Positions and offices

• Ryszard Białecki 
  • Vice-Rector for International Cooperation between 2012-2016 
  • Coordinator of the European Projects: Tempus (1993-95), OPTI_ENERGY (5 FP - 2003-05), Deputy coordinator of Marie Curie INSPIRE Program (6 FP)
  • Expert of the P8 panel of the European Research Council for IDEAS programme within 7 FP UE in 2008-2010
• Joachim Kozioł
  • Head of the Engineering Education Centre of the Silesian University of Technology in Rybnik in 2003-2008
• Krystyna Kubica
  • Memeber of the NOT Expert Council in 2009-2014 
• Andrzej J. Nowak
  • Polish representative in EUROTHERM Committee since February 2013
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award in 2013 for the previous year  in the periodical International Journal of Numerical Methods in Heat & Fluid Flow
  • National Science Centre Expert ? contest on 15 March 2013, SONATA panel
  • National Science Centre Expert ? contest on 15 September 2012, SONATA and PRELUDIUM panels
  • A member of the Editorial Board in the periodical Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements
  • A member of the Editorial Board in the periodical International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flows
• Jan Składzień
  • A member of the Committee on Power Engineering Problems in PAN, the presidium secretary 
  • Vice-President of the Polish Nucleon Society
• Janusz Skorek
  • An ST8 panel expert at the National Science Centre (since 2011) 
  • Manager for the Postgraduate Studies at the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering  of the Silesian University of Technology
  • Dean of the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering  of the Silesian University of Technology in 1996-2003
• Jan Szargut
  • Full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Andrzej Szlęk
  • A member of the Board in the Polish Combustion Institute
    A member of the Scientific Council in the Silesian Botanical Garden in Mikołów
• Sebastian Werle
  • A panel expert for the Ecological Concepts Generator (Gekon) on behalf of the National Research and Development Centre
• Ryszard Wilk
  • Vice-Rector of the Silesian University of Technology for education in 2002-2008
  • Dean of the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering  of the Silesian University of Technology 1996-2001
• Antoni Zajdel
  • Dean of the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering  of the Silesian University of Technology  for education in 2005-2012
• Andrzej Ziębik
  • President of The Committee on Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2003-2006
  • President of the Polish Academy of Sciences Katowice division of the Committee of Energy
  • Member of the Applied Research  Committee of the State Committee for Scientific Research in 1994-2000
  • Member of the Consulting Board of the President of  the Energy Regulatory Office in 1998-2001
  • Jury member of the Siemens Contest
  • Coordinator for academic partners of the Silesian  Innovative Clean Coal Technologies Cluster
• Zbigniew Żmudka
  • Vice-Dean for Education of the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering at the Silesian University of Technology since 2012
  • Combustion Section Secretary of the Thermodynamics and Combustion Committee at PAN between 1996-2012

Awards, distinctions, scholarships

• Krzysztof Banasiak
  • Scholarship of the Foundation for the Development of the Polish Science (FNP) within the framework of the program START - Scholarships for young researchers for 2007
• Ryszard Białecki 
  • Fulbright Scholarship for 2000/2001. Visiting Professor at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
  • Award of the Division of Technical Science at  the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Maciej Ginalski
  • Award of Fluent CFD User of the Year 2005
• Adam Klimanek
  • A Grant of The Minister for Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Young Scientists, 2011
• Tadeusz Kruczek
  • 1st prize as a co-author in the competition The cooperation between spheres of business companies and science within the Innosilesia brand for Developing a method and constructing a device for local measurement of thermal conductivity of anisotropic materials by the laser flash technique
• Grzegorz Przybyła
  • A Grant of The Minister for Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Young Scientists, 2011
  • Award for the Best Ph.D. Thesis in 2010 organized by FIAT Poland 
  • Award for the Best MSc Thesis in 2010 organized by FIAT Poland 
• Ziemowit Ostrowski
  • A Grant of The Minister for Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Young Scientists, 2011 
  • Scholarship of the Foundation for the Development of the Polish Science (FNP) within the framework of the program START - Scholarships for young researchers for 2007 (extended for 2008)
  • Fulbright Scholarship for 2003/2004 (Junior Fulbright Advanced Research Grant). Visiting Researcher at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
• Jacek Smołka 
  • A Grant of The Minister for Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Young Scientists, 2011 
  • The Promotional Siemens Award ex aequo for 2006
  • First prize in the 2006/2007 edition of the ABB contest
• Marcin Szega
  • The Promotional Siemens Award ex aequo for 2009 
• Andrzej Szlęk
  • George Westinghouse Silver Medal (ASME)
• Sebastian Werle
  • A Grant of The Minister for Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Young Scientists, 2011
• Gabriel Węcel
  • Maria Curie Scholarship Training in CFD-based Mathematical Modeling within the framework of the  Inspire program in TU Clausthal (10.2006-10.2008)
• Antoni Zajdel
  • Ministry of Education II-degree award in 1980 (collective)
• Andrzej Ziębik
  • Laureate of 5 awards of the Ministry of Higher Education Science and Technology and State Education
  • ASME diploma laureate