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The Doctoral Students’ Council of the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPPT PAN) is the representative body of doctoral candidates enrolled in the Doctoral School of the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The Council’s mission is to support the scientific, professional, and social development of doctoral students, as well as to represent their interests before the Institute’s authorities and other bodies of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Scope of Activities
1. Representation of Doctoral Students
The Council represents doctoral students in their relations with the Institute’s Directorate, the Scientific Council, and other collegial bodies. It participates in consultations regarding study programs, regulations, and social and organizational matters.
2. Support for Scientific Development
a) Initiating doctoral seminars and interdisciplinary scientific meetings,
b) Organizing methodological workshops and training sessions (e.g., on academic publishing, grant acquisition, and commercialization of research results),
c) Supporting doctoral students’ participation in national and international conferences.
3. Integration of the Doctoral Community
a) Organizing networking and integration events,
b) Promoting collaboration between research teams,
c) Building professional networks among doctoral students from various specializations.
4. Information and Communication
The Council ensures efficient communication between doctoral students and the Institute’s authorities. It provides information on current grant calls, internships, mobility programs, and scientific initiatives.
5. External Cooperation
The Council cooperates with other doctoral student councils operating within units of the Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as with organizations representing early-career researchers in Poland and abroad.
Our Mission
The mission of the IPPT PAN Doctoral Students’ Council is to create a friendly and inspiring research environment that supports the development of research competencies and fosters a community built on collaboration, dialogue, and mutual support.
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Employees and Teams
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Łukasz Cichacki phone: +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 104 room: 122 e-mail: |
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| Łukasz Skumiał | 444 | -113 | |
| Mateusz Ulbin | 444 | -113 |
He graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology in 1926, followed by a complimentary study at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Warsaw (1927-1928) and at the Faculte des Sciences of the University of Paris (1928-1924). Since 1924, he worked at the Warsaw University of Technology, where he received a doctoral degree in 1934. Due to the outbreak of war, he published a thesis on structural durability at the underground Warsaw University of Technology in 1939, for which he received his habilitation degree in 1943. In 1939, he participated in the combats of General Franciszek Kleeberg’s armed forces. During the occupation, he was a member of the Home Army and took part in underground education.
He was the author of many bridge and other construction designs, and lecturer of mathematics, mechanics and bridge engineering. He conducted research in various fields: bridge engineering, measurement methods, construction optimisation, architecture, philosophical issues (aesthetics, praxeology), theory of communication. He authored 207 publications and 12 books. He supervised 14 doctoral students. In 1951-1968 he chaired the Faculty of Bridge Design at the Warsaw University of Technology. In 1953, he organized the Laboratory of Strength Modelling at the IPPT PAN, which he also directed until 1973. A corresponding member (1958) and member of the PAN (1966). In 1969-1971 he chaired the PAN Committee of Civil Engineering. He was a member of scientific councils of a few research institutions, adviser to the Ministry of Communication and Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Praesidium of the Scientific Council in Warsaw. He was an extraordinarily versatile and prolific academic whose posthumous publication of the selection of his works covered five volumes in seven different specializations. Professor Wasiutyński was honoured with prestigious national awards and prizes, including the First Class State Award.
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Graduate of the Vienna University of Technology in Civil and Water Engineering (1925). He furthered his studies at the Faculte des Sciences at Paris University (1926-1927). Doctorates: 1933, at the Vienna University of Technology – a dissertation on reinforced concrete structures, in 1934, at the Warsaw University of Technology – a dissertation on the theory of plasticity (under the supervision of M.T. Hubert). Habilitated in 1937 at the AGH University of Science and Technology on statics and dynamics of anti-aircraft structures. In 1946, he became associate professor, and head of the Department of Strength of Materials at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow. He organized research in the field of prestressed structures and applied mechanics at two universities – the AGH and the newly-established Cracow University of Technology. In 1952, he started his cooperation with the Warsaw University of Technology and the then-establishing Polish Academy of Sciences and created the first Department of Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity and the Department of the Mechanics of Continuous Media, thus creating solid foundations for the IPPT, which he directed until 1970.
In 1954, he became a corresponding member, and in 1956, a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Director of IPPT (1963-1970), Secretary to the 4th Department of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1957-1960), member of the PAN Presidium, co-organizer and rector of the International Centre for the Mechanical Sciences in Udine (CISM) (1970-1980). Creator of the world-famous Polish school of theory of elasticity. His scientific research included: theory of elasticity; theory of prestressed structures; rheology.
Author of 290 scientific papers, 10 monographs, editor of 6. Co-founder and member of the board of the RILEM and IASS, IUTAM and IABSE. Co-founder of the Archiwum Mechaniki Stosowanej (Archives of Applied Mechanics) and Rozprawy Inżynierskie (Engineering Theses), 1949. Member of editorial committees of many magazines, organizer of international meetings. He initiated the Polish Conference of Solid Mechanics. Great international authority, propagator of the achievements of Polish mechanics abroad. Supervisor of 16 doctoral students. Honorary doctor (doctor honoris causa) of 9 domestic and foreign universities. Member of 17 foreign academies of sciences. Winner of many state and international awards, a two-time winner of the Polish State Award.
