Professor Jan Awrejcewicz

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Professor Jan Awrejcewicz (Scientific discipline: mechanical engineering, Web of Science Core Collection: h-index – 30, no. of publications (2013-2021) – 302, no. of citations for publications from the years 2013-2021 – 1,894. SciVal: Output in 10% Citation Percentiles (%) – 8.50%. Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) for publications from the years 2013-2021 – 0.94.

Associated with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at TUL since the beginning of his scientific career. Founded the Department of Automation, Biomechanics and Mechatronics in 1998. Head of doctoral studies in the field of Mechanics in 1998-2022.

Worked at Warsaw University of Technology in 2013-2017.

Managed EU programs: TEMPRA, POLONIM, SOCRATES/ERASMUS and 17 research projects of the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN) and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW), as well as, more recently, grants from the Polish National Science Centre (NCN) – MAESTRO 2, OPUS 9, OPUS 14, OPUS 18, PRELUDIUM 14 and PRELUDIUM 18.

Advisor for 3 honorary (honoris causa) doctoral candidates and 27 regular doctoral candidates, mentor of 5 post-doctoral candidates.

Author and co-author of 55 monographs (including 28 in English) and 1225 scientific articles, including 635 published in international scientific journals, as well as 232 book chapters. Editor of 36 books, 43 special journal editions and 23 conference proceedings.

Member of the Central Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles (CK; 2013-2019, 2 terms), the Council of Scientific Excellence (RDN; since 2019), and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (since 2021). While working for the CK and RDN, he was the reviewer or chairman in 96 post-doctoral proceedings, and author of 51 opinions on professorship applications.

Corresponding (since 2016) and ordinary member (since 2021) of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Ordinary member of the Academy of Engineering in Poland since 2005. Vice-President of the Polish Society of Biomechanics (2012-2016).

His research focuses on using asymptotic and numerical methods for the analysis of dynamic (continuous and discrete) systems, nonlinear dynamics of mechanical and mechatronic systems with friction and impacts, thermoelasticity and tribology, as well as engineering biomechanics. His scientific works are mostly related to mechanical engineering/mechanics and applied mathematics (research.com).

Granted the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award for his scientific achievements twice. In 2022, awarded a prize from the Polish Ministry of Education and Science for all his work in the field of science. Moreover, awarded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (now: Ministry of Education and Science) in the years 2004, 2006, 2008, 2015 and 2018, for his published monographs.

Laureate of the first edition of the Golden Lamp Award awarded by the Ignacy Łukasiewicz Polish Oil and Gas Foundation (2006), and recipient of the Foundation for Polish Science award under the "Master" (Pol. "Mistrz") programme (2009). Also awarded the Golden Cross of Merit, Medal of the Commission of National Education (KEN), Knight's Cross and Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Eng. Rebirth of Poland).

Keynote speaker at 87 conferences. Delivered over 70 seminars at renowned universities abroad.

Awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa by Częstochowa University of Technology (2013), Academy of Technology and Humanities in Bielsko-Biała (2013), Kielce University of Technology (2019), National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (2019), Gdańsk University of Technology (2019), Politehnica University Timisoara (2021) and Prydniprowska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture (2021).

Worked at renowned universities abroad for 10 years overall, including cooperation with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Brunswick, 2 years), the University of Lyon (1 year), UC Berkeley as the Fulbright Commission scholarship recipient (USA, 1 year), the University of Illinois (USA, Urbana) as the Kosciuszko Foundation scholarship recipient and the University of Tokyo (Japan, 2 years).

Laureate of the Rector of TUL awards for the best scientific publications (2021) and the most frequently cited author (2021).

Organizer/chairman of 22 international conferences: "Dynamical Systems – Theory and Applications" in Łódź, Poland (16; 1992-2021); "International Conference of the Polish Society of Biomechanics”, Łódź (2014); "Mechatronics: Ideas for Industrial Applications", Warszawa (2012), Łódź (2014), Gdańsk (2015); "Biomechanics – Modelling, Numerical Simulations, Experimental Investigations and Biomedical Applications”, Łódź (1998); "Nonlinearity, Bifurcation and Chaos. The Doors to Future", Łódź-Dobieszków (1996).

Editor-in-chief of 3 scientific journals, member of 25 IF journals editorial committees and over 75 editorial committees of other journals.