Polish Society for Materials Science
Honorary members
Prof. Paweł Zięba, Ph.D., Eng.
Instytut Metalurgii i Inżynierii Materiałowej PAN
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Prof. Jan Kusinski, Ph.D., Eng.
Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow
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Prof. Tadeusz Wierzchoń, Ph.D., Eng.
Warsaw University of Technology
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Prof. Mieczyslaw Wysiecki, Ph.D., Eng.
West Pomeranian University of Technology
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Prof. Marek Hetmanczyk, Ph.D., Eng.
Silesian University of Technology
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Prof. Roman Pampuch, Ph.D. [*]
Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow
Additional information:
Prof. Dr. Eng. Roman Pampuch was born on March 4, 1927 in Bydgoszcz, and died on February 14, 2017 in Cracow. He completed his university studies in 1948 at the Ceramics Department of the Silesian University of Technology. He received his doctorate in chemical sciences from the Warsaw University of Technology in 1954, and his habilitation in technical sciences from the AGH University of Science and Technology in 1963. From 1948 to 1955, he was the organizer and head of the physicochemical laboratory of the Department of Chemical Processing of Coal in Zabrze. Then, from 1955 to 1961, he headed the Physicochemistry Department at the Institute of Refractory Materials in Gliwice. From 1962 until his death, he was a research and teaching employee of the Department of Materials Engineering and Ceramics at the AGH University of Science and Technology.
In 1962-1967, he held the position of laboratory head in the Department of Silicate Chemistry. For many years he headed the Department of Materials Science, and in 1967, at his request, the Department of Special Ceramics was established. At the same time, he served as vice dean and then dean of the Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics.
Since 1983 he was a correspondent member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and since 1993 a full member of this organization. In 1993 he was granted the status of an active member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. From 1996 to 1997 he served as president of the International Academy of Ceramics. He is an honorary member of the Polish Ceramic Society and a member of the Presidium of the Polish Biomaterials Association.
Professor Roman Pampuch was a world-renowned scientist, a specialist in solid-state chemistry, materials engineering and materials science. His scientific work included the mechanism of self-evolving high-temperature reactions (solid-phase combustion, SHS), their application to the synthesis of high-temperature compounds, the physicochemistry of carbon and carbonization processes of organic compounds, the phenomenon of sintering of inorganic solids, and the crystallochemistry of silicates. He was the co-author of the famous textbook “Chemistry of Solids”, which was and still is used by many generations of students of materials engineering, chemistry, ceramics and related fields.
Professor Roman Pampuch was the author of 221 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 7 monographs and textbooks, and co-author of 26 patents. He promoted 33 PhDs, and 8 of his alumni received the title of professor.
In 1996, he was awarded the Prime Minister's Award for Lifetime Scientific Achievement. A year later, he was awarded the L. Stuits Prize of the European Ceramic Society. He also received awards from the Minister of National Education and the Rector of AGH for scientific and teaching achievements. In 1999, he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of AGH.
Our environment has lost a great scientist, an educator of many generations of students and young staff. Professor Roman Pampuch will always remain in our memory.
Prof. Leopold Jeziorski, Ph.D., Eng. [*]
Częstochowa University of Technology
Additional information:
Prof. Dr. Eng. Leopold Jeziorski was born on 30.11.1931 in Jaworzno, and died on 19.08.2016 in Czestochowa. He completed his university studies in 1957 at the Faculty of Metallurgy of the Częstochowa University of Technology. Since graduation, he was a research and didactic employee of his alma mater.
Professor Leopold Jeziorski was a forerunner of modern thinking in the field of engineering materials science and one of the most important creators and implementers of the concept of materials engineering in education and scientific research in Poland. It is in this area that the main part of his rich scientific output is located, focused on the area of modern surface engineering technologies, especially fluidized bed thermal-chemical processing, as well as fluorescent and plasma surface treatment of steel and titanium alloys. The entire body of work gives Prof. Leopold Jeziorski an individual and original scientific profile in the national materials science community. This body of work, which has also been disseminated abroad, is extremely rich and includes 120 original scientific publications based on the results of his own research, 90 papers published in the materials of congresses and scientific conferences, co-authorship of 21 patents and 49 scientific research papers of applied importance.
The research activity carried out enabled Prof. Leopold Jeziorski to create his own scientific school in the field of metallurgy and materials science at the Częstochowa University of Technology, the core of which consists of 11 promoted doctors and 3 habilitated doctors - now professors. The scientific community granted the professor the dignity of Honorary Member of the Polish Society of Materials Science.
Prof. Leopold Jeziorski has had a very significant contribution to the development of his alma mater, the Częstochowa University of Technology. This includes serving as Vice-Rector for Science in 1971-1982, Head of the Department of Metallurgy, Director of the Institute of Materials Engineering, Dean of the Faculty of Metallurgy, and later as Dean of the Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. His efforts and dedication significantly strengthened the University in terms of personnel, which provided the basis for the authorization to confer the doctoral degree in metallurgy in 1980. The educational direction of materials engineering created at Częstochowa University of Technology in 1990 was thanks to Professor Jeziorski. It was also thanks to him that five years later the Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at Częstochowa University of Technology was authorized to confer doctoral and postdoctoral degrees in the scientific discipline of materials engineering. Among other things, for these achievements, as well as his overall scientific output, he was awarded the dignity of Doctor Honoris Causa by Częstochowa University of Technology.
From Prof. Leopold Jeziorski's pen came more than 30 reviews of doctoral dissertations, more than 20 reviews of habilitation dissertations, 14 opinions on candidates for the position of professor or associate professor, and many opinions and expert reports of specialized and general scientific importance. Since 1995, he has been a member of the Central Commission for Academic Title and Degrees.
Materials Engineering in Poland owes a great deal to Professor Leopold Jeziorski. He always fostered ambitious young scientists, in his opinions and conduct he cared about the high scientific level of research papers and the practical application of research results.
He will always remain in our memory.
