Developing Expertise in Modeling Ballistics and Explosive Loading

On January 28-29, 2026, employees of our department: Rafał Michalczyk and Kazimierz Józefiak, along with PhD students: Jędrzej Pawłowski and Piotr Piwowarski, participated in a training course titled "Ballistic Impacts in ANSYS LS-Dyna," organized by MESco. The main thematic focus of the meeting was the numerical modeling of nonlinear dynamics and extreme loads, with particular emphasis on the mechanics of ballistic impacts, the effects of explosives, and shock wave propagation in various media.

Support for IFMIF-DONES Project within EUROfusion and the ZMTNDS's Contribution to the Future of Fusion Energy

A research team comprising dr inż. Rafał Michalczyk, dr inż. Kazimierz Józefiak and dr inż. Karol Brzeziński has completed a series of studies (2021–2025) for the international IFMIF-DONES (International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility – Demo Oriented NEutron Source) programme. This work formed part of the Polish contribution to the construction of the research infrastructure in Granada (Spain), and its coordination in Poland was managed by the Sylwester Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM). 

The objective of the IFMIF-DONES project is to build a neutron source necessary for testing materials for future thermonuclear reactors (such as DEMO). It is a strategic undertaking on the roadmap of European research infrastructure, aimed at realising the vision of clean energy from nuclear fusion. As part of the task titled "Expert assessment about thermal and thermo-structural analyses involved in the TC design", scientists from the Warsaw University of Technology carried out a comprehensive verification of the technical feasibility and safety of the heart of the entire facility – the Test Cell. The work focused on analysing the behaviour of biological shielding and structural components exposed to extreme operating conditions, including high levels of radiation and thermal loads.

PhD thesis public defence, mgr inż. Kazimierza Józefiaka

On 15.11.2021 public defense of doctoral dissertation by Kazimierz Józefiak, entitled Constitutive modelling of soil properties as subgrade for concrete pavements took place. The dissertation was supervised by prof. Artur Zbiciak.
The dissertation was revied by: Małgorzata Jastrzębska, PhD and prof. Adam Zofka.
The defense was successful and resulted in conferring doctoral degree to Kazimierz Józefiak.

4th International Conference on Computational and Experimental Science and Engineering (ICCESEN 2017)

Between 4th and 8th October 2017 International Conference on Computational and Experimental Science and Engineering (ICCESEN) was held in Antalya-Turkey. The conference was attended by employees of the Department of Theoretical Mechanics and Pavement Modelling and the following lecture was presented:

• Artur Zbiciak, Rafał Michalczyk: Time-Temperature Superposition for Viscoelastic Materials with Application to Asphalt Aggregate Mixes.

AWARDS OF RECTOR WUT 2017

During the inauguration of the academic year 2017/2018 Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering presented the awards granted by the Rector of WUT. The following employees of the Department has been honored:

• Team award of first degree for scientific achievements in 2015-2016: Dr hab. Eng. Artur Zbiciak, prof. WUT (ZMTiMNK);
  Dr Maciej Maślakowski (ZGiBP); Dr Eng. Karol Brzeziński (ZDS); MSc. Eng. Kazimierz Józefiak (ZGiBP);
  MSc. Eng. Cezary Kraśkiewicz (ZDS) i MSc. Eng. Rafał Michalczyk (ZMTiMNK);

AWARDS OF RECTOR WUT

During the inauguration of the academic year 2014/2015 Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering presented the awards granted by the Rector of WUT for three employees of the Department:

1.    Prof. dr hab. Eng. Wacław Szcześniak and Dr. Eng. Magdalena Ataman - team award of second degree
        for scientific achievements,
2.    Dr hab. Eng. Lesław Kwasniewski prof. WUT - individual award of second degree for scientific achievements.

"Theses with use of Abaqus" Award for Kazimierz Józefiak, MSc

The winner of the last edition of the "Theses with use of Abaqus" Award organized by BUDSOFT, was a graduate of Theory of Structures Kazimierz Józefiak, MSc. His work, done under the supervision of Artur Zbiciak, PhD, DSc, was called "FEM analysis of flexible and semi-rigid pavements including inelastic properties of structural layers" [in Polish].

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