marcin Maździarz, Ph.D.

Przemysław Panasz, Ph.D.

Rafał Stocki, Ph.D.

Piotr Tauzowski, Ph.D.

Toby David Young, Ph.D.

Graduates:

Amina Belkadi, M.Sc.

Krzysztof Mróz, M.Sc.

Ph.D. Students:

Michalina Błażkiewicz, M.Sc.

Robert Borzęcki, M.Sc.

Jan Cholewiński, M.Sc.

Igor Dunajewski, M.Sc.

Anna Mandera, M.Sc.

Grzegorz Oryńczak, M.Sc.

Piotr Przybyła, M.Sc.

Norbert Tuśnio, M.Sc.

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Current Research Activities:

• Development of computational techniques for solid and structural mechanics applications.
• Modelling and finite element analysis of metal forming processes (deep drawing, extrusion, forging).
• Parameter sensitivity and optimization of nonlinear systems.
• Fire safety engineering.
• Multicriterion and reliabillity-based optimization.
• Hybrid reasoning techniques in qualitative analysis of physical systems.
• Expert systems.
• Development of nonlinear multi-dimentional first-order optics formalism.
• Nonspecular theory of light interaction with nonlinear structures.
• Variational and numerical analysis of optical soliton excitation and propagation.
• Nonlinear spatio-temporal coupling and pulse compression.
• Mechanics, thermodynamics and electrodynamics:
  constitutive modelling of materials with finite speed of heat propagation; second sound phenomena,
  interfacial phenomena in continuum thermodynamics,
  theory of dielectric waveguides and optoelectronic devices.
• Analysis of inelastic bar and surface structures under extreme and repeated variable loads:
  limit analysis, shakedown and incremental collapse of structures,
  post-yielding behaviour of composite slabs, under restrained ustable flexure,
  reliability oriented optimization and analysis of sensitivity of inelastic structures,
  analysis of elastic-plasic plates.
• Mathematic physics:
  shock and acceleration wave propagation in dissipative materials,
  analysis of quasi-linear hyperbolic systems of balance laws in continuum thermo-mechanics and electro-dynamics,
  resonant interaction on nonlinear waves.
• Computer vision, image analysis and artificial intelligence:
  method of mathematical morphology, fuzzy image analysis, random fields, astronomical image analysis, analysis of mammograms, detection of surface defects, analysis of microstructures,
  computer-assisted analysis of medical images,
  fuzzy inference systems in classification and approximation problems, genetic algorithms.
• Structural optimization with continuous and discrete design variables.
• Seismoscopy.

Key Words:

• nonlinear mechanics, finite element method, optimization, reliability, adaptive structures, qualitative modelling, diagrammatic reasoning, nonlinear optics, photonics, planar nonlinear structures, propagation;
• thermodynamics, interfacial phenomena, heat propagation, dissipative materials, shock waves, waveguides, opto-electronic devices, nonlinear waves, stereopsis;
• structural mechanics, historical constructions, structural optimization, nonlinear programming, discrete programming, graphs, waves, smart materials and structures, structural control;
• inelastic structures, limit analysis, shakedown, inadaptation, post-yield behaviour, optimization, incremental collapse, safety, reliability.