Education

• M. Sc. 1952, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology,
• Ph. D. 1959, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research,Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw,
• D. Sc. 1965, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw,

Professional career

• 1949-1952, Teaching Assistant, Warsaw Technical University, Chair of Theoretical Mechanics,
• 1952-1956, Design engineer of ship structures,
• 1956-1959, Research Associate at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw,
• 1960-1965, Assistant Professor,
• 1965-1971, Associate Professor,
• 1971- to date, Professor at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw,
• 2000-2004, Scientific Coordinator of the Excellence Centre AMAS (Advanced Materials and Structures)

Visiting Appointments

• 1959-60, Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Engineering, Brown University, U.S.A.
• 1971-72, Visiting Professor, University of Waterloo, Solid Mechanics Division, Canada, (two semesters).
• 1978-79, Visiting Professor, Laboratoire de Mecanique des Ecole Polytechnique, France (8 months).
• 1979, Visiting Professor, University of Wales, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Swansea, Great Britain , (6 months).
• 1984, 1987, 1990, Visiting Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Dept. Engin. Science and Mechanical Engineering, (one semester visits).
• 1985, Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, (3 months).
• 1992, Visiting Professor, Laboratoire des Proprietes Mecaniques et Thermodynamiques des Materiaux, Universite Paris Nord, Valletaneuse, France ( 3 months).
• 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003 University of Minnesota, Dept. of Civil and Mineral Engineering, (6 months).