Institute of Fundamental Technological Research

Prof. Eimer graduated from the AGH University of Science and Technology (1949); he received the doctorate degree in 1951; he was made associate professor in 1962 and professor in 1969. He worked at IPPT PAN since its establishment in 1952. He headed the Laboratory of Theory of Elastic Structures (1955-1959), Rheology of Structures (1969-1981), and IPPT Doctoral Study (1968-1978). An outstanding civil engineer. Co-author of pioneer papers on reinforced structures and the rheology of structures (theory, bridge designs, Polish Standard PN-B, patent for the continuous production of prestressed concrete etc.) A well-known researcher into multiphase media; he proposed a rheological model of micro-cracked concrete, later known as Eimer’s micro-cracked concrete. He managed a project aiming at setting up the calculations of containment building of a nuclear reactor in Żarnowiec. He was one of those scientists who could combine abstract thinking with practical use of the technical knowledge. He co-authored two monographs and authored ninety-two publications in prestigious Polish and foreign journals.

Radio engineer, graduate of the PW Warsaw University of Technology (1949). In 1955, he received the doctoral degree (under I. Malecki’s supervision), in 1957 he became assistant professor, 1962 – associate professor, 1969 – professor and PAS Corresponding Member, in 1972 – PAS Member, and 1997 - member of the New York Academy of Biomedical Engineering. The co-founder of Acoustics Laboratory at Główny Instytut Fizyki Technicznej (Institute of Technical Physics) incorporated, in 1952, into the Department of Vibration Research at IPPT PAN. Professor Filipczyński headed the Laboratory of Ultrasounds Passivity (1953-1969), also worked as Deputy Director for Research (1965-1969) and finally Director of IPPT (1969-1974). He constructed the first Polish metal flaw detector (ultrasonic radar) for materials research. Organizer of the first International Conference of Ultrasounds in Medicine and Biology. Honored by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) in Washington with Ultrasounds in Medicine Pioneer Diploma. Founder and long-standing chairman of the PAN Acoustics Committee. Vice-President of the European Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine (today: European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology), chairman of the Scientific Councils, including SC of IPPT 1999-1992 and IBBE PAS). A long-term lecturer at the Warsaw University of Technology. Author of 12 monographs, 166 publications, 62 patents. Supervisor of 14 doctoral theses. Laureate of many awards, including a two-time laureate of 2nd class State Prize.

Aviation Engineer, mathematician. 1933 – Sorbona Bachelor graduate in fluid mechanics applications. 1935 - graduate of Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Aeronautique. In 1936-1939, aviation constructor based in Lublin, and in 1939-1946 in Toulouse and Farnborough (UK). In 1951, he received the doctorate degree from the Warsaw University of Technology (PW), 1954 – he became associate professor, 1962 – professor. Since 1950, a corresponding member of Warszawskie Towarzystwo Naukowe (Warsaw Scientific Society), 1960 – a corresponding member, and since 1969 – a member of PAN (Polish Academy of Sciences). Professor at the PW Faculty of Aeronautical Engineering in 1947-1969 and deputy director of the Institute of Aviation in Warsaw in 1948-1957. Since 1955 – associated with IPPT PAN where in 1961-1980 he worked as Head of the Department of the Mechanics of Fluids and Gases. Chairman of the Scientific Council (RN) in 1981-1983. Since 1970, professor at the University of Warsaw (UW). Editor-in-chief of numerous professional journals on the mechanics of fluids, board member of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM). Author of over 60 publications devoted to applied aerodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, impact assessment of shock waves in hypersonic flows and, over the last years, mathematical and numerical models describing complex phenomena of the hydrodynamics of superfluid helium.

Radio and electronics engineer. One of the first graduates of the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) in 1919 and the Military Academy for communications officers in Paris (1922). As such, he was a lecturer on radio engineering in military schools.

In 1928 he received a doctorate degree for his thesis on radio wave stability compensation method (Metoda kompensacyjna kontroli stałości fali) and was appointed Chair of Radio Engineering at the WUT Faculty of Electrical Engineering. In 1929 he was appointed associate professor and subsequently, professor in 1935.

In 1928 he initiated the establishment of the first radio engineering institute in the country (later Institute of Telecommunications), which he directed since 1934. During occupation years, he was the underground lecturer at University. Simultaneously to his educational career, he was a soldier of the Polish Home Army, in which he managed to decipher missile navigating systems of V-2 rockets. In 1945 he founded the WUT Faculty of Electrical Engineering (later Faculty of Communications), where he chaired the Radiolocation Institute until retirement in 1968. He organized the first Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) research units: the Electronics Unit and The Institute of Fundamental Technological Research in Science (IPPT), to which the unit was later incorporated. In 1961-1963 he was appointed Director of IPPT PAN.

Janusz Groszkowiski was an outstanding expert in high vacuum measurement. He gained international recognition for his work on ionizing heads for low-pressure measurement. Author of 16 patents and 361 scientific papers, also books (Techinika wysokiej próżni, 1972). Supervisor of 33 dissertations.

Since 1936, he was a member of Akademia Nauk Technicznych (Academy of Technical Sciences), since 1949 – Towarzystwo Naukowe Warszawskie (Warsaw Scientific Society), since 1952 he was a member of the PAN, since 1957 – its vice-president, and then in 1962-1971 its president. He resigned from being a member of the Sejm (lower house of the Polish Parliament) of the PRL - People’s Republic of Poland, and vice-president of Rada Państwa (the State Council), as an act of protest against progressing political repression in 1976. Member of 6 foreign academies of sciences (Czechoslovakia, Hungary, the Soviet Union, Romani, Bulgaria and Cuba) and honorary member of many associations. Laureate of the First Class State Award (1951, 1955, 1968, 1979). He was conferred the degree of honorary doctor (doctor honoris causa), at: Warsaw, Gdansk, and Łódź Universities of Technology. Holder of state awards: the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari War Order, Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (twice), Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

The Military Communication Institute credited professor Groszkowski’s scientific achievements, giving the Institute his name.