Michał Życzkowski (12 April 1930 – 24 May 2006) was a Polish

mechanical engineer Mechanical may refer to: Machine * Machine (mechanical), a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement * Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations o ...

Career

Życzkowski was born in

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. In 1954 he graduated at the Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology, and in 1958 he received a diploma at the

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. He became Professor and doctor

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of the Cracow University of Technology, full member of

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences ( pl, Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of ...

and Polish Academy of Learning, Foreign Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He was the youngest professor in the history of Poland during his time. He became professor at the age of 31. He advised 29 Ph.D. students, 11 of them were promoted to professors. He had four children, among them Karol Życzkowski. He died in his home city of Krakow.

Editor

Member of Editorial Boards of: *International Journal of Mechanical Sciences *Structural Optimization *Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics *Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik.

Works

* ''Sprężystość i plastyczność'' (with Wiesław Krzyś), Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN

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, 1962 * ''Obciążenia złożone w teorii plastyczności'', Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN Warsaw, 1973 ** ''Combined loadings in the theory of plasticity'', Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN Warsaw, 1981 ** 294 scientific publications

References

External links

Pro Memoria web page of Prof.Michał Życzkowski
1930 births 2006 deaths Polish scientists Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology alumni {{Poland-engineer-stub