Jan Paweł Nowacki (25 June 1905, in

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– 23 May 1979, in

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) was an

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. He worked for the British during

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on radar installations, and later had a career as a university lecturer.

Biography

He attended secondary school in Berlin. From 1919 he lived in

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, where he received his high school diploma. He graduated in 1929 in

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with a degree in electrical engineering. In 1928 he was appointed assistant professor to

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. He earned his

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in 1937. At the same time he directed various technical projects, such as the

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of the Warsaw railway junction. In 1940 he went to

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and later to

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. He has considerable achievements in development of

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equipment for the British military aviation. He was also a colonel of

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authorized to military top secrets. In 1947 he went to

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to replace Professor

in the position of Head of the Department of Electrical Machines. He inspired his colleagues and students to create a School of Electrical Engineering Science. In 1953 he moved permanently to Warsaw, to lead the Chair of Theoretical Electrical Engineering, and later the Department of Nuclear Energy. At the same time he worked in the automation field, and in biocybernetic issues. The

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appointed him as member in 1961. He was also a member of the

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References

* http://apw.ee.pw.edu.pl/tresc/sylw/nowacki/nowacki-zycior.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Nowacki, Jan Pawel 20th-century Polish engineers Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences 1905 births 1974 deaths