Prof. Marek Krawczuk was born in 1962 in Gdansk in Pomerania. In years 1982-1987 he studied at the Gdansk University of Technology, where in 1987 he was graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. From 1987-1989 he he worked as a research assistant at the same faculty. In 1989 he moved to the Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery in Gdansk, where he has been working until now. In 1991 he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Machine Dynamics and 4 years later, in 1995, he obtained a D.Sc. degree in Mechanics. Finally, in year 2003, he was awared the title of Professor in Applied Mechanics.

In years 2001-2003 he worked as a full profesor at the University of Warmia and Mazury at the Faculty of Technical Sciences. Since 2003 he has been working as a full professor at the Gdansk University of Technology at the Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering.

His scientific interests are focused on various problems of applied mechanics like dynamics of machines, fracute mechanics, vibration analysis, numerical methods in mechanics, finite and spectral element methods, composite materials, the use of multi-functional materials, damage detection and identification. He has been a reviewer for such international scientific journal papers as: Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, and Composites Part B. Prof. Marek Krawczuk is also a member of the Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

Prof. Marek Krawczuk has published as the author or co-author more than 160 research papers, including more than 40 published in top international scientific journals. He is also the author or co-author of many monographs, student textbooks, as well as scientific books. Until now he has been the supervisor of 5 M.Sc. theses and 3 Ph.D. theses.

He was also involved, as a member of the Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery team, in organisation in Gdansk of DAMAS 2005 International Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures.

International research experience:

• 1-week visiting scholarship, Lueven University, Belgium, 1992
• 5-month research scholarship, Aalborg University, Denmark, 1992-1993
• 1-week visiting scholarship, CISM, Udine, Italy, 1993
• 1-week research scholarship, City University London, UK, 1995
• 1-week visiting scholarship, Virginia Tech, USA, 1995
• 1-week visiting scholarship, Durban University, South Africa, 1996
• 2-week research scholarship, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, 1998 and 2000
• 2-week research scholarship, Glasgow University, UK, 1999
• 2-week research scholarship, Durban University, South Africa, 2000
• 6-week research scholarship, Glasgow University, UK, 2000, 2002, and 2003
• 1-week visiting scholarship, Stanford University, USA, 2001
• 2-week research scholarship, Durban University, South Africa, 2000 and 2003

• Award of the Rector of the Gdansk University of Technology for scientific achievements, 1989
• Award of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for the D.Sc. thesis, 1996
• Award of the Head of the Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery for a prolific publication record, 1999
• 1-year scholarship founded by the Foundation for Polish Science, 1999
• KBN Grants (State Committee for Scientific Research): 1999-2001 and 2003-2006
• Biographical note in Marquis Who's Who in the World (14th)