Prof. Kamil Staniec and three other scientists from Wrocław University of Science and Technology have just received professor's nominations. They are: Prof. Wiesław Fiebig from W10, Prof. Marcin Nyk from W3 and Prof. Jan Masajada from W11. Congratulations!

Prof. Kamil Staniec (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology)

He is professor of engineering and technical sciences in the discipline of computer engineering and telecommunications
A graduate of the Faculty of Electronics and Electrical Engineering at Łódź University of Technology, which he graduated from in 2001 with a master's degree, with honours, in electronics and telecommunications. In the same year, he began doctoral studies at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Electronics, which he graduated from in 2006, defending with honours his thesis on deterministic modelling of radio waves propagation in confined spaces.

After the defence, he started working at the Institute of Telecommunications and Acoustics, WUST, focusing his research on digital radio systems, short-range wireless systems and intra-system electromagnetic compatibility in wireless sensor networks.
His achievements in the latter area earned him a postdoctoral (doctor habilitated) degree in 2013. Before his nomination as a full professor, he researched electromagnetic cybersecurity in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT). This research resulted in a publication titled Radio Interfaces in the Internet of Things Systems. Performance studies ”(Springer, 2020).

He actively cooperates with the industry in the field of teaching, research and engineering. This cooperation resulted inter alia in certified implementations in companies such as Nokia or Toyota, realized since 2017. He also supervises the "LokalDAB" network of three digital radio transmitters, operating in the DAB+ standard in the area of the Wrocław municipality, which is the largest national multiplex in terms of the number of radio stations served (currently 15 stations). The network was designed and launched as a result of an NCBiR project managed by Prof. Stańca.

Currently, he is the deputy head of the Department of Telecommunications and Teleinformatics and the head of the computer engineering and telecommunications discipline at the Doctoral School of Wrocław University of Science and Technology. He is also the tutor of the telecommunications field of education.

Prof. Wiesław Fiebig (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)

He is professor of engineering and technical sciences in the discipline of mechanical engineering.

In 1989, he received a scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Stuttgart (Germany), where in 1991-1998 he worked in the Machine Acoustics and Dynamics team. Between 1998 and 1999 he worked in the R&D department at Bosch Automation Technology in Racine (Wisconsin, USA). In 2000 he defended his habilitation dissertation at the University of Stuttgart.

In his scientific work, he focuses mainly on the dynamics of machines and on the reduction of vibrations and noise in machines. He is the author of 3 books and over 120 works in the field of modelling dynamic phenomena in positive displacement pumps and fluid aggregates. He has completed many industrial projects in the field of machine dynamics. He pioneered research on the use of mechanical resonance in machine drive systems to reduce energy consumption.

He is the author of 12 patents and has received many awards for innovations. He is a member of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration IIAV and of the Polish Acoustic Society.

Prof. Marcin Nyk (Faculty of Chemistry)

He is professor of engineering and technical sciences in the discipline of materials engineering.

He works at the Advanced Materials Engineering and Modelling Group at the Faculty of Chemistry. In the years 2006-2008 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the State University of New York in Buffalo. In 2014, he obtained a postdoctoral (doctor habilitated) degree in technical sciences in the discipline of materials science. In 2015, the research which earned him his postdoctoral degree was also recognized in the form of the Prime Minister of Poland award for scientific research.

Prof. Nyk is the author of over 115 Master Journal List publications, mainly in the field of synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials. His works have been so far cited almost 4,000 times. He is also the co-author of several patents.

The research activity of Prof. Marcin Nyk is interdisciplinary and covers issues involving chemistry, physics and materials science. He applies his knowledge and experience in the above fields to design, develop and research the physicochemical properties of new advanced nanomaterials having unique nonlinear optical properties for potential applications in photonics, optoelectronics and biomedicine.

Prof. Jan Masajada (Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology)

He is professor of natural sciences in the discipline of physical sciences.

Prof. Jan Masajada graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wrocław University, specializing in theoretical physics. He was awarded his doctoral degree in 1992 in the field of holography at the Institute of Physics, WUST. In the same year, he started working as an assistant and then as an assistant professor at the Institute of Physics, WUST. In 2004, he obtained a postdoctoral (doctor habilitated) degree in technical sciences in the discipline of physical sciences.

Shortly after his doctorate, he completed an internship at the Center for Manufacturing Technology of the Philips company in the Netherlands, where he researched the use of optical vortices in microscopic projection. He further pursued the topic of the application of optical discontinuities, including optical vortices, in Wrocław, where he has developed it within the framework of the newly established SOG research group. In the mid 90s, he helped to introduce the hologram technology protecting Polish documents.

In 2012-2015 he was a board member of the Wrocław Branch of Polish Physical Society, and in 2012-2013 he was its secretary. In 2018-2021 he was a board member of the Polish branch of EOS (European Optical Society). He was the founder and tutor of the Foton student research club. He worked on establishing the field of Optics at the Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology. He has promoted six doctors (one as a co-promoter).