Tomasz Kapitaniak#
Membership Number: | 5663 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
Elected: | 2021 |
Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
Homepage(s): | http://kapitaniak.kdm.p.lodz.pl |
ORCID: | 0000-0001-9651-752X |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1992 Professor of mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Lodz
- Since 1992 Head of the Division of Dynamics, Technical University of Lodz
- 1983 - 1989 Lecturer in mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Lodz
- 1989 - 1991 Visiting Research Professor, Department of Applied Mathematical Studies, University of Leeds
- 1998, 04-09 Visiting Research Professor, Institute for Plasma Research, University of Maryland, College Park
Fields of Scholarship
- Theory of dynamical systems
- Theoretical mechanics
- Bifurcation and chaos
- Stochastic systems
- Coupled systems and complex networks
- Theory of oscillations
- Synchronization
- Nonlinear and complex dynamical systems
- Dynamics of machines
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Elected as a Full Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2019 Award of The President of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2015 Honorary Degree (doctor honoris causa) Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology
- 2013 Elected as a Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2010 - 2012 Elected Member of the Council of the National Centre for Science
- 2006 Award of the Minister of Science and Higher Education (also in 1989 and 1995)
- 2001 Awarded the Degree of Honorary Professor, Scientific Council of Saratov State University, Saratov
- 2001 - 2004 Honorary Professor, College of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (Scotland)
- 1997 Awarded the Fulbright Fellowship, The Fulbright Commision, Warsaw
- 1990 Awarded the King Abdul Aziz Award Fellowship, King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 1989 Awarded the British Council Fellowship, The British Council, Warsaw