Mr Paweł Malinowski studied computational physics at the University of Gdansk in years 2000-2005.

In 2005 he obtained M.Sc. degree in Physics from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics.

In November 2005 he joined the Mechanics of Intelligent Structures Department group at the Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery in Gdansk.

In 2011 he obtained a Ph.D. degree in Mechanics from the same Institute.

In 2017 he obtained a D.Sc. degree in Mechanics from the same Institute.

His current scientific interests are mainly focused on:

• Damage assessment for additively manufactured structural elements,
• Guided wave-based damage localisation in aircraft components,
• Signal processing algorithms for damage detection and localisation,
• Phased arrays techniques for Lamb wave-based structural health monitoring (SHM),
• Nondestructive testing (NDT) methods for assessment of adhesive bonds of composites,
• Active thermography,
• Electromechanical impedance technique,
• Terahertz NDT technique,
• Ultrasonics,
• Damage detection methods for wind turbines,
• Sensor networks.

He is:

• Programme Committee Member of the Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems conference at the SPIE Smart Structures/NDE symposium
• Member of the Committee on Machine Building of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk, Poland
• Academic Editor, Heliyon [Cell Press/ Elsevier]
• Academic Editor, Journal of Sensors [Wiley]
• Editorial Board Member, Vibration [MDPI]

He served as:

• Member of the Polish Young Academy at the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Committee on Mechanics of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Experimental Methods of Mechanics section of the Mechanics Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Expert at the Advisory Board for the scholarships of the Minister of Education and Science
• Guest Editor of special issue: ‘Health Monitoring and Non-Destructive Evaluation of Structures’ in Vibration, 2020-2021
• Guest Editor of special issue: ‘Sensor Networks for Structural Health Monitoring’ in Journal of Sensors, 2019-2020
• Member, EASN “European Aeronautics Science Network”, 2016-2017
• Member of the Scientific Committee of International Workshop « Dynamic behaviour of green composites », ISAE-ENSMA, Poitiers, France, 27-29 September 2016
• Member, “The Italian Association of LAser VElocimetry and non-invasive diagnostics”, 2010-2011

Paweł Malinowski is a co-author of two Polish patents (‘Method and the device for location of defects in the structure elements’ - PAT.211916, ‘System for location defects in the structural elements’ - PAT.223854) and one utility model (‘Fault location template’ - RWU.068485).

In years 2012-2013 he was a Principal Investigator in a research project (Iuventus Plus programme) funded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

In years 2014-2017 he was coordinating a research project ‘External influences on electromechanical impedance’ funded by National Science Centre (SONATA programme).

In years 2017-2021 he was coordinating a research project ‘Study of piezoelectric sensors placement and their interaction with structural elements’ funded by National Science Centre (SONATA BIS programme).

In years 2020-2025 he was coordinating a research project ‘Health monitoring of additively manufactured structures’ funded by National Science Centre (OPUS programme).

Dr Malinowski has been involved in investigations for 16 international and 17 national research projects.

He has been a lecturer at the Tricity Doctoral School, Polish Academy of Sciences and in 2010/2011 winter semester he was teaching "Technical mechanics" at Gdynia Maritime University, Poland.

He reviews articles for Journal of Sound and Vibration, Smart Materials and Structures, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C - Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, International Journal of Structural Health Monitoring, Sensors journal, Composite Structures, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems.

International research/scientific visits:

1. 4 weeks, California State University, Northridge, USA, funding: Fulbright STEM Impact Award, 2025
2. 3 months, University of California, San Diego, USA, funding: Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, 2022
3. 3 days, Research visit, Fraunhofer IFAM, Bremen, Germany, 2017
4. 1 week, Scientific visit, CNRS institute in Poitiers, France, 2016
5. 1 week, Scientific visit, CNRS institutes in Poitiers and Paris, France, 2014
6. 2 weeks, Scientific visit at Korea Advance Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 2013
7. 1 week, Scientific visit at University of Glasgow and Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK, 2007

Invited talks/presentations

1. Event: Nondestructive evaluation seminar organised by Ultrasonics and Applied Mechanics Laboratory at the California State University, Northridge, USA, July 2, 2025, title: 'Damage assessment based on contact and noncontact methods'
2. Event: Young Science Beyond Borders Oct 24-25, 2024, online, title: 'Piezoelectric sensors-based damage assessment in 3D-printed structures'
3. Event: Meeting of the Committee on Construction and Mechanics of the Wroclaw Branch of Polish Academy of Sciences at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland, Sep 16, 2024, title: 'Structural damage assessment with contact and contactless methods'
4. Event: EU-US Frontiers of Engineering symposium hosted by Nokia Bell Labs Oct 15-18, 2023, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA, invited poster presentation, title: 'Nondestructive assessment of additively manufactured structural parts'
5. Event: Young Science Beyond Borders Dec 16-17, 2021, online, title: 'Damaged, or not damaged, that is the question'
6. Event: AAAFM-UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, Aug 18-20, 2021, online, title: 'Damage assessment of composites using techniques based on guided waves and electromechanical impedance'
7. Event: International Congress on Ultrasonics, Brugges, Belgium, Sep 3-6, 2019, title: 'Studies of damage detection approaches for effective SHM using guided waves'

Publications:

Google Scholar

Prizes and awards:

• 2024 Fulbright STEM Impact Award 2024-25
• 2017 Individual research grant from the Director
• 2016 Scholarship from the Director
• 2016 Bronze Cross of Merit from President of Poland
• 2015 Award from the Director for the exceptional scientific achievements
• 2013 Award from the Director exceptional research results
• 2012 Scholarship for young researcher obtained in each year, START Programme, Foundation for Polish Science
• 2011 Scholarship for young researcher obtained in each year, START Programme, Foundation for Polish Science
• 2011 Award for the Ph.D. thesis
• 2009 PhD Scholarship from Pomorskie Voivodeship "Innodoktorant"

Expert and reviewer roles:

• 2025 Selection committee member for the Fulbright STEM Impact Award 2025-26
• 2024 Expert of Foundation for Polish Science - evaluation of FENG Proof of Concept and First Team proposals
• 2024 Evaluator of the application for the post of Associate Professor at IIT Delhi
• 2024 Referee for the position of Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Aarhus University
• 2023 Evaluator for promotion with Tenure for the American University of Beirut, Lebanon (AUB)
• 2023 Reviewer of a PhD thesis for the AGH Krakow
• 2022 and 2023 Reviewer of project proposals for the Czech Science Foundation
• 2021 Reviewer of book proposal for ELSEVIER
• 2020 Reviewer of a PhD thesis for the AUB
• 2020-2021 Member of ministry advisory team to evaluate applications for scholarships for students and outstanding young scientists
• 2019 Reviewer of a research project for the AUB